Illinois: Crossroads of a ContinentUniversity of Illinois Press, 1993 - 283 páginas With Chicago a major port on the Great Lakes and with a river system including the Mississippi, the Illinois, and the Ohio, Illinois has long been the link between East Coast industrial cities, the agricultural heartland, and the Gulf Coast. In Illinois: Crossroads of a Continent, Lois Carrier chronicles major events in Illinois from prehistoric times to the present. Whether she is telling of the Cahokia Mounds, acknowledged as the largest prehistoric earthen structure in North America, or Chicago as both a literary and cultural center and the birthplace of the National Baseball League, Carrier brings the state and its history to life in fascinating detail. The changes in location of the state's capital, the nation's first atomic experiments, rural and small-town life, the excitement and turbulent politics of one of the world's largest cities - all of these are here. Jane Addams, Louis Armstrong, Jack Benny, Gwendolyn Brooks, Walt Disney, Red Grange, Ulysses S. Grant, Ernest Hemingway, Abraham Lincoln, Carl Sandburg, Frank Lloyd Wright, and many other famous people who were born or lived in Illinois are part of the mosaic of Illinois history the author presents. The only comprehensive history of the state now in print, Illinois: Crossroads of a Continent is a clearly written volume that will appeal to students and general readers. |
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... troops at nearby Pittsburg Landing and was waiting for General Don Carlos Buell to come up with an additional 35,000 . Meanwhile , the Union soldiers set up camps in the woods and fields along the road to Shiloh . Confederate General ...
... troops at nearby Pittsburg Landing and was waiting for General Don Carlos Buell to come up with an additional 35,000 . Meanwhile , the Union soldiers set up camps in the woods and fields along the road to Shiloh . Confederate General ...
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... troops to Europe ; he had tried repeatedly to bring the warring nations to the conference table . He was reelected . During Wilson's second term freedom of the seas became a critical issue . In 1915 a German submarine sank an unarmed ...
... troops to Europe ; he had tried repeatedly to bring the warring nations to the conference table . He was reelected . During Wilson's second term freedom of the seas became a critical issue . In 1915 a German submarine sank an unarmed ...
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... troops that the Germans had developed . France soon surrendered , and English troops were forced to retreat to their island nation . Winston Churchill , the prime minister of England , tried to persuade President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...
... troops that the Germans had developed . France soon surrendered , and English troops were forced to retreat to their island nation . Winston Churchill , the prime minister of England , tried to persuade President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...
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Early Development | 49 |
The Civil War | 95 |
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