American Heritage
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Banished from Johnstown: Racist Backlash in Pennsylvania
$23.99 Add to cartAuthor and journalist Cody McDevitt tells the story of one of the worst civil rights injustices in Western Pennsylvania history.
In 1923, in response to the fatal shooting of four policemen, the mayor
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: McDevitt, Cody
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 27 2020
- ISBN10: 1467142743
- Language: English
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A History of the New Hampshire Abenaki
$21.99 Add to cartThe native Penacook, Winnipesaukee, Pigwacket, Sokoki, Cowasuck and Ossipee tribes, collectively known as the Abenaki, once thrived along the Granite State’s great rivers. Influences of these “men of … [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Heald Phd, Bruce D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 25 2014
- ISBN10: 162619422X
- Language: English
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The Visual Language of Wabanaki Art
$21.99 Add to cartImmerse yourself in the visual language of the Wabanaki tribe and learn about how the art was—and continues to be–preserved and celebrated.
For centuries, the people of the Wabanaki Nations of the n
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Kent, Jeanne Morningstar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 29 2014
- ISBN10: 1626192332
- Language: English
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Early Native Americans in West Virginia: The Fort Ancient Culture
$23.99 Add to cartFollow Archaeologist Darla Spencer as she discovers the history and habits of 16 Native American sites in West Virginia.
Once thought of as Indian hunting grounds with no permanent inhabitants, West Vi
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Spencer, Darla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 31 2016
- ISBN10: 1467118516
- Language: English
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A Radical Suffragist in Washington, D.C.: An Inside Story of the National Woman’s Party
$24.99 Read moreIn September 1918 Elizabeth Kalb boarded a train to Washington, DC to fight for voting rights for women. For over two years, Elizabeth lived and worked at the National Woman’s Party headquarters a blo… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Marshall, Shirley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1467155888
- Language: English
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Canoe Indians of Down East Maine
$21.99 Add to cartIn 1604, when Frenchmen landed on Saint Croix Island, they were far from the first people to walk along its shores.
For thousands of years, Etchemins–whose descendants were members of the Wabanaki Con
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Haviland, William a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 17 2012
- ISBN10: 1609496655
- Language: English
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Cherokee Pottery: From the Hands of Our Elders
$12.99 Add to cartThe intricate designs and complex patterns of Cherokee pottery have been developed over centuries. Both timeless and time-honored, these singular works of pottery are still crafted by the proud hands … [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Fariello, M. Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: April 06 2011
- ISBN10: 1609490576
- Language: English
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Oklahoma Freedmen of the Five Tribes
$36.99 Add to cartExplore accounts of Oklahoma’s Freedmen as told by their descendants in these stories of resistance and resilience on the Western frontier.
The Freedmen of Oklahoma were black people, both enslaved and
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Walton-Raji, Angela Y.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: August 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1540257924
- Language: English
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St. Petersburg’s Historic African American Neighborhoods
$21.99 Add to cartPepper Town, Methodist Town, the Gas Plant district and the 22nd Street South community–these once segregated neighborhoods were built by African Americans in the face of injustice. The resilient peo… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Peck, Rosalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 14 2008
- ISBN10: 1596292792
- Language: English
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Florida Made: The 25 Most Important Figures Who Shaped the State
$24.99 Add to cartOnce considered just an insect-ridden swampland, Florida is now a top destination for tourism, business, agriculture and innovation thanks to these 25 individuals.
Florida is in many ways both the olde
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: LeMieux, George S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1467140031
- Language: English
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Chinese in Napa Valley: The Forgotten Community That Built Wine Country
$23.99 Add to cartUnearth the origins of Napa Valley’s prosperity. Chinese laborers were once the backbone of Napa Valley. Throughout the late 1800s, they toiled in the grape fields, mines, hop farms, leather tanneries… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: McCormick, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152781
- Language: English
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Trailblazing Black Women of Washington State
$21.99 Read moreBreaking glass ceilings, organizing clubs, and making history as the first in their fields, these trailblazing Black women paved the way for new generations.
From Nettie Craig Asberry, founder of the T
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Morgan, Marilyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1467150428
- Language: English
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Gullah Geechee Heritage in the Golden Isles
$23.99 Add to cartThe Golden Isles are home to a long and proud African American and Gullah Geechee heritage.
Ibo Landing was the site of a mass suicide in protest of slavery, the slave ship Wanderer landed on Jekyll Is
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Roberts, Amy Lotson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1467141186
- Language: English
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Remarkable Women of the Finger Lakes
$24.99 Read moreThe majesty of New York’s Finger Lakes region has produced some equally majestic women who have left their mark on American history. From women medical pioneers like Clara Barton and Elizabeth Blackwe… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Cummins, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1467150479
- Language: English
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New Orleans Voodoo: A Cultural History
$23.99 Add to cartThe Voodoo tradition continues in the Crescent City even today. Rory Schmitt and Rosary O’Neill study the altars, art, history and ceremonies that anchor Voodoo in New Orleans culture.
There is no more
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Schmitt, Rory O’Neill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1467137995
- Language: English
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A History of the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island: Keepers of the Bay
$21.99 Add to cartA history of the Narragansett Tribe of RI from early European encounters to the tribe’s return to sovereignty in the 20th Century.
Before Roger Williams set foot in the New World, the Narragansett farm
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Geake, Robert A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 29 2011
- ISBN10: 1609492587
- Language: English
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Stories of Rootworkers & Hoodoo in the Mid-South
$21.99 Add to cartMen and women who carried the mantle of African healing and spirituality in the Mid-South were frequently accused and attacked for their misunderstood culture. The same healers and spiritual workers f… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Kail, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1467139890
- Language: English
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Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa
$21.99 Add to cartSome have called Buxton a Black Utopia. In the town of five thousand residents, established in 1900, African Americans and Caucasians lived, worked and attended school together. It was a thriving, one… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Chase, Rachelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 28 2019
- ISBN10: 1467140465
- Language: English
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Black Broadway in Washington, DC
$40.99 Add to cartBefore chain coffeeshops and luxury high-rises, before even the beginning of desegregation and the 1968 riots, Washington’s Greater U Street was known as Black Broadway. From the early 1900s into the … [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Thomas, Briana A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: January 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1540245608
- Language: English
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A Secret History of Memphis Hoodoo: Rootworkers, Conjurers & Spirituals
$21.99 Add to cartAuthor Tony Kail traces Memphis’s colorful Hoodoo heritage from the arrival of Africans in Shelby County to the growth of conjure culture in juke joints and Spiritual Churches.
Widely known for its mus
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Kail, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 20 2017
- ISBN10: 1467137391
- Language: English
