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Still Standing
A Postcard Book of Barn Photographs
2006
216 kr
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The result of a seven-and-a-half-year undertaking to document Iowa's barns and all they represent, ""Harker's Barns: Visions of an American Icon"" featured seventy-five stunning black-and-white photographs by Michael Harker. An impressive and well-received collection, the book helped preserve the …
EXPLORING BURIED BUXTON: ARCHAEOLOGY OF AN ABANDONED IOWA COAL MINING TOWN WITH A LARGE BLACK POPULATION
Av David M. Gradwohl, Nancy M. Osborn
Häftad, 1990
366 kr
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Emerald Horizon
The History of Nature in Iowa
Häftad, 2007
249 kr
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In ""The Emerald Horizon"", Cornelia Mutel combines lyrical writing with meticulous scientific research to portray the environmental past, present, and future of Iowa. In doing so, she ties all of Iowa's natural features into one comprehensive whole.Since so much of the tallgrass state has been …
Farm House
College Farm to University Museum
Häftad, 2009
205 kr
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Now available for the first time in paperback, ""Farm House"" tells the story of the first structure built on the Iowa State University campus. Mary Atherly provides a comprehensive history of the Farm House from its founding days in 1860 to its role as the center of activity for the new college to …
Indians of Iowa
Häftad, 2009
157 kr
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Many different Indian tribes have lived in Iowa, each existing as an independent nation with its own history, culture, language, and traditions. Some were residents before recorded time; some lived in Iowa for relatively short periods but played memorable roles in the state's history; others …
Practical Guide to Prairie Reconstruction
Av Carl Kurtz
Häftad, 2013
189 kr
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Thirty-five years and many acres after planting his first patch of prairie flowers, Carl Kurtz is considered one of the deans of the great tallgrass prairie revival. The Prairie Enthusiast called the 2001 edition of his book a “readable and understandable introduction to prairie and the general …
Place of Sense
Essays in Search of the Midwest
Av Michael Martone, Michael Martone
Häftad, 1988
253 kr
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Wedding Dress
Stories from the Dakota Plains
Av Carrie Young
Häftad, 2000
165 kr
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This text contains seven short stories by Carrie Young.
Iowa Railroads
The Essays of Frank P.Donovan, Jr.
Av Frank P. Donovan, Frank P. Donovan Jr
Häftad, 2000
283 kr
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Frank P. Donovan was one of the first writers to provide a complete exploration of the major steam railways that served Iowa. This collection of Donovan's essays describes the history of the state railroad systems and the companies who ran them.
Prairie Reunion
Häftad, 2000
180 kr
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Barbara Scot's memoir begins with a trunk full of memories and her mother's cryptic letters about a marriage unravelling. The author searches for the truth, which takes her back to a scene of tragedy - to the farm her family lost and the close-knit secretive community she left behind.
Sarah's Seasons
An Amish Diary and Conversation
Häftad, 2000
139 kr
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This is the diary of Sarah Fisher, an Old Order Amish woman from Kalona, Iowa. Written throughout 1976 and 1977, it is an ongoing account of her seasonal routine, telling of a life where all tasks are undertaken without the conveniences of electricity, telephones or automobiles.
Up a Country Lane Cookbook
Häftad, 2000
169 kr
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For over 50 years Birkby has written a weekly column for her hometown paper containing recipes, stories of friends and family, and her personal philosophy of life. This volume contains the best of these recipes and stories from the 1940s and 1950s.
Buxton
A Black Utopia in the Heartland
Av Dorothy Schwieder, Joseph Hraba m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
236 kr
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From 1900 until the early 1920s, an unusual community existed in America's heartland. It was the largest unincorporated coal-mining community in Iowa and the majority of its 5000 residents were African Americans - unusual for a state which was over 90 per cent white.
Weathering Winter
A Gardener's Daybook
Häftad, 2003
189 kr
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The author reminds readers that the season of brown twigs and icy gales is just as much a part of the year as the time when the tulips open and tomatoes thrive. He keeps track of snow falling, birds flocking, soups simmering, garden catalogues arriving, buds swelling and seed trays coming to life.
