Indiana Originals
Indiana Originals

Author: Ray E. Boomhower

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2018-11-12

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1439665753

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Hoosier history overflows with bold visionaries, noble heroes and lovable rogues. May Wright Sewall struggled to uplift womankind and unflinchingly called for peace in a world sleepwalking toward conflict. In the guise of Abe Martin, Kin Hubbard graced the Indianapolis News's back page for twenty-six years with folksy humor. Combat photographer John A. Bushemi bravely faced the terrors of war and perished capturing its violence. Audacious automotive pioneer Carl G. Fisher went to any length to promote himself, even flying a car via a hot-air balloon. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience, author Ray E. Boomhower, the dean of Hoosier biographers, brings together forty of the most notable figures from the nineteenth state.

Trees of Indiana
Trees of Indiana

Author: Maryrose Wampler

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780253328854

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This collection of the art of Maryrose Wampler includes 72 color plates depicting species of trees found in Indiana. Fred Wampler has contributed a fascinating text to go with each plate, describing the tree's properties, natural history, uses, and special features.

The Indiana Book of Records, Firsts, and Fascinating Facts
The Indiana Book of Records, Firsts, and Fascinating Facts

Author: Fred D. Cavinder

Publisher:

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13:

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What the Guinness Book has done for the records of the world, this book does for Indiana, whose resourceful natives and residents have blazed a bright trail of accomplishments in nearly every field. Hoosiers have headed the pack in the pioneer world, in the introduction of the automotive age, and later in the creation of the air age, and even today in the space age. A major section of the book is devoted to sports records of all varieties. Records have been set in all manner of competition from corn picking to catapults.

Hoosiers
Hoosiers

Author: James H. Madison

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2014-08-05

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 0253013100

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The story of this Midwestern state and its people, past and present: “An entertaining and fast read.” ―Indianapolis Star Who are the people called Hoosiers? What are their stories? Two centuries ago, on the Indiana frontier, they were settlers who created a way of life they passed to later generations. They came to value individual freedom and distrusted government, even as they demanded that government remove Indians, sell them land, and bring democracy. Down to the present, Hoosiers have remained wary of government power and have taken care to guard their tax dollars and their personal independence. Yet the people of Indiana have always accommodated change, exchanging log cabins and spinning wheels for railroads, cities, and factories in the nineteenth century, automobiles, suburbs, and foreign investment in the twentieth. The present has brought new issues and challenges, as Indiana’s citizens respond to a rapidly changing world. James H. Madison’s sparkling new history tells the stories of these Hoosiers, offering an invigorating view of one of America’s distinctive states and the long and fascinating journey of its people.

Indiana, Indiana
Indiana, Indiana

Author: Laird Hunt

Publisher: Coffee House Press

Published: 2023-03-21

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1566896665

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A mesmerizing, poignant saga of love and loss firmly grounded in the Midwestern landscape by National Book Award finalist Laird Hunt. On a dark and lovely winter night, Noah Summers sits before a roaring fire, drifting between sleep and recollection, trying to make sense of a lifetime of psychic visions and his family’s tumultuous history on an Indiana farmstead. Decades have passed since Noah first fell in love with Opal, a brilliant but unstable young woman whose penchant for flames separated the couple after just forty-two idyllic days of married life. Despite the challenges they each faced, their love never wavered in the long years that followed, sustained by letters, memories, and the bonds of family. Indiana, Indiana establishes the world Laird Hunt returned to in National Book Award finalist Zorrie and introduces the character of Zorrie Underwood for the first time. Written in a masterful elegiac style reminiscent of William Faulkner and Marilynne Robinson, Indiana, Indiana is a beautiful and surreal story that illuminates the heart of rural America.

The Indiana Way
The Indiana Way

Author: James H. Madison

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13:

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This is a splendid example of how to write well balanced, highly readable state history. --The Old Northwest "Madison has succeeded as have few other authors of state histories in blending modern scholarly concerns with the traditional narrative historiography of his state. This book is in many ways a model state history." --Choice "Neither too detailed and provincial, nor too broad and comparative, The Indiana Way adopts an integrated analytical approach, but also includes some narrative and biography." --Journal of American History

History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Indiana (1856-2021)
History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Indiana (1856-2021)

Author: William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi

Publisher: Soyinfo Center

Published: 2021-10-06

Total Pages: 1399

ISBN-13: 1948436531

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The world's most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographic index. 268 photographs and illustrations - mostly color. Free of charge in digital PDF format.

Indiana's Constitution - A History
Indiana's Constitution - A History

Author: Paul R. Wonning

Publisher: Mossy Feet Books

Published:

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13:

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Composed in the summer heat in the shade of a huge elm tree in Corydon, Indiana the 1816 Constitution served Indiana's needs until replaced by a new document in 1851. The Story of the Indiana Constitution serves as a handbook and guide to the foundation of Indiana law. It includes the text of the original 1816 Constitution as well as the original text and amendments of its 1851 replacement.

Short History of Roads and Highways - Indiana Edition
Short History of Roads and Highways - Indiana Edition

Author: Paul R. Wonning

Publisher: Mossy Feet Books

Published: 2020-07-22

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13:

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From the first rude ridgeways to the modern interstate superhighway, the evolution of the road is a fascinating story. Readers will learn the progression of roads from the first ridgeways, roads in the ancient world, Roman roads and the development of the revolutionary McAdam Road. Native Americans developed an extensive system of trails for both trade and war. The Short History of Roads and Highways - Indiana Edition includes information on early Amerindian trails, pioneer traces and the beginnings of the modern Indiana highway system.