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Waiting For The Morning Train
Waiting For The Morning Train
Written by Bruce Catton
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307833051
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Waiting For The Morning Train

Written by Bruce Catton


Format: eBook
On Sale: April 17, 2013
Price: $12.99

Bruce Catton, whose name is identified with Civil War history, grew up in Benzonia, Michigan, probably the only town within two hundred miles, he says, not founded to cash in on the lumber boom. In this memoir, Catton remembers his youth, his family, his home town, and his coming of age.

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City of Scoundrels
City of Scoundrels
Written by Gary Krist
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307454300
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City of Scoundrels
The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
Written by Gary Krist


Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $14.95

The masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder transfixed and roiled a city already on the brink of collapse.

When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of transformation. Modernizers had... Read more >
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City of Scoundrels
City of Scoundrels
Written by Gary Krist
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307454294
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City of Scoundrels
The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
Written by Gary Krist


Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2012
Price: $26.00

The masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in the life of Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder transfixed and roiled a city already on the brink of collapse.

When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of... Read more >
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City of Scoundrels
City of Scoundrels
Written by Gary Krist
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307454317
Our Price: $11.99
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City of Scoundrels
The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
Written by Gary Krist


Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2012
Price: $11.99

The masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in the life of Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder transfixed and roiled a city already on the brink of collapse.

When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of... Read more >
City of Scoundrels
City of Scoundrels
Written by Gary Krist, Read by Rob Shapiro
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780307917720
Our Price: $20.00

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City of Scoundrels
The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
Written by Gary Krist
Read by Rob Shapiro


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 17, 2012
Price: $20.00

When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of transformation. Modernizers had an audacious, expensive plan to turn the city from a brawling, unglamorous place into “the Metropolis of the World.” But just as the dream seemed within reach, pandemonium broke loose and the city’s highest ambitions were... Read more >
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North American Indian Tribes of the Great Lakes

Written by Michael Johnson
Illustrated by Jonathan Smith


Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $13.95

The Great Lakes were the main arena for the fur trade in colonial North America, which drew European explorers and trappers deep into the northern USA and Canada from the 17th century onwards. The desire to control the supply of this luxury item sparked wars between Britain and France, as well... Read more >
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Wabash 1791
Wabash 1791
Written by John F. Winkler, Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781849086769
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Wabash 1791
St Clair's defeat
Written by John F. Winkler
Illustrated by Peter Dennis


Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $19.95

Osprey's Campaign title for the battle that marked Major General Arthur St. Clair's downfall in the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795). In 1791, the US Army conducted its first important operation. St. Clair led an American army of about 2,000 into what now is Ohio. On 4 November 1791, the campaign ended in... Read more >
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Wabash 1791
St Clair's defeat
Written by John F. Winkler
Illustrated by Peter Dennis


Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $15.95

Osprey's Campaign title for the battle that marked Major General Arthur St. Clair's downfall in the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795). In 1791, the US Army conducted its first important operation. St. Clair led an American army of about 2,000 into what now is Ohio. On 4 November 1791, the campaign ended in... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
North American Indian Tribes of the Great Lakes
North American Indian Tribes of the Great Lakes
Written by Michael Johnson, Illustrated by Jonathan Smith
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781849084598
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North American Indian Tribes of the Great Lakes

Written by Michael Johnson
Illustrated by Jonathan Smith


Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2011
Price: $17.95

The Great Lakes were the main arena for the fur trade in colonial North America, which drew European explorers and trappers deep into the northern USA and Canada from the 17th century onwards. The desire to control the supply of this luxury item sparked wars between Britain and France, as well... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Homeland

Written by Dale Maharidge
Photographed by Michael Williamson


Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $17.95

Homeland is Pulitzer Prize winning author Maharidge's biggest and most ambitious book yet, weaving together the disparate and contradictory strands of contemporary American society-common decency alongside race rage, the range of dissenting voices, and the roots of discontent that defy political affiliation. Here are American families who can no longer pay... Read more >
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In Limestone Country

Written by Scott Russell Sanders


Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2010
Price: $14.00

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Homeland
Homeland
Written by Dale Maharidge, Photographed by Michael Williamson
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781583226810
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Homeland

Written by Dale Maharidge
Photographed by Michael Williamson


Format: Trade Paperback, 296 pages
On Sale: August 2, 2005
Price: $17.95

Homeland is Pulitzer Prize winning author Maharidge's biggest and most ambitious book yet, weaving together the disparate and contradictory strands of contemporary American society-common decency alongside race rage, the range of dissenting voices, and the roots of discontent that defy political affiliation. Here are American families who can no longer pay... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
Homeland
Homeland
Written by Dale Maharidge, Photographed by Michael Williamson
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781583226278
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Homeland

Written by Dale Maharidge
Photographed by Michael Williamson


Format: Hardcover, 296 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2004
Price: $24.95

Homeland is Pulitzer Prize winning author Maharidge's biggest and most ambitious book yet, weaving together the disparate and contradictory strands of contemporary American society-common decency alongside race rage, the range of dissenting voices, and the roots of discontent that defy political affiliation. Here are American families who can no longer pay... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
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