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      Blackbird’s Song

      Theodore J. Karamanski

      Though we have become well acquainted with war chiefs, it has been at the expense of better knowing civic-minded intellectuals like Andrew J. Blackbird, who sought in 1887 to give…

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      Civil War Chicago: Eyewitness to History

      The American Civil War was a crucial event in the development of Chicago as the metropolis of the heartland. Using seldom seen or newly uncovered sources, this book tells the…

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      Blackbird’s Song: Andrew J. Blackbird and the Odawa People

      Theodore Karamanski

      This stirring account reflects on the lived experience of the Odawa people and the work of one of their greatest advocates.

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      North Woods River: The St. Croix River in Upper Midwest History

      Eileen McMahon,Theodore,J. Karamanski

      The St Croix River is a federally protected National Scenic Riverway. This is a biography of the river over the course of more than 300 years. It tracks the river’s…

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      Deep Woods Frontier: History of Logging in Northern Michigan

      Theodore,J. Karamanski

      Examines the interplay between men and technology in the lumbering of Michigan’s rugged Upper Peninsula.

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      Schooner Passage: Sailing Ships and the Lake Michigan Frontier

      Theodore,J. Karamanski

      Throughout the 19th and early-20th centuries, schooner trade was vital to the development of the Great Lakes region. This study tells the stories of the crews that sailed the schooners…

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      Fur Trade and Exploration: Opening the Far Northwest, 1821-1852

      Theodore J. Karamanski

      In nineteenth-century North America the beaver was
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      It and other furbearing animals were the targets of an extractive industry like gold mining. Hoping to make their fortunes with…

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      Rally ‘Round the Flag: Chicago and the Civil War

      Theodore J. Karamanski

      Deals with the impact of the Civil War on northern cities. From Abraham Lincoln’s presidential nomination at the 1860 Republican National Convention to his funeral procession in 1865, this book…

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      Mastering the Inland Seas: How Lighthouses, Navigational Aids, and Harbors Transformed the Great Lakes and America

      Theodore J. Karamanski

      A sweeping maritime history that demonstrates the far-ranging impact that the tools and infrastructure developed for navigating the Great Lakes had on the national economies, politics, and environment of continental…

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      Maritime Chicago

      Theodore J Karamanski,Thomas Karamanski,Deane Tank, Sr,Deane Sr Tank

      Strategically placed on the southern shores of Lake Michigan, Chicago has always been an important transportation and trading hub. Early Native American settlers discovered Chicago’s rich resources, French missionaries and…

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      Wild Grass and Morning Blossoms Gathered at Dusk

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      Lu Xun was China’s greatest literary modernist and a key thinker of the early twentieth century. This new translation assembles some of Lu Xun’s essays and experimental writings little known…

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