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A new form of Southern slavery led to Northern race riotsA tale of heroism in the fight against Illinois corruptionThe epic labor struggle in the ‘Decatur war zone’The Case of the Mad Gasser of MattoonThe Great CommunicatorThe famous architect who was never aloneThe forgotten Maxwell brothersFollowing in Lincoln’s stepsA portrait of the landscape in barnsAffair in a Chicago heat wave
Books | Thursday, April 7,2011
It’s OK in my book
Jacksonville professor explores ‘America’s greatest word’
A friend laughed when I said I was reading a book about OK. “I can see a paragraph,” he said, “but a whole book?”Well, yes, that is exactly what Allan Metcalf, professor of Eng
Books | Thursday, January 13,2011
New collection brings Springfield poems to life
The late Pat Smith was a former Springfield resident, one of the three founders of Brainchild, a women’s writing collective that lasted more than 30 years and published a number of books. Now Pa
Books | Thursday, December 16,2010
What Lincoln read shaped the man, and history
The first book I ever owned was a child-sized version of the life of Abraham Lincoln – a gift from my book-loving father, who was convinced Lincoln read everything he ever got his hands on. His
Books | Thursday, December 16,2010
The American Dream, pre-cut and ready to assemble
Nearly 10 years ago Rosemary Thornton drove to Springfield from Alton to give a talk at Lincoln Library about Sears homes. As the library’s program director, I remember her coming early in the d
Books | Thursday, December 16,2010
Lincoln and Darwin, born on the same day
Fans of fanciful, history-inspired books like Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter will surely find Lincoln and Darwin – Shared Visions of Race, Science and Religion a tough slog through the mid-19th
Books | Thursday, December 16,2010
The enchanting story of Christmas in Illinois
Sleigh rides in Springfield. Christmas at Mormon founder Joseph Smith’s house in Nauvoo. Recipes from Collinsville’s “Queen of Cookies.” A Greenville Civil War soldier’s
Books | Thursday, December 16,2010
The deadly adventures of a southern Illinois gangster
During the Prohibition Era of speakeasies, swanky gangsters and machine gun massacres, Illinois was home to some of the most powerful and respected figures in the underworld. When it comes to Illinois
Books | Thursday, December 16,2010
Uncovering the history buried by King Coal
Coal, to Jeff Biggers, is a symbol of lives lost, land destroyed and the worst of big business with too much political clout. But, to him, the black and dusty rock is also a symbol of his and so many
Books | Thursday, December 16,2010
This picture of Illinois politics isn’t pretty
The title of this book, Illinois Politics: A Citizen’s Guide, is less than inviting when compared to many political items on bookstore shelves today. But the story between the covers tells a gri
Books | Thursday, December 16,2010
A fictional wartime journey from Carbondale to Cambodia and back
The third book in Mike Shepherd’s historical fiction trilogy of Mick Scott’s adventures as a soldier and a spy has an Illinois flavor, like the others, though it ranges to distant Cambodia
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