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  • Prairie Forge

    The Extraordinary Story of the Nebraska Scrap Metal Drive of World War II

    2021 One Book One Nebraska selection2015 Nebraska Book Award in Nonfiction: Nebraska Spirit, from Nebraska Center for the BookIn the wake of Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt called for the largest arms buildup in our nation's history. A shortage of steel, however, quickly slowed the program’s momentum, and arms production fell dangerously behind schedule. The country needed scrap metal. Henry ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • The 10 Cent War

    Comic Books, Propaganda, and World War II

    Edición de Trischa Goodnow, James J. Kimble ...
    Contributions by Derek T. Buescher, Travis L. Cox, Trischa Goodnow, Jon Judy, John R. Katsion, James J. Kimble, Christina M. Knopf, Steven E. Martin, Brad Palmer, Elliott Sawyer, Deborah Clark Vance, David E. Wilt, and Zou YizhengOne of the most overlooked aspects of the Allied war effort involved a surprising initiative--comic book propaganda. Even before Pearl Harbor, the comic book industry ... Leer más

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    Wisconsin’s Five Mile Tower Fire of 1977

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    Ignited by a single match on April 30, 1977, the Five Mile Tower Fire raged out of control for 17 hours. It would be one of the largest wildland fires in Wisconsin history, ultimately destroying more than 13,000 acres of land and 63 buildings. As a column of black pine smoke reached high in the sky, citizens from Minong, Chicog, Webster, Gordon, Wascott, Hayward, Spooner, Solon Springs, and other ... Leer más

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  • Dangerous Curves

    Comics' Sexiest Bad Girls

    Series series CBG Presents
    The oh-so-sexy but oh-so-dangerous dames of the comic book world. ... Leer más

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  • The Haunted History of the Ohio State Reformatory

    de Sherri Brake ...
    Series series Haunted America
    Paranormal expert Sherri Blake takes readers on a terrifying tour of Ohio's infamous prison, where The Shawshank Redemption was filmed.Built on the site of a Civil War camp ravaged by disease, the Ohio State Reformatory first opened in 1896 to reform young offenders but eventually grew to house the most dangerous criminals. By the time the Mansfield institution closed, the prison was hosting a ... Leer más

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  • The Carter Journals

    Time Travels in Early U.S. History

    de Shane Phipps ...
    When fourteen-year-old Cody Carter’s grandfather gives him a box of dusty leather journals written by their Carter ancestors, even the history-loving Cody could not have predicted the adventure he was about to take. Journal by journal, Cody is physically transported back in time to experience the lives of Carters on the frontier in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Indiana as the family moved ever ... Leer más

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  • Superheroes v Supervillains A-Z

    The Ultimate Guide to the Greatest Superheroes and Supervillains of All Time

    de Sarah Oliver ...
    A comprehensive guide to the world of Superheroes and Villains, a real must have for comic book fans and film buffs. Inlcuding Thor, X-Men, Wolverine, Captain America and Green Lantern ... Leer más

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  • Minneapolis in the Twentieth Century

    The Growth of an American City

    Today, Minneapolis is considered one of the most desirable places to live in the United States. However, like most cities, Minneapolis has its own checkered history.Iric Nathanson shines a light in dark corners of the city's past, exploring corruption that existed between the police department and city hall, brutal suppression of Depression-era unions, and reports on anti-Semitism at midcentury. ... Leer más

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  • Out and Proud in Chicago

    An Overview of the City's Gay Community

    de Tracy Baim ...
    Out and Proud in Chicago takes readers through the long and rich history of the city's LGBT community. Lavishly illustrated with color and black-and white-photographs, the book draws on a wealth of scholarly, historical, and journalistic sources. Individual sections cover the early days of the 1800s to World War II, the challenging community-building years from World War II to the 1960s, the era ... Leer más

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  • Film and Comic Books

    In Film and Comic Books contributors analyze the problems of adapting one medium to another; the translation of comics aesthetics into film; audience expectations, reception, and reaction to comic book-based films; and the adaptation of films into comics.A wide range of comic/film adaptations are explored, including superheroes (Spider-Man), comic strips (Dick Tracy), realist and autobiographical ... Leer más

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  • People Wasn't Made to Burn

    A True Story of Housing, Race, and Murder in Chicago

    de Joe Allen ...
    This story of a grief-stricken man's murder of a landlord is "nothing less than a reinvention of the true crime genre" ( The Nation).In 1947, James Hickman shot and killed the landlord he believed was responsible for a tragic fire that took the lives of four of his children on Chicago's West Side. But a vibrant defense campaign, exposing the working poverty and racism that led to his crime, helped ... Leer más

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  • Ozark

    Series series Images of America
    The name Ozark comes from the French Aux Arcs. The town of Ozark may have gotten its name because it is at the bend of the creek. Today the term Ozark refers to the large upland region that covers parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Ozark, Missouri is nestled in the hills of this region and serves as the county seat of Christian County. This book looks at Ozark's 150 year history, ... Leer más

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