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FORT WAYNE HISTORY

NOTE: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J704.949 MASTO		Mastodons on Parade: Fort Wayne's Community Art Project 2005 Official commemorative book of Mastodons on Parade - Fort Wayne's first community art project.	2005
J735.23		Who Put That There?: Outdoor Sculptures of Fort Wayne A school research project funded by the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, the Indiana Humanities Council, and the National Endowment for Humanities. Research completed by Grades K-8. Each selection includes picture complete with title, artist/architect, date of completion, size, medium, location, condition of piece and a brief history.	1998
J796.357 PINNO	Pinnow, Arthur C.	Everybody Makes the Team: The Story of Wildcat Baseball	1987
J977.2	Martone, Patty	Little Girls Grow Up: The Hamilton Story Composed diary entries of Edith, Alice, and Agnes Hamilton written and illustrated by 4th graders at Brentwood Elementary School in Fort Wayne, Indiana with help from Patty Martone and the Celebrate 2000 Committee.	1999
J977.274	Ankenbruck, John	Five Forts	1972
J977.274	Griswold, B.J.	*Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana	1917
J977.274	Mather, George R.	*The Best of Fort Wayne	2000
J977.274	Poinsatte, Charles	Outpost in the Wilderness: Fort Wayne, 1706-1828	1976
J977.274	Violette, Ralph	*Fort Wayne, Indiana (Images of America)	2000
J977.274 BUSHN	Bushnell, Scott M.	*Historic Photos of Fort Wayne Photographs are from the collections of the Allen County Public Library, the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society, the Embassy Theatre Foundation, and the Library of Congress.	2007
J977.274 FORT	Canterbury School	Fort Wayne Through the Eyes of a Child After visiting many of these places during classroom field trips, students and teachers composed these articles based on their visits and research.	2009
DVD J590.73 FORTW		The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo Gives a tour of the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, discussing some of the animals, some of the rides, and the coming new features at the African exhibit.	2007
DVD J637.4 ICE		Ice Cream! Video Field Trip Filmed at Edy's Ice Cream in Fort Wayne, Indiana, this video shows how ice cream is made in a factory.	2005

* Indicates books with historical photographs.

