Prairie hearts : women view the Midwest

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Winning the Dust Bowl by Revard, Carter

Table of Contents: “…Indian Survival, Four: At Cahokia Mounds --…”


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What's great about Illinois? by Marciniak, Kristin

Table of Contents: “…-- Chicago's museums -- Wrigley Field -- Starved Rock State Park -- Wildlife Prairie State Park -- John Deere Pavilion -- Morton Pumpkin Festival -- Route 66 -- Springfield -- Cahokia Mounds -- Metropolis -- Illinois by map -- Illinois facts.…”


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The American West : a very short introduction by Aron, Stephen

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Illinois by Edwards, L. C.

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Celebrating Illinois by Bauer, Marion Dane

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Indians of the woodlands: from prehistoric times to 1725. by Hyde, George E., 1882-1968

Table of Contents: “…Illustrations: View of Cahokia Mound, Illinois -- Hopewell woman and warrior -- Hopewell man with official in ceremonial regalia -- Unpainted pottery statuette from Jackson County, Illinois -- Hopewell woman reconstructed from the Knight statuettes -- Hopewell man reconstructed from the Knight statuettes -- Swanson Village winged catlinite pipes -- Omaha sacred war pipes.…”


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Secrets of ancient and sacred places : the world's mysterious heritage by Devereux, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Sacred Sites and Their Mysteries: Sacared Geography -- The World heitage -- The Secret Hertiage: The selecion sites -- Chaco national historical park, USA -- Cahokia mounds, USA -- Machu Picchy, Peru -- Cuzco, Peru -- Roros, Norway -- Aachen Cathedral, Germany -- Speyer Cathedral, germany -- Westminister Palace and Abbey & St Margarets -- The Tower of London -- avebury, Stonehenge & Related megalithic Sites -- Chartres Cathedral, France -- Delphi, Greece -- Epidaurus, Greece -- Historice areas of Istanbul, Turkey -- GgantiijaTemples, Malta -- Anchient thebes and its Necropolis, Eqypt -- Mount Taishan, China -- Seeking the Secret Heritage: Wesr Penwith (Land's End), Cornwall, UK -- References -- Index.…”


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50 great American places : essential historic sites across the U.S. by Glass, Brent D.

Table of Contents: “…The National Mall (Washington, DC) -- Cahokia Mounds/Gateway Arch (IL/MO) -- Mesa Verde (CO) -- Palace of the Governors (NM) -- Salem Witch Trial Memorial (MA) -- New Castle Courthouse (DE) -- Forks of the Ohio (PA) -- Freedom Trail (MA) -- Liberty Bell (PA) -- Virginia Peninsula (VA) -- Monticello (VA) -- The Presidio (CA) -- Mission San Xavier del Bac (AR) -- Slater Mill (RI) -- Hudson Village Green (OH) -- New Harmony (IN) -- Mt. …”


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World heritage sites : a complete guide to 878 UNESCO world heritage sites

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50 great American places : essential historic sites across the U.S. by Glass, Brent D.

Table of Contents: “…The National Mall (Washington, DC) -- Cahokia Mounds/Gateway Arch (IL/MO) -- Mesa Verde (CO) -- Palace of the Governors (NM) -- Witch Trials (MA) -- Boundary Line (DE) -- Forks of the Ohio (PA) -- Freedom Trail (MA) -- Liberty Bell (PA) -- Virginia Peninsula (VA) -- Monticello (VA) -- The Presidio at the Golden Gate (CA) -- White Dove of the Desert (AZ) -- Slater Mill (RI) -- Village Green (OH) -- Two Utopias (IN) -- Railroad University of the United States (MD) -- The Alamo (TX) -- Declaration of Sentiments (NY) -- Temple Square (UT) -- Ft. …”


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Illinois by Edwards, L. C.

