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Cover: A view of Fort Madison, Iowa, published in Henry Lewis, Das illustrirte Mississippithal: dargestellt in 80 nach der natur aufgenommenen ansichten vom wasserfalle zu St. Anthony an bis zum gulf von Mexico [. . .] (Düsseldorf, 1857). Courtesy of Caleb F. Davis Collection, 1882–1898, MS 275, Special Collections, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines. https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001.2008rare08699/?sp=330.

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ISBN: 978-1-958854-27-3 (paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-958854-28-0 (ebook)