Soul City: Race, Equality, and the Lost Dream of an American Utopia, Hardcover - Thomas Healy

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Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Thomas HagerIllustration(s): Black-and-white images throughoutNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139...

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Herrin, Illinois, has seen many dramatic events unfold in the nearly two hundred years since it was a bell-shaped prairie on the frontier. Now, Her...

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Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Natasha WarikooIllustration(s): 4 tablesNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: ...

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Wayne Jenkins and his team of plain-clothed officers - the Gun Trace Task Force - were the city's lauded and decorated heroes.

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Utilizing an innovative framework as an international, interdisciplinary dialogue, the volume provides an inventory of contemporary thought about t...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Sean J. DrakeIllustration(s): 14 b-w photos, 4 tablesNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2022...

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The New York Times bestselling author of the classic The Care of the Soul addresses the needs of those providing soul care to others--therapists, p...

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