INDIANA HISTORY

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J398.2 J18s	Jagendorf, M.A.	Sand in the Bag A collection of folktales about the legendary heros and heroines of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.	1952
J629.2 GERIG	Gerig, Rosemary	ABC's of ACD: The City and the Festival of Auburn, Indiana A children's book giving a brief history of the classic cars manufactured in Auburn, Indiana.	2008
J641.5, 1998	Marsh, Carole	Indiana Kids' Cookbook: Recipes, How-To, History, Lore and More	1998
J743.8	Deinard, Jenny	How to Draw Indiana's Sights and Symbols This book describes how to draw some of Indiana's sights and symbols, including the state's seal, the state's flag, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and others.	2002
J780.9772	Riley, Martha Chrisman	Singing Indiana History: A Musical Resource Guide for Teachers	1992
J796.323	Zadra, Dan	Indiana Pacers Discusses the development of the Indiana Pacers basketball team and describes some of the major players and coaches.	1989
J796.323 FRISC	Frisch, Aaron	Story of the Indiana Pacers Learn the team's origins, stars, and greatest moments through photos and lively text.	2007
J796.323 STEWA	Stewart, Mark	The Indiana Pacers Sports author Mark Stewart brings the spirit and tradition of the Indiana Pacers to life for young basketball fans. Using the team's rich history and memorabilia, he creates an engaging story that transforms readers into instant experts. Content consultant Matt Zeysing offers his historical expertise, enhancing a fun story about a great basketball team.	2008
J917.72 B15	Bailey, Bernadine	Picture Book of Indiana A history of Indiana, its resources, products, industry and people. Includes descriptions of leading cities, famous citizens, historical and recreational sites.	1950
J917.72	Boekhoff, P. M.	Indiana The Hoosier state was once part of the vast Northwest Territory inhabited by the Miami and other native tribes. With the coming of the French and English fur traders the region was changed forever. Indiana explores the history of the state from its indigenous origins to the beginning of statehood in 1816.	2002
J917.72 BREZI	Brezina, Corona	Indiana: Past and Present Presents the history, geography, government, economy, and people of Indiana, as well as general facts about the state.	2010
J917.72, 2006	Brill, Marlene Targ	Indiana Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, and landmarks of Indiana.	2006
J917.72 DERZI, 2007	Derzipilski, Kathleen	Indiana Surveys the history, geography, economy, and people of Indiana.	2007
J917.72	Georgiady, Nicholas	Indiana Historical Sights	1968
J917.72 HEINR	Heinrichs, Ann	Welcome to the U.S.A.: Indiana Interested in learning about Indiana's most popular attractions? Perhaps you'd prefer to know when it entered the Union or what the capitol looks like. Welcome to the U.S.A. takes readers on an unforgettable adventure through Indiana.	2006
J917.72 MARSH	Marsh, Carole	Indiana Current Event Projects: 30 Cool Activities, Crafts, Experiments & More for Kids to Do! This project book includes: writing a current events news story that takes place 100 years from now; creating a timeline of recent state events; editing state stories in a current newspaper; writing and broadcasting a short news story; and more.	2001
J917.72 MARSH	Marsh, Carole	Indiana Geography Projects: 30 Cool Activities, Crafts, Experiments & More for Kids to Do! This project book includes: creating a montage of the wildlife that lives in our state using cut-out pictures; recreating the path of a state river with pipe cleaners; building a state tree from fresh or dried leaves or needles from as many types of trees as possible; testing soil samples; and more!	2001
J917.72 MARSH	Marsh, Carole	Indiana Government Projects: 30 Cool Activities, Crafts, Experiments & More for Kids to Do! Includes: making a three branches state government tree and adding leaves of each branch's function; designing a simple census questionaire; staging a mock classroom election; holding a meeting with Robert's Rules of Order; and more.	2001
J917.72 MARSH	Marsh, Carole	Indiana History Projects: 30 Cool Activities, Crafts, Experiments & More for Kids to Do! Hands-on projects and activities teach kids about their state! This project book includes: creating a cartoon panel to describe how our state name may have come about; creating a fort replica; making a state history museum; dressing up as a famous explorer and recreating the main discovery; and more.	2001
