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24 titles for readers of Evansville by Darrel Bigham, selected for shared themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI), State & Local, 20th Century, and United States.

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A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Evansville.

The Making of Black Detroit in the Age of Henry Ford — Beth Tompkins Bates

The Making of Black Detroit in the Age of Henry Ford

Beth Tompkins Bates

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

Lost Boys of Hannibal Inside America’s Largest Cave Search — John Wingate

Lost Boys of Hannibal Inside America’s Largest Cave Search

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

Muslims of the Heartland How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest — Edward E. Curtis IV

Muslims of the Heartland How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest

Edward E. Curtis IV

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

The West Plains Dance Hall Explosion — Lin Waterhouse

The West Plains Dance Hall Explosion

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

The Pacesetter — Jerry M. Fisher

Jerry M. Fisher

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

Italo Balbo’s Flight to the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair — Don Fiore

Italo Balbo’s Flight to the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

The Enemy Among Us Pow’s in Missouri During World War II — David W. Fiedler

The Enemy Among Us Pow’s in Missouri During World War II

David W. Fiedler

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

Burger Chef — Scott R. Sanders

Scott R. Sanders

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

Evil Summer Babe Leopold, Dickie Loeb, and the Kidnap-Murder of Bobby Franks — John Theodore

Evil Summer Babe Leopold, Dickie Loeb, and the Kidnap-Murder of Bobby Franks

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

Unmasked! The Rise & Fall of the 1920s Ku Klux Klan — Ann Patton

Unmasked! The Rise & Fall of the 1920s Ku Klux Klan

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

Dust Bowl The Southern Plains in the 1930s — Donald Worster

Dust Bowl The Southern Plains in the 1930s

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

Edmund Fitzgerald The Legendary Great Lakes Shipwreck — Elle Andra-Warner

Edmund Fitzgerald The Legendary Great Lakes Shipwreck

Elle Andra-Warner

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

A History of Missouri — Richard Stewart Kirkendall

A History of Missouri

Richard Stewart Kirkendall

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

Gangs of St. Louis Men of Respect — Daniel Waugh

Gangs of St. Louis Men of Respect

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

Surviving Wounded Knee The Lakotas and the Politics of Memory — David W. Grua

Surviving Wounded Knee The Lakotas and the Politics of Memory

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

American Demon Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper — Daniel Stashower

American Demon Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper

Daniel Stashower

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair A Century of Progress — Cheryl Ganz

The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair A Century of Progress

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

Missouri Ozarks Legends and Lore — Cynthia McRoy Carroll

Missouri Ozarks Legends and Lore

Cynthia McRoy Carroll

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

We Are the Troopers The Women of the Winningest Team in Pro Football History — Stephen Guinan

We Are the Troopers The Women of the Winningest Team in Pro Football History

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

When the News Broke Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America — Heather Hendershot

When the News Broke Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America

Heather Hendershot

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

Double Cross The Explosive Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America — Sam Giancana

Double Cross The Explosive Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

The Farmer’s Lawyer The North Dakota Nine and the Fight to Save the Family Farm, with a Foreword by Willie Nelson — Sarah Vogel

The Farmer’s Lawyer The North Dakota Nine and the Fight to Save the Family Farm, with a Foreword by Willie Nelson

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

The Almighty Black P Stone Nation The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of an American Gang — Natalie Y. Moore

The Almighty Black P Stone Nation The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of an American Gang

Natalie Y. Moore

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

Quad Cities Beer A History — Michael McCarty

Quad Cities Beer A History

Michael McCarty

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • State & Local • 20th Century

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI), State & Local, 20th Century — the same threads that run through Evansville by Darrel Bigham. Among the authors featured: Beth Tompkins Bates, John Wingate, Edward E. Curtis IV, Lin Waterhouse, and others.

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