Submerged stories from the inland seas The newest addition to Globe Pequot's Shipwrecks series covers the sensational wrecks and maritime disasters from each of the five Great Lakes. It is estimated that over 30,000 sailors have lost their lives in Great Lakes wrecks. For many, these icy, inland seas have become their final resting place, ......
Discovering Illinois through twenty of the state's most important places A one-of-a-kind travel guide, Exploring the Land of Lincoln invites road-trippers and history buffs to explore the Prairie State's most extraordinary historic sites. Charles Titus blends storytelling with in-depth research to highlight twenty must-see destinations selected ......
Indiana Off the Beaten Path features the things travelers and locals want to see and experience--if only they knew about them. From the best in local dining to quirky cultural tidbits to hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales, Indiana Off the Beaten Path takes the reader down the road less traveled and reveals a side of Indiana that ......
Discovering Illinois through twenty of the state's most important places A one-of-a-kind travel guide, Exploring the Land of Lincoln invites road-trippers and history buffs to explore the Prairie State's most extraordinary historic sites. Charles Titus blends storytelling with in-depth research to highlight twenty must-see destinations selected ......
This book tells the fascinating story of a family's day-to-day life on an isolated ranch in early twentieth-century Wyoming. The interweaving of authors accounts of their experience on the Love ranch creates a unique memoir. Combining the perspectives of two genders and two generations, the book provides a portrait of ranch life in the west.
On January 7, 1891, in the immediate aftermath to the assassination of Sitting Bull and the massacre at Wounded Knee Creek, an obscure Sioux Indian shot and killed one Lieutenant Casey in cold blood. This is the forgotten story of the civil trials of Plenty Horses for the murder of the last Whiteman to die in the Great Plains War, trials that ......
The Midwest's two most powerful gangs are fighting over territory and no one is safe. An upright citizen kidnapped in public and dumped in a shallow grave. A police chief's wife arrested for murder. A mobster kidnapped and threatened by the FBI. And an ongoing corruption probe looking at everyone from the lowest bookie all the way up to judges and ......
The most detailed map of the United States available which can be folded and stored in a standard-size notebook. The 6 laminated pages are spill and rip-proof which include an 11" x 17" map and 4 pages of state facts. An essential tool for school at any level, this map will last and last no matter how much it is used. Suggested uses: ......
How American Indians Were Displaced by White Settlers in the Cuyahoga Va
Long before the smokestacks and factories of industrial Akron rose from Ohio's Cuyahoga Valley, the region was a place of tense confrontation. Beginning in the early 19th-century, white settlers began pushing in from the east, lured by the promise of cheap (or free) land. They inevitably came into conflict with the current inhabitants, American ......