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The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld
$20.00 Add to cartThe basis of Martin Scorcese’s acclaimed 2003 film, The Gangs of New York is a dramatic and entertaining glimpse at a city’s dark past.
Focusing on the saloon halls, gambling dens, and winding alleys o
- Author: Asbury, Herbert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0307388980
- Language: English
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Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk)
$24.99 Add to cartThrough an extraordinary collection of photographs, Jim Thorpe tells the story of not only the athlete but its famed coal-mining industry.
What was originally named Mauch Chunk, Jim Thorpe was establis
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Drury, John H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 28 2001
- ISBN10: 738509639
- Language: English
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New York: An Illustrated History (Revised and Expanded)
$75.00 Read moreAn expanded edition of the only comprehensive illustrated history of New York–with more than 600 ravishing photographs and illustrations–that tells the remarkable 400-year-long story of the city fro… [more below]
- Author: Burns, Ric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 059353414X
- Language: English
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Rumrunning in Suffolk County: Tales from Liquor Island
$21.99 Read moreNicknamed Liquor Island, Long Island was rumrunner’s paradise during Prohibition.
With its proximity to major markets and coastal communities for easy transit, Suffolk County was awash in illegal hooc
- Author: Folk, Amy Kasuga
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1467151610
- Language: English
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Flight Training at the United States Naval Academy
$24.99 Read moreThe United States Naval Academy was founded in 1845 in Annapolis, Maryland, after experience showed that the policy of training naval officers solely through shipboard experience was ineffective. The … [more below]
- Series: Images of Aviation
- Author: Swygert, Andre J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160423
- Language: English
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Hockessin Colored School #107c
$23.99 Read moreHockessin Colored School #107C became a catalyst for the groundbreaking school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. This seldom-told story is among the nation’s unsung heroes of pub… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Edwards, Lanette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 10 2023
- ISBN10: 146716013X
- Language: English
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The C&o Canal Companion: A Journey Through Potomac History
$26.95 Read moreAn indispensable guide to a regional treasure–now thoroughly updated and expanded.
A comprehensive guide to one of America’s unique national parks, The C&O Canal Companion takes readers on a mile-by-m
- Author: High, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 26 2015
- ISBN10: 1421415054
- Language: English
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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
$40.00 Add to cartThe dramatic and enthralling story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, the world’s longest suspension bridge at the time, a tale of greed, corruption, and obstruction but also of optimism, heroism… [more below]
- Author: McCullough, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: May 15 2012
- ISBN10: 1451683235
- Language: English
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Wooden Boats of the St. Lawrence River
$24.99 Read moreThe Thousand Islands’ very name conjures up images of great natural beauty and nautical wonders. They are forested islands replete with storybook stone castles. Exquisite mahogany runabouts can be see… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Kunz, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 01 2017
- ISBN10: 146712401X
- Language: English
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Allegany County
$24.99 Read moreAllegany County was established in 1789 and is truly one of America’s historic transportation and industrial centers. The images presented here portray this heritage and were selected with care from t… [more below]
- Series: Postcard History
- Author: Feldstein, Albert L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 29 2006
- ISBN10: 0738543810
- Language: English
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African Americans of St. Lawrence County: North Country Pioneers
$24.99 Read moreDiscover the Black pioneers who shaped St. Lawrence County through grit and determination.
From its origins as part of New France through the Civil War and eventual industrialization of the region, St.
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Thompson, Bryan S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154032
- Language: English
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Loyalists in the Adirondacks: The Fight for Britain in the Revolutionary War
$23.99 Read moreFrom the outbreak of the Revolutionary War to the summer of 1777, Loyalists and Patriot forces wove their way through the mountains and valleys of the Adirondacks, vying for land and control of the ke… [more below]
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Williams, Marie Danielle Annette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152064
- Language: English
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Colonial Taverns of New Jersey: Libations, Liberty & Revolution
$23.99 Read moreEat, Drink, Be Merry and Join the Revolution New Jersey was the “Crossroads of the American Revolution,” and its colonial taverns were havens for Patriots and Loyalists alike to debate the political q… [more below]
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Gabriele, Michael C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1467148962
- Language: English
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Digging in the City of Brotherly Love: Stories from Philadelphia Archaeology
$35.00 Read moreHistoric Philadelphia has long yielded archaeological treasures from its past. Excavations required by the National Historic Preservation Act have recovered pottery shards, pots, plates, coins, bones,… [more below]
- Author: Yamin, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1439922101
- Language: English
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The Last Men Out: Life on the Edge at Rescue 2 Firehouse
$20.99 Read more“An insightful, dramatic and emotional tale that deserves a place alongside Dennis Smith’s classic firefighting memoir, Report from Engine Co. 82.” -Terry Golway, New York Post
Brooklyn’s Rescue 2 ha- Author: Downey, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0805078444
- Language: English
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Camp David
$24.99 Read moreOriginally named Shangri-La by Franklin D. Roosevelt, today’s Camp David was a well-guarded secret until its existence was revealed after World War II. A US Naval facility set on a mountaintop, Camp D… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Savitt, Robert P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1467160873
- Language: English
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The Lincoln Funeral Train
$23.99 Read moreThe effective end of the American Civil War on April 9, 1865, had hardly sunk in when, only five days later, another disaster stunned the battered and bloodied nation. On the night of April 9, Pres. A… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Leavy, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1467109525
- Language: English
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Pittsburgh’s Historic Ballparks
$23.99 Read morePittsburgh has an incredible baseball history with great players, teams, and historic moments, but few realize that Pittsburgh has often been in the lead in ballpark design and development. Photograph… [more below]
- Series: Images of Baseball
- Author: Fatla, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 13 2023
- ISBN10: 146710910X
- Language: English
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Abandoned Upstate New York
$23.99 Read moreAccompanied by the faint hum of crickets and the sounds of wind whistling through shattered glass, photographer Nicholas Long ventures into complete darkness in order to shed light on how remarkable l… [more below]
- Series: America Through Time
- Author: Long, Nicholas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 27 2020
- ISBN10: 1634992229
- Language: English
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The Nile Swim Club of Yeadon: A History
$24.99 Read moreAmerica’s Oldest Black Swim Club
When it opened in July of 1959, the Nile Swim Club welcomed over one thousand people to its pool. The only problem that day, remembers Bill Mellix, then 13, “None of u
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Kodosky Phd, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1467156124
- Language: English
