Illinois : a descriptive and historical guide /

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Corporate Authors: Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois, (Compiler), Illinois. Governor (1933-1940 : Horner), (Contributor)
Contributors: Horner, Henry, 1878-1940, (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co., [1947]
Edition:Revised with additions in 1946 ...
Series:American guide series
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • General information
  • Recreation
  • Illinois : the general background. The Illinoisan, his background ; The land itself ; Before the white man ; The land and the people ; Illinois in World War II ; Religion ; The hub of the continent ; Agriculture ; Labor ; Government and education ; Architecture ; Art ; Literature ; Theater ; Music
  • Illinois : cities and towns. Alton ; Aurora ; Bloomington and Normal ; Cairo ; Champaign and Urbana ; Chicago ; Decatur ; East St. Louis ; Elgin ; Evanston ; Galena ; Joliet ; Nauvoo ; Peoria ; Rockford ; Rock Island and Moline ; Springfield
  • Illinois : tours
  • Abraham Lincoln, "man of Illinois" / Henry Horner
  • Fifty books about Illinois
  • Chronology
  • Congressional Medal of Honor awards.