One of the products Duluth Pack sells is Made in America Books & Maps. A more complete list of their products is provided by Made in America Secrets, to review their list click here.

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For over 130 years, Duluth Pack has been located in Duluth, MN. Here we have been manufacturing high quality, built-to-last canvas and leather bags, packs, and outdoor gear in our century-old factory. At Duluth Pack, we maintain the handcrafted American made heritage, and one-customer-at-a-time way of doing business that we have always valued. Our craftsmen and women value and use the same artisanal techniques that we have used since our company began. We are proud to offer a lifetime guarantee on our craftsmanship and hardware of all our products. Our customers understand that our packs have the unique ability to capture stories and evoke memories, this is what makes Duluth Pack special.

Since 1882, Duluth Pack has grown into a worldwide organization. We sell our products to a global consumer through our flagship retail store in Duluth, MN, our online retail store, and a global network of dealers.

One of the products Foot Print Press sells is Made in the USA Outdoor Guide Books. A more complete list of their products is provided by Made in America Secrets, to review their list click here.

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Rich and Sue Freeman, decided to make their living from what they love-being outdoors. In 1996 they left corporate jobs to spend six months hiking 2,200 miles on the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. That adventure deepened their love of the outdoors and inspired them to share this love by introducing others to the joys of hiking.

Since most people don't have the option (let alone the desire) to undertake a six-month trek, they decided to focus on short hikes near home. The result was the first edition of Take A Hike! Family Walks in the Rochester Area. They went on to explore hiking, bicycling, skiing, and snowshoeing trails, waterfalls and now waterways for paddling throughout central and western New York State. They have written 10 guidebooks.

Rich and Sue are active members of several area outdoors groups. In addition, their passion for adventure continues. They have hiked the 500-mile-long Bruce Trail in Ontario, Canada, hiked on the Florida Trail, hiked across northern Spain on the Camino de Santiago Trail and hiked a 500-mile section of the International Appalachian Trail in Quebec, Canada. They have trekked to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. Recently (in addition to kayaking hundreds of miles of New York's waterways), they hiked the tropical forests and volcanic peaks of wild Hawaii. On bicycles they have crossed New York State on the Erie Canalway Trail and pedaled the C&O Canal Trail from Washington D.C. to Cumberland, Maryland.

Freeman's also publish a free, monthly electronic newsletter on outdoor recreation in central and western New York State.

Since beginning their new careers writing and publishing guidebooks, the Freemans have pared down their living expenses and are enjoying a simpler lifestyle. They now have control of their own destiny and the freedom to head into the woods and waterways for a refreshing respite when the urge strikes. Still, their life is infinitely more cluttered than when they carried all their worldly needs on their backs for six months on the Appalachian Trail.

One of the products Heros 4 US sells is American Made Hero Books. A more complete list of their products is provided by Made in America Secrets, to review their list click here.

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Dr. Dennis Denenberg
The cornerstone of my work is 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet! which I co-authored with Lorraine Roscoe. It is a 2006 Notable Children?s Trade Book, it was featured in USA Today on March 20, and I was interviewed on CNN Live in April about my award-winning work. It is an interactive ?kid-friendly? book that motivates kids (and adults) to explore the lives of heroes at home or at school. Each page includes an important quote by each hero, a short biography about each hero, photographs, a section where readers are encouraged to extend their learning, and other books about that hero. Over 50,000 copies have already been sold!
The list of 50 heroes profiled is available here.
You can look inside to view a sample profile of Roberto Clemente (in pdf format) here.
Reviews of the book are available here.
Information on how to order the book is available here.

Dr. Denenberg is also the author of two additional books dealing with real heroes:
-Toward A Human Curriculum: A Guide to Returning Great People to Classrooms and Homes
(Trillium Press, 1991)
-Hooray for Heroes! Books and Activities Kids Want to Share with Their Parents and Teachers,
co-authored by Lorraine Roscoe (University Press, 1994)
* Numerous articles about the importance of heroes
* Two chapters: Heroes and Heroines and Children Belong Together in Educational Innovation: An Agenda to Frame the Future (Charles E. Greenawalt, editor, University Press of America, 1994) and The Role of Heroes and Heroines in the American Story in Building a Community of Citizens: Civil Society in the 21st Century (Don E. Eberly, editor, University Press of America, 1994)

One of the products Leather Leaf Publishing sells is Made in the USA Hardcover Memoir by Prissy Elrod. A more complete list of their products is provided by Made in America Secrets, to review their list click here.

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Thank you for visiting my website and for your interest in my latest book. You can purchase in either print or electronic formats. Electronic versions are available for the Kindle, Nook and Apple products. It is also available in paperback and hardback. If you would like a personalized copy, I'll be happy to sign a hardback version and mail it to you. For more information, see below.
I was born and raised in Lake City . . .
a charming little town nestled in northern Florida. It is known as the gateway to the South, an important piece of trivia everyone should know.

I learned this when I was only seventeen years old, and it was not from Google or Wikipedia. Nope. I was a beauty pageant finalist, standing on a brightly lit stage in Jacksonville, Florida, where I wobbled in high heels and wore a fire-red bathing suit. I was a whole foot shorter than the two contestants on either side of me, despite my spiky beehive arduously teased and crowned high atop my head.

Now, Miss Prissy Landrum, here is your question, said the squirmy little man with bad breath. Can you tell us why Lake City, Florida, is called the gateway to the South? I could hear the Jeopardy! music playing in my head as I concealed panic. Um----I think, um----is it because we have the Lake City Junior College and Forest Ranger School? I stuttered.

He burst out laughing, along with everyone else in the auditorium. I didn't win. I came in third, last, since there were only three contestants left standing. But, I will say, I never forgot where I came from or what Lake City was known for. It is the gateway to the South because two major interstates meet there: I-10 and I-75. Who knew? More important, who cared?

I am a free spirit, an artsy person. I have a small studio in my home, divided between two things: painting and writing. The painting came first. My canvases are filled with children, landscapes, Florida, water, barns, and pets. I had never painted or had a lesson until I moved to Indianapolis in the year 2000. The painting came to me by chance, or maybe, by choice. No, actually, it was the parking. I'll explain.

Dale, my handsome hubby, worked a sixty-hour week. I was newly married and friendless in a big city. I couldn't get a real job because I flew back and forth between Tallahassee and Indianapolis every two weeks. I decided to make friends taking either art or writing classes: Indiana University had creative writing but horrible parking. The Indiana Art Institute had great parking. No brainer. I enrolled at the Indiana Art Institute for my first art class because of the parking. Crazy.

Watercolor, acrylic, and oil-I've done them all. Turns out, I had a tiny bit of talent. I started calling myself an artist, even dressed like one.

Writing came after painting. I awoke one morning with this yearning, a feeling surfaced from deep within. I had a story to tell. There is simply no other way to describe it. The date was April 20, my birthday. My writing journey began that very day. I never thought of myself as a writer, most certainly never an author. Like many things in life, writing evolved during the process of living.

I knew enough to know I didn't know anything about writing. Dangling modifiers were as scary to me as standing on a stage in my bathing suit at another beauty pageant. My major in college was speech pathology and audiology from Florida State University. I knew it was too science oriented to help when it came to writing. Heck, it didn't even help when my two daughters talked to each other in tongue. I had to pay a speech therapist.

So, if I wanted to be a writer, or call myself one, I knew I'd better learn the craft. I registered in the school of self-taught learning. It would take four years before I finished my first book, after reading over forty-eight books on the craft of writing.

It has been an extraordinary journey. I may never know where my urge to write came from, or really why. I am simply grateful it did.