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True Crime Stories of Burlington, Vermont
$24.99 Read moreBurlington has long been known as the shining jewel in Vermont’s crown, but a current of darkness flows beneath this charming port on Lake Champlain.
There is a sordid side to the city that top-ten li
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Lewis, Thea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154458
- Language: English
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Unheard Witness: The Life and Death of Kathy Leissner Whitman
$27.95 Read moreUnheard Witness foregrounds a young woman’s experience of domestic abuse, resistance, and survival before the mass shooting at the University of Texas at Austin in 1966.
In 1966, Kathy Leissner Whitman
- Author: Scott-Coe, Jo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1477327649
- Language: English
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Dragonslayers: Six Presidents and Their War with the Swamp
$0.00 Read moreThe Swamp has been around for over 150 years, and six major presidents have tried to drain it with varying degrees of success.
Donald Trump promised to “Drain the Swamp,” by which he originally meant- Author: Schweikart, Larry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 15, 2022
- ISBN10: 1637581882
- Language: English
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Letters from Mississippi: Reports from Civil Rights Volunteers & Poetry of the 1964 Freedom Summer
$18.95 Read moreLetters from Mississippi offers a riveting, personal and multi-faceted narrative of the dramatic events that took place during the summer of 1964, “Freedom Summer,” when hundreds of people came to Mis
- Author: Martínez, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1938890027
- Language: English
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The Gateway Arch: An Illustrated Timeline
$17.00 Read more- Series: Illustrated Timeline
- Author: Guenther, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064464
- Language: English
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Ghosts & Legends of Crawfordsville, Indiana
$21.99 Read moreCrawfordsville, Indiana, has a rich history of spiritualism and paranormal lore.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s mediums were trained in the city, and spiritualism was preached from the street cor
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Hunt, Christopher M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154687
- Language: English
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Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
$29.95 Read moreEncyclopedia of Native American Tribes, Third Edition is a fully updated reference discussing more than 200 American Indian tribes of North America, as well as prehistoric peoples and civilizations. A… [more below]
- Series: Facts on File Library of American History
- Author: Waldman, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0816062749
- Language: English
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Rincon Point
$23.99 Read moreRincon Point is renowned as the Queen of the Coast, one of the premier surfing spots in the world, but that is only a fragment of its rich history. Before the arrival of Europeans, it was a Chumash vi… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Burns, Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1467108707
- Language: English
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Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks: Dramatic Rescues and Fantastic Wrecks in the Graveyard of the Atlantic
$35.00 Add to cartMore than 6,000 ships have met their doom in the waters along the North Carolina coast, weaving a rich history of tragedy, drama, and heroics along these picturesque beaches. Men have lost their lives
- Author: Charlet, James D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: February 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1493035908
- Language: English
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Death at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles
$21.99 Read moreBuilt during Los Angeles’s rapid growth in the Roaring Twenties, the Beaux Arts-style Cecil Hotel was briefly a glimmering downtown landmark until it became one of the most infamous sites of violence … [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Perelman, Dale Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1467150185
- Language: English
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Still Black, Still Strong: Survivors of the U.S. War Against Black Revolutionaries
$15.95 Read moreAn essential document of the Black Panther Party written by three leading thinkers and party activists who were jailed following the FBI’S 1969 mandate to destroy the organization “by any means possib… [more below]
- Series: Semiotext(e) / Active Agents
- Author: Bin Wahad, Dhoruba
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0936756748
- Language: English
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The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld
$20.00 Read moreThe basis of Martin Scorcese’s acclaimed 2003 film, The Gangs of New York is a dramatic and entertaining glimpse at a city’s dark past.
Focusing on the saloon halls, gambling dens, and winding alleys o
- Author: Asbury, Herbert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0307388980
- Language: English
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White Riot / Black Massacre: A Brief History of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
$7.95 Add to cartIn highly-segregated Tulsa, Oklahoma in June, 1921, a white mob attacked the mostly Black neighborhood of Greenwood. Hundreds of people were killed, and thousands injured. Homes, businesses, schools, … [more below]
- Author: Rose, Kris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1648410944
- Language: English
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Dr. Martha Cannon of Utah: The Unexpected Victorian Life of America’s First Female State Senator
$24.99 Read morePrudery, Polygamy and Politics
Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon was no hands-on-the-plow pioneer. She was no stereotypical polygamous wife. Nor was she a prim lady who blushed at the word “legs.” Victorian Mo
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Jacobson, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1467155071
- Language: English
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Savannah in the New South: From the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century
$44.99 Read moreAn examination of the Georgian city’s complicated and sometimes turbulent development
Savannah in the New South: From the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century, by Walter J. Fraser, Jr., traces the cit
- Author: Fraser, The Estate of Walter J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 08 2018
- ISBN10: 1611178363
- Language: English
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Strange Tales from Ohio: True Stories of Remarkable People, Places, and Events in Ohio History
$17.95 Add to cart“A delightful read … Zurcher chooses his anecdotes well, balancing scandalous murder mysteries and the truly odd with lighter fare about Ohio’s famous inventors and funniest first achievements.” —
- Author: Zurcher, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 241
- Publish Date: September 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1598510487
- Language: English
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A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon Which the Story Is Founded
$16.95 Add to cart“I highly recommend reading this supplement in conjunction with Ms. Stowe’s novel to gain a better understanding of the history of our nation.” — The Literary South
In 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe publi- Author: Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 16 2015
- ISBN10: 0486794822
- Language: English
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Snake Eyes: Murder in a Southern Town
$25.95 Read moreBy 1966, Hot Springs, Arkansas wasn’t your typical sleepy little Southern town. Once a favorite destination for mobsters like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano, illegal activities continued to lure out-of-s
- Author: Martin, Bitty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1633887766
- Language: English
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The Prairie Traveler
$14.95 Read moreFilled with helpful information that was essential for safe travel west as well as a fascinating view of the strenuous life faced by prairie travelers before the era of the railroad.
- Author: Marcy, Randolph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 01 1986
- ISBN10: 918222893
- Language: English
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Cincinnati Curiosities: Healing Powers of the Wamsley Madstone, Nocturnal Exploits of Old Man Dead, Mazeppa’s Naked Ride & More
$23.99 Read moreExplore the eccentric side of yesterday’s Queen City
Cincinnatians today wrap themselves in a comforting blanket of serene conformity, soothed by the myth that the Queen City has always been a bland, s
- Author: Hand, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 14 2022
- ISBN10: 146715282X
- Language: English