J917.72 MARSH	Marsh, Carole	Indiana Millionaire Game Book for Kids The Millionaire GameBook is reproducible and allows kids to learn about their state symbols, tree, flower, motto, statehood date, capitol city, natural resources, weather, and borders. The book includes multiple choice questions that are challenging and fun to answer with established dollar values to tally for extra excitement. This book covers fascinating state facts and meets state standards.	2001
J917.72 MARSH	Marsh, Carole	Indiana People Projects: 30 Cool Activities, Crafts, Experiments & More for Kids to Do! Hands-on projects and activities teach kids about their state! This project book includes: using sidewalk chalk to draw a life-sized state People on Parade; making a diversity flag; writing a poem about a state poet; designing a scrapbook of famous state women; and more!	2001
J917.72 MARSH	Marsh, Carole	Indiana Survivor Game Book for Kids The Survivor GameBook is reproducible and allows kids to learn about their state through timed activities, prize suggestions and an official survivor certificate. The book includes timed, multiple-choice questions, fill in the blank questions, choose the appropriate dates and matching that are challenging and fun to answer. This book covers fascinating state facts and meets state standards.	2001
J917.72 MARSH	Marsh, Carole	Indiana Symbols Projects: 30 Cool Activities, Crafts, Experiments & More for Kids to Do! Hands-on projects and activities teach kids about their state! This project book includes: creating a model of the state bird; counting popcorn to visualize state population; creating state borders using craft materials; making a scrapbook of unique state facts; and more!	2001
J917.72 MARSH	Marsh, Carole	Indiana Wheel of Fortune Game Book for Kids The Wheel of Fortune GameBook is reproducible and allows kids to guess on geography, hypothesize on history, explore economics, speculate on civics and bet on biographies.	2001
J917.72 MARSH, 2001	Marsh, Carole	My First Book about Indiana My First Book About Indiana. An 'early bird' intro to basic state facts.	2001
J917.72 MURRA, 2012	Murray, Julie	Indiana Nation -- Indiana up close -- Important cities -- Indiana in history -- Across the land -- Earning a living -- Sports page -- Hometown heroes -- A great state.	2012
J917.72	McAuliffe, Bill	Indiana Facts and Symbols Presents information about the state of Indiana, its nickname, motto, and emblems.	2003
J917.72	Peek, David T.	*Once Upon a Time 150 Years Ago	1966
J917.72		Pioneers in Indiana Pioneers in Indiana study guide with workbook activities	2007
J917.72 ROSS	Ross, D. J.	Uniquely Indiana What do the images on Indiana's state seal stand for? How is Indiana's state government organized? How were Indiana's lakes formed? This book contains all kinds of fun and fascinating facts and features that help make Indiana a one-of-a-kind place.	2004
J917.72	Swain, Gwenyth	Indiana Packed with fun facts about daily life, history, environmental issues, and more about the state of Indiana.	2002
J917.72 WAGON (PTC)		Wagon Wheels to Automobiles Wagon wheels to automobiles study guide with workbook activities	2007
J973 INDIA, V. 1	Boyd, Candy Dawson	Indiana	2003
J977	Thompson, Maurice	Stories of Indiana	1898
J977.2	Clifford, Eth	Living Indiana History An elementary textbook of Indiana's history from the Ice Age to the present day.	1965
J977.2 IN22i 1948	Indiana History Bulletin	Indiana Almanac	1947
J977.2 IN25	Lacey, Joy M.	Indiana Historical Leaflets no. 1-5
J977.2 IN2h	Indiana University extension division	*Handicrafts in Indiana	1940
J977.2 L58	Lewis, Dorothy F.	The Indiana Story	1951
J977.2 P34i	Peek, David T.	Indiana Adventure	1962
J977.2	Reynolds, Cynthia Furlong	H Is for Hoosier The letters of the alphabet are represented by words, set in short rhymes with additional information, relating to the state of Indiana.	2001
KIT J917.2 INDIA		Indiana History. Brain Boosters. Kits for Kids Facts, figures, and trivia about the state of Indiana.	2004
PTC J917.72 INDIA		Indiana to Statehood	2007
PTC J917.72 INDIA		Indiana Today	2007
PTC J970.1 INDIA		Indians of Indiana	2007
PTC J973.74 INDIA		Indiana and the Civil War	2007
PTC KIT J917.21 INDIA	Dean, Joy	Indiana State History Funbooks Activity books that enrich knowledge of Indiana state history with lesson plans.	2010
S J917.72	Brown, Vanessa	Indiana (Bilingual English/Spanish)	2005
DVD J636.5 EGGS		Eggs! Video Field Trip Takes you on a journey to an egg farm. Filmed at Midwest Poultry Services in Indiana	2005

