Southern Illinois University Press
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Sisters of Influence: A Biography of Zina, Amy, and Rose Fay
$24.95 Add to cartThree sisters who forged intertwined paths to empowerment
A real-life Little Women, Sisters of Influence is the untold story of three extraordinary sisters who defied Victorian-era expectations to le- Author: Ross, Andrea Friederici
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0809339781
- Language: English
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Loving Lincoln: A Personal History of the Women Who Shaped Lincoln’s Life and Legacy
$24.95 Add to cartRediscovering Lincoln through the female gaze
Abraham Lincoln belongs to everybody. The women he interacted with helped forge the outstanding moral character of America’s greatest president. This uni- Series: Illinois Lives
- Author: Lynn, Stacy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: June 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0809339676
- Language: English
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Lincoln’s Conservative Advisor: Attorney General Edward Bates
$27.95 Read moreHow a traditionalist became part of Lincoln’s volatile team of rivals
Edward Bates, a founding father of Missouri and leader of the Missouri Whig Party, served as Abraham Lincoln’s attorney general d- Author: Neels, Mark A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: November 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0809339498
- Language: English
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They Both Reached for the Gun: Beulah Annan, Maurine Watkins, and the Trial That Became Chicago
$24.95 Read moreExamining the case that inspired a pop culture phenomenon
In 1924 Beulah Annan was arrested for killing her lover, Harry Kalsted. Six weeks later, a jury acquitted her of murder. Inspired by the- Author: Cosgrove, Charles H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0809339382
- Language: English
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Smith Blue
$16.95 Read moreIn Smith Blue, Camille T. Dungy offers a survival guide for the modern heart as she takes on twenty-first-century questions of love, loss, and nature. From a myriad of lenses, these poems examine the
- Series: Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
- Author: Dungy, Camille T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: May 18 2011
- ISBN10: 0809330318
- Language: English
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Son of Southern Illinois: Glenn Poshard’s Life in Politics and Education
$28.95 Read moreA life of principles, service, and faith
This first biography of Glenn Poshard traces the life of a young man who rose from rural poverty in Southern Illinois to become a United States congressman a- Author: Walworth, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: August 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0809339188
- Language: English
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Fieldglass
$16.95 Read moreSexual identity, female friendship, and queer experiences of love
Fraught with obsession, addiction, and unrequited love, Catherine Pond’s Fieldglass immerses us in the speaker’s transition from chil- Series: Crab Orchard Poetry
- Author: Pond, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 90
- Publish Date: March 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0809338149
- Language: English
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Abraham Lincoln and the Bible: A Complete Compendium
$27.95 Read moreLincoln’s life and leadership through the lens of the Bible
How did Abraham Lincoln’s lifelong study of scripture influence him as a man and, ultimately, as president? Historian Gordon Leidner believ- Author: Leidner, Gordon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: April 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0809339005
- Language: English
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Without Concealment, Without Compromise: The Courageous Lives of Black Civil War Surgeons
$29.95 Read moreAdvancing the cause of racial equality while saving lives
Of some twelve thousand Union Civil War surgeons, only fourteen were Black men. This book is the first-ever comprehensive exploration of thei- Series: Engaging the Civil War
- Author: Newmark, Jill L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: May 31 2023
- ISBN10: 0809339048
- Language: English
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The Loop: The “L” Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago
$26.95 Read moreThe structure that anchors Chicago
Every day Chicagoans rely on the loop of elevated train tracks to get to their jobs, classrooms, or homes in the city’s downtown. But how much do they know about th- Author: Reardon, Patrick T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: November 26 2020
- ISBN10: 0809338106
- Language: English
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The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant: (Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant)
$29.95 Add to cartWritten in the early twentieth century for her children and grandchildren and first published in 1975, these eloquent memoirs detail the life of General Ulysses S. Grant’s wife. First Lady Julia Dent
- Series: World of Ulysses S. Grant
- Author: Simon, John Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: April 11 1988
- ISBN10: 0809314436
- Language: English
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Onward to Chicago: Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois
$27.95 Read moreWINNER, 2023 Underground Railroad Free Press Hortense Simmons Memorial Prize for the Advancement of Knowledge!
Uncovering stories of the freedom network in northeastern Illinois Decades before the Ci- Author: McClellan, Larry A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: September 08 2023
- ISBN10: 0809339250
- Language: English
