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The State of Southern Illinois: An Illustrated History
Russell
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Description for The State of Southern Illinois: An Illustrated History
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 456.
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } 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 ... Read more
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809330560
SKU
V9780809330560
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About Russell
Herbert K. Russell, formerly the Executive Director for College Relations at John A. Logan College, is a literary scholar and southern Illinois historian who has been a college teacher, an editor and a writer. He is the author of Edgar Lee Masters: A Biography (University of Illinois Press) and editor of A Southern Illinois Album, Southern Illinois Coal: A Portfolio, ... Read more
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