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Kaskaskia
The Lost Capital of Illinois
Av David MacDonald, Raine Waters
Häftad, 2019
280 kr
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This first comprehensive account of the Illinois village of Kaskaskia covers more than two hundred years in the vast and compelling history of the state. David MacDonald and Raine Waters explore Illinois’s first capital in great detail, from its foundation in 1703 to its destruction by the …
Snake Road
A Field Guide to the Snakes of LaRue-Pine Hills
Häftad, 2021
231 kr
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Visiting the mecca of snake watching.Twice a year, spring and fall, numerous species of reptiles and amphibians migrate between the LaRue Pine Hills' towering limestone bluffs and the Big Muddy River's swampy floodplain in southern Illinois. Snakes, especially great numbers of Cottonmouths, give …
Dawn's Light Woman & Nicolas Franchomme
Marriage and Law in the Illinois Country
Av Carl J. Ekberg, Sharon K. Person
Häftad, 2022
311 kr
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Native women’s marital rights and roles in colonial Illinois societyKaskaskia, Illinois, once the state’s capital, torn from the state by flood waters, and now largely forgotten, was once the home to a couple who helped transform the region in the 1720s from a frontier village to a civil society. …
Southern Illinois Fishing
A Comprehensive Guide for Anglers
Av Colby Simms
Häftad, 2025
288 kr
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The ultimate resource for sport fishing in southern IllinoisSouthern Illinois’s many waterways teem with an incredible variety of fish species, and award-winning fisherman and journalist Colby Simms knows exactly where and how to catch them all.Within these pages, Simms shares the secrets he’s …
From the Center of America
Steamboats and Shipyards Along the Lower Ohio River
Häftad, 2026
338 kr
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Charting the legacy of mid-America's shipyards and iconic steamboatsBefore the railroad stitched together the American landscape, the dominant mode of transportation in the United States was by steamboat. These grand vessels, their iconic paddlewheels churning the country's rivers, have long …
From the Center of America
Steamboats and Shipyards Along the Lower Ohio River
Inbunden, 2026
583 kr
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Charting the legacy of mid-America's shipyards and iconic steamboatsBefore the railroad stitched together the American landscape, the dominant mode of transportation in the United States was by steamboat. These grand vessels, their iconic paddlewheels churning the country's rivers, have long …
Bondage in Egypt
Slavery in Southern Illinois
Häftad, 2027
381 kr
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Bondage in Egypt reconstructs how slavery and its variants functioned under legal and societal loopholes in southern Illinois from the early 18th century until the Civil War, detailing the complexities of power, law, and resistance in a region caught between North and South.
Bondage in Egypt
Slavery in Southern Illinois
Inbunden, 2027
812 kr
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Bondage in Egypt reconstructs how slavery and its variants functioned under legal and societal loopholes in southern Illinois from the early 18th century until the Civil War, detailing the complexities of power, law, and resistance in a region caught between North and South.
Southern Illinois Album
Farm Security Administration Photographs, 1936-1943
Häftad, 1990
311 kr
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Life on the road was anything but glamorous for Farm Security Administration photographers traveling through southern Illinois in the mid-1930s. Often their most promising subjects lived at the end of the worst roads, many of which lacked bridges, drainage ditches, or gravel. Outfitted with three …
Vicarious Thrills
A Championship Season of High School Basketball
Inbunden, 1995
484 kr
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All Anybody Ever Wanted of ME Was to Work
The Memoirs of Edith Bradley Rendleman
Av Southern Illinois University Press, Jane Adams
Häftad, 1996
231 kr
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Recalling the first half of the 20th century in detail, Rendleman cites vignettes from her childhood as her family moved from farm to farm until settling, in 1909, in the Mississippi Bottoms west of Wolf Lake.
Yankin' and Liftin' Their Whole Lives
A Mississippi River Commercial Fisherman
Häftad, 2000
282 kr
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Using narrative, monologues and 70 black-and-white photographs, photojournalist Richard Younker examines the life and culture of what is perhaps the last generation of people to make their living as commercial fishermen on the Mississippi River, Junnie Putnam and his family and friends.
Giant City State Park and the Civilian Conservation Corps
A History in Words and Pictures
Häftad, 2010
282 kr
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This title documents the fascinating history of an Illinois treasure. Many recognize Giant City State Park as one of the premier recreation spots in southern Illinois, with its unspoiled forests, glorious rock formations, and famous sandstone lodge. But few know the park's history or are aware of …
Growing Up in a Land Called Egypt
A Southern Illinois Family Biography
Av Cleo Caraway
Häftad, 2009
261 kr
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This book offers a captivating glimpse of a bygone era. In ""Growing Up in a Land Called Egypt: A Southern Illinois Family Biography"", author Cleo Caraway fondly recalls how she and her siblings came of age on the family farm in the 1930s and 1940s. Like many others, the Caraways were affected by …
Forgetting and the Forgotten
A Thousand Years of Contested Histories in the Heartland
Häftad, 2022
325 kr
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Revealing the forgotten in community historiesHistories try to forget, as this evocative study of one community reveals. Forgetting and the Forgotten details the nature of how a community forged its story against outsiders. Historian Michael C. Batinski explores the habits of forgetting that enable …
