Tag: Iowa

Free Download Malcolm Muir – The Iowa Class Battleships: Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri & Wisconsin
Sterling Publishing | 1991 | ISBN: 0806983388 | English | 164 pages | PDF | 71.65 MB
This book is an easy read, giving good background information and an overview of the US use of fast battleships. The emphasis is on WWII but the later incarnations of the Iowas are also covered.

Free Download A New History of Iowa by Jeff Bremer
English | October 6, 2023 | ISBN: 0700635564 | 400 pages | PDF | 11 Mb
2024 Benjamin F. Shambaugh Award

Free Download Daniel Allen Hearn, "Legal Executions in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri: A Comprehensive Registry, 1866-1965"
English | ISBN: 0786498706 | 2016 | 220 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
In the five state region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri, 1027 men and women are known to have been legally hanged, gassed or electrocuted for capital crimes during the century after the Civil War. Drawing on thousands of hours of research, this comprehensive record covers each execution in chronological order, filling numerous gaps in a largely forgotten story of the American experience. The author presents each case dispassionately with the main focus given to essential facts.

Free Download David Doyle – Iowa-Class Battleships On Deck
Squadron/Signal Publications | 2014 | ISBN: 0897477510 | English | 96 pages | PDF | 122.68 MB
Squadron Signal Publications 66007

Free Download Sylvan T. Runkel, "Wildflowers and Other Plants of Iowa Wetlands, 2nd edition "
English | ISBN: 1609382854 | 2015 | 400 pages | PDF | 158 MB
Originally published in 1999, Wildflowers and Other Plants of Iowa Wetlands was the first book to focus on the beauty and diversity of the wetland plants that once covered 1.5 million acres of Iowa. Now this classic of midwestern natural history is back in print with a new format and all-new photographs, just as Iowa’s wetlands are getting the respect and attention they deserve.

Free Download Dean M Roosa, "The Raptors of Iowa "
English | ISBN: 1609381661 | 2013 | 118 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This long-awaited collection of James LandenbergerOCOs paintings of Iowa birds of prey presents thirty-two full-page, full-color species, from the common turkey vulture to the red-shouldered hawk of Mississippi River woodlands to the little northern saw-whet owl. Four naturalists who have devoted their lives to conserving wilderness habitats and species have written essays to complement the paintings.

Free Download Peter J. van der Linden, "Shrubs and Vines of Iowa "
English | ISBN: 1609383974 | 2016 | 232 pages | EPUB, PDF | 49 MB + 24 MB
Shrubs and vines, often literally overshadowed by trees, also receive much less attention than their taller neighbors, and yet they are very important elements of the region’s natural landscape. A guide to these interesting and useful plants, this book identifies all 150 shrubs and vines native to Iowa, along with frequently seen naturalized ones. Here you’ll find the widely distributed buttonbush, the distinctive pagoda dogwoods, sumacs with their striking fall foliage, the adaptable ninebark, the attractive grape honeysuckle, the many species of Rubus and wild grapes that provide food for birds and animals, willows with their graceful promise of spring, and the diverse viburnums.

Free Download Peter J. van der Linden, "Forest and Shade Trees of Iowa Ed 3"
English | ISBN: 1587299941 | 2011 | 456 pages | PDF | 26 MB
Back in print at last in a third edition, the classic Forest and Shade Trees of Iowa now has a wealth of full-color photographs and updated, reorganized information that will please both new and returning readers.

Free Download Carl Kurtz, "A Year of Iowa Nature: Discovering Where We Live "
English | ISBN: 1609382404 | 2014 | 148 pages | PDF | 8 MB
Every Sunday evening for almost ten years, Iowa photographer and naturalist Carl Kurtz has e-mailed a photo and an extended caption to hundreds of outdoor enthusiasts. Engaging and informative, the photos focus on the world around and away from his tallgrass prairie homeplace: snow buntings in a blizzard, maple leaves in fall, migrating snow geese and red-winged blackbirds and monarchs, prairie spiderworts in spring bloom, leopard frogs loafing on waterlily leaves, northern flickers feeding young, and all the inhabitants and moods of the passing seasons. Now, in A Year of Iowa Nature, he presents fifty-five of his favorite photos along with an evocative introduction that urges us to go forth and discover the beauty in our own backyards.

Free Download Cornelia F. Mutel, "Tending Iowa’s Land: Pathways to a Sustainable Future "
English | ISBN: 1609388739 | 2022 | 301 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 1468 KB
2023 Midwest Book Awards in Nonfiction – Nature, winner