Product Description: French Gold is a tale of murder and its solving, of life in the colonial village of Ste. Anne in the Illinois country, of buried treasure and its eventual unearthing. It is of a keelboat voyage from St. Louis to New Orleans and of the tender star-crossed love shared by the French woman Julie Coussat and young Auguste Chouteau along the way...read more

Re-examines two of the most devastating coal mine disasters in the United States since 1928 in a historical analysis that explains the causes of the accidents, identifies who was to blame, and details the emotional impact the disasters had on survivors, family members, and their communities. Simultaneous.

Product Description: This sweeping survey constitutes the first comprehensive treatment of the forty-seven individuals—forty-six white males and one African American female—who have been chosen to represent Illinois in the United States Senate from 1818 to 2003...read more

Product Description: Mark Logan, touring by bicycle, is stranded in Acreage, California, Parsnip Capital of the World, after losing his wallet. Detesting its small-town politics and gruesome restaurant fare—parsnip pie, anyone?—he longs to return to Wichita...read more

Product Description: This first biography of William C. Stratton covers Illinois politics and the Stratton family from the 1920s through the 1950s.Born into a political family and immersed in Republican politics throughout his youth, Stratton never seriously considered a career other than the one that led him to be a member of congress, state treasurer, and two-term governor of Illinois from 1953 to 1961...read more

Product Description: This latest revision of a classic text presents a comprehensive view of government in Illinois.David Kenney and Barbara L. Brown begin by describing the role of states in the federal system and the basic nature of Illinois as a governmental entity...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)