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The Supper Club Book: A Celebration of a Midwest Tradition
ISBN: 9781613743683 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The supper club of the Upper Midwest is unmistakably authentic, as unique to the region as great lakes, cheese curds, and Curly Lambeau. The far-flung locations and creative decor give each supper club a unique ambience, but the owners, staff, and regulars give it its personality. Author Dave Hoekstra traveled through farmland, woods, towns, and cities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, and Illinois, eating at salad bars, drinking old fashioneds, and most of all talking to old-timers, local historians, and newcomers. He discovered that far from going the way of so many small...
The supper club of the Upper Midwest is unmistakably authentic, as unique to the region as great lakes, cheese curds, and Curly Lambeau. The far-flung...
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145,49 zł |
St. Paul Union Depot
ISBN: 9780816656103 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych.
Practical rather than...
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186,38 zł |
Rock Island: The Town
ISBN: 9781523971718 / Angielski / Miękka / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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69,86 zł |
Saint Louis, the Story of Catholic Evangelization of America's Heartland: Vol 1: From Canoe To Cathedral
ISBN: 9780939409068 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first volume in a four-volume work detailing the work of Catholic missionaries in the early Midwest, and the founding and growth of Catholic institutions in Saint Louis and surrounding regions in Missouri and Illinois. The first volume in a four-volume work detailing the work of Catholic missionaries in the early Midwest, and the founding and growth of Catholic in... |
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66,32 zł |
Nature's School: The Role of the Wabash River in the Early History of Peru, Indiana, 1829-1913
ISBN: 9781475967869 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Nature's School" is both the intriguing story of the rise and fall of a town because of the influence of the Wabash River and a broader observation of the significant role of water in the chronicle of American history. Peru, Indiana is usually defined by the rich circus heritage in its past, but the most significant history of the town lies in the relationship it has with the Wabash River, a story that has largely been forgotten. "Nature's School" is a narrative that includes Native Americans, land speculation, the Wabash & Erie Canal, railroads, and changes in the Wabash River,... "Nature's School" is both the intriguing story of the rise and fall of a town because of the influence of the Wabash River and a broader observatio... |
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69,03 zł |
Nature's School: The Role of the Wabash River in the Early History of Peru, Indiana, 1829-1913
ISBN: 9781475967883 / Angielski / Twarda / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Nature's School" is both the intriguing story of the rise and fall of a town because of the influence of the Wabash River and a broader observation of the significant role of water in the chronicle of American history. Peru, Indiana is usually defined by the rich circus heritage in its past, but the most significant history of the town lies in the relationship it has with the Wabash River, a story that has largely been forgotten. "Nature's School" is a narrative that includes Native Americans, land speculation, the Wabash & Erie Canal, railroads, and changes in the Wabash River,... "Nature's School" is both the intriguing story of the rise and fall of a town because of the influence of the Wabash River and a broader observatio... |
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99,58 zł |
Burial Records of Four Grant County, Indiana, Quaker Cemeteries
ISBN: 9780788411182 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a comprehensive inventory of four Quaker burial grounds: Mississinewa Friends Cemetery, Deer Creek Friends Cemetery, Little Ridge Friends Cemetery, and Oak Ridge Friends Cemetery. Brief sketches preceding each section of records note the location, size and condition of the burial grounds. Entries for the deceased are alphabetized by surname and include information such as date and place of birth, parents, spouse, children, maiden name, nickname, religious affiliation, place of worship, educational achievement, military service, and date of death wherever known. An index of maiden...
This is a comprehensive inventory of four Quaker burial grounds: Mississinewa Friends Cemetery, Deer Creek Friends Cemetery, Little Ridge Friends Ceme...
