Description: Stories of Springfield, Illinois, American Chronicles, Paperback Discover new stories about the famous characters of Springfield, Illinois, and why some of its lesser-known citizens deserve to be famous too. Learn about the first Lincoln museum and its controversial creator, the cholera epidemic that spared the town and the operators of Springfield's Underground Railroad. Unearth the mysteries of a local poet's wrenching death and "airship" sightings from the nineteenth century. From Springfield's fatal pole wars of 1844 to the invention of better dental forceps, local historian Tara McClellan McAndrew's research splices together the comic, the tragic and the completely unexpected in these chronicles from Lincoln's town.
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781596299320
Book Title: Stories of Springfield : Life in Lincoln's Town
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Tara Mcclellan Mcandrew
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Special Interest / Literary, Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional), Presidents & Heads of State, Customs & Traditions
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Photography, Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 7.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
