Cultural Region/Midwest
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Detroit in World War II
$21.99 Add to cartWhen President Roosevelt called for the country to be the great Arsenal of Democracy, Detroit helped turn the tide against fascism with its industrial might. Locals were committed to the cause, puttin… [more below]
- Series: Military
- Author: Sumner, Gregory D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 09 2015
- ISBN10: 1467119474
- Language: English
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Made in Chicago: The Windy City’s Manufacturing Heritage
$24.99 Add to cartFor much of the 20th century, the Chicagoland area was a manufacturing mecca due to its central geographic location and ready access to rail and water transportation. The city and suburbs mass-produce… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Weber, Austin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 04 2019
- ISBN10: 1467103071
- Language: English
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Black St. Louis
$39.95 Read moreBlack St. Louis explores the rich and inspiring history of African Americans in St. Louis from the city’s founding as a French fur trading post during the Spanish colonial era to the new millennium. A… [more below]
- Author: Riley, Calvin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064073
- Language: English
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Michigan Scoundrels: Rogues, Rascals and Rapscallions
$23.99 Read moreThe rich history of the Wolverine State has a serious dark side. In the Detroit area, the Black Legion outdid the Ku Klux Klan in hate but remained secret until one of its leaders was implicated in a … [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Lewis, Norma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153702
- Language: English
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Taste of Home One Pot Favorites: 519 Meal in One Lifesavers
$19.99 Read more- Series: Taste of Home Quick & Easy
- Author: Taste of Home
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1621458938
- Language: English
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From the Steel City to the White City: Western Pennsylvania and the World’s Columbian Exposition
$30.00 Add to cartHow Pittsburgh Positioned Itself as a Center of Culture and Innovation at the Turn of the Century
In From the Steel City to the White City, Zachary Brodt explores Western Pennsylvania’s representati- Author: Brodt, Zachary L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0822947919
- Language: English
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Haunted Bars & Pubs of Michigan
$21.99 Read moreExplore the spirits of Michigan’s watering holes
From the picturesque shores of Manistique to the crystalline waters of Diamond Lake in Cassopolis, Michigan overflows with pubs and bars swirling with
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Beauchamp, Nicole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 14 2023
- ISBN10: 146715430X
- Language: English
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Abandoned Ozarks, Southwest Missouri: Preserving the Past
$24.99 Read moreAbandoned Ozarks: Southwest Missouri offers a poignant, artistic, and sometimes sorrowful look at abandoned structures that have helped shape the culture and society of the rural Ozarks region and the
- Series: America Through Time
- Author: McCormick, Robert W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 25, 2023
- ISBN10: 1634994876
- Language: English
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Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State
$45.99 Read moreThis standard textbook on Michigan history covers the entire scope of the Wolverine State’s historical record — from when humankind first arrived in the area around 9,000 B.C. up to 1995. This third… [more below]
- Author: Dunbar, Willis F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 781
- Publish Date: September 05 1995
- ISBN10: 0802870554
- Language: English
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Missouri Day Trips by Theme
$16.95 Add to cartThis guide is packed with more than 150 of Missouri’s best destinations, organized by theme so readers can decide what to do and then find where to do it.
- Series: Day Trip
- Author: Blair, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1591939534
- Language: English
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Teamster Rebellion
$16.00 Read moreThe 1934 strikes that built the industrial union movement in Minneapolis and helped pave the way for the CIO, recounted by a central leader of that battle. The first in a four-volume series on the cla
- Series: Teamster
- Author: Dobbs, Farrell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: January 01, 2018
- ISBN10: 087348973X
- Language: English
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100 Things Michigan State Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
$18.95 Add to cart100 Things Michigan State Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resource guide for true fans of Michigan State football and men’s basketball. Whether a die-hard booster from the days o… [more below]
- Series: 100 Things…Fans Should Know
- Author: Emmerich, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1629373133
- Language: English
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Mississippi River Festival
$31.99 Add to cartIn 1969, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville initiated a remarkable performing arts series called the Mississippi River Festival. Over 12 summer seasons, between 1969 and 1980, the festival pres… [more below]
- Author: Bahr-Evola, Amanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: November 29 2006
- ISBN10: 1531624936
- Language: English
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One Day It’ll All Make Sense
$16.99 Add to cartFrom the hip hop icon, Hollywood star, and “a true artist and writer of deep talent” (James McBride, author of The Color of Water)–a candid, New York Times bestselling memoir ranging from his childho… [more below]
- Author: Common
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 18 2012
- ISBN10: 145162588X
- Language: English
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Indiana Rocks
$18.00 Add to cartA Story of oceans, uplift, and ice, Indiana’s geological history is reflected in the vistas and landscapes you will see as you travel through the state. From the Indiana Dunes of Lake Michigan, one of… [more below]
- Series: Geology Rocks!
- Author: Indiana Geological and Water Survey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 15 2018
- ISBN10: 0878426876
- Language: English
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Land of the Spotted Eagle
$19.95 Add to cartWhen Standing Bear returned to the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation after sixteen years’ absence, his dismay at the condition of his people may well have served as a catalyst for the writing of this book,… [more below]
- Author: Standing Bear, Luther
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: November 01 2006
- ISBN10: 080329333X
- Language: English
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An Open Secret: The Story of Deadwood’s Most Notorious Bordellos
$21.95 Add to cartA colorful history of the famous Soiled Doves of Deadwood, South Dakota, during the heyday of the wild west.
- Author: Enss, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 198
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493061461
- Language: English
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Unbeatable: How Crispus Attucks Basketball Broke Racial Barriers and Jolted the World
$15.99 Add to cartAttucks! is true story of the all-black high school basketball team that broke the color barrier in segregated 1950s Indiana, masterfully told by National Book Award winner Phil Hoose.
By winning the- Author: Hoose, Phillip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1250780705
- Language: English
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Best Rail Trails Wisconsin: More than 70 Rail Trails Throughout the State
$17.95 Add to cartThis series of two-color guides includes comprehensive state-by-state guides to walking, jogging, bicycling, and cross-country skiing along rail-trail systems. Written by locals with expert knowledge … [more below]
- Series: Best Rail Trails
- Author: Revolinski, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1493050559
- Language: English
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Michigan Trees & Wildflowers: An Introduction to Familiar Species
$8.95 Read moreMichigan hosts several major forest communities, including pine, boreal, oak-hickory, and beech-maple forests, as well as additional ecosystems like sand dunes, beaches, marshes, and prairies. Across … [more below]
- Series: Pocket Naturalist Guides
- Author: Kavanagh, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 12
- Publish Date: April 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1583552464
- Language: English