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79,17 zł |
Shadow on the Hill: The True Story of a 1925 Kansas Murder
ISBN: 9781593308155 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It was the most brutal murder in the history of Coffey County, Kansas. On May 30, 1925, Florence Knoblock, a farmer's wife and the mother of a young boy, was found slaughtered on her kitchen floor. Several innocent men were taken into custody before the victim's husband, John, was accused of the crime. He would endure two sensational trials before being acquitted. Eighty years later, local historian Diana Staresinic-Deane studied the investigation, which was doomed by destroyed evidence, inexperienced lawmen, disappearing witnesses, and a community more desperate for an arrest than justice....
It was the most brutal murder in the history of Coffey County, Kansas. On May 30, 1925, Florence Knoblock, a farmer's wife and the mother of a young b...
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81,08 zł |
You Were Never in Chicago
ISBN: 9780226104157 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1952 the New Yorker published a three-part essay by A. J. Liebling in which he dubbed Chicago the "Second City." From garbage collection to the skyline, nothing escaped Liebling's withering gaze. Among the outraged responses from Chicago residents was one that Liebling described as the apotheosis of such criticism: a postcard that read, simply, "You were never in Chicago." Neil Steinberg has lived in and around Chicago for more than three decades--ever since he left his hometown of Berea, Ohio, to attend Northwestern--yet he remains fascinated by the dynamics captured in...In 1952 the New Yorker published a three-part essay by A. J. Liebling in which he dubbed Chicago the "Second City." From garbage collection ... |
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74,84 zł |
People of Color: Black Genealogical Records and Abstracts from Missouri Sources, Volume 2
ISBN: 9780788409271 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Missouri became a state on August 21, 1821, which meant free blacks could not be prevented from entering or remaining in the state. Since many other slave states restricted freed slaves and free blacks from staying within their borders, they migrated to Missouri. This is the second volume in this popular series; it gives information from the 1800s to this century, and draws from many sources. The chapters are compiled from the following material: census records; military enlistments; marriage records of Nodaway, Jefferson, Miller, Dade, Cooper and Audrain Counties; cemetery records of...
Missouri became a state on August 21, 1821, which meant free blacks could not be prevented from entering or remaining in the state. Since many other s...
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100,13 zł |
Amana: William Rufus Perkins' and Barthinius L. Wick's History of the Amana Society, or Community of True Inspiration
ISBN: 9780788414824 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Amana (the Society of True Inspiration) was a settlement of German pietists in Iowa, consisting of seven old-fashioned villages along the Iowa River. The founders were German mystics who believed in divine inspiration, and who traced their religious ancestry back to the pietists of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. They opposed Lutheran formalism, refused to take oaths and render military service, and would not allow their children to attend Lutheran schools. In 1817, the group experienced a spiritual renaissance, and in 1842, several members came to the U.S. to explore the...
Amana (the Society of True Inspiration) was a settlement of German pietists in Iowa, consisting of seven old-fashioned villages along the Iowa River. ...
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81,50 zł |
Hamilton County, Ohio, Church Death Records, 1811-1849
ISBN: 9780788415043 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new index has been compiled from the death and burial records of twenty-four churches in Hamilton County, Ohio. It contains nearly 11,000 deaths recorded in the death and burial registers of individual priests and ministers before 1850. Although index entries vary considerably in detail from church to church and year to year, a particular entry may contain any of the following valuable information: full name and maiden name (where applicable) of the deceased, names of parents, surviving spouse, date of death, age at time of death and date of burial. Entries are alphabetized by surname...
This new index has been compiled from the death and burial records of twenty-four churches in Hamilton County, Ohio. It contains nearly 11,000 deaths ...
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149,03 zł |
Missouri Genealogical Gleanings 1840 and Beyond, Vol. 5
ISBN: 9780788409844 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The fifth book of this Missouri series includes information on counties covered in the previous volumes and also new information on previously covered counties. Census records for Missouri started in 1830, but many travelers and permanent settlers were missed in the census years or only lived in the state between census years. The purpose of this collection is to help the researcher pinpoint his or her ancestors between the census years. Missouri was a gateway to the West-a key location in the nineteenth century. Both the Santa Fe Trail to the southwest and the Oregon Trail to the northwest...
