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  • Little Minnesota in World War II

    The Stories Behind 140 Fallen Heroes from Minnesota's Littlest Towns

    by Jill A. Johnson, Deane L. Johnson ...
    During World War II, a total of 165 men from Minnesota’s smallest towns gave their lives for our country. Several were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star, and Bronze Star. All received the award no one wanted: the Purple Heart. Most of their stories have never been told publicly. Little Minnesota in World War II, by Jill A. Johnson and Deane L. Johnson ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • Truman

    by David McCullough ...
    The Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events from the atomic bombing of Japan to the outbreak of the Cold War and the Korean War, told by America’s beloved and distinguished historian.The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest of American stories, filled with vivid characters—Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • Lake Superior's Historic North Shore

    A Guided Tour

    by Deborah Morse-Kahn ...
    Lake Superior's North Shore—the vast stretch between Duluth and Grand Portage—is nearly 150 miles long, with an abundance of state parks, state and national forests, streams and rivers, and more than thirty distinct communities representing a broad range of ethnic and religious groups. Many visitors have made the famous drive along scenic Highway 61, the central artery of this popular vacation ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The WPA Guide to Minnesota

    The North Star State

    by Federal Writers' Project ...
    During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors-many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures-were ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Stories Of Ohio

    by William Dean Howells ...
    Mr. Howells has in the present volume given his writings the form of a series of historical stories, in which his native State is described and pictured from as remote a period as the geologic ice age. The slow-moving glaciers in the distant past covered most of the present State of Ohio. They rounded off the corners of her hills, smoothed the contour of her valleys, left glacial scratches on her ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The WPA Guide to South Dakota

    The Prairie State

    by Federal Writers' Project ...
    During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors-many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures-were ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Molly Brown from Hannibal, Missouri

    Her Life in the Gilded Age

    by Ken Marks, Lisa Marks ...
    The real story of the "unsinkable" Titanic survivor and her early life in the Midwest.In the film version of the life of the "Unsinkable Molly Brown," she is rescued from the Colorado River and raised in the Rocky Mountains, but the actual Margaret Tobin Brown was born and raised in Hannibal, Missouri. Her formative years took place in the town's Gilded Age; the railroad brought in lumber barons, ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The WPA Guide to The Minnesota Arrowhead Country

    The Federal Writers' Project Guide to 1930s Minnesota

    by Federal Writers' Project ...
    First published in 1941 as part of the American Guide Series, this lively book describes Minnesota's popular northern region. Special features include fifteen canoe trips; five maps; thirty-seven photographs; forty-seven city, town, and village profiles; four road tours; a chronology; a glossary; and a bibliography with updated suggestions for further reading in fiction and nonfiction about the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Railroad 1869 Along the Historic Union Pacific Through Nebraska

    by Eugene Miller ...
    Building the transcontinental railroad was America's greatest feat of the 19th century. This book chronicles the first three years of construction during which crews crossed Nebraska. Starting from Omaha the "Oxbow" route meant much sought after early money. The faltering progress toward Fremont highlighted the need for better planning and tight organization, a challenge met when the Casement ... Read more

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  • Fading Ads of St. Louis

    by Wm. Stage ...
    Before the billboard, radio or television commercial, there was the painted ad. Today, these aging ads capture the imagination, harkening back to a bygone era. Vanishing paint on brick walls speaks to a time when commerce was much simpler and much more direct. Few cities in America have produced as many intriguing fading ads as St. Louis. Fewer still are home to such an expert on the subject as ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Minnesota's Lost Towns Northern Edition II

    by Rhonda Fochs ...
    Series Book 1 - Minnesota's Lost Towns
    Most Minnesotans have a lost town. Everywhere Rhonda traveled throughout the state, people shared their stories and their towns with her. Each new discovery led to more tales of northern Minnesota's lost towns. Join us as we journey to northern Minnesota's past once again. Covering all new towns and communities, nearly 130 of them, the book is filled with photos and tales that once again prove ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Minnesota Moxie

    True Tales of Courage, Muscle & Grit in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes

    by Ben Welter ...
    Minnesotans are a tough lot, capable of pulling a house six miles by muscle alone or giving birth to a sixteen-pound boy. In 1921, young Phoebe Fairgrave set a parachute world record, stepping off the wing of a biplane 15,200 feet above the Twin Cities. In 1962, the last powerhouse Gophers football team brought home the Rose Bowl trophy. A year later, thirteen-year-old Jean Webb of Minneapolis ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus