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Dark Florida: Animal Attacks, Historic Murders, Deadly Disasters and Other Calamities
$23.99 Read moreAuthor Alan Brown leads readers on a stomach-churning turn through Florida’s dark side .
Florida sunshine beckons, but in can be unrelenting, too. And in the shadows, tragedy strikes. Ted Bundy leads
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Brown, Alan N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154571
- Language: English
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Hockessin Colored School #107c
$23.99 Read moreHockessin Colored School #107C became a catalyst for the groundbreaking school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. This seldom-told story is among the nation’s unsung heroes of pub… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Edwards, Lanette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 10 2023
- ISBN10: 146716013X
- Language: English
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Death in Early New England: Rites, Rituals and Remembrance
$23.99 Read moreDeath in early New England came early and often during those harsh first decades of settlement.
Epidemics, hunger, accidents and childbirth contributed to a heavy toll in New England. Disease in some
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Geake, Robert a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154784
- Language: English
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Camp Wolters: Mineral Wells & World War II
$23.99 Read moreDiscover how a World War transformed a small Texas town. Located in Mineral Wells, Camp Wolters was the U.S. Army’s largest Infantry Replacement Training Center during World War II. From 1941-1946, th… [more below]
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Croushorn, Stacy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153575
- Language: English
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The Cold Case Murder of Fred Wilkerson: Untangling the Black Widow’s Web in West Georgia
$23.99 Read moreNearly two decades after the fact, tragedy meets justice. One day in 1987, Fred Wilkerson up and vanished in Troup County, Georgia. It was a mystery beset with suspicious circumstances, but the eviden… [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Bryant, Clay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154040
- Language: English
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Cape Cod Libraries: A History and Guide
$23.99 Read moreCape Cod is home to thirty four libraries, each with its own wonderful history. One library was named for an extraordinarily feisty woman. Two others burned down during blizzards. A French Marquis fun… [more below]
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Hogan, Gerree
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 22 2023
- ISBN10: 146715265X
- Language: English
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Desegregation in Northern Virginia Libraries
$23.99 Read moreA Hidden History of Unequal Access During the Jim Crow era, many public libraries were segregated. The public library plays a fundamental role in communities by providing free educational resources, b… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Barbuschak, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152897
- Language: English
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Gumbo Shop
$19.95 Read moreFor decades, patrons of the quaint Creole restaurant on Saint Peter Street have enjoyed the standards of New Orleans cuisine in one of its most natural settings. Around the corner from Saint Louis Cat… [more below]
- Author: Stewart, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1455627216
- Language: English
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Justice for Sale: Graft, Greed, and a Crooked Federal Judge in 1930s Gotham
$35.00 Read moreMartin T. Manton was a corrupt federal appeals court judge in New York who was convicted in 1939 and sent to prison. At the time, this was a hugely important story: Manton was considered the highest-r
- Author: Stein, Gary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493072560
- Language: English
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The C&o Canal Companion: A Journey Through Potomac History
$26.95 Read moreAn indispensable guide to a regional treasure–now thoroughly updated and expanded.
A comprehensive guide to one of America’s unique national parks, The C&O Canal Companion takes readers on a mile-by-m
- Author: High, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 26 2015
- ISBN10: 1421415054
- Language: English
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Wooden Boats of the St. Lawrence River
$24.99 Read moreThe Thousand Islands’ very name conjures up images of great natural beauty and nautical wonders. They are forested islands replete with storybook stone castles. Exquisite mahogany runabouts can be see… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Kunz, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 01 2017
- ISBN10: 146712401X
- Language: English
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Cycling in Chicago
$24.99 Read moreIn the late 19th and early 20th century, Chicago was the center of bicycle manufacturing in the United States. As an early industrial and transportation center, two-thirds of all bicycles manufactured… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: McAuliffe, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 30 2017
- ISBN10: 1467126020
- Language: English
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Sermons in Stone: The Stone Walls of New England and New York
$16.95 Read moreWhat do we actually know about stone walls? about the people who built them, and why? Stone walls are not simply monuments to the skill of Yankee farmers. The historical record makes clear that many w… [more below]
- Author: Allport, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 17 2012
- ISBN10: 1581571658
- Language: English
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Moxie: Maine in a Bottle
$16.95 Add to cartIn this compendium of all things Moxie, Maine author Jim Baumer shows us why this soft drink has garnered such a loyal and vocal following. Through history, photos, festivals, and more, Moxie: Maine i… [more below]
- Author: Baumer, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: March 15 2019
- ISBN10: 160893683X
- Language: English
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All Hell Broke Loose: Experiences of Young People During the Armistice Day 1940 Blizzard
$15.95 Read moreHow young people coped with the storm of the century – 59 people died in Minnesota on November 11, 1940 when the worst blizzard ever hit Minnesota unexpectedly. Violet walked from Seven Corners in Min… [more below]
- Author: Hull, William H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: June 01 1985
- ISBN10: 188237696X
- Language: English
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Honest Answers about the Murder of President John F. Kennedy: A New Look at the JFK Assassination
$24.95 Read moreThousands of books and articles have been written about the murder of JFK, many of which are large in volume and short on facts. Quite often, these works try to reinvent the wheel, attempting to cover… [more below]
- Author: Palamara, Vincent Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 19 2021
- ISBN10: 163424334X
- Language: English
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Colorado Curiosities: Rattlesnake Kate, the Crying Bridge, Kit Carson’s Last Trip and More
$21.99 Read moreColorado’s Front Range, Western Slope, eastern plains and southern approaches were home to some of the state’s stranger people, places and events. Meet Mike the Headless Chicken from Fruita and a Fort… [more below]
- Author: Brick, Cindy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1467146587
- Language: English
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Mysterious Georgia
$21.99 Read moreA plunge into Georgia history offers no shortage of bewilderment. UFOs, haunted bridges, ghost lights and monsters are just a smattering of the unexplained. At the Jekyll Island Club, a bellhop from t… [more below]
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Carmichael, Sherman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1467149268
- Language: English
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A New History of Lexington, Kentucky
$21.99 Read moreLexington is known as the Horse Capital of the World, but the city’s history runs much deeper. Learn about the mayor who refused the Ku Klux Klan permission to march and organize in the city. Meet one… [more below]
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Ockerman Jr, Foster
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1467146854
- Language: English
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A History of Montana in 101 Objects: Artifacts & Essays from the Montana Historical Society
$29.95 Add to cartTreasures abound in this tour of Montana’s fascinating past. Featured objects span a breadth of time and cultures, ranging from a prehistoric petroglyph (dated 1500 AD), to famous guide and trapper Ji… [more below]
- Author: Montana Historical Society
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 1940527961
- Language: English
