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Quarry Books Quarry Books, an imprint of Indiana University Press, focuses on regional trade books about Indiana and the Midwest. From photography and history to gardening and cooking, from sports and leisure to people and places, Quarry Books explores a myriad of subjects. Books published under this imprint offer fresh perspectives on great regional topics and also bring back into print classic Midwest books. Like the limestone quarries that supplied the cornerstones for America's great buildings, Quarry Books presents the best books the Midwest has to offer--enduring works by authors who know their subjects first-hand.
An American Hometown

An American Hometown

Terre Haute, Indiana, 1927

Tom Roznowski, Foreword by Scott Russell Sanders

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An Amish Patchwork

An Amish Patchwork

Indiana's Old Orders in the Modern World

Thomas J. Meyers and Steven M. Nolt

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The Artists of Brown County

The Artists of Brown County

Lyn Letsinger-Miller, Introduction by Rachel Berenson Perry

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Bean Blossom Dreams

Bean Blossom Dreams

A City Family's Search for a Simple Country Life - With a New Afterword

Sallyann J. Murphey

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Bloodroot

Bloodroot

Indiana Poems

Norbert Krapf, Photographs by David Pierini

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Bringing the World to Our Neighborhood

Bringing the World to Our Neighborhood

The Lotus World Music and Arts Festival

LuAnne Holladay

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Double-wide

Collected Fiction of Michael Martone

Michael Martone

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Driving to Stony Lonesome

Driving to Stony Lonesome

Jack Welpott's Indiana Photographs, 1936-1959

Jack Welpott, Foreword by Jo Ann B. Fineman

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The Farmers' Market Book

The Farmers' Market Book

Growing Food, Cultivating Community

Jennifer Meta Robinson and J. A. Hartenfeld, Photographs and Illustrations by Dan Schlapbach and Jennifer Roebuck

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The Golden Age of Indiana High School Basketball

The Golden Age of Indiana High School Basketball

Greg Guffey

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The Golden Age of Indianapolis Theaters

Howard Caldwell

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The Historic Fort Wayne Embassy Theatre

The Historic Fort Wayne Embassy Theatre

Dyne L. Pfeffenberger

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Home Grown Indiana

Home Grown Indiana

A Food Lover's Guide to Good Eating in the Hoosier State

Christine Barbour and Scott Hutcheson

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Indiana Cooks!

Indiana Cooks!

Great Restaurant Recipes for the Home Kitchen

Christine Barbour and Scott Feickert, Photographs by Tom Stio

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Indiana's Weather and Climate

Indiana's Weather and Climate

John E. Oliver

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Invisible Presence

Invisible Presence

A Walk through Indiana in Photographs and Poems

Photographs by Darryl D. Jones, Poems by Norbert Krapf, Foreword by Scott Russell Sanders

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The Kickin' Hoosiers

The Kickin' Hoosiers

Jerry Yeagley and Championship Soccer at Indiana

Kathryn L. Knapp

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The Land, the People

Rachel Peden, Foreword by Nancy R. Hiller
Drawings by Sidonie Coryn

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Limestone Lives

Limestone Lives

Voices from the Indiana Stone Belt

Katherine Ferrucci

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The Lotus Dickey Songbook

The Lotus Dickey Songbook

Second Edition

Nancy C. McEntire, Grey Larsen, and Janne Henshaw, eds., With two articles by Dillon Bustin

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Mac's Boys

Mac's Boys

Branch McCracken and the Legendary 1953 Hurryin' Hoosiers

Jason Hiner

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The Magnificent 92 Indiana Courthouses

The Magnificent 92 Indiana Courthouses

Revised Edition

Photographs by Will Counts, Text by Jon Dilts

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Moonlight in Duneland

Moonlight in Duneland

The Illustrated Story of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad

Ronald D. Cohen and Stephen G. McShane

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The Natural Heritage of Indiana

The Natural Heritage of Indiana

Edited by Marion T. Jackson

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The Nature Conservancy's Guide to Indiana Preserves

The Nature Conservancy's Guide to Indiana Preserves

With photographs by Christopher Jordan and Ron Leonetti, Foreword by Marion T. Jackson

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Not Normal, Illinois

Not Normal, Illinois

Peculiar Fictions from the Flyover

Edited by Michael Martone

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Of Woods and Water

Of Woods and Water

A Photographic Journey across Michigan

Ron Leonetti and Christopher Jordan, Foreword by Dave Dempsey

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Old-Time Music and Dance

Old-Time Music and Dance

Community and Folk Revival

John Bealle

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Painting Indiana

Painting Indiana

Portraits of Indiana's 92 Counties

Indiana Plein Air Painters Association, Inc., Paintings by Lyle Denney, Robert Eberle, Ronald Mack, Don Russell, and Dan Woodson
County Essays by Earl L. Conn

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Painting Indiana II: The Changing Face of Agriculture

Painting Indiana II: The Changing Face of Agriculture

The Changing Face of Agriculture

Indiana Plein Air Painters Association, Inc. and Center for Agricultural Science and Heritage, Inc., Paintings by Bill Borden, Mark Burkett, Mary Ann Davis, Lynn Dunbar, Bob Farlow, Jeff Klinker, Ron Mack, Nancy Maxwell, Carol Strock-Wasson, Scott Sulliva

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Perennials Short and Tall

Perennials Short and Tall

A Seasonal Progression of Flowers for Your Garden

Moya L. Andrews, Illustrated by Gillian Harris

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Real Stories of Big Cat Rescues

The Exotic Feline Rescue Center

Melanie Bowlin, With contributions by Audra Masternak
Photographs by Stephen D. McCloud

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Reid Duffy's Guide to Indiana's Favorite Restaurants

Reid Duffy's Guide to Indiana's Favorite Restaurants

With a Recipe Sampler - Updated Edition

Reid Duffy

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Rivers Revealed

Rivers Revealed

Rediscovering America's Waterways

Jerry M. Hay

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Rural Free

Rural Free

A Farmwife's Almanac of Country Living

Rachel Peden, Drawings by Sidonie Coryn

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Sailing the Inland Sea

Sailing the Inland Sea

On Writing, Literature, and Land

Susan Neville

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Saving the Big Cats

Saving the Big Cats

The Exotic Feline Rescue Center

Stephen D. McCloud

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Shipshewana

Shipshewana

An Indiana Amish Community

Dorothy O. Pratt

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Steel Giants

Steel Giants

Historic Images from the Calumet Regional Archives

Stephen G. McShane and Gary S. Wilk

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Swimming with Frogs

Swimming with Frogs

Life in the Brown County Hills

Ruth Ann Ingraham

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This Place We Call Home

This Place We Call Home

A History of Clark County, Indiana

Carl E. Kramer, Mary Kagin Kramer, photographic editor
Foreword by James H. Madison

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True Brew

A Guide to Craft Beer in Indiana

Rita T. Kohn, Photographs by Kris Arnold

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Unexpected Indiana

Unexpected Indiana

A Portfolio of Natural Landscapes

Ron Leonetti and Christopher Jordan

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Wild Plants in Flower--Wetlands and Quiet Waters of the Midwest

Wild Plants in Flower—Wetlands and Quiet Waters of the Midwest

Robert O. Petty and Anne M. Petty, Introduction and Photographs by Torkel Korling with a Foreword by Marion T. Jackson

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Wildflowers of Ohio

Wildflowers of Ohio

Second Edition

Robert L. Henn

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Wry Harvest

Wry Harvest

An Anthology of Midwest Humor

Edited by Chris Lamb

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