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Life of miracles along the Yangtze and Mississippi by Wang, Ping, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…The great river road. Gypsies at the Cahokia Mound -- Alton ghosts -- BMW -- The fig tree of Cairo -- V. …”


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The great conversation : nature and the care of the soul by Lane, Belden C., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Wilderness and soul work -- Part I, Beginning to listen: Restoring the great conversation ; Falling in love with a tree -- Part II, Nature teachers and the spiritual life: Air, the child: Birds: sandhill cranes, the Platte River, and Farid ud-Din Attar -- Wind: Buford Mountain and the way of a pilgrim -- Trees: a cottonwood tree in a city park and Hildegard of Bingen - Fire, the adolescent: Wildfire: North Laramie River trail and Catherine of Siena -- Stars: Cahokia Mounds and Origen of Alexandria -- Deserts: the Western Australian bush and Gregory of Nyssa -- Water, the adult: Rivers: Colorado's Lost Creek wilderness and Teresa of Avila -- Canyons: Grand Staircase-Escalante Wilderness and Laozi -- Islands: Monhegan Island and Nikos Kazantzakis -- Earth, the elder: Mountains: Hemmed-In-Hollow and the Baal Shem Tov -- Caves: Lewis Cave and Ignatius of Loyola -- Wolves: Greater Yellowstone ecosystem and Francis of Assisi -- Conclusion: Taking the great conversation seriously.…”


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50 great American places : essential historic sites across the U.S. by Glass, Brent D.

Table of Contents: “…The National Mall (Washington, DC) -- Cahokia Mounds/Gateway Arch (IL/MO) -- Mesa Verde (CO) -- Palace of the Governors (NM) -- Salem Witch Trial Memorial (MA) -- New Castle Courthouse (DE) -- Forks of the Ohio (PA) -- Freedom Trail (MA) -- Liberty Bell (PA) -- Virginia Peninsula (VA) -- Monticello (VA) -- The Presidio (CA) -- Mission San Xavier del Bac (AR) -- Slater Mill (RI) -- Hudson Village Green (OH) -- New Harmony (IN) -- Mt. …”


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Encyclopedia of sacred places by Brockman, Norbert C., 1934-2013

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50 great American places essential historic sites across the U.S. by Glass, Brent D.

Table of Contents: “…The National Mall (Washington, DC) -- Cahokia Mounds/Gateway Arch (IL/MO) -- Mesa Verde (CO) -- Palace of the Governors (NM) -- Witch Trials (MA) -- Boundary Line (DE) -- Forks of the Ohio (PA) -- Freedom Trail (MA) -- Liberty Bell (PA) -- Virginia Peninsula (VA) -- Monticello (VA) -- The Presidio at the Golden Gate (CA) -- White Dove of the Desert (AZ) -- Slater Mill (RI) -- Village Green (OH) -- Two Utopias (IN) -- Railroad University of the United States (MD) -- The Alamo (TX) -- Declaration of Sentiments (NY) -- Temple Square (UT) -- Ft. …”


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First peoples : a documentary survey of American Indian history by Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953-

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Exploring American girlhood through 50 historic treasures by Remer, Ashley, Isselhardt, Tiffany R., 1986-

Table of Contents: “…Xaasaa Na' (Upward Sun River), Alaska -- Hā'ena State Park, Kaua'i, Hawai'i -- Mound 72, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Collinsville, Illinois -- "The display with which a Queen elect is brought to the King" -- Virginia Dare monument, Roanoke, North Carolina -- Her and me : otherness in the New World -- Pocahontas statue, Jamestown, Virginia -- Samuel Parris archaeological site, Danvers, Massachusetts -- Mary Wright's sampler -- Mary Jemison statue, Letchworth State Park, New York -- Phillis Wheatley statue, Boston, Massachusetts -- Becoming "American" -- Anna Greene Winslow's diary -- Sybil Ludington statue, Carmel, New York -- Sacajawea statue, Salmon, Idaho -- Bill of sale for a girl named Clary and runaway advertisement for Harriet Tubman -- Pantaloons -- Patty Reed's doll -- Lime Rock Light House, Newport, Rhode Island -- Belle Boyd House, Martinsburg, West Virginia -- Reminiscences of my life in camp by Susie King Taylor -- "Vinnie Ream at work" -- Poems and translations by Emma Lazarus -- "Group in bathing costumes" by Alice Austen -- Water pump at Ivy Green, Alabama -- Statue of Annie Moore, Ellis Island, New York -- Portrait of Georgia Rooks Dwelle -- Photograph of Princess Kai'ulani -- "Indian Girls dressed for a ball game" -- "Sadie Pfeifer" by Lewis Hines -- Dormitory at Angel Island, California -- Girl Scout pledge card -- Paper doll of Clara Bow -- Cashay sanitary puffs -- "Stand up and cheer" dress worn by Shirley Temple -- "Jumping rope on sidewalk" by Edwin Rosskam -- Elizabeth Kikuchi's letter to Clara Breed -- Seventeen magazine -- Patty-Jo doll -- Monument to the Westminster case children, Westminster, California -- Transportation token from Montgomery, Alabama -- Barbie teen-age fashion model -- Revolutions -- "Will you still love me tomorrow?" …”


