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The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White
$27.99 Add to cartWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
The Hairstons is the extraordinary story of the largest family in America, the Hairston clan. With several thousand black and white members, the Hairst- Author: Wiencek, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 19 2000
- ISBN10: 0312253931
- Language: English
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Voices from the Confederacy: True Civil War Stories from the Men and Women of the Old South
$28.99 Read moreRead about the Civil War from those who were there.
They say history is written by the victors. In the case of the Civil War, that’s largely true. But historian Samuel Mitcham brings the Southern poin- Author: Mitcham Jr, Samuel W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1637585179
- Language: English
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Vigilance: A Story of Sheriff Watson
$12.99 Add to cartIt is 1884, widower Alexander “Sandy” Watson is enjoying time at home with his seven children when he is alerted of a murder in the nearby town of Sarasota. As sheriff of this Florida frontier land, h
- Author: Knies, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: January 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1662920229
- Language: English
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North Myrtle Beach
$39.99 Add to cartIn 1968, the family-based Cherry Grove, Ocean Drive, Crescent, and Windy Hill Beaches were consolidated into one municipality, gaining a stronger presence with a new name of North Myrtle Beach. Lookin… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: McMillan, Susan Hoffer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: April 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1540247082
- Language: English
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The Mississippi Gulf Coast Seafood Industry: A People’s History
$28.00 Add to cartThe seafood industry on the coast of Mississippi has attracted waves of immigrants and other workers–oftentimes folks who were either already acquainted with maritime livelihoods or those who quickly… [more below]
- Series: America’s Third Coast
- Author: Stephens, Deanne Love
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1496833503
- Language: English
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Cotton Was King: Franklin – Colbert
$31.58 Add to cartIn, “Cotton Was King Franklin-Colbert Counties” Rickey Butch Walker gives a wonderful account of Chickasaw Chief George Colbert as a cotton planter and the role of the Chickasaw Colbert’s prior to the
- Series: Alabama Plantations #2
- Author: Walker, Rickey Butch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: September 07, 2018
- ISBN10: 1949711080
- Language: English
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Historic Photos of Jacksonville
$42.99 Add to cartHistoric Photos of Jacksonville captures the historical growth of this city in still photography from the top archives in the area. Stunning black and white pictures with most of the photographs never… [more below]
- Series: Historic Photos
- Author: Williams, Carolyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: December 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1683369289
- Language: English
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The Camp Creek Train Crash of 1900: In Atlanta or in Hell
$19.99 Add to cartGeorgia historian and professor Jeffery C. Wells recounts the tragic tale of the Camp Creek Train Crash of 1900.
On June 23, 1900, the Southern Railroad Company’s Engine #7 and its passengers were gree
- Series: Disasters (Saddleback)
- Author: Wells, Jeffery C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 159629826X
- Language: English
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The Streets of Key West: A History Through Street Names
$19.95 Add to cartSimonton, Duval, Eaton, Whitehead, Southard, Truman–if you discover how these Key West streets, and all the others, came by their names, you will know much of the history of this little island at the
- Author: Burke, J. Wills
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1561647306
- Language: English
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Atlanta’s Historic Westview Cemetery
$31.99 Add to cartIn 1884, several leading citizens purchased 577 acres to open Atlanta’s Westview Cemetery. The rolling terrain, part of which was a site in the Civil War battle of Ezra Church, became the final restin… [more below]
- Author: Clemmons, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: April 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1540228525
- Language: English
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Charlotte, North Carolina: A Brief History
$31.99 Add to cartFounded in 1768 at the crossing of two Indian trails, Charlotte has a rich heritage to match its age. In this extensively researched volume, accomplished author and historian Mary Kratt chronicles the… [more below]
- Author: Kratt, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 154021950X
- Language: English
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A History of South Carolina Barbeque
$34.99 Add to cart- Author: High, Lake E., Jr.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: September 03 2013
- ISBN10: 1540207803
- Language: English
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Lake Jocassee
$31.99 Add to cartThe creation of Lake Jocassee by Duke Power Company’s massive Keowee-Toxaway Project in the late 1960s and early 1970s flooded a quaint mountain valley whose earliest recorded history was in 1539, whe… [more below]
- Author: Fletcher, Debbie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: April 28 2014
- ISBN10: 1531668771
- Language: English
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Captain William Hilton and the Founding of Hilton Head Island
$21.99 Add to cartAuthor Dwayne W. Pickett details the life of William Hilton, his exploration of the Carolina coast and the founding of an iconic island.
Behind the pristine beaches and world renown of Hilton Head Isla
- Author: Pickett, Dwayne W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1467141917
- Language: English
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North Carolina Moonshine: An Illicit History
$23.99 Add to cartNorth Carolina holds a special place in the history of moonshine. For more than three centuries, the illicit home-brew was a way of life.
NASCAR emerged from the illegal moonshine tradeas drivers such
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Mulder
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 09 2017
- ISBN10: 146711832X
- Language: English
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A Short History of the National Parks: Brief Stories of America’s Biggest Landscapes
$12.00 Add to cartThe ultimate road trip companion
Who first entered Mammoth Cave? Why are the Everglades protected? Has anyone ever lived on the Dry Tortugas?
Know the national parks like never before!
National parks ar
- Author: de Man, Will C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 106
- Publish Date: April 22 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218187293
- Language: English
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Acadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People, 1803-1877
$25.00 Add to cartAcadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People, 1803-1877 by Carl A. Brasseaux An enlightening assessment that provides understanding of how the Acadians of Nova Scotia were culturally transformed into … [more below]
- Author: Brasseaux, Carl a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: November 01 1992
- ISBN10: 0878055835
- Language: English
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Those Who Labor for My Happiness: Slavery at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
$27.95 Add to cartOur perception of life at Monticello has changed dramatically over the past quarter century. The image of an estate presided over by a benevolent Thomas Jefferson has given way to a more complex view
- Series: Jeffersonian America
- Author: Stanton, Lucia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 02 2012
- ISBN10: 0813932238
- Language: English
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Skyway: The True Story of Tampa Bay’s Signature Bridge and the Man Who Brought It Down
$19.95 Add to cartOn the morning of May 9, 1980, harbor pilot John Lerro was guiding a 600-foot freighter, the Summit Venture, into Tampa Bay. Directly in the ship’s path was the Sunshine Skyway Bridge–two ribbons of
- Author: DeYoung, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0813062977
- Language: English
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Florida Cow Hunter: The Life and Times of Bone Mizell
$19.95 Add to cart“Recounts a time when range wars, cattle drives, rustling, street brawls, and rum running were commonplace in Florida. Though the focus is on Mizell, Tinsley also gives an engaging history of Florida … [more below]
- Author: Tinsley, Jim Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 142
- Publish Date: April 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0813009855
- Language: English
