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Even though the harsh winters of western Ireland keep visitors away from Brianna's bed-and-breakfast inn, she expects Grayson Thane, a successful American mystery author, who plans to spend the winter alone writing his new novel. But sometimes fate has a plan of its own. Sometimes fire can be born in ice. The second installment of Roberts's Irish trilogy featuring the Concannon sisters.
The longest train route in Illinois runs more than 300 miles between Downtown Chicago and Carbondale. Learn about the interesting people, places, towns, and other attractions out your window while riding on this railroad line. We will share stories of the old Illinois Central with you -- and talk about towns such as Homewood, Kankakee, Gilman, Rantoul, Champaign-Urbana, Mattoon, Centralia, DuQuoin, Carbondale, and many more. Don't ride the train without a copy of this book in your hand.
"This book contains more short stories and escapades about the authors who grew up in a small midwest town of Carbondale, Illinois. The contributing authors attended public and private schools in Carbondale, including the local High School (CCHS). The authors share their personal recollections of their lives including their joys, successes, fun times, loves, family life, sorrows and a variety of other matters that are sure to warm the heart."--Back cover.
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Growing Up with Southern Illinois is the self-portrait of a rugged pioneer, Daniel Brush, who prospered on the Illinois frontier, founded the town of Carbondale, and led a regiment of hellions in the Civil War.
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Dispossessing : land and past -- Squaring the circles, filling the squares -- Settlers and transients -- Civil wars and silences -- Gilding the past -- Passersby, rich and penniless -- Reconstruction and race.
In The State of Southern Illinois: An Illustrated History, Herbert K. Russell offers fresh interpretations of a number of important aspects of Southern Illinois history. Focusing on the area known as “Egypt,” the region south of U.S. Route 50 from Salem south to Cairo, he begins his book with the earliest geologic formations and follows Southern Illinois’s history into the twenty-first century. The volume is richly illustrated with maps and photographs, mostly in color, that highlight the informative and straightforward text. Perhaps most notable is the author’s use of dozens of heretofore neglected sources to dispel the myth that Southern Illinois is merely an extension of Dixie. He...