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Lake Country, A Series of Journeys

Lake Country, A Series of Journeys

by Kathleen Stocking

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 245 PAGES

In this second collection of 21 essays, Stocking writes with great affection and enthusiasm for her native Michigan. Themes of spirituality, nature and humanity permeate her reflections on Michigan's wildlife, small towns, local residents and the college town of Ann Arbor. (USM05, $19.95)

Making Hay

Making Hay

by Verlyn Klinkenborg

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

The author rhapsodizes on agrarian life in the Midwest as he travels from Iowa to Minnesota to Montana. And make no mistake: the title isn't a metaphor or a pun -- it's the main subject of the book. (USA17, $12.95)

Great Plains

Great Plains

by Ian Frazier

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 292 PAGES

A marvelously digressive, wide-ranging account of 25,000 miles worth of travels criss-crossing throughout the Great Plains, combining first-rate reportage and history. (USW172, $16.00)

 
Great Lakes & New York Map, Northeast

Great Lakes & New York Map, Northeast


by Borch Maps

  • 2008
  • MAP

A handy laminated map. (USE492, $9.95)

Fodor's Chicago's 25 Best

Fodor's Chicago's 25 Best


by Fodor's

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

A shirt-pocket guide to Chicago, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights. (GLK06, $11.99)

Insiders' Guide to St. Louis


by Dawne Massey

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

A practical guide to the city. (USM109, $16.95)

Moon Handbook Michigan

Moon Handbook Michigan


by Tina Lassen

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 425 PAGES

This practical guidebook features traveling information on the Great Lakes and the Upper Peninsula regions of Michigan. (USM04, $19.99)

Moon Handbooks Kentucky


by Theresa Dowell Blackinton

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER

A handy practical guide the popular series. (USM153, $19.99)

At the Edge of the Precipice, Henry Clay and the Compromise That Saved the Union


by Robert V. Remini

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 184 PAGES

National Book Award-winner Remini tells how the Kentucky statesman brokered a bipartisan solution (the "Compromise of 1850") to the slavery question for the new territories in the wake of the Mexican-American War. (USM155, $15.99)

City of the Century, The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America

City of the Century, The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America


by Donald L. Miller

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 704 PAGES

As blustery and swaggering as the Chicago of myth, this monumental biography of the city takes in the sweep of its history from the days of Joliette, Marquette and other explorers, to the celebrated 1893 Chicago Fair . (GLK05, $18.95)

Davenport, Jewel of the Mississippi


by David Collins

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

This slim book in the Images of America series documents in archival photographs the history of the port city from frontier days through its boom, turn-of-the-century challenges, up to he 1950s. (USM113, $21.99)

The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn

The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn


by Joseph M., III Marshall

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Drawing on oral histories passed down from Lakota witnesses of the battle, Marshall re-casts Little Bighorn from the perspective of the Native American victors. (USW544, $15.00)

The Great Plains


by Walter Prescott Webb

  • HISTORY
  • 1981
  • PAPER
  • 525 PAGES

Originally published in 1931, this classic and still provocative book traces the mindset and circumstances that pushed the settlers west. (USW179, $28.50)

The Long Ships Passing, The Story of the Great Lakes

The Long Ships Passing, The Story of the Great Lakes


by Walter Havighurst

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

A vivid popular history of the Great Lakes, rich in anecdote, incident and drama. Havighurst recounts the early days of ships and shipping on the Great Lakes from the time of the early French voyageurs through the industrialization of the region at the turn of the century. (GLK27, $17.95)

The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation

The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation


by Stephen Ambrose | Douglas Brinkley

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 272 PAGES

This illustrated popular history -- and travelogue -- tells the story of the great river from the time of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. (USM110, $40.00)

Boss, Richard J. Daley of Chicago


by Mike Royko

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A groundbreaking account of the man and his political machine by Chicago's favorite columnist, published in 1970 while Daley was still in office. (USM28, $15.00)

North Country, A Personal Journey


by Howard Frank Mosher

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 260 PAGES

Novelist Mosher captures the spirit of the north in this wonderfully wrought portrait of borderland places and personalities. (CND02, $14.95)

The Falcon, A Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner

The Falcon, A Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner


by Louise Erdrich | John Tanner

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 280 PAGES

The autobiography of a white man who lived among the Ojibwa in the north woods of Minnesota in the early 19th century. (GLK19, $15.00)

So Long, See You Tomorrow


by William Maxwell

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 135 PAGES

A lyrical classic, evocative of childhood, responsibility and life in rural Illinois. (USM50, $14.00)

The Adventures of Augie March


by Saul Bellow

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 608 PAGES

A celebrated tale of a poor Jewish boy, rich in the life and atmosphere of 1930's Chicago. (USM27, $17.00)

The Antelope Wife


by Louise Erdrich

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Erdrich's tale of urban Indians in Minneapolis is a graceful, multigenerational meditation on Ojibwa history and culture. (USM52, $13.99)

The Bluest Eye


by Toni Morrison

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

Set in Ohio, this hauntingly beautiful novel describes an African-American girl's desire for beauty. (USM59, $14.00)

The Confidence-Man

The Confidence-Man


by Herman Melville

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

Melville's last novel, the tale of a gambler and con man on a Mississippi River steam boat. (USM112, $12.95)

The Devil in the White City, Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America


by Erik Larson

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 447 PAGES

This fascinating account of Chicago's 1893 World's Fair interweaves the true stories of Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor, who terrorized its visitors. (USM123, $15.95)

The Emigrants

The Emigrants


by Vilhelm Moberg | Gustaf Lannestock

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 366 PAGES

The author, Vilhelm Moberg, one of Swedens' great 20th century writers, captures the daily lives of Swedish pioneers in early America in this first of four novels about a Swedish couple who make a new life in Minnesota. (SWE14, $19.95)

Winesburg, Ohio


by Sherwood Anderson

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 232 PAGES

The classic cycle of short stories evoking life in a 19th-century, Midwest town. (USM60, $5.95)

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There


by Aldo Leopold

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1968
  • PAPER
  • 228 PAGES

Leopold memorably opens this much-loved, essential collection of essays on land, nature and his farm in Wisconsin, first published in 1948, with the statement: "there are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot." The book has lost none of its power or beauty over the years. The book is also available in a commemorative hard cover gift edition (NAT111, $40.00) with 85 color photographs. (NAT02, $15.95)

Great Lakes Wildlife

Great Lakes Wildlife


by Raymond Leung | James Kavanaugh

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2001
  • PLASTIC CARD

This laminated fold-out card illustrates almost 150 animals in the Great Lakes region. (GLK26, $5.95)

Know Your Ships

Know Your Ships


by Roger LeLievre

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 148 PAGES

An aficionado's field guide to the ships on the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes. The freighter fleets of all the shipping companies are listed, along with the vital statistics for each ship. (GLK12, $18.95)

Mammals of the Great Lakes Region


by James F. Parnell | Allen Kurta | Scott A. Schwemmin

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 376 PAGES

A detailed, photographic reference manual on the mammals of the Great Lakes region. (GLK16, $18.95)

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America


by Jon Dunn

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

From Alaska to Baja California, Nova Scotia and Florida, this guide is the veteran's choice for birding anywhere in the United States. Tabbed for easy access, the color range maps in this sixth edition are outstanding. (FG09, $27.95)

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