Roadside History of Illinois, Paperback

Reducere. Explore the fascinating natural beauty of a state not recognized for its scenery through the wide variety of parks and natural areas that many have...

Reducere. Concise descriptions of the animals and their tracks are combined with detailed drawings of the front and back prints, stride patterns and other im...

Reducere. Enjoy 75 accounts of ghostly visitations--among them spirits from the Great Chicago Fire, the curse of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, a spectral...

Reducere. This overview of Nebraska history leads both visitors and residents on an in-depth tour of the state's past. Divided into five geographic divisions...

Reducere. The roadside history series charts a course to the present through carefully selected and researched stories that relate what we see today with wha...

Reducere. Texas history reaches far back in time by North American standards. It is fascinating by anyone's measure. Modern Texas is woven from the frayed bu...

Reducere. Crossroads of the continent, Land of Lincoln, hub of commerce--or, as Charles Dickens viewed it, a landscape "oppressive in its barren monotony"--I...

Reducere. Higher education hails Asian American students as model minorities who face no educational barriers given their purported cultural values of hard w...

Reducere. The decades after World War II were a golden age for roadside attractions in the Sunshine State. The advent of the family automobile put Florida's ...

Reducere. Although Illinois saw no dramatic witch trials, witchcraft has been a part of Illinois history and culture from French exploration to the present d...

DescriptionThis engaging history of one of the largest ethnic groups in Illinois explores the influence and experiences of German immigrants and th...

Reducere. The History of Starved Rock provides a wonderful overview of the famous site in Utica, Illinois, from when European explorers first viewed the bluf...

Reducere. With 85 percent of its buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, Galena truly is a place drenched in history. From the ancient burial ...

Reducere. This comprehensive and authoritative history of the War of 1812, thoroughly revised for the 200th anniversary of the historic conflict, is a myth-s...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Witchcraft in Illinois: A Cultural History, Hardcover

A history of the Circe myth.Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Judith YarnallNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 1994Dimensions: 2...

Reducere. The hundreds of millions of years of history folded within Pennsylvania's rocks tell a remarkable story of destruction, creation, and transformatio...

Reducere. Spurred first by the civil rights debates of the 1960s and 1970s, then by the culture wars of the following decades, the Chicago Historical Society...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Reducere. History, Mystery and Hauntings of Southern Illinois pulls straight from the case files of the Little Egypt Ghost Society led by founder Bruce Cline...

DescriptionIn Queer Timing, Susan Potter offers a counter-history that reorients accepted views of lesbian representation and spectatorship in earl...

Reducere. Between the Great Depression and the mid-1970s, hitchhikers were a common sight for motorists, as American service members, students, and adventure...

Reducere. Winner of the Missouri History Book Award, from the State Historical Society of Missouri Winner of the Arkansiana Award, from the Arkansas Library ...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Sandra GabrieleIllustration(s): 16 color photographs, 30 black & white photographs, 3 tablesNumbe...

Reducere. Hidden gems from Chicago's pastTales of Forgotten Chicago contains twenty-one fascinating, little-known stories about a great city and its people. ...

City of Big Shoulders links key events in Chicago's development, from its marshy origins in the 1600s to today's robust metropolis. Robert G. Spinn...

Archaeological excavation during the construction of a new supply line for the electrification of the Great Western Railway Main Line uncovered par...

Reducere. The eleven original essays presented here serve to enlarge the canvas upon which American history is to be portrayed so that it will allow--or more...

Reducere. DescriptionBetween 1880 and 1920, emigration from Sweden to Chicago soared, and the city itself grew remarkably. During this time, the Swedish popu...

Reducere. Moral treatment, the vogue of early American psychology, freed the mentally ill of their chains. They were, however, still relegated to separate in...