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Indianapolis A Circle City History By Jeffrey Tenuth
(Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2004. Pp. 159. Illustrations, bibliography, index. Paperbound, $24.99.)
Arcadia Publishing has become known for its photographic histories of U. S. cities and counties. Its Making of America series, in contrast, offers a traditional narrative history with pictures as accompaniment. Tenuth's book is recommendable to anyone seeking a short and substantial history of Indiana's capitol, as he argues that the city's placement in the middle of the state—far away from river transportation—produced a metropolis sufficiently flexible to prosper throughout its history. Although Tenuth keeps his focus on business and transportation history, he also covers the city's politics and makes an occasional foray into cultural history. The illustrations are wide-ranging and well-chosen, and the bibliography will be useful to many readers, but one might wish for a more substantive index.

The Taming of the Wilderness Indiana's Transition from Indian Hunting Grounds to Hoosier Farmland, 1800-1875 By Leon F. Hesser
(Bloomington, Ind.: 1st Books Library, 2002. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, notes. Cloth-bound, $26.50; paperbound, $16.50; electronic, $4.95.)
Hesser narrates the early years of Indiana history (1800-1875) largely through the lens of his ancestral roots in Randolph County, but also includes material from major events in the state's history such as the Battle of Tippecanoe and Levi Coffin's work on the Underground Railroad. Hesser, who has a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Purdue and spent his career improving food production in developing nations, shows a special interest in the state's agriculture and transportation history.

Lingering Spirit A Photographic Tribute to Indiana's Fading, Forlorn, and Forgotten Places By John Bower Foreword by Judy O'Bannon
(Bloomington: Studio Indiana, 2003. Illustrations. Paperbound, $22.00.)
Black and white photographs of dilapidated buildings, sagging porches, rusty doorknobs, and aged automobiles evoke echoes from the livelier pasts of ten counties in south-central Indiana. The photographs are presented in categories of houses, farms, transportation, stores, schools, churches, and cemeteries.

Artist's Life Rudolph Schwarz and Karl Bitter By Theodore Stempfel Edited by Eberhard Reichmann
(Indianapolis: Max Kade German-American Center and Indiana German Heritage Society, 2002. Pp. xvi, 40. Illustrations, notes. Contact the Max Kade Center for availability.)
Eberhard Reichmann, professor emeritus of Germanic Studies at Indiana University, introduces the reproduction of a short 1936 biography of Rudolph Schwarz, one of the sculptors of the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. Published for the monument's 2002 centennial, the volume highlights the impact of German American heritage on Indiana art and architecture: Stempfel, Schwarz, Schwarz's friend Karl Bitter, monument architect Bruno Schmitz, and the rest of the design and building team were all German immigrants. The volume also contains images of these men and of examples of their work.

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