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  • Carroll and Boone Counties

    Series series Postcard History Series
    From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this 'golden age' can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to ... Read more

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  • Jonesboro and Arkansas's Historic Northeast Corner

    Series series Images of America
    Join Ray and Diane Hadley as they retell the history of the communities that make up Jonesboro and Arkansas's Northeast Corner in vintage images. When Union soldiers returned North after the Civil War, they brought home stories of a sparsely populated area with bountiful timber and potential for homes and farms. Over the next 50 years, first by wagon train and then by railroads, settlers came to ... Read more

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  • Staging Social Justice

    Collaborating to Create Activist Theatre

    Series series Theater in the Americas
    Normal.dotm0011901163SIU Press195141012.00false18 pt18 pt00falsefalsefalseFringe Benefits, an award-winning theatre company, collaborates with schools and communities to create plays that promote constructive dialogue about diversity and discrimination issues. Staging Social Justice is a groundbreaking collection of essays about Fringe Benefits’ script-devising methodology and their collaborations ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Witch 'N Chicks

    A Tale from the Coop

    Illustrated by Mary Hanley ...
    A young girl Kitty has a wish for a pet granted by someone known locally as a witch. But when she receives the gift of two baby chicks, she encounters problems at home with them. She has the good luck of undoing the problem by returning the gift to the giver. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Witch 'N Chicks

    A Tale from the Coop

    Illustrated by Mary Hanley ...
    A young girl Kitty has a wish for a pet granted by someone known locally as a witch. But when she receives the gift of two baby chicks, she encounters problems at home with them. She has the good luck of undoing the problem by returning the gift to the giver. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    In the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew more congested, the streets became clogged with plodding, horse-drawn carts. When the great blizzard of 1888 crippled the entire northeast, a solution had to be found. Two brothers from one of the nation's great families-Henry Melville Whitney of Boston and William Collins Whitney of New York-pursued the dream of his city ... Read more

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  • Railroads and the American People

    Series series Railroads Past and Present
    "[A] wealth of vignettes and more than 100 black-and-white illustrations . . . Does a fine job of humanizing the iron horse" ( The Wall Street Journal).In this social history of the impact of railroads on American life, H. Roger Grant concentrates on the railroad's "golden age," from 1830 to 1930. He explores four fundamental topics—trains and travel, train stations, railroads and community life, ... Read more

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  • Amsterdam

    Series series Postcard History Series
    In the 1700s, Amsterdam was just a small trading village in upstate New York. Utilizing its superior location astride critical waterways, the village grew during the westward expansion of the early 1800s to become an industrial powerhouse. By the 20th century, Amsterdam had become America's foremost rug-making center, nicknamed the 'Carpet City,' and the seventh largest city in New York. Waves of ... Read more

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  • Waukegan, Illinois

    Series series Images of America
    Waukegan, Illinois has a long history, with a rich and varied heritage. Countless individuals, businesses, and organizations have contributed to that heritage, and continue today to contribute to the legacy of this community. One of Waukegan's most notable citizens was Jack Benny. Throughout his long career he regularly cited his hometown and its influence on him, and he often contributed to the ... Read more

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  • Rockville

    Series series Images of America
    Rockville began in 1824 as the seat of justice for the newly established Parke County. A small brick courthouse was built, and a fledgling community soon sprang up around it. Within a short time, blacksmiths, furniture builders, harness makers, grocers, druggists, and dry goods salesmen were calling the new public square home. Then over a period of 13 years, beginning in 1870, the face of ... Read more

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  • Sacramento Southern Railroad

    Series series Images of Rail
    The Sacramento Southern Railroad was born into a famous railroad family and a busy railroad town in July 1903. The mighty Southern Pacific, which controlled the new line from the outset, built south from Sacramento along the eastern bank of the Sacramento River into the delta's rich farmland area. At its zenith, the line was about 31 miles long, serving the communities of Freeport, Hood, Locke, ... Read more

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  • Bridgton

    by Ned Allen ...
    Series series Images of America
    In 1768, Jacob Kimball moved to the shores of Long Lake in North Bridgton, building a store and providing boat service from Standish, at the southern end of Sebago Lake. Jacob Stevens soon followed, building a sawmill and gristmill on what became Stevens Brook in the center village. Ten power sites on this short brook ran lumber, textile, and other mills, as well as a tannery. Bridgton became the ... Read more

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