Cultural Region/Midwest
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Guardians of the Manitou Passage: A Chronicle of Service to Lake Michigan Mariners, 1840-1915
$19.95 Add to cartVoices heard from the dark water: “There’s hope! I think I see a flare! Help will be on the way! Lifesavers are on the shore! Our creaking old schooner will be saved, and we will not drown in the icy
- Author: Hawley, Jonathan P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1954786492
- Language: English
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Destination Heartland: A Guide to Discovering the Midwest’s Remarkable Past
$19.95 Read moreThe Midwest’s place at the crossroads of the nation makes it a rich travel destination for anyone interested in the history and heritage of the United States. Cynthia Clampitt’s guide to heartland his
- Author: Clampitt, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 10, 2022
- ISBN10: 0252086376
- Language: English
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Women Behaving Badly: Cleveland’s Most Ferocious Female Killers: An Anthology
$15.95 Add to cart“Bellamy once again masterfully brings to life decades-old tales that won’t let you look away.” — Cleveland Magazine
Women who murder . . . why are they so much more fascinating than their male counte
- Author: Bellamy, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: September 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1598510320
- Language: English
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Old Forts of the Great Lakes: Sentinels in the Wilderness
$19.95 Read moreThis fascinating book traces the development of Great Lakes forts from the 1600s to the American Civil War. The French, British, and Americans build military forts and established fortified trading po… [more below]
- Author: Barry, James P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: June 01 1994
- ISBN10: 1882376056
- Language: English
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Historic Photos of the Chicago World’s Fair
$42.99 Add to cartChicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition, popularly called the Chicago World’s Fair, or the White City, was the largest and most spectacular world’s fair ever built. The Columbian Exposition opened on M
- Series: Historic Photos
- Author: Lewis, Russell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: May 28 2010
- ISBN10: 1684421101
- Language: English
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Historic Photos of Lake Tahoe
$41.99 Add to cart“I thought it must be the fairest picture the whole earth affords,” wrote Mark Twain of Lake Tahoe. Countless other visitors have agreed, and since the turn of the century the lake’s clear, pure water
- Series: Historic Photos
- Author: Drewes, Ellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1684420229
- Language: English
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Remembering University of Michigan Football
$19.99 Add to cartThe first football team at the University of Michigan was established in 1879. From winning the first ever Tournament of Roses game, to back-to-back national championships, Michigan football created a
- Series: Remembering
- Author: O’Brien, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: September 28 2010
- ISBN10: 1683369009
- Language: English
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Wisconsin’s Lost Towns
$28.00 Read moreWisconsin has over 200 lost, long ago, and nearly gone places. Why they began, why they faded or died encompasses many issues, many reasons. For Rhonda, her love of lost towns and long ago places bega
- Author: Fochs, Rhonda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 1682010589
- Language: English
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Best Tent Camping: Ohio: Your Car-Camping Guide to Scenic Beauty, the Sounds of Nature, and an Escape from Civilization
$16.95 Add to cartOffering essential details and easy-to-read maps, Best Tent Camping: Ohio presents 50 of the state’s best campgrounds for car campers.
- Series: Best Tent Camping
- Author: Loewendick, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 12 2020
- ISBN10: 1634042891
- Language: English
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Minnesota Adventure Weekends: Your Guide to the Best Outdoor Getaways
$16.95 Add to cartMinnesota Adventure Weekends takes readers to the state’s 12 best destinations for 48 hours of hiking, cycling, climbing, and paddling.
- Series: Adventure Weekends
- Author: Moravec, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1634041569
- Language: English
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60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: St. Louis: Including Sullivan, Potosi, and Farmington
$22.95 Add to cartThis guide to 60 of the best hikes in the St. Louis area leads you to scenic overlooks, wildlife hot spots, and historical settings.
- Series: 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles
- Author: Henry, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1634041062
- Language: English
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Cuyahoga Valley National Park Handbook: Revised and Updated
$16.95 Read moreStretching between Cleveland and Akron in heavily urban northeastern Ohio, Cuyahoga Valley National Park has been called a “Green-Shrouded Miracle,” preserving precious green space and offering a retr
- Author: Platt, Carolyn V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 68
- Publish Date: July 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1606352857
- Language: English
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The Serial Killer’s Apprentice: And 12 Other True Stories of Cleveland’s Most Intriguing Unsolved Crimes
$16.95 Read morePresenting the most notorious unsolved crimes in Northeast Ohio …
Investigative reporter James Renner reopens cold cases and delves into dark secrets that have baffled Clevelanders for years, inclu
- Author: Renner, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1598510460
- Language: English
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Cahokia Mounds: America’s First City
$23.99 Add to cartAbout one thousand years ago, a phenomenon occurred in a fertile tract of Mississippi River flood plain known today as the “American Bottom.” This phenomenon came to be called Cahokia Mounds, America’
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Iseminger, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 03 2010
- ISBN10: 1596297344
- Language: English
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The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: The Untold Story of the Gangland Bloodbath That Brought Down Al Capone
$20.95 Add to cartThe machine-gun murders of seven men on the morning of February 14, 1929, by killers dressed as cops became the gangland crime of the century. Or so the story went. Since then it has been featured in … [more below]
- Author: Helmer, William J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 317
- Publish Date: August 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1581825498
- Language: English
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Ever True: 150 Years of Giant Leaps at Purdue University
$44.95 Add to cartIn 1869 the State of Indiana founded Purdue University as Indiana’s land-grant university dedicated to agriculture and engineering. Today, Purdue stands as one of the elite research and education inst
- Series: Founders
- Author: Norberg, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 06 2019
- ISBN10: 1557538220
- Language: English
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Lost Omaha
$31.99 Add to cartThe landmarks of Omaha’s past reveal a history of industry, innovation and change. The Hotel Fontenelle, the Omaha Athletic Club and the Medical Arts Building disappeared in the wake of changes remaki… [more below]
- Author: Bednarek, Janet R. Daly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: April 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1540228649
- Language: English
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Shocking Stories of the Cleveland Mob
$31.99 Add to cartThey are the dirty little secrets of Cleveland’s past, mob guys so good–or so bad–that you rarely hear their stories. Men such as Micky McBride turned newsboys into sluggers, gave bookies a run for … [more below]
- Author: Schwarz, Ted
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: December 03 2010
- ISBN10: 154022404X
- Language: English
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Lost Cincinnati
$31.99 Add to cartCincinnati earned its nickname of “Queen City of the West” with a wealth of fine theaters and hotels, a burgeoning brewery district and the birth of professional baseball. Though many of these treasur… [more below]
- Author: Suess, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: June 22 2015
- ISBN10: 1540210669
- Language: English
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Ste. Genevieve
$31.99 Add to cartIn the late 1600s and early 1700s, the French established forts, such as Fort de Chartres, in the mid-Mississippi Valley, as well as villages, such as River des Peres and Mine la Motte. Ste. Genevieve… [more below]
- Author: Deposki, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: November 26 2008
- ISBN10: 1531632335
- Language: English
