I N D I A N A
H I S T O R I C A L
S O C I E T Y
Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016
Noon to 4 p.m.
Featuring more than 60 Indiana authors and their latest books
Schools and libraries receive a 25% discount
Indiana Historical Society members receive a 10% discount
www.indianahistory.org
EUGENE AND MARILYN GLICK INDIANA HISTORY CENTER
450 WEST OHIO STREET, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46202
FOR ORDERS: (317) 234-0020
Biography/Memoir
Biography/Memoir
Indiana: An Interpretation – Indiana Bicentennial Edition
Steve McQueen: The Great Escape
Ray E. Boomhower
Wes D. Gehring
Originally published in 1947, John Bartlow Martin’s work sparked
controversy in Indiana for challenging Hoosiers’ assumptions about
their history and how they saw themselves and their state. Martin’s
interpretation of the Hoosier character, thought and way of living is as
relevant today as when it was first written. A new afterword by Martin
biographer Ray E. Boomhower contextualizes the book for today’s readers
and reveals why it has become a modern Indiana classic.
Film historian Wes D. Gehring explores how McQueen rose from his days as
a troubled youth into one of Hollywood’s top box-office stars of the 1960s
and 1970s, and how he attempted to ease the lives of other troubled youth.
Gehring delves into McQueen’s early success as a television star, his rocky
relationships with women, his sardonic sense of humor, his love of fast cars
and motorcycles, and his often neglected acting in such films as The Reivers
and Junior Bonner.
$32
$19.95
Also available – John Bartlow Martin: A Voice for the Underdog, Fighter Pilot: The World War II
Career of Alex Vraciu, Gus Grissom: The Lost Astronaut, and Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968
Indiana Primary
Also available – Genre-Busting Dark Comedies of the 1970s, Red Skelton: The Mask Behind
the Mask, Robert Wise: Shadowlands, Carole Lombard: The Hoosier Tornado and James Dean:
Rebel with a Cause
The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age
Indiana’s 200: The People Who Shaped the Hoosier State
Wendy Gamber
Linda C. Gugin and James E. St. Clair, editors
Wendy Gamber chronicles the life and times of the charming and persuasive
Gilded Age confidence woman and Indianapolis resident Nancy Clem, who
became famous as an accused murderess, itinerant peddler of patent medicine
and the supposed originator of the Ponzi scheme. Clem’s story is a shocking tale
of friendship and betrayal, crime and punishment, courtroom drama and partisan
politicking, get-rich-quick schemes and shady business deals. It also raises
fascinating questions about a woman’s place in an evolving urban economy.
Indiana’s 200 recognizes the people who made enduring contributions to the state
of Indiana in its 200-year history. Written by 136 historians, scholars, biographers
and independent researchers, the biographical essays in this book will enhance the
public’s knowledge and appreciation of those who made a difference in the lives
of Hoosiers, the country and even the world. Subjects profiled in the book include
individuals from all fields of endeavor: law and politics, the arts, sports, education,
industry the notorious and more.
$34.95
$39.95
Also available – The Boardinghouse in Nineteenth-Century America
Also available – The Governors of Indiana and Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court
Slow Ball Cartoonist: The Extraordinary Life of
Indiana Native and Pulitzer Prize Winner John T. McCutcheon
of the Chicago Tribune
Shrinking the Monster: Healing from the Wounds of Our Abuse
Tony Garel-Frantzen
Slow Ball Cartoonist takes readers on a journey to an earlier era in America
when cartoonists played a pivotal role each day in enabling major daily
newspapers to touch the lives of their readers. No American cartoonist
was more influential than the Chicago Tribune’s John T. McCutcheon – the
plainspoken Indiana native and Purdue University graduate whose charming
and delightful cartoons graced the pages of the newspaper from 1903 until
his retirement in 1946.
