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Immigrants in the Valley
Irish, Germans, and Americans in the Upper Mississippi Country, 1830–1860 Mark Wyman Thousands of newcomers flocked into the
and waterways of the Upper Mississippi
Upper Mississippi country in the decades
Valley during those crucial decades.
leading up to the Civil War. Illinois, Wis-
Wyman has drawn extensively on family
consin, Iowa, Missouri, and Minnesota
letters sent home to Europe, missionary
received immigrants from most areas of
reports, employment records, and other
Europe, as well as Americans from the
diverse materials from 1830 to 1860. The
Upper South, New England, and the Mid-
result is a lively, extensively illustrated ac-
dle Atlantic states. They all carried with
count that will help Americans everywhere
them religious beliefs, experiences, and
better understand their diverse heritage
expectations that differed widely, attitudes
and the environment in which their family
and opinions which often threw them into
trees took root. A new preface in this pa-
conflict with each other.
perback edition helps to bring the schol-
This book shows the interplay be-
arship up to date.
tween the major groups traveling the roads
Mark Wyman is a professor emeritus of history at Illinois State University. He is the author of six books on labor, frontier, and immigration history.
November $24.50sp Paper 978-0-8093-3556-5 280 pages, 6⅛ × 9¼, 38 illus.
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Sedges: Carex Second Edition
Robert H. Mohlenbrock Updated edition introduces new species for Illinois Sedges: Carex is the fourteenth volume
For each species of Carex in Illinois,
of the Illustrated Flora of Illinois series
there is a full illustration showing the habit
and the sixth and last volume devoted to
of the plant and close-ups of various veg-
monocots—plants that have a single seed
etative and reproductive structures that
leaf, or cotyledon, upon germination.
are crucial for the identification of the
Since the volume’s original publica-
individual species. There is also a com-
tion in 1999, thirty-four additional spe-
plete description of each species as well
cies of plants have been recognized in
as a detailed discussion of the nomen-
Illinois. Some are discoveries from recent
clature and habitats. Range maps show
field work, some are from more thorough
the county distribution of each species in
searches of herbaria, and others are from
Illinois. A new and detailed key is provided
different taxonomic philosophies.
for identification of the species.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock taught botany at Southern Illinois University Car-
July $30.00s Paper 978-0-8093-3550-3 450 pages, 6 × 9, 194 illus. The Illustrated Flora of Illinois
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bondale for thirty-four years. Since his retirement in 1990, he has served as senior scientist for Biotic Consultants, teaching wetland plant identification classes around the country. Among his more than sixty books are Vascular Flora of Illinois and The Field Guide to U.S. National Forests.
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