Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
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Philadelphia Phillies
$31.99 Add to cartThe Philadelphia Phillies, one of the oldest teams in Major League Baseball, have maintained a strong, loyal fan base for over 125 years. Despite historic set backs, the franchise has proven resilient… [more below]
- Author: Kearney, Seamus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: April 18 2011
- ISBN10: 1531648835
- Language: English
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Six Flags Great America
$31.99 Add to cartMarriott’s Great America first opened in Gurnee, Illinois, on May 29, 1976. Located midway between Chicago and Milwaukee, it was the second of two Marriott Corporation theme parks. Great America was c… [more below]
- Series: Images of Modern America
- Author: Wilson, Steven W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 98
- Publish Date: September 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1540226026
- Language: English
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Joshua Tree National Park
$31.99 Add to cartHuman use of Joshua Tree National Park may extend as far back in time as 10,000 years. From the early Pinto Culture to modern tribes, native peoples have lived and hunted here for centuries. Indian tr… [more below]
- Author: Zarki, Joseph W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: April 06 2015
- ISBN10: 1531677290
- Language: English
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Prairie County
$31.99 Add to cartPrairie County was aptly named when it was organized in 1846, as a large portion of its southern end was covered with prairie grass at the time. In 1904, W.H. Fuller raised the first successful rice c… [more below]
- Author: Sayger, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: September 23 2013
- ISBN10: 1531668127
- Language: English
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Naples
$31.99 Add to cartNaples celebrates the story of one of southwest Florida’s most renowned beach resorts, from its tenuous beginning in 1885 through the tumultuous year of 1960, when Hurricane Donna nearly destroyed the… [more below]
- Author: Howard Frazer, Lynne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: December 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1531611737
- Language: English
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Knott’s Berry Farm: The Early Years
$31.99 Add to cartBefore there was a Disneyland, there was Knott’s Berry Farm. What started out in the early 1920s as a small, roadside berry stand in Buena Park, California, grew over the next 60 years into one of the… [more below]
- Author: Jennings, Jay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: August 12 2009
- ISBN10: 1531645542
- Language: English
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Mississippi River Festival
$31.99 Add to cartIn 1969, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville initiated a remarkable performing arts series called the Mississippi River Festival. Over 12 summer seasons, between 1969 and 1980, the festival pres… [more below]
- Author: Bahr-Evola, Amanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: November 29 2006
- ISBN10: 1531624936
- Language: English
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Biltmore Estate
$31.99 Add to cartBiltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, has captured the fascination of people everywhere for over 100 years. Created in the 1890s by George Washington Vanderbilt, a member of one of America’s w… [more below]
- Author: Erwin Rickman, Ellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: May 01 2005
- ISBN10: 153161194X
- Language: English
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Hot Springs: From Capone to Costello
$31.99 Add to cartIn the late 1800s, Hot Springs, Arkansas, was a small town with a big attraction: hot thermal water. The federal government took possession of the downtown-area springs, and bathhouse row was born, al… [more below]
- Author: Raines, Robert K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: November 18 2013
- ISBN10: 153166850X
- Language: English
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Smith & Wesson
$40.99 Add to cartHorace Smith and Daniel Baird Wesson shared a dream of manufacturing a firearm that could fire repeatedly, using a new and self-contained cartridge. In 1852, the dream became a reality with the foundi… [more below]
- Author: Jinks, Roy G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: October 04 2006
- ISBN10: 1531627609
- Language: English
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Columbia
$31.99 Add to cartColumbia started life in 1850 when Dr. Thaddeus Hildreth and his brother set up the camp known as Hildreth’s Diggins in the lovely Sierra foothills. More than 150 tumultuous years later, Columbia is a… [more below]
- Author: Friends of Columbia State Historic Park
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: August 24 2005
- ISBN10: 1531616399
- Language: English
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African Americans of Petersburg
$31.99 Add to cartThe city of Petersburg has distinguished itself as a special place for African American history. African Americans in Petersburg have overcome racial and political obstacles placed in their paths. The… [more below]
- Author: Luqman-Dawson, Amina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: January 14 2009
- ISBN10: 1531634222
- Language: English
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Remembering Hudson’s: The Grand Dame of Detroit Retailing
$31.99 Add to cartThe J. L. Hudson Company redefined the way Detroiters shopped and enjoyed leisure time. Many Detroiters share memories of times spent shopping and enjoying spectacular events sponsored by Hudson’s. A … [more below]
- Author: Hauser, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: December 06 2010
- ISBN10: 153165567X
- Language: English
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Cleveland Browns History
$40.99 Add to cartThere was little fanfare when Art “Mickey” McBride flew into Chicago in 1945 to purchase a professional football team for Cleveland. But that act set in motion a tradition that has brought the city of… [more below]
- Author: Henkel, Frank M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: July 06 2005
- ISBN10: 1531619738
- Language: English
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Hudson’s: Detroit’s Legendary Department Store
$31.99 Add to cartFor over a century, the J.L. Hudson’s Department Store on Woodward Avenue was more than just a store–it was a Detroit icon and a world-class cultural treasure. At 25 stories, it was the world’s talle… [more below]
- Author: Weldon, Marianne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: November 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1531619142
- 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
