{"product_id":"illinois-trails-traces-portraits-and-stories-along-the-states-historic-routes-paperback","title":"Illinois Trails \u0026 Traces: Portraits and Stories Along the State's Historic Routes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Marx\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Overturf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDick Durbin\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER, 2023 Illinois State Historical Society \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuperior Achievement Award in \"Books, Other\"!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST, 2023 Society of Midland Authors Award in Adult Nonfiction!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring Illinois history through the paths we travel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIllinois Trails \u0026amp; Traces\u003c\/i\u003e partners the deft writing of Gary Marx with vivid photography by Daniel Overturf to illuminate ever evolving patterns of travel and settlement. Taking the reader on a journey down early buffalo traces and Native American trails, this book shows how these paths evolved into wagon roads and paved highways. Marx and Overturf explore historic routes ranging from Route 66 to the Underground Railroad, all the way back to post-Ice Age animal migration trails followed by Paleo-Indian people. The authors also examine how rivers, canals, and railroads spurred the rapid rise of Illinois as a modern state. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Marx and Overturf bring history into the present by including over forty photographic portraits and written profiles of individuals who live along these routes today. Many of the people you will meet on these pages work to preserve and honor the history of these passages. Others profiled here embody the spirit of the old roads and provide a vivid link between past and present. Through this journey, we discover that we've all been traveling the same road all along. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Marx\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist whose work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e and numerous other publications. \u003cb\u003eDaniel Overturf\u003c\/b\u003e, an exhibiting photographer and professor emeritus of photography at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, has coauthored \u003ci\u003eArtificial Lighting for Photography\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) with Joy McKenzie. Together Marx and Overturf are the authors of \u003ci\u003eA River Through Illinois\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 294\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.27 x 10.63 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159179202695,"sku":"9780809338481","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4c49d62567f6de2ed976fda3e79320cd.webp?v=1733264677","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/illinois-trails-traces-portraits-and-stories-along-the-states-historic-routes-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}