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Virginia Legends & Lore
$21.99 Read moreFor centuries, Virginians have told, retold and embellished wonderful stories of their history. Legends such as the wild Spanish ponies of Chincoteague, General Braddock’s lost gold, the Mount Vernon … [more below]
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Mills, Charles a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1467149705
- Language: English
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Historic Tales of Sylva and Jackson County
$21.99 Add to cartBefore the coming of the four-lane, Jackson County was an insular community defined by geography-wedged in between the Great Smokies and Blue Ridge escarpment, bisected by thousands of miles of stream… [more below]
- Series: American Chronicles
- Author: Buchanan, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1467145750
- Language: English
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Rock-em, Sock-em, Travelin’ Sideways Dirt Show
$24.95 Add to cartTells the story of the first national touring series for dirt late model cars. Robert Smawley, founder of the National Dirt Racing Association (NDRA) was a visionary promoter who was clearly years ahe… [more below]
- Author: Parker, Gary L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: January 12 2016
- ISBN10: 1935186698
- Language: English
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Last Days of Last Island: The Hurricane of 1856, Louisiana’s First Great Storm
$20.00 Read moreLast Days of Last Island is the most comprehensive account of the great 1856 Isle Derniere hurricane, its aftermath, and its legacy. Dixon includes a complete listing of victims and survivors, numerou… [more below]
- Author: Dixon, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: June 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1887366881
- Language: English
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Forgotten Tales of North Carolina
$14.99 Add to cartWhat comes to mind when you think of North Carolina history? Is it Sir Walter Raleigh, Guilford Courthouse and the Wright Brothers? Or do you think of sea monsters, drunken geese, hitchhiking alligato… [more below]
- Series: Forgotten Tales
- Author: Painter, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 08 2006
- ISBN10: 159629177X
- Language: English
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Arkansas Pie: A Delicious Slice of the Natural State
$38.99 Add to cartDozens of different pies on restaurant menus from the Delta to the Ozarks await hungry diners, and almost every delectable creation is a masterpiece of southern baking. Join food writer Kat Robinson o… [more below]
- Author: Robinson, Kat
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: November 20 2012
- ISBN10: 1540232832
- Language: English
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The Morris Island Lighthouse: Charleston’s Maritime Beacon
$31.99 Add to cartDouglas Bostick, historian and former director of Save the Light, Inc., recounts the stories of the many lightkeepers and their families who braved meager provisions, low pay and grueling conditions l… [more below]
- Author: Bostick, Douglas W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1540218759
- Language: English
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Daughter of the White River: Depression-Era Treachery and Vengeance in the Arkansas Delta
$31.99 Add to cartThe once-thriving houseboat communities along Arkansas’ White River are long gone, and few remember the sensational murder story that set local darling Helen Spence on a tragic path. In 1931, Spence s… [more below]
- Author: Parkinson, Denise White
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: August 27 2013
- ISBN10: 154020801X
- Language: English
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Tulane University
$31.99 Add to cart- Author: Case, Ann E. Smith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: August 01 2016
- ISBN10: 153169909X
- Language: English
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Mexico Beach
$40.99 Add to cartAs French interests in the Americas dwindled, records indicate very little activity around Mexico Beach until rumors of buried riches and sunken ships brought treasure hunters to the coast. In the ear… [more below]
- Author: Cathey, Al
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: April 07 2014
- ISBN10: 1531669239
- Language: English
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Key Largo
$31.99 Add to cartKey Largo is a subtropical escape. The island’s history has been shaped by coral reefs as well as wreckers, farmers, and fishermen. Key Largo was homesteaded by intrepid families who braved life befor… [more below]
- Author: Bertelli, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: November 05 2012
- ISBN10: 1531661041
- Language: English
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Historic Tales of Gasparilla Island
$43.99 Add to cartNatural beauty and the sportfishing life brought the Cabots, Vanderbilts and Du Ponts to this island paradise, where local fishing families danced, ate and drank with the rich and famous at their cast… [more below]
- Series: American Chronicles
- Author: Futch, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: February 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1540251462
- Language: English
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Red Clay, White Water & Blues: A History of Columbus, Georgia
$26.95 Add to cartColumbus is the third-largest city in Georgia, and Red Clay, White Water, and Blues is its first comprehensive history. Virginia E. Causey documents the city’s founding in 1828 and brings its story to
- Author: Causey, Virginia E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: August 15 2020
- ISBN10: 0820358827
- Language: English
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The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island
$23.99 Add to cartThe legend of the Lost Colony has been captivating imaginations for nearly a century. When they left Roanoke Island, where did they go? What is the meaning of the mysterious word Croatoan? In the sixt… [more below]
- Author: Dawson, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1467144339
- Language: English
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Lost Mill Towns of North Georgia
$24.99 Add to cartThe textile era was born of a perfect storm. When North Georgia’s red clay failed farmers and prices fell during Reconstruction, opportunities arose. Beginning in the 1880s, textile industries moved s… [more below]
- Series: Lost
- Author: Russell, Lisa M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 13 2020
- ISBN10: 1467143510
- Language: English
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Zora Neale Hurston on Florida Food:: Recipes, Remedies & Simple Pleasures
$23.99 Add to cartFlorida native Zora Neale Hurston’s early twentieth-century ethnographic research and writing emphasizes the essentials of food in Florida through simple dishes and recipes.
It considers foods prepared
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Opie, Frederick Douglass
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 19 2015
- ISBN10: 1626198721
- Language: English
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Roadside History of Texas
$24.00 Add to cartTexas history reaches far back in time by North American standards. It is fascinating by anyone’s measure. Modern Texas is woven from the frayed but still firm-and always colorful-strands of its rich … [more below]
- Series: Roadside History (Paperback)
- Author: Metz, C. Leon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 466
- Publish Date: January 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0878422943
- Language: English
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North Carolina Lighthouses and Lifesaving Stations
$23.99 Add to cartPresenting the tales behind North Carolina’s historic lighthouses and saving stations – illuminated in both words and images
Since the earliest days of European exploration, mariners have heard tales
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Hairr, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 16 2004
- ISBN10: 0738515205
- Language: English
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Acres of Aspiration: The All-Black Towns of Oklahoma
$22.95 Add to cartBeulah Land. Paradise. Shangri-la. Oklahoma seemed to be all of these in the hostile, racist, post-Civil War South. Seeking both refuge and respect, pioneers such as Edward P. McCabe championed the id… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Hannibal B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: April 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0978915038
- Language: English
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Blood Feud: The Hatfields And The Mccoys: The Epic Story Of Murder And Vengeance
$26.83 Add to cartAmerica’s most notorious family feud began in 1865 with the murder of a Union McCoy soldier by a Confederate Hatfield relative of “Devil Anse” Hatfield. More than a decade later, Ranel McCoy accused a… [more below]
- Author: Alther, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 05 2013
- ISBN10: 0762782250
- Language: English
