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  • Shantytown, USA

    Forgotten Landscapes of the Working Poor

    by Lisa Goff ...
    The word “shantytown” conjures images of crowded slums in developing nations. Though their history is largely forgotten, shantytowns were a prominent feature of one developing nation in particular: the United States. Lisa Goff restores shantytowns to the central place they once occupied in America’s urban landscape, showing how the basic but resourcefully constructed dwellings of America’s working ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Blueberry Lu Learns to Cook

    by Lisa Goff ...
    Blueberry Lu loves frozen blueberries. However, when she eats them, she struggles with the effects they have on her. Will her friendship continue to grow with her best friend, Sue, or will Lu’s love for frozen berries make Sue find a new friend? Come join us as Sue and Lu prepare to cook up some fun in Blueberry Lu Learns to Cook. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Blueberry Lu

    by Lisa Goff ...
    Lucy loves blueberries! She especially loves blueberries when they are frozen! However, the colder the berries, the riskier for Lucy’s friends and family. Come with us to discover what happens when Blueberry Lu eats her cold berries. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Shantytown, USA

    Forgotten Landscapes of the Working Poor

    by Lisa Goff ...
    The word “shantytown” conjures images of crowded slums in developing nations. Though their history is largely forgotten, shantytowns were a prominent feature of one developing nation in particular: the United States. Lisa Goff restores shantytowns to the central place they once occupied in America’s urban landscape, showing how the basic but resourcefully constructed dwellings of America’s working ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

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  • Gotham

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  • Chicago's Great Fire

    The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City

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    A definitive chronicle of the 1871 Chicago Fire as remembered by those who experienced it—from the author of Chicago and the American Literary Imagination.Over three days in October, 1871, much of Chicago, Illinois, was destroyed by one of the most legendary urban fires in history. Incorporated as a city in 1837, Chicago had grown at a breathtaking pace in the intervening decades—and much of the ... Read more

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  • The Workshop of Democracy, 1863–1932

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    The second volume of Burns's acclaimed history of America, from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Great DepressionAbraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address pointed to a new way to preserve an old hope—that democracy might prove a vibrant and lasting form of government for people of different races, religions, and aspirations. The scars of the Civil War would not soon heal, but with that ... Read more

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  • The Making of African America

    The Four Great Migrations

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