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Completed in 1848, the Illinois & Michigan Canal stretched from Lake Michigan at Chicago's Navy Pier to the Illinois River at LaSalle-Peru. PRAIRIE PASSAGE commemorates the canal's 150th anniversary with 250 stunning photographs, many by the renowned Edward Ranney, and Preface by BLUE HIGHWAYS author William Least Heat-Moon. Tony Hiss's introductory text recounts the saga of the once mighty waterway. 250 photos.
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Prairie Passage : The Illinois and Michigan Canal Corridor
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University of Illinois Press, 1998
ISBN 10: 0252024117
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Condition: Good. illustrated edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 52777943-6
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Prairie Passage
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University of Illinois Press, Chicago, IL, 1998
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Teal green boards with black writing on front board and spine, with very light rubbing on bottom edge. Text block is clean and binding is tight. The book gives both a historical and pictorial view of the building of the canal system between Illinois and Michigan. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pp. Seller Inventory # 014931ros
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Prairie Passage: The Illinois & Michigan Canal Corridor
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University of Illinois Press, 1998
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Edward Ranney (illustrator). First Edition, 1st printing. A FINE, like-new, bright, clean, tight, collector-worthy copy sans flaws. "Prairie Passage" celebrates this remarkable ninety-seven miles of water highway that helped to turn the muddy settlement of Chicago, at the canal's eastern end, into the most important city in the Midwest." P ROLIFICALLY ILLUSTRATED in archival black and white photography (many full page) with accompanying descriptive captions. 216 pages. LBCMC4. Seller Inventory # 019159
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Prairie Passage: The Illinois and Michigan Canal Corridor (Signed First Edition)
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Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition. Oblong hardcover. First printing. 216 pages. Prologue by Tony Hiss. Essays by Emily J. Harris. Epilogue by William Least Heat-Moon. A terrific collection of black and white images by Edward Ranney. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Ranney on the title page and also signed and inscribed by him on the front free endpaper and additionally signed there as well by Emily Harris. Signed. Seller Inventory # 166218
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