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Charleston History in Color: Photographs from the Civil War to Modern Days
$26.99 Read moreCharleston Like It’s Never Been Seen
Hand-colored, vivid details bring these historic photographs to life like never before. Witness the beginnings of the sweetgrass basket tradition. See the bleak
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Hayes, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154601
- Language: English
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Drury University
$23.99 Read moreOn September 25, 1873, Dr. Nathan Jackson Morrison, the first president of Drury College, stood in the second-story window of an unfinished building and rang a borrowed boardinghouse dinner bell to an… [more below]
- Series: Campus History
- Author: Garvin, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1467109673
- Language: English
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Dale L. Morgan: Mormon and Western Histories in Transition
$34.95 Read moreThis is the first biography of Dale L. Morgan, preeminent Western historian of the fur trade, historic trails, and the Latter Day Saint movement. The book explores how, despite personal struggles, Mo
- Author: Saunders, Richard L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: November 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1647691214
- Language: English
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The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy
$19.99 Read moreWinner of The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism – 2019
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When the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring out was poisoned with lead and other toxins.- Author: Clark, Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 23 2019
- ISBN10: 1250181615
- Language: English
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Unexplained South: The Underwater Forest of Alabama, Inexplicable Lights Over Texas, the Red-Eyed Monster of Arkansas & More Rich Souther
$23.99 Read moreIn the South, mystery comes heaped with added richness. And in this collection of comfort food for the curious mind, author Alan Brown guides readers into the most delightful medley of mystery the Sou… [more below]
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Brown, Alan N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153605
- Language: English
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Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute: An Untold History of Spacemen & Spies
$23.99 Read moreFor six decades western North Carolinians have asked the question: “What are those big satellite dishes doing behind that chain-linked fence?” In the early years of the site near Rosman, NASA gave pub… [more below]
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Gralley, Craig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152188
- Language: English
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The Lincoln Funeral Train
$23.99 Read moreThe effective end of the American Civil War on April 9, 1865, had hardly sunk in when, only five days later, another disaster stunned the battered and bloodied nation. On the night of April 9, Pres. A… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Leavy, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1467109525
- Language: English
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Strange Tales from Virginia’s Foothills to the Coast: The Richmond Vampire, the Witch of Pungo, the Dismal Swamp Monster & More
$23.99 Read moreThe Old Dominion is filled with the unexplained… With a history stretching back to the 1607 Jamestown settlement, Virginia is rich in mystery. There are ghost towns, fake towns, a vampire in Richmon… [more below]
- Author: Michaels, Denver
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152714
- Language: English
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Pittsburgh’s Historic Ballparks
$23.99 Read morePittsburgh has an incredible baseball history with great players, teams, and historic moments, but few realize that Pittsburgh has often been in the lead in ballpark design and development. Photograph… [more below]
- Series: Images of Baseball
- Author: Fatla, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 13 2023
- ISBN10: 146710910X
- Language: English
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The Battle of Gettysburg 1863 (2): The Second Day
$25.00 Read moreThis work provides an authoritative illustrated examination of the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, analyzing both grand strategy, and the tactical decisions of Day Two and the ensuing combat.
- Series: Campaign #391
- Author: Orr, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1472854640
- Language: English
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The North Shore Line
$23.99 Read moreAs late as 1963, it was possible to board high-speed electric trains on Chicago’s famous Loop “L” that ran 90 miles north to Milwaukee. This was the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad, commonly … [more below]
- Series: Images of Rail
- Author: Sadowski, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1467108960
- Language: English
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Under Penalty of Death: The Untold Story of Machine Gun Kelly’s First Kidnapping
$30.00 Read moreAn FBI cover-up spanning nearly a century. A victim and his family sworn to secrecy. Machine Gun Kelly’s first kidnapping, a crime that changed America before it was swept under the rug of history.
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- Author: Meredith, Kevin E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 374
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1684351995
- Language: English
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Fear No Man: Don James, the ’91 Huskies, and the Seven-Year Quest for a National Football Championship
$19.95 Read moreIn 1984 the University of Washington Huskies won every game but one, ranking second in national polls. For most coaches, such a season would be a career pinnacle. But for Don James second place motiva
- Author: Gastineau, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 0295751215
- Language: English
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The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia: Seeking Truth at Rattlesnake Mountain
$21.99 Read moreIn 1932, a black man was found hanging on Rattlesnake Mountain in Fauquier County. A mob set fire to his body. Officials identified the remains as Shedrick Thompson, wanted for the abduction and rape … [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Hall, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 12 2016
- ISBN10: 1467135658
- Language: English
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San Diego Lowriders: A History of Cars and Cruising
$21.99 Read moreSan 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 neighbor… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Reyes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1467137804
- Language: English
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American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land
$26.95 Read moreThe arsons started on a cold November midnight and didn’t stop for months. Night after night, the people of Accomack County waited to see which building would burn down next, regarding each other at f
- Author: Hesse, Monica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 11 2017
- ISBN10: 1631490516
- Language: English
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New Mexico Book of the Undead:: Goblin & Ghoul Folklore
$19.99 Read moreNew Mexico is a land of shadow and mystery. From the old coal mines near Raton and the isolation of Isleta Pueblo to the peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and beyond, ghouls and spirits lie in w… [more below]
- Series: Legends
- Author: De Aragon, Ray John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 30 2014
- ISBN10: 1626197326
- Language: English
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Colorado Legends & Lore: The Phantom Fiddler, Snow Snakes and Other Tales
$21.99 Add to cartColorado is steeped in stories as unique as the people who settled it. Each wave of exploration and settlement brought new tales to explain the mysteries of this incomparable place. With extreme weath… [more below]
- Author: Waters, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 12 2014
- ISBN10: 1626194815
- Language: English
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Olmsted in Seattle: Creating a Park System for a Modern City
$29.95 Add to cartIn the midst of galloping growth at the turn of the twentieth century, Seattle’s city leaders seized on the confluence of a roaring economy with the City Beautiful movement to hire the Olmsted Brother
- Author: Ott, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1933245565
- Language: English
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Abandoned Upstate New York
$23.99 Read moreAccompanied by the faint hum of crickets and the sounds of wind whistling through shattered glass, photographer Nicholas Long ventures into complete darkness in order to shed light on how remarkable l… [more below]
- Series: America Through Time
- Author: Long, Nicholas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 27 2020
- ISBN10: 1634992229
- Language: English
