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Why is Chicago not a part of Wisconsin today? What is Illinois called the Prairie State? Who invented the plow that would change the entire state? Find the answers in this book that contains fascinating and historical facts that tell the story of Illinois, from its first people to the explorers and settlers who came later. Also learn about Illinois's role in the American Revolution and Civil War.
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""Writings that reflect their authors' engagement with Illinois and the wide variety of human experience represented here function both as strands within our state's intricate cultural web and as lights illuminating it for examination. By sharing and contextualizing such writings from more than forty underappreciated authors spanning multiple generations, John Hallwas helps us to consider how best to strengthen the integrity and enhance the impact...
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A succinct history of baseball, newly revised and updated. A lively history of America's game, widely recognized as the best of its kind, Benjamin G. Rader expands his scope, covering record crowds and record income, construction of new ballparks, a change in the strike zone, a surge in recruiting Japanese players, and an emerging cadre of explosive long-ball hitters.
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Bibliographies of the states of the United States volume no. 4
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Glories and fiascos, triumphs and tragedies, records and near misses--all are included in this vivid history of the modern Olympics. Using as a backdrop the athletic events that draw television audiences in the billions, Allen Guttmann has written an interpretive social history of the games. What did the founders of the Olympic Games intend them to mean? And what have they, in the course of a century of tumultuous change, become? Guttmann probes the...
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