* Indicates books with historical photographs.

INDIANA FICTION

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J PAPERBK	Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker	One-of-a-Kind Mallie Mallie is so tired of being an identical twin, she could scream! To everyone in Cedarville, she's just the second half of Hallie and Mallie, the adorable pair…	1999
J PAPERBK	Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker	Ruthie's Gift Set in a small Indiana farming community at the start of World War I, this is the heartwarming and gently humorous story of Ruthie, an 8-year-old tomboy who develops a stronger sense of self and selflessness during a particularly dramatic year in her life.	1999
J CHAMB	Chambers, Catherine E.	Indiana Days This classic series tells absorbing stories while relaying important information.	1984
J GARIN	Garinger, Alan K.	Alone: The Journey of the Boy Sims While working on a road-building crew in Indiana in 1833, orphan Joshua Sims is sent by himself to fetch supplies in Detroit, and along the way, his encounters with Indians, runaway slaves, and the dangers of the unknown open his eyes to a reality he did not previously know existed.	2008
J PAPERBK IMMEL	Immel, Mary Blair	Captured! A Boy Trapped in the Civil War Fourteen-year-old Johnny Ables, pressed into service in the Confederate army, is forced to participate in a major Civil War battle and ends up in an Indiana prison camp. Based on the true story of a real boy.	2006
J LASKY	Lasky, Kathryn	Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift Twelve-year-old Minnie Smith recounts living through one of the toughest times in American history, the Great Depression, through her diary that spans over one Christmas month.	2001
J LAWLO	Lawlor, Laurie	The School at Crooked Creek Beansie loves his free and simple life with Ma, Pap, and his sister, Louisa, on their Indiana homestead…	2004
J PECK	Peck, Richard	Here Lies the Librarian The Newbery Medal-winning author of "A Year Down Yonder" is back with a rousing, wicked comedy of cars, role models, and revelation that features quirky characters, a folksy setting, classic cars, and hilarious yet moving moments.	2006
J PECK	Peck, Richard	The Teacher's Funeral In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies."	2004
J REYNO	Reynolds, Cynthia Furlong	Oliver's Travels When he meets a long-lost cousin in Indiana, who holds another piece of the family treasure map, Oliver the mouse travels throughout the state, making new friends and having adventures along the way. Includes activities and facts about Indiana.	2008
J SWAIN	Swain, Gwenyth	Chig and the Second Spread	2003
J THRAS	Thrasher, Crystal	The Dark Didn't Catch Me Tells the story of the Robinson family during the Great Depression in Greene County, Indiana.	1975
JE	Sanders, Scott Russell	A Place Called Freedom When young James Starman and his slave family are set free, they travel north to Indiana where they build a house, a farm, and a new life for themselves.	1997
JE	Sanders, Scott Russell	Here Comes the Mystery Man The Goodwin family's pioneer home is visited by the traveling peddler, who brings wondrous things and amazing tales from far away.	1993
JE	Sanders, Scott Russell	The Floating House It is 1815 and the adventurous McClure family is traveling by flatboat on an exciting journey down the Ohio River…	1995
JE	Van Leeuwen, Jean	A Fourth of July on the Plains Young Jesse and his family are with a wagon train traveling from Indiana to Oregon when they stop to celebrate the Fourth of July, but Jesse is too young to go hunting with the men so he comes up with his own contribution to the festivities.	1997