Norbert Krapf
Former Indiana Poet Laureate Norbert Krapf, details why and how he finally
– after 50 years of refusing to do so – went public with what the pastor of
his family’s Catholic parish did to him as a young boy in Jasper, Indiana, a
man who was a supposed friend of his parents. Each step in Krapf’s ongoing
recovery is documented in careful prose, frequently referencing his book of
poetry on the abuse, Catholic Boy Blues, which he published in 2014.
$14.95
Also available – Catholic Boy Blues: A Poet’s Journal of Healing, The Ripest Moments: A Southern
Indiana Memoir and Bloodroot: Indiana Poems
$22.95
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Biography/Memoir
Children and Young Adult
Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom
Coasting Casey: A Tale of Busting Boredom in School
George Leopold
Shannon Anderson
Drawing on extensive interviews with fellow astronauts, NASA engineers,
family members and friends of Gus Grissom, George Leopold delivers a
comprehensive survey of Grissom’s life that places his career in the context
of the Cold War and the history of human space flight.
Casey is bright, but doesn’t apply himself at school. Instead, he coasts –
doing just well enough to get by, and ignoring homework and projects that
don’t interest him. What does interest Casey is art. He loves to draw, make
music and create. Sometimes this enthusiasm interferes with learning and
gets him into trouble. With help from his school principal, Casey learns to
apply his passions to his schoolwork. Told in humorous rhyme, this lively
story will speak to bored students and to any kid who can – and wants to –
do better.
$29.95
Hardwood Glory: A Life of John Wooden
Barbara Olenyik Morrow
In this youth biography, Barbar Olenyik Morrow traces the path of
Wooden’s career. Readers young and old alike will meet the coaches who
served as Wooden’s mentors; the high-school sweetheart who became his
devoted wife; the players who respected and challenged him and more.
Full of archival photos, this biography also shows how Wooden’s story is
inseparable from major events and social currents in the 20th century.
$17.95
Also available – Nature’s Storyteller: The Life of Gene Stratton-Porter
Llano Grande: Growing Up as a Missionary Child in Ecuador
Jeanne M. Rhoades Smucker
Jeanne M. Rhoades Smucker and her family were part of a mission group
for the Church of the Brethren in Llano Grande, Ecuador, in the 1940s and
50s. When the family left the village, she said goodbye to friendships,
bonds with indigenous people and experiences among mission friends in a
beautiful country with a rich culture. This charming memoir is the story of
the journey back to that small village, which had enchanted her as a child
and could never really be left behind.
$9.99
Also available – Penelope Perfect
Night of the Eerie Equations
Robert A. Black
Lennie Miller continues her math adventures in the third book of Robert
Black’s mathematical fiction series. This time a crew of TV ghost hunters has
come to Bailey, Indiana, and it seems like they may find out about Lennie’s
ability to talk to vampires, wizards and monsters. She will have to decide
whether she should betray her friends or keep them safe and figure out a
way to keep the ghost hunters from hunting her.
$9.99
Also available – Night of the Paranormal Patters and Night of the Frightening Fractions
The Twelve Days of Christmas in Indiana
Donna Griffin
Three Jews Walked into a Shopping Center...
Join Darcy as she takes her cousin Noah on a holiday adventure through the
back roads and big city streets of Indiana – exploring the stars, whooping
it up, riding in a buggy Amish-style, creating tasty treats, celebrating in the
town of Santa Claus, hanging with the dinosaurs and racing to the finish in
true Hoosier fashion.
Elizabeth Kraft Taylor
$12.95
$15
In her memoir, Elizabeth Kraft Taylor, describes the skills she developed to
survive a childhood of poverty and abuse. Those skills propelled her from
creative director to senior vice president of the Simon organization. Along
the way, she tells about her staff of creative geniuses, how she broke down
barriers for women, and learned to love herself and others.
$19.95
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Children and Young Adult
But What If There’s No Chimney?