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Sacred places, North America : 108 destinations by Olsen, Brad, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…The Southwest: Arcosanti, Canyon de Chelly, Monument Valley, Old Oraibi, San Francisco Peaks, Sedona Vortices, Southern Sinagua Pueblos, Wupatki (Arizona); Area 51, Black Rock City, Lake Lahontan sites (Nevada); Chaco Canyon, Chacoan Outlier great Houses, Chimayo, Roswell & White Sands, Shiprock (New Mexico); Canyonlands, Hovenweep, Salt Lake Temple, Zion National Park (Utah) -- West Coast: Bay Area to Point Conception, Blythe Intaglios, Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Lake Shrine, Lava Beds, Mission Trail, Mount Shasta (California); Carter Lake (Oregon); Cascade volcanoes; Columbia River Gorge (Washington) -- Alaska and Hawaii: Denali (Mount McKinley) & Sitka (Alaska) -- Pu'uhonua O Honaunau (City of Refuge); Pu'ukohola Heiau (Hill of the Whale); Kilauea; Waipio Valley (Hawaii); Waimea Bay (Kauai); Garden of the Gods (Lanai); Haleakala & Iao Valley (Maui); Kaena Point & Waimea Valley (Oahu); Nihoa & Necker (Outer Islands) -- Western Canada: Ellis Medicine Wheel, Lac Saine Anne, & Majorville Medicine Wheel (Alberta); Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) & Sproat Lake (British Columbia); Grottoes of Manitoba (Manitoba); Moose Mountain Medicine Wheel (Saskatchewan) -- Rocky Mountains: Manitou Springs, Mesa Verde, & San Luis Valley (Colorado); Nez Perce homeland (Idaho); Glacier/Waterton International Peace Park (Montana); Big Horn Medicine Wheel, Devil's Tower, & Yellowstone (Wyoming) -- Central Plains: Effigy Mounds Monument & New Melleray Abbey (Iowa); Pawnee Spirit sites (Kansas); Blackbird Hill (Nebraska); Heavener & Spiro Mounds (Oklahoma); Badlands & Sacred peaks of the Black Hills [Harney Peak, Bear Butte] (South Dakota); Indian Hot Springs (Texas) -- Great Lakes: Cahokia Mounds & Waubansee Stone (Illinois); House of David & Sleeping Bear Dunes (Michigan); Kensington Runestone & Pipestone (Minnesota); Newark Earthworks, Serpent Mound, & Spruce Hill (Ohio); Aztalan, Devil's Lake, & Madeline Island [Moningwunakauning] (Wisconsin) -- Eastern Canada: Atlantic Provinces: L'Anse aux Meadows (Newfoundland); Eastern Canadian Great Lakes, Lake Superior sites, & Peterborough petroglyphs (Ontario); Hochelaga, Saint Joseph's Oratory, Saint-Anne De Beaupre (Quebec) -- New England: Prehistoric stone buildings, Mount Katahdin & Sabbathday Lake (Maine); Walden Pond (Massachusetts); America's Stonehenge (New Hampshire); Auriesville and Fonda shrines, Chautauqua and Lily Dale (New York); Newport Tower (Rhode Island) -- The South: Temple mounds, Selma (Alabama); Bimini & Atlantis Florida, Coral Castle (Florida); Martin Luther King, Jr. birthplace (Atlanta, GA); Gethsemani & Mammoth Cave (Kentucky); Natchez (Mississippi); Pilot Mountain (North Carolina); Graceland (Memphis, TN); Assateague Island (Virginia); Grave Creek (West Virginia).…”


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