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Illinois
Lois Carrier
其他書名
Crossroads of a Continent
出版University of Illinois Press, 1998-01-15
主題History / GeneralHistory / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
ISBN02520680849780252068089
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=5HE1sFuiKX8C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋With a major port on the Great Lakes, an extensive network of railroads and canals, and a river system including the Mississippi, the Illinois, and the Ohio, Illinois has long played a critical role in linking East Coast industrial cities, the agricultural heartland, and the Gulf Coast.
Writing in a fast-paced, down-to-earth style, Lois Carrier introduces a host of innovations and innovators associated with Illinois: Jane Addams
and Louis Armstrong, Frank Lloyd Wright and Walt Disney, Cracker Jack
and the Ferris wheel. From the Cahokia Mounds to Chicago, Illinois:
Crossroads of a Continent provides a panoramic history for students
and general readers.