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Corn Kings and One-Horse Thieves: A Plain-Spoken History of Mid-Illinois

Corn Kings and One-Horse Thieves: A Plain-Spoken History of Mid-Illinois

Krohe Jr, James

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Regional: Midwest

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ISBN10: 0809336022
ISBN13: 9780809336029
Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr
Published: Jun 21 2017
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Winner, ISHS Annual Award for a Scholarly Publication, 2018

In Corn Kings and One-Horse Thieves, James Krohe Jr. presents an engaging history of an often overlooked region, filled with fascinating stories and surprising facts about Illinois's midsection.

Krohe describes in lively prose the history of mid-Illinois from the Woodland period of prehistory until roughly 1960, covering the settlement of the region by peoples of disparate races and religions; the exploitation by Euro-Americans of forest, fish, and waterfowl; the transformation of farming into a high-tech industry; and the founding and deaths of towns. The economic, cultural, and racial factors that led to antagonism and accommodation between various people of different backgrounds are explored, as are the roles of education and religion in this part of the state. The book examines remarkable utopian experiments, social and moral reform movements, and innovations in transportation and food processing. It also offers fresh accounts of labor union warfare and social violence directed against Native Americans, immigrants, and African Americans and profiles three generations of political and government leaders, sometimes extraordinary and sometimes corrupt (the one-horse thieves of the title). A concluding chapter examines history's roles as product, recreation, and civic bond in today's mid-Illinois.

Accessible and entertaining yet well-researched and informative, Corn Kings and One-Horse Thieves draws on a wide range of sources to explore a surprisingly diverse section of Illinois whose history is America in microcosm.

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