History Press
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Springfield’s Celebrated Horseshoe Sandwich
$24.99 Add to cartIn a town famous for its politics, one local favorite moves unchallenged across party lines. Sample secret recipes while delving in to the history of the Horseshoe Sandwich.
Open-faced, piled high with
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Harmon, Carolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 06 2019
- ISBN10: 1467139882
- Language: English
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True Tales of Puget Sound
$24.99 Add to cartFrom the shores of Gig Harbor to the slopes of Mount Rainier, the towns surrounding Puget Sound all have incredible stories to share. How did Old Fort Nisqually, now perched on a lofty bluff above Tac… [more below]
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Wilhelm, Dorothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1467139696
- Language: English
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Hidden History of the Finger Lakes
$23.99 Add to cartNew York’s Finger Lakes region is filled with compelling characters, tragic disasters and fascinating mysteries.
Famed daredevil Sam Patch, known as the “Yankee Leaper,” thrilled audiences at Niagara F
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Unvericht, Patti
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1467138193
- Language: English
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East Bay Hills: A Brief History
$24.99 Add to cartLike the mist rising from San Francisco Bay encircles the towering redwoods, the little-known legends of the East Bay Hills enrich a glorious history. Follow the trails of Saclan and Jalquin-Yrgin peo… [more below]
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Marshall, Amelia Sue
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 30 2017
- ISBN10: 1467137251
- Language: English
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Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse
$24.99 Add to cartThanks to the classic Dolly Parton film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and ZZ Top’s ode La Grange, many people think they know the story of the infamous Chicken Ranch. The reality is more complex… [more below]
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Blaschke, Jayme Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1467135631
- Language: English
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Historic Black Settlements of Ohio
$23.99 Add to cartIn the years leading up to the Civil War, Ohio had more African American settlements than any other state. Owing to a common border with several slave states, it became a destination for people of col… [more below]
- Author: Meyers, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1467144185
- Language: English
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Mysterious Tales of Coastal North Carolina
$21.99 Add to cartMaster storyteller Sherman Carmichael ventures into the Tar Heel State to deliver strange and mysterious tales along the coast. Read about shipwrecks such as that of the SS Liberator, which still sits… [more below]
- Series: Forgotten Tales
- Author: Carmichael, Sherman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1625859627
- Language: English
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New Hampshire Book of the Dead:: Graveyard Legends and Lore
$21.99 Add to cartNew Hampshire’s historic graveyards, from Portsmouth to North Conway, have bizarre and eerie stories to offer their visitors. Graveyards often invoke fear and superstition among the living, but the de… [more below]
- Author: Zwicker, Roxie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 02 2012
- ISBN10: 1609497562
- Language: English
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Oak Park:: The Evolution of a Village
$24.99 Read moreJourney to the past with historian David M. Sokol as he reveals the city that nurtured and inspired the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Ray Kroc and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Though it is a handsome village, with
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Sokol, David M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 27, 2011
- ISBN10: 1609490703
- Language: English
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Marshall Field’s: The Store That Helped Build Chicago
$23.99 Add to cartAnyone who has waited in a Christmas line for the Walnut Room’s Great Tree can attest that Chicago’s loyalty to Marshall Field’s is fierce.
Dayton-Hudson even had to take out advertising around town to
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Soucek, Gayle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 10 2010
- ISBN10: 1596298545
- Language: English
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A Culinary History of Iowa: Sweet Corn, Pork Tenderloins, Maid-Rites & More
$23.99 Add to cartIowa’s delectable cuisine is quintessentially midwestern, grounded in its rich farming heritage and spiced with diverse ethnic influences. Classics like fresh sweet corn and breaded pork tenderloins a… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Maulsby, Darcy Dougherty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1467136328
- Language: English
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Detroit in World War II
$21.99 Add to cartWhen President Roosevelt called for the country to be the great Arsenal of Democracy, Detroit helped turn the tide against fascism with its industrial might. Locals were committed to the cause, puttin… [more below]
- Series: Military
- Author: Sumner, Gregory D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 09 2015
- ISBN10: 1467119474
- Language: English
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Michigan Scoundrels: Rogues, Rascals and Rapscallions
$23.99 Read moreThe rich history of the Wolverine State has a serious dark side. In the Detroit area, the Black Legion outdid the Ku Klux Klan in hate but remained secret until one of its leaders was implicated in a … [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Lewis, Norma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153702
- Language: English
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Making Long Island: A History of Growth and the American Dream
$24.99 Read moreDiscover the history of the development of Long Island and its intimate relationship with New York City.
Beginning in the Roaring Twenties, Wall Street money looked eastward to Nassau and Suffolk cou
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Samuel, Lawrence R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154970
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Memphis
$21.99 Add to cartDiscover the little known and unknown rich heritage of Memphis, TN.
Step inside the fascinating annals of the Bluff City’s history and discover the Memphis that only few know. G. Wayne Dowdy, longtime
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Dowdy, G. Wayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 19 2010
- ISBN10: 1596298758
- Language: English
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Marblehead Myths, Legends and Lore
$21.99 Add to cartFind stories of magic and witches, sailors, pirates and shipwrecks and more in this book filled with folks with great stories and interesting lives.
Author and Marblehead Museum & Historical Society di
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Matthias Peterson, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 31 2007
- ISBN10: 1596292563
- 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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The Irish at Gettysburg
$24.99 Add to cartAt the outbreak of the Civil War, Irish citizens on both sides of the Mason-Dixon answered the call to arms. This was most evident at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Louisiana Irish Rebels charged with the c
- Series: Civil War
- Author: Tucker Phd, Phillip Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 26 2018
- ISBN10: 1467138525
- Language: English
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Haunted Bars & Pubs of Michigan
$21.99 Read moreExplore the spirits of Michigan’s watering holes
From the picturesque shores of Manistique to the crystalline waters of Diamond Lake in Cassopolis, Michigan overflows with pubs and bars swirling with
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Beauchamp, Nicole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 14 2023
- ISBN10: 146715430X
- Language: English
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Japanese American Baseball in California: A History
$24.99 Add to cartFour generations of Japanese Americans broke down racial and cultural barriers in California by playing baseball. Behind the barbed wire of concentration camps during World War II, baseball became a t… [more below]
- Series: Sports
- Author: Nakagawa, Kerry Yo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 29 2014
- ISBN10: 162619582X
- Language: English
