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A Promise Child

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$14.99

Author

Kathryn Spurgeon

Brief Description

Faith, Loss and Hope in the 1930s

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A Promise To Break

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$14.99

Author

Kathryn Spurgeon

Brief Description

Love, Faith, and Politics in the 1930s

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A Rush To Victory

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$20.00

Author

Robert E. Seikel

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RUSH TO VICTORY is the story of a young man and woman caught up in WWII. This is a story based on submarine warfare in the Pacific.

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Brothers Of The Cross Timber

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$20.00

Author

Bob Perry

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Some men are born brothers; others become brothers through experiences. Arty, Lance, and Gill share an unbreakable bond tested by their common desire for a woman of charm and beauty, but with secrets that will test their camaraderie.

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Growing Up Whitlow

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$12.00

Author

Ann McDonald

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Ann Lanier McDonald uses anecdotes and local history to tell the story of her maternal grandparents as they brought up a family of eight in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression and two world wars.

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Hidden Treasures

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$20.00

Author

Robert E. Seikel

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Hidden Treasures the Childhood and Teenage Memories of Bobby Seikel

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History of Disasters in Shawnee Oklahoma

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$20.00

Author

Ann McDonald

Brief Description

History of Disasters in Shawnee, Oklahoma

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History of Sports

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$22.00

Author

Ann McDonald

Brief Description

Full of stories of the history of sports in Shawnee, Oklahoma, from the beginning of the town in the 1890's until today. Shawnee has a rich history of baseball, hosting minor league teams, the Colt League World Series and the Sunbelt Classic.

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Memorial Park: Shawnee OK Builds a Baseball Park

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$20.00

Author

Ann McDonald

Brief Description

Originally built in 1928 Athletic Park fell into disrepair during World War II and was torn down. When the servicemen returned home they needed a place to play baseball and the citizens of Shawnee wanted to honor their fallen heroes. It was decided to combine the two needs and rebuild the park adding a monument listing the county's dead..

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Oklahoma's Brown Test Case

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$22.95

Author

Betty Permetter Falato

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Oklahoma's Brown Decision Test Case: A Participant's Perspective

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Pott. County And What Has Become Of It

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$20.00

Author

John Fortson

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History Of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

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Redbud City - The Early Years 1830-1929

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$50.00

Author

Clyde Wooldridge

Brief Description

The history of the city of Shawnee is a varied and unique story. It is filled with men and women who were  “civic-minded”  and  focused  on  the  advancement  of  society  and  the  community. .

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Shawnee & Pottawatomie County - Images across America

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$20.00

Author

Brad Holt

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Restless pioneers surrounded the border of what would become Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, on September 22, 1891, with the goal of staking prime land. The crowd was diverse and not always well-behaved, but chaos eventually turned to order. Businesses opened quickly, and towns were established

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Shawnee OK Naval Air Station World War II

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$20.00

Author

Ann McDonald

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Like every other community in the United States when the country went to war, Shawnee, Oklahoma's citizens wanted to do their part. They sent their young men and women into military service, they bought war bonds, planted victory gardens, learned to live with ration stamps, donated scrap metal . . . and they offered their town as a site for a military base.

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Shawnee The Forgotten Hub

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$10.00

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Historic Preservation Office of Oklahoma

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This Booklet presents an overview of the city's history and to identify some of the key historic resources in the downtown core.

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SIDELINES: 20 Years Of Watching The World Go By

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$12.00

Author

Ann McDonald

Brief Description

A compilation of selected columns from 20 plus years as a sports writer for a small-town Oklahoma newspaper. The author gives her opinions and observations on subjects ranging from child abuse (too young kids in too many sports) to failure to launch a kite to the thrill of going to the World Series. The reader also gets a glimpse of life in the '40s and '50s and sometimes mirrors history during the 20 years from 1992 to 2012.

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The Broken Statue

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$20.00

Author

Bob Perry

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Buried in the red soil of the Oklahoma prairie is a secret only Charlie McDonagh can fully reveal. Charlie is an ordinary man who is witness to extraordinary events and people. A stone statue of a striking young woman, broken into a hundred pieces is uncovered from the dirt of a remote location-a broken statue representing shattered lives and shattered dreams

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War Heroes Of Pottawatomie County OK

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$22.00

Author

Ann McDonald

Brief Description

In the short life of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma (county seat - Shawnee), since 1892, there have been thousands of men and women who have served this country in the military from the Spanish-American War to the current conflicts in the Middle East.