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The Birds of Indiana is a treasure trove for ornithologists, birders, and art-lovers everywhere. Drawing on decades of fieldwork and data collection and featuring the paintings of one of America's finest bird artists, this classic work is an introduction, a reference, and most important, a natural history of Indiana's birds, including over 390 species.
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2000.
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Presents photographs and descriptions of twenty-five historic sites throughout Indiana, featuring locations that are open to the public, drawn from ten years of "Destination Indiana" columns which appeared in the Indiana Historical Society's magazine "Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History."
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[2004]
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So many trees, so little time. What's a nature lover to do? If you can't tell the difference between an Eastern hemlock and a scrub pine, or a cottonwood and a black willow, 101 Trees of Indiana is the field guide for you. 101 Trees of Indiana contains all you need to identify a tree in the Hoosier State, whatever the season. Not since Dr. Charles Deam's Trees of Indiana was published in 1953 has the subject been covered so thoroughly. Ecologist Marion...
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"The towering sand dunes along Lake Michigan, not far from Chicago, are one of the most unexpected natural features of Indiana. The second edition of Dreams of Duneland beautifully illustrates the dunes region, from the past to the present. Since the first edition, the Indiana Dunes area has become an official national park. With more than 400 stunning images, many of them new, Dreams of Duneland showcases the breathtaking sand dunes, as well as the...
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2004.
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"Once there were hundreds of 19th-century and very early 20th-century covered bridges in Indiana--so many in fact, that the state ranked third in the nation in the number of structures still standing. By the early 1930s and 1940s, a movement was afoot to preserve those magnificent structures that had not already disappeared due to desertion and deterioration. Some were saved, but many were not. What was saved and cherished, however, was an abundance...
13) Indiana
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[1984]
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This book gives a clear picture of the Hoosier State today--the people who live here, the farmsteads and courthouse squares, the landscape ranging from sand dunes along Lake Michigan to old steamboat towns bordering the Ohio River. -Taken from inside flap.
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[2000]
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"Forty percent or more of Indiana's wildflowers will not be found in any of the available field guides. Field Guide to Indiana Wildflowers fills that gap. The book includes all of the herbaceous species - a total of 1,564 - recorded in Indiana (except grasses, sedges, and rushes). It contains 640 color photographs, one for every group of visually similar species. The photographs representing more than one species are accompanied by text and numerous...
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[2009]
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This book is about the journeys that stay with us because they were memorable--sometimes, even extraordinary. We all have memories of journeys involving cars, trains, buses, bridges, roads, and more. We remember how they affected us, changed our lives--it's the journeys that make us who we are. Each compelling photograph in this remarkable collection will trigger such reminiscences--some pleasant, some sad, but all special.
20) Trees of Indiana
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All admirers of fine nature art in Indiana and the Midwest know the distinctive and intricate paintings of Maryrose Wampler. Her work is found in homes, offices and business establishments, and it has been displayed and sold by the best art galleries and print dealers.
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