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  • The Haymakers

    A Chronicle of Five Farm Families

    Winner of the Minnesota Book Award and the Red River Heritage Award!The Haymakers is an epic—the history of man's struggle with nature as well as man's struggle against machines. It relates the story of farmers and their obligations to their families, to the animals they fed, and to the land they tended. But The Haymakersis also an elegy—to a way of life fast disappearing from our landscape. In ... Leer más

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  • Silas Jayne

    Chicago's Suburban Gangster

    de Bryan Alaspa ...
    Series series True Crime
    His name might not have the same notoriety that belonged to Al Capone or John Wayne Gacy, but Silas Jayne's life carved a similarly brutal arc through the Windy City's history. Even the mob was reluctant to compete with a man who burned his own horses alive for insurance money and ordered the assassination of his own brother in the same unhesitating fashion that he reportedly axed a flock of geese ... Leer más

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  • Long Hard Road

    American POWs During World War II

    de Thomas Saylor ...
    Between 1941 and 1945 more than 110,000 American marines, soldiers, airmen, and sailors were taken prisoner by German, Italian, and Japanese forces. Most who fought overseas during World War II weren't prepared for capture, or for the life-altering experiences of incarceration, torture, and camaraderie bred of hardship that followed. Their harrowing story—often overlooked in Greatest Generation ... Leer más

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  • Lost Detroit

    Stories Behind the Motor City's Majestic Ruins

    Stories and photographs celebrating the city's history through its abandoned architectural landmarks.Lost Detroit tells the stories behind twelve of the city's most beautiful left-behind landmarks and of the people who occupied them, from the day they opened to the day they closed. While these buildings might stand as ghosts of the past today, their stories live on within these pages.This book ... Leer más

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  • Columbus Neighborhoods

    A Guide to the Landmarks of Franklinton, German Village, King-Lincoln, Olde Town East, Short North & the University District

    Series series History & Guide
    Discover the stories behind historic Columbus neighborhoods and their engaging landmarks. The community centers that locals call home aren't just points of interest but places that have shaped history beyond their communities and even Ohio. This encyclopedia of Columbus neighborhoods gives voice to the rich heritage residing in the bell towers, parks and streetscapes of Franklinton, German Village ... Leer más

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  • Cleveland Curiosities

    de Ted Schwarz ...
    Eliot Ness might come busting in and take all of you crooks to jail--or more likely he won't, even if you've been robbing banks all over Cleveland and bragging about it to the media, like self-proclaimed "last of the big-time bank robbers" Eddie Watkins. This isn't your Kevin Costner version of Eliot Ness, and this isn't your standard collection of Cleveland eccentrics. Join author Ted Schwarz on ... Leer más

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  • Missouri

    de Paul C. Nagel ...
    Missourians could hardly have made a more appropriate decision than to name their capital city after Thomas Jefferson. A meeting-place of major rivers, Missouri became a gateway to the promised land--the beckoning West opened up to Americans by Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase.In the era of overland traders and steamboat pilots, of Thomas Hart Benton and Mark Twain, life in Missouri was strongly ... Leer más

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  • Michigan City's Washington Park

    de Jonita Davis ...
    Series series Images of America
    The sand dunes stretched higher than many skyscrapers, with the remnants of an abandoned lumber industry at their feet. The sandy, overgrown land was nothing that Michigan City residents cared to develop, let alone visit. The area was largely forgotten until Mayor Martin Krueger decided that his town would have a park and bathing beach. In a few short years, the deserted area was transformed into ... Leer más

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  • The Chicago Great Western Railway

    Series series Images of Rail
    Track the history of the Chicago Great Western Railway through vintage images in this volume authored by David J. Fiore Sr. The Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW) was a Midwestern line that operated in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas, and Nebraska. Although this territory was served by much larger systems, the CGW was able to retain its share of passenger and freight business for 83 ... Leer más

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  • Michigan's Strychnine Saint

    The Curious Case of Mrs. Mary McKnight

    de Tobin T. Buhk ...
    " A historically accurate picture of the characters involved in the complicated frontier-era poisoning investigation" (MLive.com).The spring of 1903 proved disastrous for the Murphy family. On April 22, the infant Ruth Murphy died in her crib. Within an hour, her mother, Gertrude, experienced a violent spasm before she, too, died. Ten days later, John Murphy followed his wife and child to the ... Leer más

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  • Toledo's Historic Farmers' Market

    With savory fruits, crisp vegetables, fresh herbs and more, the Toledo Farmers� Market attests to the rich and bountiful goodness available in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. Join historian Trini L. Wenninger as she guides you through the market�s history, from its humble origins in the 1830s through its survival during rough times in the Glass City. Select the ripest tomatoes from ... Leer más

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  • The Golden Age of Chicago Children's Television

    At one time every station in Chicago—a maximum of five, until 1964–produced or aired some programming for children. From the late 1940’s through the early 1970’s, local television stations created a golden age of children’s television unique in American broadcasting. Though the shows often operated under strict budgetary constraints, these programs were rich in imagination, inventiveness, and ... Leer más

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