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Haunted Henry County: And Nearby Hoosier Haunts. Mysteries, Legends and Personal Accounts of the Paranormal. ($12.95)                                                              Author: Charlene Z Perry

 

 

 

Read about the Ghosts, Mysteries and Legends of Henry County and nearby counties, including: Delaware, Madison, Randolph, Rush, Hancock, Fayette, Grant, Boone and Wayne. Thirty-seven true ghost stories and mysteries including: Mysterious occurrences at the New Castle house once occupied by a long missing child. A mother telephones her son fifteen years after her death. The ghostly couple that haunted Mt.Lawn Mansion. "Miss Emma," resident spirit at Camp Chesterfield. The still unsolved Henry County Murder of Miss F-32. Portrait of man dead fifteen years mysteriously appears on canvas while relatives watch.

 


 

 

 

 

Haunted Henry County Volume II: More Hoosier Tales of the Ghostly and Mysterious ($14.95)                                                                                                               Author: Charlene Z. Perry

 

More ghost stories, mysteries, and legends of Henry County and other nearby counties, including Blackford, Delaware, Grant, Madison, Randolph, Rush, Union and Wayne. Forty-four ghost stories, mysteries and legends, plus authentic "ghostly glimpses" of the supernatural experienced by local people.

 

 


 

 

 

 

A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana ($12.95)                                                                                                                                                         Author: Haven Kimmel

 

When Haven Kimmel was born in 1965, Mooreland, Indiana, was a sleepy little hamlet. Nicknamed "Zippy", she possessed big eyes and even bigger ears. In this loving memoir, Kimmel takes readers back in time to when small-town America was still in the innocent postwar period and treats readers to an appealing, and knowing, heroine.

 


 

 

 

She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana ($24.00)   

 

Author: Haven Kimmel

 

Kimmel's powerful storytelling is in evidence in this riveting continuation of Zippy's childhood--a story of risk-taking, motherly love, and small-town heroism. The author introduces new friends as readers put together the puzzle of Zippy's life as she works out what is happening to her nuclear family.

 


 

 

 

 

The War Comes to Plum Street ($29.95)                                                                                                                                                                            Author: Bruce C. Smith

 

See how the inhabitants of a Midwestern neighborhood perceived World War II as it unfolded.

 


 

 

 

Trees of Indiana Field Guide (Field Guides )($13.95)

 

Author: Stan Tekiala

 

Tree identification can be easy and enjoyable for everyone! These field guides feature professional, full-page photos and comprehensive, accessible information about each tree's leaves or needles, bark, mature size, fall color, state-specific range map and more. Stan's Notes include helpful identification tips and interesting "gee-whiz" facts. Each book covers more than 90 common trees. Great size for use in the field.

 


 

 

 

Birds of Indiana Field Guide (Field Guides )($12.95)

 

Author: Stan Tekiala

 

- State-specific range map
- Flight, juvenile and morph insets
- Stan's Notes include "gee-whiz" facts
- Full page photos with corresponding full-page descriptions
- Contains state-specific species
- Our state-by-state field guides--the first and the best
- Compare our best-selling field guides to the imitators on the market:
- our full-page photos are incomparable: crisp, sharp photos of birds in their natural habitats
- we include insets of winter plumage, color morphs and more
- our organization by color is easily accessible to the beginner: there's no need to know the bird's name or classification in order to find it easily
- if the male and female birds of the same species are different colors, they're on separate pages; you won't overlook them

 


 

 

 

Field Guide to Indiana Wildflowers($17.95)

 

Author: Kay Yatskievych