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Oneida
$23.99 Add to cartA fascinating and unusual chapter in American history about a religious community that held radical notions of equality, sex, and religion–only to transform itself, at the beginning of the twentieth
- Author: Wayland-Smith, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1250131863
- Language: English
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Secret Syracuse: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$27.00 Read more- Series: Secret
- Author: Lowen, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064928
- Language: English
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Haunting Tales from the Finger Lakes
$14.95 Add to cartLocal history doesn’t have to be boring and ghost stories aren’t always scary. A few of the buildings moved to the Genesee Country Village and Museum brought their previous owners along for the ride.
- Author: Giglio, Patti
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 14 2022
- ISBN10: 9798218038700
- Language: English
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St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America’s Hippest Street
$19.99 Add to cartSt. Marks Place in New York City has spawned countless artistic and political movements. Here Frank O’Hara caroused, Emma Goldman plotted, and the Velvet Underground wailed. But every generation of mi
- Author: Calhoun, Ada
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 08 2016
- ISBN10: 0393353303
- Language: English
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Resting Among Us: Authors’ Gravesites in Upstate New York
$32.95 Add to cartToo often, the lives and works of authors who called Upstate New York home are overshadowed by the icons of New York City. Resting among Us uncovers the region’s rich literary heritage through Steven … [more below]
- Series: New York State
- Author: Huff, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: October 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0815611609
- Language: English
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150 Years of Racing in Saratoga: Little-Known Stories & Facts from America’s Most Historic Racing City
$34.99 Add to cartSince the inaugural meeting was held in August 1863, Saratoga Springs has been the scene of memorable races, often featuring legends of the sport. Although some of the epic moments are still familiar … [more below]
- Author: Carter, Allan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: June 04 2013
- ISBN10: 1540208680
- Language: English
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Long Island and the Sea: A Maritime History
$34.99 Add to cartFor more than five centuries, the waterways surrounding Long Island have profoundly shaped its history. Familiar subjects of lighthouses, shipwrecks and whaling are found alongside oft-forgotten histo… [more below]
- Author: Bleyer, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: April 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1540238407
- Language: English
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Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York
$20.00 Add to cart“A cacophonous poem of democracy and greed, like the streets of New York themselves.”
―John Vernon, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Lucy Sante’s Low Life is a portrait of America’s greatest city,- Author: Sante, Lucy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 24 2003
- ISBN10: 0374528993
- Language: English
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The Women Who Made New York
$30.00 Add to cartAn illuminating, elegant history of New York City, told through the stories of the women who made it the most exciting and influential metropolis in the world
Read any history of New York City and yo- Author: Scelfo, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 25 2016
- ISBN10: 1580056539
- Language: English
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When Love Died: The True Story of the Brutal Murder of a War of 1812 Hero that Involved Greed, Lies and Treachery
$16.95 Add to cartIn 1824, Boston was a small farming community, about twenty-five miles south of Buffalo, New York. Buffalo itself was still only considered a village with a population of just over two thousand people
- Author: Pluta, Sherrie L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 12 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887312927
- Language: English
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City on the Edge: Buffalo, New York, 1900 – Present
$31.65 Add to cartBUFFALO, NEW YORK IS ENJOYING A RESURGENCE, AND HAS BECOME A RECOMMENDED TRAVEL DESTINATION. THIS BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF HOW IT GOT HERE.In a sweeping narrative that speaks to the serious student of … [more below]
- Author: Goldman, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1591024579
- Language: English
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South Bronx Rising: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of an American City
$34.95 Read moreThirty-five years after this landmark of urban history first captured the rise, fall, and rebirth of a once-thriving New York City borough–ravaged in the 1970s and ’80s by disinvestment and fires, th… [more below]
- Author: Jonnes, Jill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1531501214
- Language: English
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A Season of Splendor: The Court of Mrs. Astor in Gilded Age New York
$29.99 Add to cartJourney through the splendor and the excesses of the Gilded Age
“Every aspect of life in the Gilded Age took on deeper, transcendent meaning intended to prove the greatness of America: residences beau
- Author: King, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1681620537
- Language: English
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Hazelwood A Community Story
$36.88 Add to cartA community story about Hazelwood and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from the 1960’s to today. Booming years of the steel mill, civil unrests of the 60’s and changes in the community over many years until t
- Author: Bonner, Edward V.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 174
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1088124704
- Language: English
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Philadelphia Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in the Cradle of Liberty
$33.99 Add to cartThe finely aged history of Philadelphia brewing has been fermenting since before the crack appeared in the Liberty Bell. By the time thirsty immigrants made the city the birthplace of the American lag… [more below]
- Author: Wagner, Rich
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: April 25 2012
- ISBN10: 1540206548
- Language: English
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Long Island and the Sea: A Maritime History
$24.99 Add to cartFor more than five centuries, the waterways surrounding Long Island have profoundly shaped its history.
Familiar subjects of lighthouses, shipwrecks and whaling are found alongside oft-forgotten odditi
- Author: Bleyer, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1467138622
- Language: English
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Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape: Deep Roots, Continuing Legacy
$18.95 Add to cartBlack Philadelphians have shaped Philadelphia history since colonial times. In Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape, Amy Cohen recounts notable aspects of the Black experience in Philadelphia f… [more below]
- Author: Cohen, Amy Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1439923655
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Howard County
$24.99 Read moreUntold stories of Howard County’s rich and fascinating past.
First settled in the 17th century when the area was part of Anne Arundel County, early towns formed around grist mills. Nearby quarries and
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Davis, Nathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154733
- Language: English
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Chronicling a Crisis: SUNY Oneonta’s Pandemic Diaries
$32.95 Add to cartA primary source collection of the local impact of the COVID pandemic on a college community which both records and reflects upon the nature of daily life during a crisis.
- Series: Suny Press Open Access
- Author: Beck, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1438495307
- Language: English
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Secret Delaware: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$27.00 Read more- Author: Shortridge Dan Kipp Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1681063646
- Language: English
