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    Black Hawk
    Black Hawk; Life of Black Hawk...
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    Hamlin Garland
    A member of the third house; Boy life on the prairie; Cavanagh, forest ranger...
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    Studs Terkel
    American dreams, lost and found; Chicago; Giants of jazz...
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John Scott Watson

Born:
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Watson lives in Chicago.

Biography: John Scott Watson is a lecturer in the political science department of the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Awards:

Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

John Scott Watson on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=john++scott+watson

Selected Titles

Prairie Crossing :
ISBN: 0252039866 OCLC: 957637011

The vision and the reality of returning nature to the suburbs.

 

 

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