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  • Roadside History of Illinois

    de Stan Banash ...
    Did you know that Chicago was named for a wild onion? Or that the only president born in Illinois was Ronald Reagan? Or that the Ferris Wheel, processed cheese, the game of softball, the fly swatter, and the automatic dishwasher were all invented by Illinoisans? You'll find these stories and hundreds more in Roadside History of Illinois, an entertaining and revealing tour of the Prairie State's ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

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  • Operation Family Secrets

    How a Mobster's Son and the FBI Brought Down Chicago's Murderous Crime Family

    de Keith Zimmerman, Kent Zimmerman, Paul Pompian, Frank Calabrese Jr. ...
    The chilling true story of how the son of the most violent mobster in Chicago helped bring down the last great American crime syndicate: the one-hundred-year-old Chicago Outfit.In Operation Family Secrets, Frank Calabrese, Jr. reveals for the first time the outfit’s “made” ceremony and describes being put to work alongside his father and uncle in loan sharking, gambling, labor racketeering, and ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Third Coast

    When Chicago Built the American Dream

    de Thomas L. Dyja ...
    **Winner of the Chicago Tribune‘s 2013 Heartland PrizeA critically acclaimed history of Chicago at mid-century, featuring many of the incredible personalities that shaped American culture**Before air travel overtook trains, nearly every coast-to-coast journey included a stop in Chicago, and this flow of people and commodities made it the crucible for American culture and innovation. In luminous ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges Into Ohio

    de Bathroom Readers' Institute ...
    Series series Plunges Into
    We’ve assembled a crackpot team of Ohio investigators to comb the countryside, explore the cities, and uncover the history, trivia, and fun facts that make the Buckeye State such a unique and special place. Read about…* Ohio firsts* John Glenn, Johnny Appleseed, and other famous Ohioans* Cleveland rocks!* From Ada to Youngstown: a crossword puzzle* The pride of the Buckeyes* The Wright sister’s ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • The Carter Journals

    Time Travels in Early U.S. History

    de Shane Phipps ...
    When fourteen-year-old Cody Carter’s grandfather gives him a box of dusty leather journals written by their Carter ancestors, even the history-loving Cody could not have predicted the adventure he was about to take. Journal by journal, Cody is physically transported back in time to experience the lives of Carters on the frontier in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Indiana as the family moved ever ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • To Sleep with the Angels

    The Story of a Fire

    de John Kuenster, David Cowan ...
    If burying a child has a special poignancy, the tragedy at a Catholic elementary school in Chicago almost forty years ago was an extraordinary moment of grief. One of the deadliest fires in American history, it took the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns at Our Lady of the Angels School, left many families physically and psychologically scarred for life, and destroyed a close-knit working ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Great Lakes at Ten Miles an Hour

    One Cyclist's Journey along the Shores of the Inland Seas

    de Thomas Shevory ...
    The Great Lakes are a remarkable repository of millions of years of complex geological transformations and of a considerably shorter, crowded span of human history. Over the course of four summers, Thomas Shevory rode a bicycle along their shores, taking in the stories the lakes tell—of nature’s grandeur and decay, of economic might and squandered promise, of exploration, colonization, migration, ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Brother of Mine

    The Civil War Letters of Thomas and William Christie

    de Hampton Smith ...
    In 1861, as President Lincoln called for volunteers to defend the Union, Thomas Christie wrote to his father, voicing desires shared by many an enlistee: "I do want to 'see the world,' to get out of the narrow circle in which I have always lived, to 'make a man of myself,' and to have it to say in days to come that I, too, had a part in this great struggle."As it turned out, Thomas had an ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Milwaukee Mafia

    de Gavin Schmitt ...
    Series series Images of America
    Milwaukee is best known for its beer - and rightfully so. But in the days of Prohibition, the big alcohol suppliers were not Miller, Blatz, Schlitz, and Pabst. The Mafia had control, and it made its money by running alcohol as far away as Canada and Indiana, as well as with counterfeiting, the numbers racket, and two of the biggest heists in American history. From then on, the sky was the limit, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Powhatan Indians of Virginia

    Their Traditional Culture

    de Helen C. Rountree ...
    Series series The Civilization of the American Indian Series
    Among the aspects of Powhatan life that Helen Rountree describes in vivid detail are hunting and agriculture, territorial claims, warfare and treatment of prisoners, physical appearance and dress, construction of houses and towns, education of youths, initiation rites, family and social structure and customs, the nature of rulers, medicine, religion, and even village games, music, and dance ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Mr. E. 2003

    Manifest Lessons from Ohio’S Bicentennial Celebration

    de Keith A. Elkins ...
    In 2003, Ohio celebrated the bicentennial of its inauguration as the seventeenth state of the United States. It incited citizens from eighty-eight counties to celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of Ohios heritage.In his memoir, author Keith A. Elkins, known as Mr. E. to his fourth-grade students, tells of how, inspired by his states momentous celebration, he discovered an opportunity to ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • This Wicked Rebellion

    Wisconsin Civil War Soldiers Write Home

    Edición de John Zimm ...
    Over one hundred and fifty years after it began, the Civil War still fascinates us—the vast armies marching to war, iconic leaders like Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee, the drama of a nation divided. But the Civil War was also about individuals, the hundreds of thousands of ordinary men and boys who fought and died on either side and the families and friends left at home.This Wicked Rebellion: ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD