History Press Library Editions
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A Haunted History of Louisiana Plantations
$31.99 Add to cartLouisiana plantations evoke images of grandeur and elegance. Beyond the facade of stately homes are stories of hope and subjugation, tragedy and suffering, shame and perseverance and war and conquest…. [more below]
- Author: White, Cheryl H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: September 25 2017
- ISBN10: 1540226611
- Language: English
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Ghosts and Legends of Alcatraz
$31.99 Add to cartAlcatraz is one of the most infamous prisons in the world. Evil spirits, unknown beasts, vicious murderers and an untold number of ghosts all are said to reside on this tiny island in San Francisco Ba… [more below]
- Author: Davis, Bob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: September 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1540240746
- Language: English
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Louisiana Sweets: King Cakes, Bread Pudding & Sweet Dough Pie
$33.99 Add to cartUsing classic southern recipes with a Louisiana twist, Dixie Poche presents the most heavenly sweets from the Sugar State. Recipe cards included for:
Southern Gentleman Pecan Pie
Double Peach Pound Cak- Author: Poche, Dixie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: August 14 2017
- ISBN10: 1540225577
- Language: English
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Ghosts of Old Wilmington
$31.99 Add to cartRising from the banks of the Cape Fear River like a spectral stage, Wilmington, North Carolina, remains one of America s most haunted cities. Its beautiful homes and tidal waterways belie a history of… [more below]
- Author: Hirchak, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: January 08 2006
- ISBN10: 1540204197
- Language: English
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Zora Neale Hurston on Florida Food: Recipes, Remedies & Simple Pleasures
$31.99 Add to cartEatonville, Florida 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 f… [more below]
- Author: Opie, Frederick Douglass
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: January 19 2015
- ISBN10: 1540213110
- Language: English
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Poisoning the Pecks of Grand Rapids: The Scandalous 1916 Murder Plot
$31.99 Add to cartWith his boyish good looks, Arthur Warren Waite charmed into marriage the daughter of wealthy Grand Rapids business tycoon John E. Peck in 1916. He then wasted no time executing what he believed to be… [more below]
- Author: Buhk, Tobin T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: October 28 2014
- ISBN10: 1540211614
- Language: English
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Wicked Women of New Mexico
$31.99 Add to cartNew Mexico Territory attracted outlaws and desperados as its remote locations guaranteed non-detection while providing opportunists the perfect setting in which to seize wealth. Many wicked women on t… [more below]
- Author: Birchell, Donna Blake
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: March 04 2014
- ISBN10: 1540208745
- Language: English
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Gilded Age Murder & Mayhem in the Berkshires
$31.99 Add to cartMurder and dark deeds shadowed the extravagance of the Gilded Age in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. In the summer of 1893, a tall and well-dressed burglar plundered the massive summer mansions of th… [more below]
- Author: Amelinckx, Andrew K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: October 12 2015
- ISBN10: 1540212483
- 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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Hudson Valley Curiosities: The Sinking of the Steamship Swallow, the Poughkeepsie Seer, the UFOs of the Celtic Stone Chambers and More
$31.99 Add to cartHudson Valley is steeped in mysteries, from Celtic chambers resting in the deep woods of Putnam to Millbrook’s abandoned Bennett College. In the Highlands, Iroquois chief Daniel Nimham gave his life f… [more below]
- Author: Marchese, Allison Guertin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: August 21 2017
- ISBN10: 1540225615
- 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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Forgotten Maryland Cocktails: A History of Drinking in the Free State
$35.99 Add to cartUsing historic recipes with modern twists from renowned mixologists, Greg and Nicole Priebe present Maryland s golden age of the cocktail. Recipe cards included for Farmer s Bishop, a Christmas Punch;… [more below]
- Author: Priebe, Gregory
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: May 18 2015
- ISBN10: 154021298X
- Language: English
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Chesapeake Oysters: The Bay’s Foundation and Future
$35.99 Add to cartCrassostrea virginica, the eastern oyster. These humble bivalves are the living bones of the Chesapeake and the ecological and historical lifeblood of the region. When colonists first sailed these imp… [more below]
- Author: Livie, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: October 26 2015
- ISBN10: 1540212696
- Language: English
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Nordeast Minneapolis: A History
$31.99 Add to cartWhat began as the boom site for the mid-nineteenth-century Upper Midwest lumber industry quickly grew into the town of St. Anthony. In 1872, St. Anthony was annexed by its neighbor, Minneapolis, but t… [more below]
- Author: Day, Holly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: February 23 2015
- ISBN10: 154021236X
- Language: English
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Galveston’s Maceo Family Empire: Bootlegging and the Balinese Room
$31.99 Add to cart- Author: McCaslin, Richard B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: November 18 2014
- ISBN10: 1540212106
- Language: English
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Whidbey Island: Reflections on People & the Land
$31.99 Add to cartFor generations, Whidbey Island’s vivid beauty has made it a home for those drawn in by a rural landscape and thriving communities. Whether native tribes, pioneers, vacationers or retirees, all have e… [more below]
- Author: Guss, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: June 10 2014
- ISBN10: 1540209334
- 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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Alabama Lore: The Choccolocco Monster, Huggin’ Molly, the Lost Town of Cottonport and Other Mysterious Tales
$31.99 Add to cartAlabama is a weird and wonderful place with a colorful history steeped in folk tales passed from generation to generation. Mysterious 1989 UFO sightings brought more than 4,000 visitors to the tiny to… [more below]
- Author: Elrick, Wil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: July 23 2018
- ISBN10: 1540235335
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Rhode Island: Not-To-Be-Forgotten Tales of the Ocean State
$31.99 Add to cartSurprising tales and unexpected anecdotes color Rhode Island s legacy, from the accounts of its three brave Titanic survivors to the whirlwind Revolutionary War romance between a Smithfield girl and a… [more below]
- Author: Laxton, Glenn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: November 27 2009
- ISBN10: 1540220230
- Language: English
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San Diego Lowriders: A History of Cars and Cruising
$33.99 Add to cartSan Diego’s unique lowrider culture and community has a long history of “low and slow.” Cruising the streets from 1950 to 1985, twenty-eight lowrider car clubs made their marks in the San Diego neighb… [more below]
- Author: Pulido, Alberto Lopez
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: April 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1540215865
- Language: English
