History Press
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Vermont Book of the Dead: Graveyard Legends and Lore
$24.99 Read moreVermont’s hills hold the echoes of a spirited past. Haunting stories and wandering ghosts are found in numerous burial places from the Riverside Cemetery in Burlington to the Green Mount Cemetery in M
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Zwicker, Roxie J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1467155144
- Language: English
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Haunted Lansing
$21.99 Add to cartHastily dubbed the new capital in 1847, Lansing overcame derision and setbacks to become a booming metropolis. Yet its rich history hides chilling legends.
Bertie Clippinger plays tricks on the unwary
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Carpenter, Jenn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 03 2018
- ISBN10: 1467140473
- Language: English
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Cold War Oklahoma
$21.99 Add to cartOklahoma might seem like an unexpected place for Cold War tensions to boil over, but the state played a key role in a conflict that threatened global annihilation. Altus Air Force Base served as a hub… [more below]
- Author: Brewer, Landry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 29 2019
- ISBN10: 1467142255
- Language: English
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Legends & Lore Along California’s Highway 395
$21.99 Add to cartStretching from Victorville to Carson City, Highway 395 offers a snapshot of California’s diverse landscapes – and oddities.
Tales of skinwalkers and sasquatch sightings flourish among the bones of gho
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Clune, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1467151068
- Language: English
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Legends and Lore of Sleepy Hollow and the Hudson Valley
$23.99 Add to cartLocal storyteller Jonathan Kruk shares the mysterious lore of the Hudson Valley, best known among them Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
The story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Ho
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Kruk, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: July 21 2011
- ISBN10: 1596297980
- Language: English
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Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland
$24.99 Read moreThe islands of Britain and Ireland hold a rich heritage of plant folklore and wisdom, from the magical yew tree to the bad-tempered dandelion. Here are traditional tales about the trees and plants tha… [more below]
- Author: Schneidau, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 19 2018
- ISBN10: 0750981210
- Language: English
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Prettycitylondon: Discovering London’s Beautiful Places Volume 1
$55.99 Add to cartGo beyond London’s famous landmarks and discover the hidden gems. From secluded mews and undiscovered cafes to flower markets and tree-lined streets, prettycitylondon champions the quiet, gentle momen… [more below]
- Series: The Pretty Cities
- Author: Ferguson, Siobhan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0750985593
- Language: English
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Native American History of Washington, DC
$24.99 Add to cartRead the missing stories of DC’s precolonial history.
Native Americans lived on the land that is now Washington, DC for several thousand years before English settlers arrived in the early 1600s. The Na
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Lione Phd, Armand
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154210
- Language: English
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Sunset Lodge in Georgetown: The Story of a Madam
$21.99 Add to cartHazel Weisse moved to Georgetown in 1936 and opened a brothel three miles south of Front Street. Despite being illegal, the business remained open for thirty-three years until Weisse’s retirement in 1… [more below]
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Hodges, David Gregg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1467143669
- Language: English
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Eerie Appalachia: Smiling Man Indrid Cold, the Jersey Devil, the Legend of Mothman and More
$21.99 Add to cartGear up for a frightful jaunt into the darkest reaches of the ancient Appalachians.
Folk deep within Appalachian hollers lean close to share stories of the inexplicable with hushed awe. Monsters rumbl
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Muncy, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1467148180
- Language: English
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Lost Evansville
$24.99 Read moreFrom the Wabash and Erie Canal to the Faultless Caster Factory, Evansville has seen much of its history disappear.
In the early twentieth century, vestiges of old Evansville like the B’nai Israel te
- Series: Lost
- Author: MacLeod, James Lachlan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 09 2023
- ISBN10: 146715332X
- Language: English
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Ghosts of Salem: Haunts of the Witch City
$19.99 Add to cartNestled on the rocky coast of Massachusetts, Salem is a city steeped in history and legend. Famous for its witch trials, the storied North Shore seaport also has a dark history of smugglers and deadly… [more below]
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Baltrusis, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 12 2014
- ISBN10: 1626193975
- Language: English
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San Francisco’s Forgotten Cemeteries: A Buried History
$24.99 Read moreDigging into a forgotten past – and the dead left behind.
San Francisco is famous for not having any cemeteries, but the claim isn’t exactly what it seems. In the early 20th Century, the city relocat… [more below]- Series: The History Press
- Author: Winegarner, Beth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 146715492X
- Language: English
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World War II at Camp Hale: Blazing a New Trail in the Rockies
$24.99 Add to cartIn April 1942, a little over two years before the Tenth Mountain Division officially obtained its name, the U.S. Army began the unprecedented construction of a training facility for its newly acquired… [more below]
- Series: Military
- Author: Witte, David R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 26 2015
- ISBN10: 1467118540
- Language: English
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New Orleans Vampires: History and Legend
$23.99 Add to cartNew Orleans has a reputation as a home for creatures of the night. Popular books, movies and television shows have cemented the city’s connection to vampires in public imagination.
Rumors swirled about
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Crandle, Marita Woywod
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 25 2017
- ISBN10: 1467137421
- Language: English
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Iconic New York Jewish Food: A History and Guide with Recipes
$23.99 Read moreTake a culinary journey through the foods, restaurants and businesses that define the cuisine of New York City and the Jewish immigrant experience… No trip to New York’s five boroughs is complete wi… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Hersh, June
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152609
- Language: English
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Gen X Pittsburgh: The Beehive and the ’90s Scene
$24.99 Add to cartBeginning in the early 1990s, Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood began to transform from the post-industrial morass it had been suffering for the last few decades. Artists began to rent empty apartm
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Rullo, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153745
- Language: English
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Steel City Mafia: Blood, Betrayal and Pittsburgh’s Last Don
$23.99 Add to cartPittsburgh’s small but lucrative Cosa Nostra mafia family was on the rise in 1985 with a newly crowned Don… The men who came to dominate the rackets in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and West V… [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Hodos, Paul N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153753
- Language: English
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Prettycityparis: Discovering Paris’s Beautiful Places
$42.99 Add to cartUp next in the Pretty City series – a stunning photography, lifestyle and travel guide to Paris
Go beyond the French capital’s famous landmarks and discover the hidden gems. From secluded mews and un- Series: The Pretty Cities
- Author: Ferguson, Siobhan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 075099522X
- Language: English
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Nebraska POW Camps: A History of World War II Prisoners in the Heartland
$21.99 Read moreDuring World War II, thousands of Axis prisoners of war were held throughout Nebraska in base camps that included Fort Robinson, Camp Scottsbluff and Camp Atlanta. Many Nebraskans did not view the POW… [more below]
- Author: Marsh, Melissa Amateis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 15 2014
- ISBN10: 162619419X
- Language: English