The fifth book of this Missouri series includes information on counties covered in the previous volumes and also new information on previously covered...
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114,09 zł |
Hamilton County, Ohio, Burial Records, Volume 12: Calvary Cemetery
ISBN: 9780788414336 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Calvary Cemetery is located in the Cincinnati, Ohio, suburb of Evanston and covers thirteen acres. The first burial was recorded in November 1865; over 17,000 interments have since been made and the grounds remain active. This new work reprints Calvary Cemetery's burial records in their entirety, cross-referenced with readings from headstones and markers to ensure accuracy. Records are arranged alphabetically by surname and contain (wherever available): full name of the deceased, date of birth, date of death, age at time of death and date of interment, with cemetery section, lot and row...
Calvary Cemetery is located in the Cincinnati, Ohio, suburb of Evanston and covers thirteen acres. The first burial was recorded in November 1865; ove...
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179,30 zł |
Missouri Genealogical Gleanings, 1840 and Beyond, Vol. 3
ISBN: 9780788405525 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This third book in the series includes information on counties not covered in the first volumes as well as new information on some counties previously covered. Census records for Missouri started in 1830, but many travelers and permanent settlers were missed in the census or only lived in the state between the census years. The purpose of this collection is to help the researcher pinpoint his or her ancestors between the census years. Missouri was a gateway to the West-a key location in the nineteenth century. Both the Santa Fe Trail to the southwest and the Oregon Trail to the northwest...
This third book in the series includes information on counties not covered in the first volumes as well as new information on some counties previously...
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125,74 zł |
Llewellyn Castle: A Worker's Cooperative on the Great Plains
ISBN: 9780803245396 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1869 six London families arrived in Nemaha County, Kansas, as the first colonists of the Workingmen s Cooperative Colony, later fancifully renamed Llewellyn Castle by a local writer. These early colonists were all members of Britain s National Reform League, founded by noted Chartist leader James Bronterre O Brien. As working-class radicals they were determined to find an alternative to the grinding poverty that exploitative liberal capitalism had inflicted on England s laboring poor. Located on 680 acres in northeastern Kansas, this collectivist colony jointly owned all the land and... In 1869 six London families arrived in Nemaha County, Kansas, as the first colonists of the Workingmen s Cooperative Colony, later fancifully renam... |
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212,53 zł |
George Norris, Going Home: Reflections of a Progressive Statesman
ISBN: 9780803271876 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After forty years of congressional service, five terms in the House and five in the Senate, George William Norris (1861 1944) was going home to Nebraska. Norris had lost the 1942 Senate race and felt the defeat keenly. But as his train rolled westward, he was forcefully reminded of what his legislative efforts had wrought, from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to the Rural Electrification Act (REA), which brought power to the land unfolding before him. It is here that authors Gene A. Budig and Don Walton begin their journey with this great statesman, perhaps the last progressive... After forty years of congressional service, five terms in the House and five in the Senate, George William Norris (1861 1944) was going home to Neb... |
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82,95 zł |
Non-Stop: A Turbulent History of Northwest Airlines
ISBN: 9780816674459 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych.
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168,93 zł |
Ready for Air: A Journey Through Premature Motherhood
ISBN: 9780816689323 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych.
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87,96 zł |
Hamilton County, Ohio, Burial Records, Volume 10, Green Township
ISBN: 9780788408564 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Green Township, located just west of Cincinnati, was first established circa 1809. This work is a reading of gravestones found in Green Township burial grounds. The burial records are preceded by a brief history for each cemetery. Records contain: the full name of the deceased, date of birth, date of death, and usually additional information. Veterans are given a special notation, and cemetery plats are helpful in finding specific burial plots. Burial grounds examined in this work include Bridgetown Protestant Cemetery, Green Township Cemetery, St. Aloysius Gonzaga Churchyard, St. James of...
Green Township, located just west of Cincinnati, was first established circa 1809. This work is a reading of gravestones found in Green Township buria...
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142,03 zł |