Illinois

Marianne Neumann has one goal in life: to find her lost sister, Sophie. When Marianne takes a job as a placing agent with the Children's Aid Society in 1858, she not only hopes to give children a better life but seeks to discover if Sophie ended up leaving the city on an orphan train....

Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters examines two of the most devastating coal mine disasters in United States history since 1928....

The area that became known as the Old Northwest caught the eye of European settlers as far back as the 17th century, when the French explorers Marquette and Jolliet found that waterways in the area connected the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes....

The definitive biography of the deeply complex and widely misunderstood matinee idol of Hollywood’s Golden Age....

Lincolnomics revives the disremembered history of how Lincoln paved the way for Eisenhower's interstate highways and FDR's social amenities....

In The Wreck of the America in Southern Illinois: A Flatboat on the Ohio River, Wagner provides a brief description and general history of flatboats and the various reasons they wrecked....

Conquer the Illinois Managing Broker Exam is your comprehensive guide to passing the Illinois managing broker licensing exam and advancing your ...

In the depths of the Knight Hawk, one of the last working collieries in downstate Illinois, the body of a reporter is found, his mini recorder tied around his neck....

Eat Like a Local: Illinois by author Elaine Joy Nicholson Small offers the inside scoop on food in Illinois, USA.

Fairbury is a small town located in Central Illinois. It is 100 miles south of Chicago and 60 miles east of Peoria. It was founded in 1857 when the...

Illinois, the Prairie State, is a birders playground. Birders can come and just take in the beauty that surrounds them. 50 Things to Know About Birds in Illinois is a book that will inspire you to see the lovely things about Illinois....

James McDowell (1747-1809) was born in Ireland. He was a soldier under General Wayne in the Revolutionary War and was wounded at Brandywine. He ...

In the mid-1990s, a band of baseball-loving boys from the small town of Chester, Illinois, on the banks of the Mississippi River, pursue their dreams of state and national championships....

Greater Than a Tourist: Illinois by Paige Novak offers the scoop on some of the must-stop places and hidden gems across the state of Illinois, USA....

Given its background and location, the story of Milwaukee may have resembled other nearby cities like Detroit or Chicago, but Milwaukee would have its own flavors and characters thanks to the unique ethnicities and businesses that arrived early on....

In 1964, Cobden was a quiet village of 900 residents tucked in the Shawnee Hills of Southern Illinois. The high school's basketball team changed ...

Conquer the Illinois Real Estate Broker Exam is a focused, plain-language study guide designed to help aspiring professionals pass the Illinois ...