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Enrich your travels with reading! Here's a hand-picked list prepared for your journey in conjunction with the book experts at Longitude.

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Insiders' Guide to Branson and the Ozark Mountains

by Fred Phister

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2009
• PAPER
• 392 PAGES

A practical guide to the Missouri city covering shows, history and nature. With black and white photos and maps. (USM64, $18.95)

A Living History of the Ozarks

by Phyllis Rossiter

• GUIDEBOOK
• 1992
• PAPER
• 488 PAGES

A personal guide to the Ozarks, especially useful for those venturing beyond Branson. The author, an Ozarker herself, covers history, culture and sights. With maps and black-and-white photographs. (USM65, $19.95)

Branson Map Guide

by Rand McNally Maps

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A colorful tourist map of the city at a scale of 1:11,000. (USM69, $5.95)

 

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Missouri Map

by Rand McNally Maps

• 2002
• MAP

A colorful map of Missouri at a scale of 1:944,000. (USM13, $4.95)

Branson's Best Day Trips, A Guide to Discovering the Best of Branson and Ozark Mountain Country

by Carol A. Shaffer

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2002
• PAPER
• 238 PAGES

Written by a Branson resident, this book shows how to get more out of a trip to Branson than a round of mini-golf. (USW226, $14.95)

Missouri: The WPA Guide to the Show Me State

by Federal Writers Project | Walter A. Schroeder | Howard W. Marshall

• GUIDEBOOK
• 1998
• PAPER
• 652 PAGES

A vintage guide that offers a unique portrait of the state circa 1941. (USM68, $24.95)

Hill Folks, A History of Arkansas Ozarkers and Their Image

by Brooks Blevins

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2002
• PAPER
• 360 PAGES

A study of the region's history and the mythology that has sprung up around it. (USM63, $27.95)

The Civil War in Missouri, Day by Day, 1861-1865

by Rocky Medley | Carolyn M. Bartels

• HISTORY
• 1992
• PAPER
• 231 PAGES

A historical account of events that transpired during these four years, from raids and pursuit of the outlaws to the tracking down of Southern sympathizers. (USM08, $22.50)

The South in Modern America, A Region at Odds

by Dewey Grantham

• HISTORY
• 2001
• PAPER
• 416 PAGES

A comprehensive, well researched survey of the South from the time of Reconstruction to the late 20th century. Grantham captures the politics, history, and psychology of the lower half of the country. (USS66, $24.95)

A Country Year, Living the Questions

by Sue Hubbell

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 1999
• PAPER
• 240 PAGES

In this almanac, popular nature writer (and bee-keeper) Hubbell shares her observations on nature and rural life in the Ozarks. With pen-and-ink sketches. (USM67, $15.95)

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, $15.00)

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)