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    A Community Area Handbook

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  • One Shot at Forever

    A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season

    de Chris Ballard ...
    " One Shot at Forever is powerful, inspirational. . . This isn't merely a book about baseball. It's a book about heart." -- Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author of Boys Will Be Boys and The Bad Guys WonIn 1971, a small-town high school baseball team from rural Illinois, playing with hand-me-down uniforms and peace signs on their hats, defied convention and the odds. Led by an English ... Leer más

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  • A Month at the Brickyard

    The Incredible Indy 500

    An all-access pass to Pit Row and beyond at the world's most famous auto race, the Indianapolis 500The Indianapolis 500 auto race is the most prestigious event in all of motor sports. Race cars roar two hundred times around the track at dizzying speeds of more than two hundred miles per hour in front of a massive crowd—and millions more watching on television. Every spring, drivers, teams, ... Leer más

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  • Michigan and the Civil War

    A Great and Bloody Sacrifice

    de Jack Dempsey ...
    Series series Civil War Series
    Michigan undertook a rapid and robust response to Lincoln's call to arms during the Civil War and in many of its great battles. Read the much overlooked history in this volume. With lively narration, telling anecdotes, and vivid battlefield accounts, Michigan and the Civil War tells the story as never before of Michigan's heroic contributions to saving the Union. Beginning with Michigan's ... Leer más

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  • Hidden History of Detroit

    "Engaging" stories of what the Motor City was like before the invention of the motor, with photos and illustrations ( Detroit Metro-Times).Long before it became the twentieth-century automotive capital, Detroit was a muddy port town full of grog shops, horse races, haphazard cemeteries, and enterprising bootstrappers from all over the world.In this lively book you'll discover the city's forgotten ... Leer más

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  • The WPA Guide to The Minnesota Arrowhead Country

    The Federal Writers' Project Guide to 1930s Minnesota

    First published in 1941 as part of the American Guide Series, this lively book describes Minnesota's popular northern region. Special features include fifteen canoe trips; five maps; thirty-seven photographs; forty-seven city, town, and village profiles; four road tours; a chronology; a glossary; and a bibliography with updated suggestions for further reading in fiction and nonfiction about the ... Leer más

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  • The WPA Guide to Michigan

    The Great Lakes State

    During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors-many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures-were ... Leer más

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  • Witchcraft in Illinois

    A Cultural History

    The hidden history of witchcraft in the Land of Lincoln is revealed in this unique study by the author of Haunting Illinois.Although the Salem Witch Trials have drawn focus to New England as the center of witchcraft in American history, the practice was widespread across the Midwest. In Illinois, witchcraft—and witch persecution—have been part of local culture since French explorers arrived in the ... Leer más

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    Series series Images of Sports
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    “Little Hawk” was born Raymond Kaquatosh in 1924 on Wisconsin’s Menominee Reservation. The son of a medicine woman, Ray spent his Depression-era boyhood immersed in the beauty of the natural world and the traditions of his tribe and his family.After his father’s death, eight-year-old Ray was sent to an Indian boarding school in Keshena. There he experienced isolation and despair, but also comfort ... Leer más

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  • Polka Heartland

    Why the Midwest Loves to Polka

    "Polka Heartland" captures the beat that pulses in the heart of Midwestern culture--the polka--and offers up the fascinating history of how "oompah-pah" came to be the sound of middle America. From the crowded dance tent at Pulaski Polka Days to an off-the-grid Mexican polka dance in small-town Wisconsin, "Polka Heartland" explores the people, places, and history behind the Midwest's favorite ... Leer más

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  • Greetings from Chicago

    Series series Greetings From
    Is the Windy City your kind of town? Get ready for Greetings from Chicago, a love letter to the sights and sounds of this terrific town, from quotes about the city to the view from the top of the Navy Pier ferris wheel.When it's time to go back to the daily grind, it's easy to miss the fun and excitement of vacation--especially if you've just spent time in a city like Chicago. Home to remarkable ... Leer más

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