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  • Ecorse

    Along the Detroit River

    by Kathy Covert Warnes ...
    Series series Images of America
    French explorers called the Ecorse River the �river of bark,� or Ecorces, because the Huron Indians who lived in the villages surrounding it wrapped their dead in the bark of the birch trees that grew along its banks. White pioneers settled on French ribbon farms along the Detroit River, and a small village called Grandport sprang up where the Ecorse River met the Detroit River. By 1836, Grandport ... Read more

    $17.96 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ecorse Michigan

    A Brief History

    by Kathy Covert Warnes ...
    Series series Brief History
    Ecorse, the oldest downriver community, was the site of many critical battles from the French and Indian War through the War of 1812 as French and English settlers forged new homes in the Michigan wilderness. By 1827, the scattering of settlers had developed into a small community, and the township of Ecorse was formed. During the Prohibition era, the peaceful riverfront was transformed into ... Read more

    $17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Detroit

    An American Autopsy

    by Charlie LeDuff ...
    **An explosive exposé of America’s lost prosperity by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Charlie LeDuff“One cannot read Mr. LeDuff's amalgam of memoir and reportage and not be shaken by the cold eye he casts on hard truths . . . A little gonzo, a little gumshoe, some gawker, some good-Samaritan—it is hard to ignore reporting like Mr. LeDuff's.” —The Wall Street Journal“Pultizer-Prize-winning ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918

    Tragedy on the Indiana Lakeshore

    by Richard M Lytle ...
    What really happened on the circus train in 1918? Read the story of this tragedy for the entertainment industry of the time. In the cool, pre-dawn hours on a June night in 1918, a train engineer closed his cab window as he chugged toward Hammond, Indiana. He drifted to sleep, and his train bore down on the idle Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train. Soon after, the sleeping engineer's locomotive plowed ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • Wrigley Field

    100 Stories for 100 Years

    by Dan Campana, Rob Carroll, Kerry Wood ...
    A collection of stories, photos, and memories for those who love the Chicago Cubs' legendary ballpark.Wrigley Field occupies a sacred space in the hearts of Cubs fans and in the soul of Wrigleyville. With contributions from those in the stands, on the field, and behind the scenes over the years—among them Bob Costas, Rick Sutcliffe, Ferguson Jenkins, Steve Stone, and many more—this informal oral ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Detroit

    Ragtime and the Jazz Age

    by Jon Milan ...
    Series series Images of America
    Detroit has always been at the forefront of American popular music development, and the ragtime years and jazz age are no exception. The city�s long history of diversity has served the region well, providing a fertile environment for creating and nurturing some of America�s most distinctly indigenous music. With a focus on the people and places that made Detroit a major contributor to America�s ... Read more

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  • Ready for Air

    A Journey through Premature Motherhood

    by Kate Hopper ...
    For Kate Hopper, pregnancy is downright unpleasant. She is tired and heavy and worried, and she wants her wine and caffeine back. But then, at a routine checkup, her doctor frowns at her chart and says, “I’m worried about a couple of things”—and unpleasant suddenly seems like paradise. What follows is a harrowing, poignant, and occasionally hysterical journey through premature motherhood, from the ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Somalis in Minnesota

    by Ahmed I. Yusuf ...
    Series series The People of Minnesota
    The story of Somalis in Minnesota begins with three words: sahan, war, and martisoor. Driven from their homeland by civil war and famine, one group of Somali sahan, pioneers, discovered well-paying jobs in the city of Marshall, Minnesota. Soon the war, news, traveled that not only was employment available but the people in this northern state, so different in climate from their African homeland, ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Haunted St. Paul

    by Chad Lewis ...
    From the phantom pig at the Minnesota State Fair to the ghostly gangsters of the Wabasha Street Caves, St. Paul bristles with haunted history. Let the spectral usher of the Mounds Theatre show you to your seat as Chad Lewis reveals why the bits of St. Paul's past that insist on intruding on the present deserve to have their stories told. By the time the lights come back on, you will be convinced ... Read more

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  • Odd Wisconsin

    Amusing, Perplexing, and Unlikely Stories from Wisconsin's Past

    by Erika Janik ...
    While Bob La Follette's exploits as leader of progressive politics are legendary, his early morning exertions to save valuable government documents and executive department paintings during the disastrous 1904 capitol fire are largely unknown - until now. Odd Wisconsin captures the Wisconsin people, places, and events that didn't make it into conventional state histories, lowering a bucket into ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Norwegians and Swedes in the United States

    Friends and Neighbors

    Edited by Philip J. Anderson, Dag Blanck ...
    To early American immigrants, nineteenth-century newcomers from the Scandinavian peninsula likely seemed all of a type. to immigrants hailing from Norway and Sweden, however, differences in language, culture, and religion sorted them into distinct groupings: not Scandinavian, but Norwegian or Swedish—and proud of their lineage.How did these differences affect relationships in the new world? In ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD