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Charles H Cosgrove
They Both Reached for the Gun

"They Both Reached for the Gun sheds new light on the sordid story of the 1924 shooting of Harry Kalsted, Beulah Annan's trial, the participants, and reporter Maurine Watkins's 1926 play Chicago, which wa…

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Darrel Dexter, John A Beadles
Pulling Off the Sheets

"Unmasking old-time racism in southern IllinoisPulling off the Sheets tells the previously obscured history of the Second Ku Klux Klan which formed in deep southern Illinois in the early 1920s. Through me…

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Jane Flynn
Mennonites of Southern Illinois

Offering a glimpse into a world largely misunderstood by mainstream society, this book documents the period of eight years that Jane Flynn practiced with Mennonites in two different Southern Illinois comm…

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Sara Henning
Burn

"In these poems, we follow a speaker as she works through the loss of young love, the death of her parents, marriage's hardness and beauty, sexual assault, and the devastation of a pandemic-evolutions of …

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Leonne M Hudson
Black Americans in Mourning

"Black Americans in Mourning chronicles the grief felt by African Americans after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The book features prominent men and women, such as Frederick Douglass, Martin R. Del…

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Cynthia Huntington
Civil Twilight

"Civil twilight is the astronomical term for the minutes just before sunrise and just after sunset. In this collection, National Book Award finalist Cynthia Huntington examines the civil twilight we live …

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Paul F Joyce
It Started with the Hats

Through interviews, analysis, and life-course theory, retired Boston police officer and criminologist Paul F. Joyce uncovers the long-term impact of gang membership and explores which intervention methods…

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Stacy Lynn
Loving Lincoln

"This biography of Abraham Lincoln, told through the stories of the women in his life and work, is also the story of the author's professional and personal relationship with Lincoln as a scholar and edito…

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Thomas B. Mack
The Lead Mine Men: The Enduring 45th Illinois Volunteer Infantry

"This book covers the history of the Forty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry--an exceptional regiment in every respect--from its inception, long training period, battle and campaign history, and the soldi…

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Cathy Jean Maloney
Olmsted's Riverside

"Olmsted's Riverside tells the story of the oasis of Riverside, Illinois, a Chicago suburb planned by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1869. The book describes the village's inception and details…

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Brian Mullgardt
Wear Some Armor in Your Hair

"Police brutality, gentrification, and grassroots activism in 1960s Chicago In August of 1968, approximately 7,000 people protested the Vietnam War against the backdrop of the Democratic National Conventi…

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Mark A Neels
Lincoln's Conservative Advisor

"Edward Bates (1793-1869), a founding father of Missouri and leader of the Missouri Whig Party, served as Abraham Lincoln's attorney general during the American Civil War. In this first full biography of …

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Wayne T Pitard
Watchman, Tell Us

"This first biography of the extraordinary John J. Bird (1844-1912) tells the long-forgotten story of one of the most significant Black politicians in Illinois during the post-Civil War Era"--

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Colby Simms
Southern Illinois Fishing

A comprehensive resource for all anglers living in or traveling to southern Illinois, Southern Illinois Fishing will educate and inspire novice and veteran anglers alike. Colby Simms provides readers with…

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Jason Stacy, Sidney G. Denny
Colonel Benjamin Stephenson and the History of Early Illinois

Colonel Benjamin Stephenson and the History of Early Illinois details the life of Colonel Benjamin Stephenson through unique access to primary sources, including the house in which Stephenson lived--and w…

lieferbar ab 31.7.2025.

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Edward Steers
Lincoln's Assassination

"The traditional story of Abraham Lincoln's assassination is littered with errors, some of which are accidental while others are willful. Too often, authors describe Lincoln's assassination rather than ex…

lieferbar ab 21.4.2025.

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Ben Stickle, Erin C. Heil, Ismail Ayatullah Nasirudeen, James A. Plank
Crime, Corrections, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

More than two dozen contributors examine how the social, economic, cultural, legislative, and policy responses to the COVID-19 virus affected crime and justice in the United States.

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Maurine Watkins,
Chicago

In 1924, the murder trials of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner shocked the world, providing the real-life inspiration for Maurine Watkins's unforgettable characters, Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly. Now, a cent…

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Crime, Corrections, and the Covid-19 Pandemic

More than two dozen contributors examine how the social, economic, cultural, legislative, and policy responses to the COVID-19 virus affected crime and justice in the United States.

lieferbar ab 22.8.2025.

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Q Policing

In this edited volume contributors from around the world ponder the complicated relationships between LGBTQ+ communities and police and law enforcement using intersectional analysis of innovative topics, …

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