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Iowa Underground

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Author : Greg A. Brick
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781931599399
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Iowa Underground written by Greg A. Brick and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a mysterious and fascinating tour through Iowa's underground treasures. This guide will reveal the state's subterranean attractions including show and wild caves, springs, mining sites and other geological and man-made sites. If you are a sport caver, a scientist, or curious tourist, this guide will give you all you need to know to begin exploring Iowa's underground world. IN THIS BOOK YOU'LL FIND - Detailed directions with helpful tips and precautions. - Descriptions of various lead- and coal-mining museums. - Fun stories and legends, including cave fairies, trolls, and ghost towns. - Additional information about Iowa's coal-mining past. - Facts about underground biological life. "A uniquely written perspective on the underground wonders of Iowa, by a premier Midwest cave historian." --Gary K. Soule, Speleo Historian and Trustee, American Spelean History Association

Necessary Courage

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Author : Lowell J. Soike
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609382226
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Necessary Courage written by Lowell J. Soike and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1850s and early 1860s, Iowa, the westernmost free state bordering a slave state, stood as a bulwark of antislavery sentiment while the decades-long struggle over slavery shifted westward. On its southern border lay Missouri, the northernmost slaveholding state. To its west was the Kansas-Nebraska Territory, where proslavery and antislavery militias battled. Missouri slaves fled to Iowa seeking freedom, finding opponents of slavery who risked their lives and livelihoods to help them, as well as bounty hunters who forced them back into bondage. When opponents of slavery streamed west across the state’s broad prairies to prevent slaveholders from dominating Kansas, Iowans fed, housed, and armed the antislavery settlers. Not a few young Iowa men also took up arms. In Necessary Courage, historian Lowell J. Soike details long-forgotten stories of determined runaways and the courageous Iowans who acted as conductors on this most dangerous of railroads—the underground railroad. Alexander Clark, an African American businessman in Muscatine, hid a young fugitive in his house to protect him from slavecatchers while he fought for his freedom in the courts. While keeping antislavery newspapers fully apprised of the battle against human bondage in western Iowa, Elvira Gaston Platt drove a wagon full of fugitives to the next safe house under the noses of her proslavery neighbors. John Brown, fleeing across Iowa with a price on his head for the murders of proslavery Kansas settlers, relied on Iowans like Josiah Grinnell and William Penn Clarke to keep him, his men, and the twelve Missouri slaves they had liberated hidden from the authorities. Several young Iowans went on to fight alongside Brown at Harpers Ferry. These stories and many more are told here. A suspenseful and often heartbreaking tale of desperation, courage, cunning, and betrayal, this book reveals the critical role that Iowans played in the struggle against slavery and the coming of the Civil War.

John Todd and the Underground Railroad

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Author : James Patrick Morgans
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786427833
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book John Todd and the Underground Railroad written by James Patrick Morgans and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-10-04 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born November 10, 1818, John Todd grew up in the rural area surrounding Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The most formative experience of his life was attending college in Oberlin, Ohio. A one-of-a-kind educational institution, Oberlin College was fully integrated--allowing men and women, black and white, to attend the same classes--at a time when the entire country was in a racial upheaval. As a result, Oberlin turned out a group of men and women almost devoid of racial prejudice. It was from this pool of graduates that many of the founders of Tabor, Iowa, were drawn. They were determined to found an Oberlin-like college in the westernmost territory of the United States, so it was no surprise that this group quickly became active in the Underground Railroad and other abolitionist activities. This biography details the life of the Reverend John Todd and presents the story of the Underground Railroad Station in Tabor. With the life of Todd as a common thread, the book explores how the station began and the noble purposes behind its birth. From the beginning of Todd's career at Oberlin College, the book follows him from an unsatisfying first pastorate to the site of his life's work in Tabor, where he would provide spiritual guidance and leadership, along with friend George Gaston, for the settlement. The work covers the prewar construction of the Tabor Literary Institute, which was beset by financial and administrative difficulties from the beginning. With a singleness of purpose spurred on by Todd and Gaston, the residents of Tabor joined in the abolitionist movement through participation not only in the Underground Railroad but in the Jim Lane Trail and Kansas Free State Movement as well. John Brown was in and out of Tabor on many occasions, bringing escaped slaves with him. Todd's service in the Union Army and jubilation with the Federal victory are also discussed. An appendix contains various letters and documents pertaining to the Todd family, the Underground Railroad and other abolitionist activities.

A World Below: the Underwater Discovery and Exploration of Coldwater Cave

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Author : David Jagnow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781680440119
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book A World Below: the Underwater Discovery and Exploration of Coldwater Cave written by David Jagnow and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Culinary History of Iowa

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Author : Darcy Dougherty Maulsby
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439656991
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book A Culinary History of Iowa written by Darcy Dougherty Maulsby and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume serves up a bountiful combination of local history, classic recipes, and colorful Midwestern food lore. Iowa’s delectable cuisine is quintessentially midwestern, grounded in its rich farming heritage and spiced with diverse ethnic influences. Classics like fresh sweet corn and breaded pork tenderloins are found on menus and in home kitchens across the state. At the world-famous Iowa State Fair, a dizzying array of food on a stick commands a nationwide cult following. From Maid-Rites to the moveable feast known as RAGBRAI, A Culinary History of Iowa reveals the remarkable stories behind Iowa originals. Find recipes for favorites ranging from classic Iowa ham balls and Steak de Burgo to homemade cinnamon rolls—served with chili, of course!

