Author: MCLAUGHLIN, ROBERT AND TIME-LIFE EDITORS; EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, INTRO
Title: The Heartland: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin
Description: Time Inc, 1968. Hardcover. 192 pages. Clean, good binding. Features Picture essays of the Heartland from the Early Settlers to the 20th Century. Various industries such as the Corn Belt, Wisconsin's Dairyland, Chicago's rail system, Zenith Radio Corp; how hybridization works, automobile assembly lines; Historic figures such as William Henry Taft, Indian Chief Tecumseh, Abraham Lincoln, Chicago writers including as Ben Hecht, Vachel Lindsay, Sherwood Anderson, et al; Violence and riots such as the 1894 Pullman Palace Car Co , Chrysler auto workers Republic Steel strikes. Crime such as race relations problems in Detroit, John Dillinger, Al Capone and much more; Time-Life library of America. G .

Keywords: Great Lakes Region (North America) -- Description and Travel Illinois History Indiana History Michigan History Ohio History Wisconsin History Tecumseh William Howard Taft Abraham Lincoln


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