Mandy Hussey
Children and Young Adult
Escape from the Past: The Duke’s Wrath
Annette Oppenlander
Five-year-old Ben is new in town and shocked to find his house has no
chimney! How will Santa get into his house to deliver gifts? As Christmas
approaches, Ben looks for answers, asking his dad, friend, teacher, mailman
and even his dog! Ben’s search ends with a letter to Santa Claus, Indiana.
Will Santa reply, and what will he say?
When 15-year-old nerd and gamer Max Anderson tries out an experimental
computer game, he is accidentally transported to 1471 medieval Germany
– unprepared and clueless. He quickly learns that being an outcast may cost
him his head, especially after rescuing a beautiful peasant girl from a deadly
infection and thus provoking sinister wannabe Duke Ott.
$12
$12.95
Edge of Extinction – The Ark Plan
Laura Martin
Five years ago, Sky Mundy’s father vanished from North Compound without
a trace. Now she has just stumbled on a clue that not only suggests his
disappearance is just the tip of an even larger mystery, but also points
directly to the surface. To find her dad – and possibly even save the world –
Sky and her best friend, Shawn, must break out of their underground home
and venture topside to a land reclaimed by nature and ruled by dinosaurs.
$16.99
They Did What? 50 Impressive Kids and Their Amazing
(And True!) Stories | They Did What? 50 Unbelievable Women
and Their Amazing (And True!) Stories
Saundra Mitchell
50 Impressive Kids and 50 Unbelievable Women are two collections of
biographies profiling some of the most influential kids and women in
history and today. Prodigies, protégés, geniuses and visionaries – these
diverse biographies prove that fulfilling your dreams and making a
difference in the world is something we can all strive for.
$8.99 each
Also available – The Vespertine and A Tyranny of Petticoats
Also available – Escape from the Past: The Kid (Book 2) and Escape from the Past: At Witches
End (Book 3)
All About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Todd Outcalt
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most influential leaders in
American history. After completing his studies as a young adult, he began
leading Civil Rights marches and giving powerfully influential speeches to
Americans. Martin’s hope was that all Americans would come together to
work for freedom and equality. Through struggles and oppositions, Martin
transformed his dream of equality into a law of equality and integration. He
is forever regarded as an American hero.
$5.99
Also available – Indiana Wineries: The Ultimate Guide to Wine in Indiana, Husband’s Guide to
Breast Cancer: A Complete & Concise Plan for Every Stage Bleak Midwinter and Slay Bells:
A Mary Christmas Mystery under pen name R.L. Perry
The Carter Journals: Time Travels in Early U.S. History
Shane Phipps
When 14-year-old Cody Carter’s grandfather gives him a box of dusty leather
journals written by their Carter ancestors, even the history-loving Cody
could not have predicted the adventure he was about to take. Journal by
journal, Cody is transported back in time to experience what his ancestors
experienced in North Carolina, Tennessee and Indiana.
$9.95 paperback; $15.95 hardcover
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Fiction/Poetry
Fiction/Poetry
Monastery of Writers
The Art He’d Sell for Love
Abe Aamidor
Dan Carpenter
Robert Markland always wanted to be a writer, but he’d only published two
short stories over the years. When he learns about a writers’ commune
in Southern Indiana informally known as the “monastery of writers” he
believes it will provide his best, last chance at literary success. Markland
moves to the commune where he discovers a disparate group of writers –
and some dark secrets behind the mysterious origins of the “monastery of
writers.”
Indiana, global and personal themes are sounded in this collection of
reflective and light verse by a Hoosier native with a unique perspectives on
life in our times.
$9.95
$16
Also available – Indiana Out Loud: Dan Carpenter on the Heartland Beat
Artifice
Mark Eugene Dall
Niki’s Honor
Laila Anwarzai Ayoubi
Niki, a beautiful young rural Pashtun village girl, becomes entangled in a
series of events that brings an end to her fairy tale dreams. Suffering in
silence, Niki endures great pain and humiliation, yet still refuses to reveal
her personal secret, saving her family and particularly her mother from
further disgrace. She is engaged at the age of 9 to the handsome 15-yearold son of a Khan. Her secret is only shared with him.
