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  • The Village of Hoffman Estates: An Atypical Suburb

    de Cheryl Lemus ...
    Series series Brief History
    Established in 1955 by home builder and entrepreneur Jack Hoffman and incorporated in 1959, the Village of Hoffman Estates has flourished into one of the largest suburbs in Northeast Illinois. In this commemorative history celebrating fifty years of the Village, Cheryl Lemus uncovers the unique character and spirit that emerged as Hoffman Estates grew from an isolated farmland where residents woke ... Leer más

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  • Poles in Wisconsin

    Series series People of Wisconsin
    In this all-new addition to the People of Wisconsin series, author Susan Mikos traces the history of Polish immigrants as they settled in America’s northern heartland. The second largest immigrant population after Germans, Poles put down roots in all corners of the state, from the industrial center of Milwaukee to the farmland around Stevens Point, in the Cutover, and beyond. In each locale, they ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • African American Topeka

    de Sherrita Camp ...
    Series series Images of America
    African Americans arrived in Topeka right before and after the Civil War and again in large numbers during the Exodus Movement of 1879 and Great Migration of 1910. They came in protest of the treatment they received in the South. The history of dissent lived on in Topeka, as it became the home to court cases protesting discrimination of all kinds. African Americans came to the city determined that ... Leer más

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  • Schuster's & Gimbels

    Milwaukee's Beloved Department Stores

    de Paul Geenen ...
    Series series Landmarks
    A nostalgic journey into the life of these Wisconsin shopping meccas—including photos and illustrations.For well over a century, Milwaukee shoppers have had Gimbels or Schuster's in their lives. Even if they didn't crave sewing notions or prize-winning apple pies, they were watching holiday parades wind by, tuning in for Billie the Brownie's radio updates, or losing themselves in front of one of ... Leer más

    $12.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • One Zero Charlie

    Adventures in Grass Roots Aviation

    Galt Airport in northern Illinois is known to the people who fly out of it as “One-Zero-Charlie” (for its FAA designation as Airport 10C). This evocative excursion into a little-known part of the heart of America takes us to a place where a love of flying draws people together, and a fascination with its sheer exhilaration keeps them that way. ... Leer más

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  • The Worlds the Shawnees Made

    Migration and Violence in Early America

    In 1779, Shawnees from Chillicothe, a community in the Ohio country, told the British, “We have always been the frontier.” Their statement challenges an oft-held belief that American Indians derive their unique identities from longstanding ties to native lands. By tracking Shawnee people and migrations from 1400 to 1754, Stephen Warren illustrates how Shawnees made a life for themselves at the ... Leer más

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  • Poles in Minnesota

    Series series People of Minnesota
    Polish Americans have been part of Minnesota history since before the state's founding. Taking up farms along newly laid rail networks, Polish immigrants fanned across the countryside in small but important concentrations. In cities like Winona and St. Paul, Northeast Minneapolis and Duluth, as well as on the Iron Range, Polish American workers helped drive a growing industrial and agricultural ... Leer más

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  • Grand River

    de Norma Lewis ...
    Series series Images of America
    Stretching 265 miles, the majestic Grand River is Michigan's longest waterway, and it was once considered one of the Midwest's most important. The river starts as a trickle just south of Jackson and gains power as it surges toward Lake Michigan in Grand Haven. Trappers first used the river to trade with the Native American villages along its banks. Later, the lumber industry transported logs via ... Leer más

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  • Campaign Crossroads

    Presidential Politics in Indiana from Lincoln to Obama

    Campaign Crossroads looks back over the varied, sometimes important, sometimes irrelevant, but always interesting presidential campaign cycles in Indiana’s history. By taking in the influences of technology, transportation and communication itself, we see an evolution in the political process that is not only altogether Hoosier, but also altogether American in its quality and importance. Using a ... Leer más

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  • Cleveland's Vanishing Sacred Architecture

    Series series Images of America
    As in other cities, Cleveland has developed through the evolution of its European ethnic neighborhoods and their various religions. Many of these neighborhoods built their own churches, which became the focus of community development and unity. For decades, these churches thrived, but the new millennium has brought with it huge changes in the economy. Large �membership� institutions, like the ... Leer más

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  • Voodoo Priests, Noble Savages, and Ozark Gypsies

    The Life of Folklorist Mary Alicia Owen

    de Greg Olson ...
    Series Libro 1 - Missouri Biography Series
    Folklorist Wayland Hand once called Mary Alicia Owen “the most famous American Woman Folklorist of her time.” Drawing on primary sources, such as maps, census records, court documents, personal letters and periodicals, and the scholarship of others who have analyzed various components of Owen’s multifaceted career, historian Greg Olson offers the most complete account of her life and work to date. ... Leer más

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  • Iron Valley

    The Transformation of the Iron Industry in Ohio's Mahoning Valley, 1802–1913

    Series series Trillium Books
    Youngstown, Ohio, and the surrounding Mahoning Valley supplied the iron that helped transform the United States into an industrial powerhouse in the nineteenth century. The story of the Mahoning Valley’s unorthodox rise from mid-scale iron producer to twentieth-century “Steel Valley” is a tale of innovation, stagnation, and, above all, extreme change. Located halfway between Pittsburgh and ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD