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Randy Mills

As If by Magic

The games that started it all! Before Larry Bird was a Celtic, he was a Blackhawk. Seemingly just a skinny kid with average basketball skills, Bird was often overlooked. It wasn't until his senior year th…

Flyover Fictions

Flyover Fictions critically engages the history and contemporary use of the “flyover country” trope in American culture and repurposes the concept as an abstract tool for cultural studies.

Frank Bures

Pushing the River

Tales of ambition, terror, rivalry, adventure, endurance, friendship, and love on the waters of the Mississippi River and beyond. In this collection, award-winning writer Frank Bures tells true stories as…

James Nelsen

Milwaukee Oddities

Milwaukee is full of weird borders, streets that do not line up right, creepy cemeteries and other curious things. Many locals have heard about the crooked bridges downtown, the sewer Socialists and the a…

Jeff Barnes

The Great Plains Guide to Custer

A guide to forts, military posts, battlefields, and other sites that interpret George Armstrong Custer's decade of operations on the Great Plains.

Kimberly Harper

Men of No Reputation

"'Men of No Reputation,' the story of a gang of con men [led by Robert P.W. Boatright] in the Missouri Ozarks who swindled millions, reveals the seedier side of turn-of-the-century rural America and offer…

Bill Morris

The Lions Finally Roar

The epic and tumultuous story of the Lions, the Ford family, the city of Detroit—and how all three have come together on the cusp of a new era.

John J Dunphy

Union Soldiers of Southwestern Illinois

Meet the men from Southwestern Illinois who served in the Civil War. Learn about their lives prior to enlistment, follow them into battle, and bear witness to their legacy.

NDR Jazz Workshop No.25

Greg Gaut

The War at Home

Exploring Minnesota's history from the beginning of the European war in 1914 through the 1920 U.S. election provides a unique vantage point from which to assess the war's impact on American society. Ameri…

Jennifer Elwyn

Historic Haunts of St. Louis

Spirits of the Gateway City Since 1764, St. Louis has been the gateway to the unknown. Walk along the limestone cobbles of Laclede's Landing and witness the birth of a city with large aspirations and croo…

Don Zminda

Justice Batted Last

"On May 1, 1951, Orestes "Minnie" Minoso took the field for the Chicago White Sox and broke the color line for Chicago major league baseball. Ernie Banks integrated the Chicago Cubs two years later. The f…

Justin Harter

The Great Tri-State Tornado

The Deadliest Twister in U.S. History The weather forecast for much of the Midwest on March 18, 1925, predicted "Wind and rain." This prediction was right, but lethally inadequate. Around 1 p.m., a torna…

Mark Plotnick, Jim Summaria

'70s Chicagoland Rock Concerts

A Portal to Rock 'N' Roll History During the 1970s, Chicagoland venues hosted an eclectic mix of legendary rock 'n' roll acts that thrilled audiences. Fans flocked to historic venues like the Auditorium …

Gary D Santella

The 1906-1910 Cubs Dynasty

"Unlike today's Chicago Cubs, the Cubs of 1906-1910 were not at all lovable, and certainly did not always display traits customarily linked with a winning team. Their manager would brawl with his own play…

The Nebraska Sandhills

The Nebraska Sandhills features nearly forty essays about the history, people, geography, geology, ecology, and conservation of the Nebraska Sandhills, illustrated with hundreds of remarkable color photog…

Norma Winstone (geb. 1941)

It's Later Than You Think

Produktinfo: Die von ihnen ausgewählten Songs gehören zu den eher seltenen ihrer Art, die bleiben, wenn andere schnell wieder im Ozean der Beliebigkeit untergehen. Sie sind entstanden in den Köpfen und He…

Dannelle Gay

World War II Dispatches to Madison

Amidst the chaos and uncertainty of World War II, one soldier found solace and strength in letters from home. An Army Air Corps serviceman from a prominent Madison family, Bob Gay paints a vivid picture o…

Ray Long

The House That Madigan Built

Michael Madigan rose from the Chicago machine to hold unprecedented power as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. In his thirty-six years wielding the gavel, Madigan outlasted governors, pass…