$12.95
Mapping the Muse: A Bicentennial Look at Indiana Poetry
Joyce Brinkman
Mapping the Muse is the culmination of a project originated by Brick Street
Poetry Inc. designed to celebrate Indiana’s 200th year by presenting a
glimpse of poetry in Indiana. The Birthday Book project is an endorsed
Bicentennial Legacy Project recognized by the Indiana Bicentennial
Commission. Mapping the Muse consists of poetry representing a wide
range of experience: from everyday poets to university professors; from
high school students to senior poets in their 90s; and a collaborative poem
by a 5th-grade class in Perry County.
The grandson of a Jewish art dealer pursues an enigmatic painting attributed
to Rembrandt, which was confiscated from his grandfather during the Nazi
occupation of Paris. He must outwit mobsters and crooked art dealers while
tracing its whereabouts and provenance.
$9.99
Also available – Snapshot
Midnight Crossing: A Mystery
Tricia Fields
Police Chief Josie Gray wakes in the middle of the night, sure that she’s
heard a car slowly passing by her remote homestead. Outside, she discovers
a woman, mute with shock and terror, hiding on her porch. When she
explores the field nearby, she comes across the body of another young
woman. As Josie investigates, she discovers that not everyone in town has
stayed out of the trafficking business, and someone may play a bigger role
than she ever expected.
$26.99
Also available – The Territory and Firebreak
$10
Also available – Seasons of Sharing: A Kasen Renku Collaboration
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Fiction/Poetry
Fiction/Poetry
A Gathering in Hope
Murder Under the Covered Bridge
Philip Gulley
Tony Perona and Elizabeth Dombrosky
Thanks to an unexpected windfall, Sam Gardner’s congregation – with the
exception of a few malcontents – is eager to expand their meetinghouse.
But before building can commence, the County Environmental Board and
the Department of Natural Resources put the quietus on the plan.
While working on a television taping to promote the Parke County Covered
Bridge Festival, the skinny-dipping grandmas bare all to cross an item off
Charlotte’s bucket list – be a sexy calendar girl. But the photo shoot is
interrupted by gunshots and Francine’s cousin William stumbles down the
riverbank followed by a man with a gun. William sustains life-threatening
injuries, but is it attempted homicide? Francine and Charlotte go into
detective mode to uncover the secret William knew about the shooter.
$24
Also available – The Front Porch series and If the Church Were Christian
A Golden Bond
Elaine Jannetides
The tale begins during the 1950s in Indianapolis. Angie is beginning her
senior year of high school. Her life is thrown off-course with the death of
her mother and her father returning from Greece with a new stepmother.
Angie’s golden ring becomes a symbol of her independence and motivation
for her future.
$14.99
Deep Forest: A Novel of the Indiana Frontier
Emsley W. Johnson Sr., represented by Martha Susan Batt
Interweaving challenges and triumphs of Indiana’s pioneer settlers, Johnson
draws on his own ancestors’ experiences from Tippecanoe to the Civil War.
The Society of Indiana Pioneers is issuing this book for the Bicentennial to
honor the pioneer spirit and heritage.
$25
Stories for the 12 Days of Christmas
$14.99
Also available – Murder on the Bucket List and Hoosier Hoops and Hijinks
Dancing in Dreamtime
Scott Russell Sanders
Sanders explores both inner and outer space in a speculative collection
of short stories. At a time when humankind faces unprecedented, globalscale challenges from climate change, loss of biodiversity, dwindling vital
resources and widespread wars, this collection of planetary tales will strike
a poignant chord with the reader. Sanders has created worlds where death
tolls rise due to dream deprivation, where animals exist only as robots and
where poisoned air forces people to live in biodomes.
$19
Also available – Earth Works: Selected Essays, A Conservationist Manifesto
and Home Again
Murder Mansion
M.K. Scott
Donna’s dream of running an inn is almost a reality. The murdered man in
the upstairs parlor is her biggest obstacle. No killer is going to stop her from
serving apple crumb cake to paying guests.
$10.10
Also available – Drop Dead Handsome, Killer Review and Christmas Calamity
Linda Mansfield
Immerse yourself in some modern Christmas stories. They’re all short, so
you can fit them into your busy schedule. They’re also realistic. No talking
reindeer, dancing snowmen or elves allowed. There’s no partridge either.
Stories for the 12 Days of Christmas is an ideal Christmas gift for both men
and women.
$9.95
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Fiction/Poetry
History
A Thousand Falling Crows
Our Hoosier Heritage and Its Foundation, 1680–1820
Larry D. Sweazy
Ronald E. Bell
Sonny Burton was forced to retire from the Texas Rangers after taking a
bullet from Bonnie Parker in a shoot-out. The bullet so damaged Sonny’s
right arm that he had to have it amputated. While Sonny struggles with
recuperating and tries to get used to the idea of living a life with only one
arm, Aldo Hernandez, the hospital’s janitor, asks Sonny to help find his
daughter and bring her back home.
Our Hoosier Heritage gives a short review of the Indian culture, individual
Indian naming habits and tribal units found in the old Northwest Territory.
Included in the book is a review of the early and little-known men who helped
determine the development of Indiana, their language peculiarities and
recollections of early events in their lives. It contains a short review of the
entry dates of the first Indiana counties.
$15.95
$17.95
Also available – See Also Deception and See Also Murder
Also available – Early History of Indiana Limestone and Rise and Fall of the Southern
Indiana Railroad
Fire in the Water
James Alexander Thom
William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest
For famous one-armed war correspondent Paddy Quinn, this is to be his
final Civil War assignment: the funeral of the assassinated President Lincoln.
Quinn and his new bride, Felice, board the steamboat Sultana to meet the
Funeral Train, when their honeymoon vessel stops at Vicksburg and takes
on a pathetic human cargo of 2,000 sick and ragged survivors of the hellish
Andersonville prisoner-of-war camp. Quinn’s lot is now thrown in with
some of the unluckiest veterans of that awful war.
William Heath
$16.99
Born to Anglo-American parents on the Appalachian frontier, captured by
the Miami Indians at the age of 13 and adopted into the tribe, William Wells
(1770–1812) moved between two cultures all his life but was comfortable
in neither. Vilified by some historians for his divided loyalties, he remains
relatively unknown even though he is worthy of comparison with such
famous frontiersmen as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. William Heath’s
thoroughly researched book is the first biography of this man in the middle.
Also available – St. Patrick’s Battalion, Follow the River, Warrior Woman and Sign Talker
$34.95
Also available – Blacksnake’s Path: The True Adventures of William Wells
Dancing with the Tiger
Lili Wright
When 30-year-old Ann Ramsey learns a meth-addicted looter has dug up
the funerary mask of Montezuma, she books a flight to Oaxaca, determined
to redeem her father, a disgraced art collector and herself. Written in taut,
lyrical prose, Dancing with the Tiger explores the masks we wear, the secrets
we keep and the revelations we make to those we love.
$26
Also available – Learning to Float
Indiana at 200: A Celebration of the Hoosier State
Lisa Hendrickson, Alicia Carlson and Tom Harton, editors
Indiana at 200: A Celebration of the Hoosier State is a patchwork quilt of
images, prose and poetry commemorating our bicentennial. Incorporating
a wide variety of Hoosier voices, this book reflects the thoughts of business
and community leaders, artists, athletes, writers, farmers, religious leaders,
children and poets. These voices, along with many of the more than 6,000
photos submitted by amateur and professional photographers throughout
the state, present a picture of who we are as Hoosiers, as well as our dreams
and aspirations.
