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The State of Beggary – February 11, 2026
A venerable profession
River Towns – November 16, 2025
An Iowa riverfolk ethnography
Early Alaska Transportation – October 4, 2025
Pre-automotive transportation on the great peninsula
Letters of Vesuvius – March 22, 2025
An account of the A.D. 79 eruption that covered Pompeii
Camino Real – March 14, 2025
Retracing the old road north of Mexico City
Chicago’s Natural Divisions and Plant Communities – November 27, 2024
Two chapters from Plants of the Chicago Region