Home in the West, or, Emigration and Its Consequences
Av M. Emilia Rockwell, Sharon E. Wood
Häftad, 2005
165 kr
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Sawdust Trail
Billy Sunday in His Own Words
Häftad, 2005
349 kr
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Billy Sunday (1862-1935) was the best-known evangelist in America in the first half of the 20th century. Impoverished midwestern farm kid, professional baseball player, showman extraordinaire, unabashed patriot, and foe of the demon rum, this self-styled muscular Christian brought his brand of …
Butterflies of Iowa
Av Dennis W. Schlicht, John C. Downey m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
279 kr
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This beautiful and comprehensive guide, many years in the making, is a manual for identifying the butterflies of Iowa as well as 90 percent of the butterflies in the Plains states. It begins by providing information on the natural communities of Iowa, paying special attention to butterfly habitat …
Fifty Uncommon Birds of the Upper Midwest
Inbunden, 2007
325 kr
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Although the many common birds of the Upper Midwest are lovely to hear and see, there is no doubt that the uncommon birds attract more attention. In this gorgeously illustrated companion to their ""Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest"", which provided a new appreciation of the not-so-ordinary …
Enchanted by Prairie
Inbunden, 2009
271 kr
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June grass at sunset, Indian grass at sunrise, hawk moths and monarch butterflies nectaring on purple fringed orchids and rough blazing star, little bluestem and saw-tooth sunflowers and butterfly milkweed in hill prairies and sand prairies, and blue skies and one bright rainbow arching over them …
Watershed Year
Anatomy of the Iowa Floods of 2008
Häftad, 2010
170 kr
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In June 2008, the rivers of eastern Iowa rose above their banks to create floods of epic proportions; their amazing size and the rapidity of their rise ruined farmlands and displaced thousands of residents and hundreds of businesses. By providing a solid base of scientific and technical information …
Ecology and Management of Prairies in the Central United States
Av Chris Helzer
Häftad, 2009
349 kr
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Most prairies exist today as fragmented landscapes, making thoughtful and vigilant management ever more important. Intended for landowners and managers dedicated to understanding and nurturing their prairies as well as farmers, ranchers, conservationists, and all those with a strong interest in …
In for the Long Haul
The Life of John Ruan
Häftad, 2010
189 kr
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An in depth biography of John Ruan, who rose from gravel hauler to multi-millionaire. During his career, Ruan built a diverse business empire based on trucking, banking, real estate, and international trade. One of Iowa's most famous citizens he is known not only for his business savvy but for his …
Iowa Schoolma’Am
Letters of Elizabeth “Bess” Corey, 1904–1908
Av Philip L. Gerber, Charlotte Wright
Häftad, 2011
227 kr
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Readers everywhere fell for Elizabeth Corey, the irrepressible, independent, and fearless Bachelor Bess, whose letters home to Iowa gave us a firsthand account of her adventures on a South Dakota homestead from 1909 to 1919. Now, through the letters she wrote home between 1904 and 1908, readers can …
We Have All Gone Away
Häftad, 2011
189 kr
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In We Have All Gone Away, his emotionally moving memoir, Curtis Harnack tells of growing up during the Great Depression on an Iowa farm among six siblings and an extended family of relatives. With a directness and a beauty that recall Thoreau, Harnack balances a child's impressions with the …
Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships
Av John Price
Häftad, 2012
162 kr
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John Price's Man Killed by Pheasant is a loving ode to the prairies of the Midwest, to west central Iowa, and to family connections that stretch from his Swedish ancestors to his parents to his wife and children. Throughout he embraces 'the opportunity, as always, to settle, to remember, and be …
Always Put in a Recipe and Other Tips for Living from Iowa's Best-Known Homemaker
Häftad, 2012
189 kr
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In 1949, Iowa farm wife Evelyn Birkby began to write a weekly column entitled ""Up a Country Lane"" for the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel, now called the Valley News. Sixty-three years, one Royal typewriter, and five computers later, she is still creating a weekly record of the lives and interests of …
Farm at Holstein Dip
An Iowa Boyhood
Häftad, 2012
224 kr
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Carroll Engelhardt's parents grew up in homes without electricity on farms without tractors and began farming in the same way. As a farm boy in northeastern Iowa, he thought that history happened only to important people in earlier times and more exotic places. After decades of teaching, he at last …
Of Men and Marshes
Häftad, 2012
195 kr
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Standing with such environmental classics as Loren Eiseley’s The Immense Journey, his friend and mentor Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac, and Joseph Wood Krutch’s The Voice of the Desert, Paul Errington’s Of Men and Marshes remains an evocative reminder of the great beauty and intrinsic value …