$39.95
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History
History
Indianapolis – The Circle City
Indianapolis Then and Now
Lee Mandrell
Nelson Price and Joan Hostetler
Indianapolis shines like never before in this one-of-a-kind book filled with
stunning images. Photographer Lee Mandrell showcases a Circle City of
unique architecture and natural areas, outstanding museums and historic
landmarks. Readers will be drawn into the rich culture, history and art of
Indianapolis as well as all things modern. The Crossroads of America is a city
not easily forgotten.
Indianapolis Then and Now, revised edition, features historic places such
as the Indiana Statehouse, the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Lockerbie
Square, and the Federal Building, as well as modern areas of interest such as
the Monon Trail and Circle Centre, all showing the mixture of preservation
and change in this historic city.
$35
Also available – Indiana Legends and The Quiet Hero: A Life of Ryan White
Mapping Indiana: Five Centuries of Treasures
from the Indiana Historical Society
Eric Mundell and Amy Vedra
The scope of the maps maintained by IHS ranges from several Old World
views of North America to more contemporary views of Indiana counties
and towns. While the focus of the map collection is broad geographically,
its core subject is Indiana and the documentation of the state’s evolving
history. Two introductory essays by noted cartographers relate the history
of mapmaking from the early days of maps in America to the present as well
as the history of maps in the state. Approximately 100 maps from the IHS
collections are highlighted with brief essays on each.
$59.95
$19.95
Indiana and the Sultana Disaster – The Story of a Survivor
Robert R. Smith
John Henry King was born in 1831. The steamship Sultana launched in1863.
Fate staged a rendezvous for this pair, they would meet on the Mississippi
River as participants in a major but little-known event in American history.
The story follows John from his birth in Cincinnati to his enlistment in the
9th Indiana Cavalry and his survival of the tragedies that awaited him. He
was captured and imprisoned at Andersonville and went on to survive the
greatest maritime disaster in U.S. history.
$22.95
Vincennes History You DON’T Know: The 20th Century
in the Town by the Wabash
Brian Spangle
The Kimberlins Go to War: A Union Family
in Copperhead Country
Michael B. Murphy
This is the story of the Kimberlin Family that sent 33 fathers and sons,
brothers and cousins, to fight for the Union during the Civil War. Ten family
members were killed, wounded or died of battlefield disease, a 30-percent
casualty rate that is unmatched in recorded Scott County history.
This book is a history of Vincennes, Indiana, in the 20th century. It
comprises a selection of newspaper columns that historian Brian Spangle
has written for the Vincennes Sun-Commercial over the past 16 years. Over
all, the book provides a capsule history of small-town life in Indiana through
a Depression, the World Wars and beyond.
$25
$19.95
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History
Nonfiction
A Place Called Turkey Run: A Celebration of Indiana’s
Second State Park in Photographs and Words
Kooky Cookery, Vols. 1–4, Jello, Meat, Appetizers and Brunch
Daniel P. Shepardson
What do bricks of tomato gelatin, pizzas made with baked beans and hors
d’oeuvre-impaled Santas have in common? They’re all part of America’s rich
and fragrant history of bizarre food concoctions. The four Kooky Cookery
titles – Jello, Meat, Appetizers and Brunch – highlight our nation’s golden age
of peculiar creations.
A Place Called Turkey Run captures the majesty and mystique of the park
in text and hundreds of full-color images. The work is organized into six
distinct photo essays on the park’s beauty: sandstone; bluffs and canyons;
flowing water; snow and ice; tall trees; and flowers, ferns and fungi. This
book honors the natural heritage of the land it describes and the centennial
celebration of Turkey Run – Indiana’s second state park.
$39.95
Indiana University Auditorium: 1941–2016
Kenneth L. Turchi
The majestic Indiana University Auditorium was the vision of IU’s legendary
president, Herman B Wells, whose foresight placed it at what was to
become the center of Bloomington’s beautiful campus. Drawing from a
rich treasury of archival photos, news clippings and interviews, author
Kenneth L. Turchi captures the auditorium’s 75-year history in this lavishly
illustrated book.
