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The Pottery Hill Site: A Historic Period Shoshone Settlement in Grass Valley, Nevada

The Pottery Hill Site: A Historic Period Shoshone Settlement...

Author: Helen Fairman Wells ,  Evelyn Seelinger
ISBN: 9781647691349
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Investigating Shoshone lifeways in contact with Euro-American settlers.  Read More >>

Historic Hurricanes of Fort Myers: How Three 19th Century Hurricanes Influenced the Town's Development

Historic Hurricanes of Fort Myers: How Three 19th Century...

Author: Thomas P Hall
ISBN: 9781977263087
Format: Paperback
$84.35

On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian struck Fort Myers, Florida, ravaging Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel, Captiva,...  Read More >>

Scotland's Stories: Historic Tales for Incredible Places

Scotland's Stories: Historic Tales for Incredible Places...

Author: Graeme Johncock
ISBN: 9781803992662
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A collection of fascinating old stories associated with Scotland's amazing places  Read More >>

Calamity at Frederick: Robert E. Lee, Special Orders No. 191, and Confederate Misfortune on the Road to Antietam

Calamity at Frederick: Robert E. Lee, Special Orders...

Author: Alexander B Rossino
ISBN: 9781611216905
Format: Paperback
$50.03

""Stimulating and provocative. This is a fine piece of work."" -- James M. McPherson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning...  Read More >>

Off the Hook: Off-Beat Reporter's Tales from Michigan's Upper Peninsula (U.P.)

Off the Hook: Off-Beat Reporter's Tales from Michigan's...

Author: Nancy Besonen
ISBN: 9781615997497
Format: Hardback
$92.27

""The best of Nancy Besonen's wry columns from the L'Anse Sentinel covering the unique aspects of modern life in...  Read More >>

Wading In: Desegregation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Wading In: Desegregation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast...

Author: Amy Lemco
ISBN: 9781496850348
Format: Paperback
$37.40

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The Incorrigibles: Eugenics and Sterilization in the Kansas Industrial School for Girls

The Incorrigibles: Eugenics and Sterilization in the...

Author: Ry Marcattilio-McCracken
ISBN: 9781496230744
Format: Hardback
$158.40

The Incorrigibles explores the relationship between Progressive social welfare institutions and eugenics, which,...  Read More >>

Lincoln and California: The President, the War, and the Golden State

Lincoln and California: The President, the War, and...

Author: Brian McGinty
ISBN: 9781640126060
Format: Hardback
$68.99

Lincoln and California portrays the previously unrecognized ties between President Abraham Lincoln and the Golden...  Read More >>

Stone Motel: Memoirs of a Cajun Boy

Stone Motel: Memoirs of a Cajun Boy

Author: Morris Ardoin
ISBN: 9781496849533
Format: Paperback
$42.90

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Southern Cultures: Snapshot: Climate: Volume 29, Number 3 - Fall 2023 Issue

Southern Cultures: Snapshot: Climate: Volume 29, Number...

Author: Marcie Cohen Ferris ,  Regina Bradley
ISBN: 9781469677378
Format: Paperback
$26.40

In more than 60 photographs, the Snapshot: Climate issue presents an on-the-ground look at climate impacts across...  Read More >>

Tampa Cigar Workers: A Pictorial History

Tampa Cigar Workers: A Pictorial History

Author: Robert P. Ingalls ,  Louis A. Pérez
ISBN: 9780813080505
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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Dark History of Penn's Woods: Unusual Deaths, Crimes, and Hauntings in Southeastern Pennsylvania

Dark History of Penn's Woods: Unusual Deaths, Crimes,...

Author: Jennifer L Green
ISBN: 9781955041164
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Eight chilling stories of crime, disaster and unusual deaths from southeastern Pennsylvania.  Read More >>

Salt Lake City's Modern Architecture

Salt Lake City's Modern Architecture

Author: Steve Cornell ,  John Ewanowski
ISBN: 9781467108942
Format: Paperback
$65.97

The postwar era led to a threefold population increase in Salt Lake County between 1940 and 1980 and brought with...  Read More >>

The Grizzlies Migrate to Memphis: From Vancouver Failure to Southern Success

The Grizzlies Migrate to Memphis: From Vancouver Failure...

Author: Lukasz Muniowski
ISBN: 9781621908395
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Rooted strongly in media coverage of the Grizzlies franchise in both Vancouver and Memphis, The Grizzlies Migrate...  Read More >>

Hollywood on the Santa Monica Beach

Hollywood on the Santa Monica Beach

Author: Marc Wanamaker ,  Arthur C Verge
ISBN: 9781467160735
Format: Paperback
$65.97

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Gen X Pittsburgh: The Beehive and the '90s Scene

Gen X Pittsburgh: The Beehive and the '90s Scene

Author: David Rullo
ISBN: 9781467153744
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Beginning in the early 1990s, Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood began to transform from the post-industrial morass...  Read More >>

Jewish Settlers in the Arizona Territory

Jewish Settlers in the Arizona Territory

Author: Blaine P Lamb
ISBN: 9781467154659
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Pioneers in Broadcloth In the 1800s, territorial Arizona offered excitement and adventure to new arrivals, including...  Read More >>

Lost Chester County, Pennsylvania

Lost Chester County, Pennsylvania

Author: Mark DeWitt Lanyon
ISBN: 9781467154703
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Discover Chester County's Lost Landmarks Chester County has a deep and enriching history, from sites of the Underground...  Read More >>

Boonesborough

Boonesborough

Author: Harry G Enoch
ISBN: 9781467160711
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Boonesborough is one of America's most historic and scenic places. In the spring of 1775, legendary frontiersman...  Read More >>

Oakdale

Oakdale

Author: Friends of Oakdale Heritage
ISBN: 9781467160568
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Oakdale, California, is located on the south bank of the Stanislaus River in the state's great Central Valley. The...  Read More >>

Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South

Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived: The Surprising Story of...

Author: Diane Flynt ,  Angie Mosier
ISBN: 9781469676944
Format: Hardback
$59.40

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Wading In: Desegregation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Wading In: Desegregation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast...

Author: Amy Lemco
ISBN: 9781496847164
Format: Hardback
$168.30

Detailing the buildup of Back-of-Town businesses, lynchings in the early 1900s, and national and state legislation...  Read More >>

Skiing in Colorado

Skiing in Colorado

Author: Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame ,  Dana Mathios
ISBN: 9781467160551
Format: Paperback
$65.97

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