Cultural Region/Upper Midwest
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A Lantern in Her Hand
$8.99 Read moreThe classic story of Abbie and Will Deal–pioneers who left everything behind for a new life on America’s frontier.
Abbie Mackenzie dreamed of becoming a fine lady like her aristocratic grandmother,- Series: Puffin Classics
- Author: Aldrich, Bess Streeter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0140384286
- Language: English
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Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago
$18.00 Read more“Chicago is a tale of two cities,” headlines declare. This narrative has been gaining steam alongside reports of growing economic divisions and diverging outlooks on the future of the city. Yet to kee… [more below]
- Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions
- Author: Kotlowitz, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 16 2019
- ISBN10: 022661901X
- Language: English
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Big Belching Bog
$9.95 Read moreCold, wet, and acidic, bogs appear to be extremely hostile to life, yet numerous plants and animals have adapted in fascinating ways in order to survive there. In Big Belching Bog, Phyllis Root lets u… [more below]
- Author: Root, Phyllis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0816666822
- Language: English
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The King of Skid Row: John Bacich and the Twilight Years of Old Minneapolis
$16.95 Read moreThe story of a much different Minneapolis, through the words and photographs of one of its most colorful characters–now in paperback
City blue laws drove the liquor trade and its customers–hard-dr
- Author: Shiffer, James Eli
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1517916593
- Language: English
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Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
$19.99 Read moreFirst published in 1963, Eliot Asinof’s Eight Men Out has become a timeless classic of a scandalous world series.
The headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as “th- Author: Asinof, Eliot
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0805065377
- Language: English
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The Legend of Minnesota
$17.95 Read moreThe definition of the word “Minnesota” is known to most as the Dakotah word for “sky-tinted waters.” However, in her research about the origin of the state’s name, acclaimed author and native Minnesot… [more below]
- Series: Legend (Sleeping Bear)
- Author: Wargin, Kathy-Jo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 01 2006
- ISBN10: 158536262X
- Language: English
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The Land Remains: A Midwestern Perspective on Our Past and Future
$24.99 Add to cart- Author: Hamilton, Neil D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1948509334
- Language: English
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Nebraska Birds: An Introduction to Familiar Species
$8.95 Read moreNebraska has an impressive bird diversity, with over 470 species having been recorded, the majority of which are either permanent residents, regular breeders, or annual migrants. State bird Western Me… [more below]
- Series: Pocket Naturalist Guides
- Author: Kavanagh, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 12
- Publish Date: May 30 2017
- ISBN10: 1583551859
- Language: English
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Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America’s Soul
$19.00 Add to cartStep into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history-and the catalyst for a culture war that rocked the nation. Operating in Chicago’s notorious Levee dist… [more below]
- Author: Abbott, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 10 2008
- ISBN10: 0812975995
- Language: English
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Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story
$27.99 Add to cartThirteen-year-old Maddy Rollag finds it hard to adjust to life on her aunt and uncle’s farm in Dakota Territory. Her schoolmates think she’s spoiled, and Aunt Marta makes it clear that Maddy is not fi… [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Gilbert, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666340685
- Language: English
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The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father
$18.99 Read moreWinner of the 2017 Minnesota Book Award in Creative Nonfiction
Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN USA Literary Center Award, and the Dayton Literary Pea- Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 125013188X
- Language: English
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I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888
$20.00 Add to cartLarge Print�s increased font size and wider line spacing maximizes reading legibility, and has been proven to advance comprehension, improve fluency, reduce eye fatigue, and boost engagement in
- Series: I Survived #16
- Author: Tarshis, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 177
- Publish Date: March 11 2020
- ISBN10: 1432874705
- Language: English
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Cheyenne River Sioux, South Dakota
$24.99 Read moreThe Sioux constitute a diverse group of tribes who claimed and controlled almost a quarter of the continental U.S. from the late 1700s to the 1860s. The name Sioux was coined by French traders and was… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Sprague, Donovin Arleigh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 10 2003
- ISBN10: 738523186
- Language: English
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A Popular History of Minnesota
$22.95 Add to cartWhat do Paul Bunyan, Charles Lindbergh, and Jesse Ventura have in common? Minnesota, of course In A Popular History of Minnesota, historian Norman K. Risjord offers a grand tour of the state’s remark… [more below]
- Author: Risjord, Norman K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: March 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0873515323
- Language: English
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Erik vs. Everything
$9.99 Add to cartCan a worrier really become a warrior? Nine-year-old Erik Sheepflattener’s life motto is Avoid Stuff, despite his family’s attempts to bring out his inner Viking. In this outrageously quirky, “funny a
- Author: Uss, Christina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 0063290820
- Language: English
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On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894
$10.99 Read moreA detailed diary from the author of the beloved Little House series, chronicling her journey with her family from South Dakota to Missouri.
In 1894, Laura Ingalls Wilder, her husband, Almanzo, and the
- Series: Little House Nonfiction
- Author: Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 20 1976
- ISBN10: 0064400808
- Language: English
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Fudge Cupcake Murder
$18.95 Add to cartBakery owner Hannah Swensen just can’t keep her hands out of the batter when murder stirs things up in Lake Eden, Minnesota, leaving the sheriff dead, a deputy accused, and a killer on the loose . . .… [more below]
- Series: Hannah Swensen Mystery #5
- Author: Fluke, Joanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 31 2018
- ISBN10: 1496714032
- Language: English
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Ballpark Mysteries Super Special #3: Subway Series Surprise
$7.99 Read moreBatter up! It’s an NYC-themed Super Special! Ballpark Mysteries are fun, accessible early chapter books that cross baseball action with puzzling whodunits!
Catch a baseball mystery–in New York City!- Series: Ballpark Mysteries #3
- Author: Kelly, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 07 2018
- ISBN10: 0525578927
- Language: English
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A Lost Lady
$14.00 Read moreA Lost Lady is the portrait of a frontier woman who reflects the conventions of her age even as she defies them.
To the people of Sweet Water, a fading railroad town on the Western plains, Mrs. Forres… [more below]- Series: Vintage Classics
- Author: Cather, Willa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 16 1990
- ISBN10: 0679728872
- Language: English
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The Deer in the Wood
$9.99 Read moreWith the My First Little House picture book series, the youngest readers can share in the joy of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books in these illustrated adaptations of the beloved series!
Laura
- Series: Little House Picture Book
- Author: Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 16 1999
- ISBN10: 0064434982
- Language: English