Bryan Ballinger
$5.95
Also available – Animal Gas
Holy Silence: The Gift of Quaker Spirituality
J. Brent Bill
Holy Silence is a contemporary classic on sacred silence. With warmth,
wisdom and gentle humor, Bill presents the Quaker practice of silence and
expectant listening to a wider spiritual audience.
$15.99
Also available – Life Lessons from a Bad Quaker
$35
Also available – L.S. Ayres and Company: The Store at the Crossroads of America
Enriching the Hoosier Farm Family: A Photo History
of Indiana’s Early County Extension Agents
Honest Eats: Celebrating the Rich Food History
of Indiana’s Historic Lincoln Highway
Keith Elchert and Laura Weston-Elchert
Compiled from original county agent records discovered in Purdue
University’s Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research
Center, Enriching Hoosier Farms and Families includes hundreds of rare,
never-before-published photographs and anecdotal information about
how county agents overcame their constituents’ reluctance to change.
In Honest Eats, Keith Elchert and Laura Weston-Elchert take you on a
tour of Indiana’s stretch of the Lincoln Highway. You’ll visit nearly 100
locations – mostly restaurants but with some interesting side stops
as well. You’ll meet the entrepreneurs whose love of history and the
highway helps fuel their passion for both food and nostalgia. Each story
is a personal one, and no two are alike. And many of them come with
recipes!
$35.95
$39.95
Fred Whitford, Neal Harmeyer and David M. Hovde
Also available – For the Good of the Farmer: A Biography of John Harrison Skinner, Dean of
Purdue Agriculture, The Queen of American Agriculture: A Biography of Virginia Claypool
Meredith and The Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture: The Biography
of William Carroll Latte
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Nonfiction
Nonfiction
The Sugar Bush Chronicles: Adventures with the World’s
Most Photographed Squirrel
50 Crossword Puzzles with Playful Narrations
Lou Harry
50 Crossword Puzzles is a compilation of puzzles Maurer has constructed
throughout the years – many have been published in The New York Times
and many are brand new creations. The book also features anecdotes about
the puzzles, communication with Will Shortz, editor of The New York Times
puzzles, and many other delightful pluses.
Now starring in her very own book: the International Superstar squirrel
– Sugar Bush! Peppered with fun lessons and activities, this supremely
adorable volume follows Sugar Bush from the Big Easy to ancient Egypt and
back again. Featuring an impressive array of sets and the most extensive
wardrobe a squirrel has ever donned, Sugar Bush Chronicles will delight this
Internet sensation’s legions of fans and animal lovers everywhere.
$9.95
Michael S. Maurer
$14.95
Also available - 19 Stars of Indiana: Exceptional Hoosier Men and 10 Essential Principles of
Entrepreneurship You Never Learned in School
Also available – The Biggest Trivia Book Ever and The X-Mas Men: An Eclectic Collection
of Holiday Essays
Road Trip: A Pocket History of Indiana
Flushed with Curiosity – 101 Travel Tales with a Twist
Donald E. Knebel
This book contains 101 stories reflecting the travels and insights of Don
Knebel, a Zionsville attorney, professor and civic leader. If you travel, this
book suggests where to go. If you don’t travel, this book tells you what
you’ve missed.
Andrea Neal
This easy-to-read history of Indiana tells 100 stories about Hoosiers and
their heritage, each accompanied by a destination that brings history alive.
Featured essays cover such diverse topics as the Ice Age, the canal era and
the impact of 9/11.
$17.95
$19.95
Little Indiana: Small Town Destinations
Contrary to Popular Belief: A Chronicle of a Progressive
in Indiana
A veteran lobbyist in the Indiana Statehouse, Leppert became a blogger in
2014. Within a year, his “blog” became a “column” and began showing up
in mainstream media. After more than a hundred installments, recurring
political themes emerged. Contrary to Popular Belief captures them.
