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Portrait of a City: Lincoln, Nebraska, at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
$29.95 Add to cartOnce just a scattering of houses on the open prairie, by the late nineteenth century the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, had evolved into a modern metropolis. The changes ushered in by the Industrial Revol… [more below]
- Author: Pauley, Bruce F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 149623412X
- Language: English
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Death Row All Stars: A Story of Baseball, Corruption, and Murder
$16.95 Add to cartThe amazing true story of the men on Wyoming’s death row in the nineteen-teens who believed they’d be granted reprieves as long as they kept winning baseball games.
- Author: Enss, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 02 2014
- ISBN10: 0762787562
- Language: English
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Wisconsin State Parks: Extraordinary Stories of Geology and Natural History
$26.95 Read moreHit the trail for a dramatic look at Wisconsin’s geologic past.
The impressive bluffs, valleys, waterfalls, and lakes of Wisconsin’s state parks provide more than beautiful scenery and recreational o- Author: Spoolman, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: April 27 2018
- ISBN10: 0870208497
- Language: English
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Birthing the West: Mothers and Midwives in the Rockies and Plains
$24.95 Add to cartReading the West Longlist for Nonfiction
Childbirth defines families, communities, and nations. In Birthing the West, Jennifer J. Hill fills the silences around historical reproduction with copious- Author: Hill, Jennifer J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1496226852
- Language: English
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Northern Paiutes of the Malheur: High Desert Reckoning in Oregon Country
$34.95 Add to cart2023 Oregon Book Award Finalist
In 1870 a twenty-six-year-old Paiute, Sarah Winnemucca, wrote to an army officer requesting that Paiutes be given a chance to settle and farm their ancestral land in O- Author: Wilson, David H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1496230450
- Language: English
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Hospital and Haven: The Life and Work of Grafton and Clara Burke in Northern Alaska
$34.95 Add to cartHospital and Haven tells the story of an Episcopal missionary couple who lived their entire married life, from 1910 to 1938, among the Gwich’in peoples of northern Alaska, devoting themselves to the p… [more below]
- Author: Ehrlander, Mary F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1496236181
- Language: English
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Wheels on Ice: Stories of Cycling in Alaska
$24.95 Add to cartWheels on Ice reveals Alaska’s key role in bicycling both as a mode of travel and as an endurance sport, as well as its special allure for those seeking the proverbial struggle against nature. This co… [more below]
- Author: Cherry, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 01 2022
- ISBN10: 149623247X
- Language: English
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The St. Louis Commune of 1877: Communism in the Heartland
$29.95 Add to cartFollowing the Civil War, large corporations emerged in the United States and became intent on maximizing their power and profits at all costs. Political corruption permeated American society as those … [more below]
- Author: Kruger, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 330
- Publish Date: October 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1496228138
- Language: English
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Great Plains Forts
$17.95 Add to cartGreat Plains Forts introduces readers to the fortifications that have impacted the lives of Indigenous peoples, fur trappers and traders, travelers, and military personnel on the Great Plains and prai… [more below]
- Series: Discover the Great Plains
- Author: Buckley, Jay H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1496207718
- Language: English
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A Gamecock Odyssey: University of South Carolina Sports in the Independent Era
$71.23 Read moreMeet the coaches, athletes, and notable characters that laid the foundation for today’s Gamecock Nation.
The summer of 1971 was especially hot in Columbia and not just because of the weather. It was t
- Author: Piercy, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1643364480
- Language: English
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Injustice in Focus: The Civil Rights Photography of Cecil Williams
$39.99 Add to cartThe powerful life story and photography of an esteemed Black photojournalist
Cecil Williams is one of the few Southern Black photojournalists of the civil rights movement. Born and raised in Orangeburg
- Author: Brinson, Claudia Smith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1643364375
- Language: English
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Watch the Bear: A Half Century with the Brown Bears of Alaska
$21.95 Add to cartDerek Stonorov has spent the better part of fifty years watching brown bears as a research scientist and guide in some of Alaska’s most beautiful wild places. As a dyslexic kid who was more interested… [more below]
- Author: Stonorov, Derek
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1496233433
- Language: English
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Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall, Kansas
$24.95 Add to cart2023 Martin Kansas History Book Award
In 1955 the small town of Udall, Kansas, was home to oil field workers, homemakers, and teenagers looking ahead to their futures. But on the night of May 25, an- Author: Minick, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: May 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 1496231457
- Language: English
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The Last Lookout on Dunn Peak: Fire Spotting in Idaho’s St. Joe National Forest
$22.95 Read moreSome summers are destined to generate cherished memories. For married high school sweethearts Don and Nancy Hammond, they happened in 1972 and 1973, when Don’s lifelong dream of being a United States
- Author: Hammond, Nancy Sule
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: August 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1638640084
- Language: English
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The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods
$35.00 Add to cartThe definitive story of the California redwoods, their discovery and their exploitation, as told by an activist who fought to protect their existence against those determined to cut them down.
Every- Author: King, Greg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1541768671
- Language: English
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Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South
$35.00 Add to cartFor anyone who’s ever picked an apple fresh from the tree or enjoyed a glass of cider, writer and orchardist Diane Flynt offers a new history of the apple and how it changed the South and the nation. … [more below]
- Series: A Ferris and Ferris Book
- Author: Flynt, Diane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 19, 2023
- ISBN10: 146967694X
- Language: English
