Category: Spanning the Globe
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Travel Advice for the Ladies
Traveling Alone A Practical Guide for Business Women North 1979 If you want an example of outdated advice this is the book. It is full of technology references and advice that would probably be unknown to anyone under the age of 40. Although safety in travel is an excellent topic,…
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The Orient
The Orient Hillyer and Huey 1966 Submitter: While cleaning up the children’s section, we have been finding some out of date histories and wording with several books. Such as this one…Time to ship this one off to the recycling bin. Holly: Waaaaiiiit a minute. I’ve seen this cover before. Yup -…
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Find yourself some gold in Michigan
Gold in Michigan MARC Geologic Research Services 1987 This is more pamphlet than book. It is more of a general summary of gold discoveries in Michigan. This is basically a county guide to gold discoveries. It is geared to the lay person and it would be a natural choice for…
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Governing the Prairie State
The Illinois Governers: Mostly Good and Competent Revised and Updated by Pensoneau and Boyer Long By Howard 2007 Submitter: I don’t know if anyone outside of Illinois will find this as funny as I do. The subtitle is really what did me in. This was written during Blagojevich’s administration, but…
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Where to eat in the good old days
The Ford Times Cookbook A traveler’s guide to good eating at home and on the road Kennedy (ed.) 1968 This is the second Ford cookbook we have featured on our site. They are part travel guide and part cookbook. I like these types of retro cookbooks as they also talk…
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Roughing it
Sunset Family Camping Lane Book Company 1963 (2nd edition) Camping was a big deal when I was a little kid. I believe it was the only way my parents could afford a vacation. As I got older, the charm of camping got old. To me, roughing it means no room…
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