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Reiseberichte und Geschichtsdichtung
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 377.00Volume 3 contains works on historical consciousness (e.g. chronicles, biographical writings and historical songs) and spatial experience (e.g. narratives of pilgrims, fictional descriptions of journeys and accounts of real expeditions). more...
Oddball Minnesota
Chicago Review Press 2003; US$ 11.95Land of the world?s largest prairie chicken, birthplace of Spam, and home of the world?s oldest rock, this is Minnesota, where summers are short, winters are long, and back-road wonders abound. This entertaining guide wastes no time with descriptions of scenic lakes, pristine bike trails, or quaint cafés. Instead it directs travelers (and residents)... more...
Iowa History Reader
University of Iowa Press 2008; US$ 44.95Rather than survey the basic facts, the essayists engage readers in the actual making of Iowa?s history by trying to understand the meaning of its past. By providing comprehensive accounts of topics in Iowa history that embrace the broader historiographical issues in American history, such as the nature of Progressivism and Populism, the debate over... more...
Prairie City, Iowa
University of Iowa Press 2008; US$ 19.95Weary from the journalistic treadmill of "going from one assignment to the next, like an itinerant fieldworker moving to his harvests" and healing from a divorce, Douglas Bauer decided it was time to return to his hometown. Back in Prairie City, he helped on his father's farm, scooped grains at the Co-op, and tended bar at the Cardinal. The resultant... more...
Cofa Sacagawea
Aladdin 2008; Not AvailableDescribes how Sacagawea found adventure guiding Lewis and Clark to the Oregon coast. more...
Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #13: Pilgrims
Random House Children's Books 2012; US$ 5.99Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #27: Thanksgiving on Thursday, they had lots of questions. What was it like to sail on the Mayflower ? Why did the Pilgrims choose Plymouth? How did they survive in... more...
Explore the Wild West!
Nomad Press 2012; US$ 9.99With engaging illustrations, easy-to-follow text, and diverse activities, this fun and educational journey through time invites young readers to experience the spirit of the Wild West. History comes to life in the book?s descriptions of Wild West legends, gold miners, settlers and frontier towns, Native American and cowboy cultures, cattle drives,... more...
Buffalo Bill
Aladdin 2012; US$ 5.99Ideal for beginning readers, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Wild West showman Buffalo Bill Cody: Pony Express rider, scout, showman, and buffalo hunter. more...
The Farm at Holstein Dip
University of Iowa Press 2012; US$ 22.00Carroll Engelhardt’s parents grew up in homes without electricity on farms without tractors and began farming in the same way. As a farm boy in northeastern Iowa, he thought that history happened only to important people in earlier times and more exotic places. After decades of teaching, he at last perceived that history happens to us all,... more...
900 Miles on the Butterfield Trail
University of North Texas Press 2006; US$ 22.36Short as the life of the Southern Overland Mail turned out to be (1858 to 1861), the saga of the Butterfield Trail remains a high point in the westward movement. This work offers a history and guide to retrace that historic and romantic Trail, which stretches 2800 miles from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast. more...