Bulletin

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Author : Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 730 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin written by Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Downtown Pop Underground

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Author : Kembrew McLeod
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683353455
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book The Downtown Pop Underground written by Kembrew McLeod and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “McLeod’s deft and generous book tells of a constellation of avant-garde squatters, divas, and dissidents who reinvented the world.” —Jonathan Lethem, New York Times-bestselling author of Motherless Brooklyn The 1960s to early ’70s was a pivotal time for American culture, and New York City was ground zero for seismic shifts in music, theater, art, and filmmaking. The Downtown Pop Underground takes a kaleidoscopic tour of Manhattan during this era and shows how deeply interconnected all the alternative worlds and personalities were that flourished in the basement theaters, dive bars, concert halls, and dingy tenements within one square mile of each other. Author Kembrew McLeod links the artists, writers, and performers who created change, and while some of them didn’t become everyday names, others, like Patti Smith, Andy Warhol, and Debbie Harry, did become icons. Ambitious in scope and scale, the book is fueled by the actual voices of many of the key characters who broke down the entrenched divisions between high and low, gay and straight, and art and commerce—and changed the cultural landscape of not just the city but the world. “The story of underground artists of the 1960s and ’70s, an amalgam of bustling radical creativity and fearless groundbreaking work in art, music, and theater.” —Tim Robbins “Breathes new fire into a familiar history and is a must-read for anyone who wants to know how American bohemia really happened.” —Ann Powers, critic, NPR Music “Honors those who were at the forefront of a movement that transformed our understandings of sexuality and artistic freedom.” —Lily Tomlin

Bulletin

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Author : United States. Federal Farm Board
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin written by United States. Federal Farm Board and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

FCC Record

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Author : United States. Federal Communications Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1114 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book FCC Record written by United States. Federal Communications Commission and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bulletin

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1768 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Iowa Confederates in the Civil War

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Author : David Connon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781634991551
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Iowa Confederates in the Civil War written by David Connon and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confederates from Iowa were as unusual as slaves in Dubuque. David Connon shares the intensely human stories of Iowa Confederates in the Civil War. Seventy-six of these men entered the Confederate service. Readers will follow their pre-war, war-time, and post-war experiences, ranging from difficult relationships to disease, imprisonment, desertion, and adventure. More stories illuminate the turbulent Iowa home front, where life was hard for parents of Confederates and for Peace Democrats.

Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman

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Author : Sarah Hopkins Bradford
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman written by Sarah Hopkins Bradford and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1869 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman: By SARAH H. BRADFORD. [Special Illustrated Edition]

Minerals Yearbook

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Minerals Yearbook written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Subterranean Twin Cities

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Author : Greg A. Brick
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 145291432X
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Subterranean Twin Cities written by Greg A. Brick and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Subterranean Twin Cities, geologist, historian, and urban speleologist Greg Brick takes us on an adventurous, educational, and-thankfully-sanitary journey beneath the streets and into the myriad tunnels, caves, and industrial spaces that make up the Twin Cities' fascinating and surprisingly vast underground landscape. In this groundbreaking tour, the first of its kind of the Twin Cities, Brick mines the stories that lie below the city surface.

The Only Free Road

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Author : Kevin Kimle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book The Only Free Road written by Kevin Kimle and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: February 1859. Two years and two months before the Battle of Fort Sumter that would mark the beginning of the Civil War, the first battles of this most perilous period in the country's history were already being fought along the middle American frontier.Eight months before abolitionist John Brown attempted to initiate an armed slave revolt in southern states by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry in what has been called the dress rehearsal for the Civil War. On his last trip east, Brown escorted a group of liberated slaves from Missouri through Kansas Territory, Nebraska Territory, and Iowa. Decades before it became widely known as the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses was used by enslaved Americans to escape into free states and Canada. Abolitionists, fugitives, bounty hunters, border ruffians, federal marshals and others battled for their ideas of freedom and justice along its paths.This stunning novel brings to life the surprising violence of ideas and actions of the Underground Railroad and puts you alongside major figures of 1859 America such as John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, J.B. Grinnell, James Jordan, as well as everyday people who shaped American history. Travel with two young couples, one abolitionist and one fugitive, seeking freedom in a frantic story of slavery, heroism and the fight for freedom.

Methland

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Author : Nick Reding
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1608191567
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Methland written by Nick Reding and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize Winner of the Hillman Prize for Book Journalism Named a best book of the year by: the Los Angeles Times the San Francisco Chronicle the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch the Chicago Tribune the Seattle Times "A stunning look at a problem that has dire consequences for our country.”-New York Post The dramatic story of Methamphetamine as it comes to the American Heartland-a timely, moving, account of one community's attempt to confront the epidemic and see their way to a brighter future. Crystal methamphetamine is widely considered to be the most dangerous drug in the world, and nowhere is that more true than in the small towns of the American heartland. Methland is the story of the drug as it infiltrates the community of Oelwein, Iowa (pop. 6,159), a once-thriving farming and railroad community. Tracing the connections between the lives touched by meth and the global forces that have set the stage for the epidemic, Methland offers a vital and unique perspective on a pressing contemporary tragedy. Oelwein, Iowa is like thousand of other small towns across the county. It has been left in the dust by the consolidation of the agricultural industry, a depressed local economy and an out-migration of people. If this wasn't enough to deal with, an incredibly cheap, long-lasting, and highly addictive drug has come to town, touching virtually everyone's lives. Journalist Nick Reding reported this story over a period of four years, and he brings us into the heart of the town through an ensemble cast of intimately drawn characters, including: Clay Hallburg, the town doctor, who fights meth even as he struggles with his own alcoholism; Nathan Lein, the town prosecutor, whose case load is filled almost exclusively with meth-related crime, and Jeff Rohrick, who is still trying to kick a meth habit after four years. Methland is a portrait of a community under siege, of the lives the drug has devastated, and of the heroes who continue to fight the war. It will appeal to readers of David Sheff's bestselling Beautiful Boy, and serve as inspiration for those who believe in the power of everyday people to change their world for the better.

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1476 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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