Little Indiana explores where to eat, stay, play and shop in more than 90
small towns. After six years of traveling the state in search of amazing
local experiences, Jessica Nunemaker shares a treasure trove of what to
expect in Hoosier small towns. Perfect for any length of excursion the
book is organized by region and town and provides travelers easy access to
information found nowhere else. From wineries to antique shops, alpaca
farms to chocolate stores, unique attractions are awaiting discovery.
$19.95
$23
Michael Leppert
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Nonfiction
Sports
Praying Upside Down: A Creative Prayer Experience
to Transform Your Time with God
Fighting for Life: The Story of Jake LaMotta
Kelly O’Dell Stanley
Jake LaMotta is the one-time middle weight world champion who
competed in more than 100 professional fights. He was wildly popular in his
home Bronx, New York. He was nicknamed the Bronx Bull for the heart he
showed in the ring.
Your perspective on prayer and faith may never be the same again after
you read Praying Upside Down. Stanley uses imagery, simple techniques,
and artwork to help you see God like never before and move your prayer
life away from the preconceived and expected to a new level of intimacy.
Praying Upside Down offers a fresh chance to learn something new, hear
an answer you didn’t anticipate, and experience God in a more real,
tangible way.
Lew Freedman
$16.99
Also available – The Indianapolis 500: A Century of High Speed Racing, 73-0 Bears Over
Redskins, All About Sir Edmund Hillary, Bronx Bombers: New York Yankees Home Run History
and The Story of Basketball Great Clyde Lovellette
$14.99
Also available – Designed to Pray: Creative Ways to Engage with God
The Complete Idiot’s Guide: ASMR
Julie Young
ASMR stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. A way to beat
insomnia and reduce stress, ASMR is a relaxed, tingling feeling that many
people report having as a response to particular stimuli, such as close
personal attention, tapping or whispering. Idiot’s Guide: ASMR offers a clear
explanation of its benefits, different trigger types and how to experience
its effects. Bonus content includes exclusive interviews with the top ASMR
artists and online video content.
$19.99
Also available – The Complete Idiot’s Guide: Catholocism, The Famous Faces of Indy’s
WTTV-4: Sammy Terry, Cowboy Bob, Janie and More and A Belief in Providence: A Life
of Saint Theodora Guérin
Sports
Catch a Star: Shining Through Adversity to Become
a Champion
Tamika Catchings*
When all she wanted was to fit in, Tamika Catchings stood out and felt left
out, never knowing one day she’d stand out – as a basketball superstar and
an inspiration. She faced being set apart by her hearing loss, separated from
family, living up to high expectations and the pain and discouragement of
debilitating physical injury. Yet she reached for the stars with hard work,
perseverance and her faith in God. Through the silence, she found the way
to shine.
Indy 500 Memories: An Oral History of
“The Greatest Spectacle in Racing”
Art Garner and Mar Spiegel
More than 150 drivers, fans, celebrities and others share their personal
stories and remembrances of the world’s most famous auto race. Twenty
different race winners representing more than 40 victories are among those
sharing memories. From the first memory by Mario Andretti, to the last one
of Ryan Hunter-Reay, Indy 500 Memories is sure to invoke surprise, laughter,
tears and awe, and is a must read for any racing fan.
$20
Also available – Black Noon: The Year They Stopped the Indy 500
Hoo-Hoo-Hoo-Hoosiers!
Terry Hutchens
One night, Jenny is awakened from sleep by a strange noise. She calls for
her mother and the two of them search high and low to discover what could
make the Hoo-Hoo-Hoo sound. Can you figure it out before Jenny does?
$12.95
Also available – So You Think You Know Indiana University Basketball and So You Think You
Know Indiana University Football
$17.99
*Tamika Catchings will be signing books from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
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