Top 10 Best "Illinois" Books

Weird Illinois

Troy Taylor
Mark Sceurman
Mark Moran

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A River Through Illinois

Associate Professor Daniel Overturf
Gary Marx B.S.
Bill Kurtis

Illinois

A River Through Illinois

A River Through Illinois , an innovative collaboration by journalist Gary Marx and award-winning photographer Daniel Overturf, carries readers down the 330-mile Illinois Waterway, from the urban landscape of Chicago to the state's most rural areas. Combining literary impressions, history, and personal narrative with stunning color photographs, this remarkable book transports readers to places most have never been: three hundred feet below the city of Chicago in a TARP pump station, above the Illinois River in a lift-bridge operator's hut, in the wheelhouse of a towboat pushing twenty thousand tons. The story of the river is told by the people who live along the waterway's banks and work its course, who rely on it for their livelihoods, their recreation, and their spiritual sustenance. More than one hundred original color photographs and dozens of conversations with waterway residents, workers, and visitors capture the essence of the waterway, exposing its course and uncovering its past. Traveling through the Illinois & Michigan Canal, Florence, Hardin, Lemont, and Chicago, reader...

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Illinois

Roger Biles

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Illinois Off the Beaten Path, 9th (Off the Beaten Path Series)

Lyndee Jobe Henderson
Bill Franz
Bob Puhala

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Moon Illinois (Moon Handbooks)

Christine des Garennes

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Frontier Illinois (A History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier)

James E. Davis

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Hiking Illinois - 2nd Edition (America's Best Day Hiking Series)

Susan Post

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Oddball Illinois

Jerome Pohlen

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Illinois (From Sea to Shining Sea)

Barbara A. Somervill

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L Is For Lincoln

Kathy-Jo Wargin
Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen

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State Shapes

A state-by-state celebration of America, the State Smarts series is an exciting collection of distinctive kids books, each one custom die cut to the shape of the featured state. These books are packed with fun information including a short history, famous figures, geography, industry and environment. These books are sure to be a hit with 8-12 year olds (and grown-ups, too!).

Learn about the History of Illinois - the Hull House Settlement and the Land of Lincoln, Notable Places - Chicago and the Shawnee Hills, and Famous Illinoisans - U.S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, and Walt Disney.

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State Shapes

Erik Bruun
Rick Peterson

Illinois

Illinois (From Sea to Shining Sea)

Barbara A. Somervill

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