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A History of Lake Norman: Fish Camps to Ferraris
$21.99 Add to cartJournalist and historian Chuck McShane traces the triumphs and troubles of Lake Norman from the region’s colonial beginnings to its modern incarnation.
On a muggy September day in 1959, North Carolina
- Series: Brief History
- Author: McShane, Chuck
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 30 2014
- ISBN10: 1626195021
- Language: English
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Abandoned Kentucky
$34.95 Read moreThe stunning images found in Abandoned Kentucky offer us a window into our past, showing life in the Bluegrass State as it was back then, and stirring in us a sense of wonder and curiosity about those
- Author: Cahal, Sherman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1772761710
- Language: English
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Tales of Yesterday’s Florida Keys, First Edition
$12.95 Add to cartA collection of stories of people and events in the Florida Keys extending from the time the Keys were first occupied by humans, through the Second Seminole War, the coming of the Overseas Railway, an
- Author: Viele, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: September 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1561649937
- Language: English
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Historic Photos of University of Alabama Football
$42.99 Add to cartIn 1992, the centennial year of the University of Alabama football program, the Crimson Tide won its 12th national championship. Few major college football programs can claim as many. Through the medi
- Series: Historic Photos
- Author: Woodruff, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: June 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1684420725
- Language: English
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The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story
$22.99 Add to cartFor more than a century, the enduring feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys has been American shorthand for passionate, unyielding, and even violent confrontation. Yet despite numerous articles, b… [more below]
- Author: King, Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 27 2014
- ISBN10: 031616707X
- Language: English
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Biltmore Estate: Gardens and Grounds
$40.99 Add to cartIn the spring of 1888, George Washington Vanderbilt returned to New York after spending weeks exploring the countryside near Asheville, North Carolina. Thinking it was the perfect place to build his h… [more below]
- Author: Alexander, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: November 09 2015
- ISBN10: 1531678408
- Language: English
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Chowan Beach: Remembering an African American Resort
$31.99 Add to cartIn 1928, Eli Reid purchased 400 acres of picturesque property on the banks of the Chowan River in Hertford County, North Carolina. Soon after he acquired the land, Reid began turning the area into a S… [more below]
- Author: Stephenson, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 30 2006
- ISBN10: 1540224783
- Language: English
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Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction
$19.99 Add to cartFinalist for the 1991 National Book Award and a New York Times Notable book, Praying for Sheetrock is the story of McIntosh County, a small, isolated, and lovely place on the flowery coast of Georgia-… [more below]
- Author: Greene, Melissa Fay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 29 2006
- ISBN10: 0306815176
- Language: English
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Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion
$21.99 Add to cartThe Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Scopes Trial and the battle over evolution and creation in America’s schools
In the summer of 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the settin- Author: Larson, Edward J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 16 2020
- ISBN10: 1541646037
- Language: English
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Underwater Ghost Towns of North Georgia
$31.99 Add to cartNorth Georgia has more than forty lakes, and not one is natural. The state’s controversial decision to dam the region’s rivers for power and water supply changed the landscape forever. Lost communitie… [more below]
- Author: Russell, Lisa M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: August 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1540235602
- Language: English
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Methodists & Moonshiners: Another Prohibition Expedition Through the South …with Cocktails
$29.95 Read moreDid you know George Washington drank his way through the South in 1791 and ran one of the country’s biggest distilleries after his presidency? Or that Methodists were even keener about drying up Ameri
- Author: Smith, Kathryn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 1929647883
- Language: English
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Denmark Vesey’s Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy
$31.15 Read moreOne of Janet Maslin’s Favorite Books of 2018, The New York Times
One of John Warner’s Favorite Books of 2018, Chicago Tribune Named one of the “Best Civil War Books of 2018” by the Civil War Monitor “- Author: Kytle, Ethan J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1620975467
- Language: English
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Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America’s Second Slavery
$32.50 Add to cart“Hell Put to Shame is a powerfully unsettling portrait of the single most savage episode in the long decades of savagery inflicted by white southerners on their Black neighbors in the 20th century–an
- Author: Swift, Earl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0063265389
- Language: English
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History of Texas: A Captivating Guide to Texas History, Starting from the Arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors in North America through
$29.99 Add to cartIf you want to discover the captivating history of Texas, then keep reading…
Texas is one of the most recognizable states in the United States of America (it is the second-largest, behind Alaska), an
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: May 29 2020
- ISBN10: 1647487447
- Language: English
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Kiawah Island: A History
$33.99 Add to cartKiawah Island, located on the picturesque South Carolina coast in the heart of the Lowcountry, has a well-deserved reputation as a world-renowned destination. With its pristine beaches, award-winning … [more below]
- Author: Cobb, Ashton
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: June 16 2006
- ISBN10: 1540203700
- Language: English
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What’s with Atlanta?: The Quirks, Personality, and Charm of the ATL
$22.50 Add to cartWhy is every street in Atlanta named “Peachtree”? What do Atlantans mean when they say “Inside the Perimeter” or “Outside the Perimeter”? Why can’t Atlanta handle a little snow? Why do locals hate it … [more below]
- Series: What’s with
- Author: Watts, Paige
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064960
- Language: English
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My N.C. from A-Z
$14.95 Add to cartChildren and parents will love learning their very first ideas about North Carolina in My N.C. from A-Z. This colorful, sturdy board book celebrates pride of place, creates connections to North Caroli… [more below]
- Author: Lanier, Michelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 15 2020
- ISBN10: 0865264996
- Language: English
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Arkansas/Arkansaw: How Bear Hunters, Hillbillies, and Good Ol’ Boys Defined a State
$22.95 Add to cartWhat do Scott Joplin, John Grisham, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Maya Angelou, Brooks Robinson, Helen Gurley Brown, Johnny Cash, Alan Ladd, and Sonny Boy Williamson have in common? They’re all Arkansans. W… [more below]
- Author: Blevins, Brooks
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1557289522
- Language: English
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A History of Nashville’s Warner Parks
$39.95 Add to cartA History of Nashville’s Warner Parks is a story of Percy Warner Park’s and Edwin Warner Park’s 3,200-plus acres from 500,000,000 years ago to the present. The transformation of the land is not, howev
- Author: Bachleda, F. Lynne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: November 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1087977770
- Language: English
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North Carolina Lighthouses: The Stories Behind the Beacons from Cape Fear to Currituck Beach
$26.00 Add to cartOf the over four dozen lighthouses that once marked the jagged shoreline of North Carolina, only nine still stand, watching over 300 miles of coast. These beacons are cherished monuments of North Caro… [more below]
- Author: Shelton-Roberts, Cheryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 22 2019
- ISBN10: 1469641488
- Language: English
