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  • Murder & Mayhem in Rockford, Illinois

    de Kathi Kresol ...
    The shocking true crimes of Rockford, Illinois, come to light in this fascinating account of a midwestern city's sordid history of murder and corruption .Rockford, Illinois, rightly prizes its prosperous heritage, built on manufacturing concerns like the Rockford Watch Factory and the Manny Reaper Company. But the town formerly known as Midway also harbors a history of crime and calamity . . ... Leer más

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  • Haunted Rockford, Illinois

    de Kathi Kresol ...
    Series series Haunted America
    Follow local historian and “Ghost Lady” Kathi Kresol as she researches the spirits, curses, and curiosities from the Forest City’s shadowy past.Just beneath the glossy surface of Rockford’s rich heritage lies a dark history of tragedy. The city’s troubled and turbulent past left scars that still resonate today. Geraldine Bourbon’s final struggle still echoes throughout the farmhouse where her ... Leer más

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  • Secret Partners

    Big Tom Brown and the Barker Gang

    de Tim Mahoney ...
    Among the most dangerous criminals of the public enemies era was a man who has long hidden in history's shadows: Tom Brown. In the early 1930s, while he was police chief of St. Paul, Minnesota, Brown became a secret partner of the infamous Barker gang. He profited from their violent crimes, he protected the gang from raids by the nascent FBI—and while he did all this, the gangsters gunned down ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Digital State

    The Story of Minnesota's Computing Industry

    Accounts of the early events of the computing industry—the Turing machine, the massive Colossus, the ENIAC computer—are well-told tales, and equally well known is the later emergence of Silicon Valley and the rise of the personal computer. Yet there is an extraordinary untold middle history—with deep roots in Minnesota. From the end of World War II through the 1970s, Minnesota was home to the ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • Haunted Hamilton

    The Ghosts of Dundurn Castle and Other Steeltown Shivers

    de Mark Leslie ...
    From the Hermitage ruins to Dundurn Castle, from the Customs House to Stoney Creek Battlefield Park, the city of Hamilton, Ontario, is steeped in a rich history and culture. But beneath the surface of the Steel City there dwells a darker heart — from the shadows of yesteryear arise the unexplainable, the bizarre, and the chilling.Lock the doors and turn on all the lights before you settle down ... Leer más

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  • Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri

    Series Libro 1 - Missouri Heritage Readers
    The Civil War in Missouri was a time of great confusion, violence, and destruction. Although several major battles were fought in the state between Confederate and Union forces, much of the fighting in Missouri was an ugly form of terrorism carried out by loose bands of Missouri guerrillas, by Kansas "Jayhawkers," or by marauding patrols of Union soldiers. This irregular warfare provided a ... Leer más

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  • Explaining the Unexplained

    de Stephen Ellis ...
    Stephen Ellis search for answers to unexplained things began in 1979. While visiting San Francisco, one night an image of a girl appeared before him in his rooma girl he later found out had been murdered in that room one month earlier.Shaking-off the natural tendency to disbelieve what he saw, Ellis began to research material on ghosts. He found that many people had ghostly experiences, but none ... Leer más

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  • Winning the West with Words

    Language and Conquest in the Lower Great Lakes

    Indian Removal was a process both physical and symbolic, accomplished not only at gunpoint but also through language. In the Midwest, white settlers came to speak and write of Indians in the past tense, even though they were still present. Winning the West with Words explores the ways nineteenth-century Anglo-Americans used language, rhetoric, and narrative to claim cultural ownership of the ... Leer más

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  • Real Wolfmen

    True Encounters in Modern America

    What’s hiding in the woods? Here is the definitive account of today’s nationwide sightings of upright, canine creatures – which resemble traditional werewolves – and a thorough exploration of the nature and possible origins of the mysterious beast.“She has the ability to send chills up and down your spine.”—Brad Steiger, author of Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places“If you thought ... Leer más

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  • Pembroke

    A Rural, Black Community on the Illinois Dunes

    de Dave Baron ...
    Winner, ISHS Annual Award for a Scholarly Publication, 2017With a population of about two thousand, Pembroke Township, one of the largest rural, black communities north of the Mason-Dixon Line, sits in an isolated corner of Kankakee County, Illinois, sixty-five miles south of Chicago. It is also one of the poorest places in the nation. Many black farmers from the South came to this area during the ... Leer más

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  • A History of Ghosts

    The True Story of Séances, Mediums, Ghosts, and Ghostbusters

    Peter Aykroyd spent his childhood watching his family's parlor séances through the crack of a basement door. Here, for the first time, Aykroyd tells the strange and delightful story that inspired his son, Dan, to make the mega-hit, Ghostbusters. Part history, part family legend, A History of Ghosts starts in 1848 in upstate New York, where the spiritualist craze first began. Aykroyd introduces ... Leer más

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  • Spring Grove

    Minnesota's First Norwegian Settlement

    de Chad Muller ...
    Series series Images of America
    Spring Grove: Minnesota's First Norwegian Settlement is a tribute to the state's earliest Norwegian emigrants, and to generations of Norwegian Americans who have made this small farming community amongst deep valleys, fjord-like bluffs, and winding streams their true vesterheim. It is a tale told through striking historic photographs, many previously unreleased, and personal narratives, often ... Leer más

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