FAMOUS HOOSIERS

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J362.19 WHITE	White, Ryan	Ryan White: My Own Story	1991
J920.07	Leipold, L.E.	Heroes of a Different Kind	1973
J920.0772	Georgiady, Nicholas	Indiana Men	1968
J920.0772	Georgiady, Nicholas	Indiana Women	1968
J920.0772 PRICE	Price, Nelson	Indiana Legends: Famous Hoosiers from Johnny Appleseed to David Letterman Series of Hoosier portraits ranging from political leaders to entertainers, from sports legends to everyday folk who achieved fame or notoriety.	2001
J920.0772 PRICE	Price, Nelson	Legendary Hoosiers: Famous Folks from the State of Indiana Chronicles 40 famous Hoosiers from Johnny Appleseed to David Letterman.	2001
J970.2 CUNNI	Cunningham, Maggi	Little Turtle A biography of the Miami Indian chief who formed a confederation of Miami, Shawnee, and Potawatomi Indians that unsuccessfully attempted to drive white settlers from tribal lands.	1978
J977.2	McClure, John R.	Hoosier Farm Boy in Lincoln's Army	1971
JB AP55M	Smith, Andrea	Johnny Appleseed Tells the story of the man who gained fame for planting apple trees throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, as well as some of the legends surrounding him.	2012
JB B532K	Kavanagh, Jack	Sports Great Larry Bird Biography of the famous basketball star from Indiana.	1992
JB B532RI	Rich, Francine Poppo	Larry Bird: The Boy from French Lick Meticulously researched, Francine Poppo Rich crafts the important details of Larry Bird's early life into a powerful, true story of one boy's determination to play the best game of basketball he could play.	2009
JB C6544S	Swain, Gwenyth	President of the Underground Railroad: A Story about Levi Coffin A biography of a Quaker man from North Carolina whose fearless work on the Underground Railroad in Indiana and Ohio helped thousands of men and women escape the cruelty of slavery.	2001
JB F237CA	Carson, Mary Kay	Who Invented Television? Philo Farnsworth Learn about Philo Farnsworth, and see how he invented tv.	2012
JB F237KR	Krull, Kathleen	The Boy Who Invented TV: Story of Philo T. Farnsworth This picture-book biography explains how Farnsworth held on to his dream to develop television and the scientific concepts behind it.	2009
JB G889B	Bredeson, Carmen	Gus Grissom: A Space Biography A biography of one of America's first seven astronauts, focusing on the training and career of Gus Grissom, who died in a fire aboard Apollo I in 1967.	1998
JB H245MIS	Mis, Melody S.	How to Draw the Life and Times of Benjamin Harrison A kid's guide to drawing the presidents of the United States of America	2006
JB HL569LE	Lefkowitz, Frances	David Letterman A biography of the late-night television talk show host, comedian, and comedy writer who first appeared nationally in 1978 on the Tonight Show.	1997
JB J1362T1	Tieck, Sarah	Michael Jackson Provides biographical information about Michael Jackson, singer, songwriter, and dancer who died in 2009.	2011
JB J63H	Henry, Joanne Landers	Log Cabin in the Woods: A True Story About a Pioneer Boy Follows the daily life of eleven-year-old Oliver Johnson, whose family pioneered early Indianapolis.	2002
JB P833E	Ewen, David	The Cole Porter Story	1965
JB P993B	Boomhower, Ray E.	The Soldier's Friend: A Life of Ernie Pyle	2006
JB R45mi	Mitchell, Minnie Belle	James Whitcomb Riley: Hoosier Boy	1962
JB SE854B	Boomhower, Ray E.	Fighting for Equality: A Life of May Wright Sewall Showcases Sewall's important contributions to the history of Indianapolis, Indiana, the United States, and the world.	2007
JB ST49BA	Basen, Ryan	Tony Stewart: Rocket on the Racetrack Story of the NACAR racing champion.	2008
JB V95B	Boomhower, Ray E.	Fighter Pilot: The World War II Career of Alex Vraciu A graduate of DePauw University, Vraciu learned to fly during his college years through a government program and joined the navy before America was thrust into the war following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. For a period of four months in 1944, Vraciu stood as the leading ace in the U.S. Navy.	2010
JB W1512m	McKissack, Patricia	Madam C. J. Walker: Self-Made Millionaire Describes the life of the black laundress who founded a cosmetics company and became the first female self-made millionaire in the United States.	1992
JB W1512MA	Marsico, Katie	Madam C.J. Walker	2008
JB W154L	Lasky, Kathryn	Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker An inspiring picture-book biography of a woman who succeeded on her own terms.	2000
JB W367G	Grabowski, Patricia A.	Anthony Wayne: American General Follow Wayne's career from its lowest point at the Paoli Massacre to the stunning victory he achieved for the Americans at Stony Point.	2002

WEB SITES

Allen County--Fort Wayne Historical Society
http://www.fwhistorycenter.com

Allen County Sites on the National Register of Historic Places
http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IN/Allen/state.html

ArtSmart
http://www.artsmartindiana.org/index.php

City of Fort Wayne
http://www.cityoffortwayne.org/

The History Center Digital Collections
http://acfwhs.lib.ipfw.edu/

Indiana Historical Society
http://www.indianahistory.org

Indiana Memory - The Indiana Digital Library
http://www.in.gov/memories/

Indiana State Museum
http://www.in.gov/ism/

INSPIRE's Indiana History Links
http://www.in.gov/library/inspire/links.html#history

Notable Hoosiers - Indiana Historical Society
http://www.indianahistory.org/our-collections/library-and-archives/notable-hoosiers

Our Land, Our Literature: Indiana's Environmental Authors
http://www.bsu.edu/ourlandourlit/Literature/authors.html

Prehistoric Midwestern United States
http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson/mammut.html

This Moment of Indiana History
http://www.momentofindianahistory.org/

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