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In the Face of Flying Glass: Susie Parks, Border Town Hero of the Pancho Villa Raid

In the Face of Flying Glass: Susie Parks, Border Town...

Author: Shannon Parks
ISBN: 9781632935557
Format: Hardback
$92.27

"""The story of the twenty year old telephone switchboard operator, Susie Parks, whose life beyond one fateful night...  Read More >>

Race, Crime, and Policing in the Jim Crow South: African Americans and Law Enforcement in Birmingham, Memphis, and New Orleans, 1920-1945

Race, Crime, and Policing in the Jim Crow South: African...

Author: Brandon T. Jett ,  David Goldfield
ISBN: 9780807180402
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Reveals previously unrecognized efforts by African Americans to use, manage, and exploit policing. In the process,...  Read More >>

Edinburgh: Mapping the City

Edinburgh: Mapping the City

Author: Chris Fleet ,  Daniel MacCannell
ISBN: 9781839830433
Format: Hardback
$90.56

This lavishly illustrated book features 71 maps of Edinburgh which have been selected for the particular stories...  Read More >>

A History of Putnam County, West Virginia, in the Civil War

A History of Putnam County, West Virginia, in the Civil...

Author: Philip Hatfield
ISBN: 9798988902003
Format: Paperback
$71.15

Formed in 1848 from Cabell, Mason and Kanawha Counties, Putnam County, Virginia, was part of the Old Dominion until...  Read More >>

Movie-Made Los Angeles

Movie-Made Los Angeles

Author: John Trafton
ISBN: 9780814347768
Format: Paperback
$97.65

Explores how Hollywood, an industry based on world-building, was the product of photography, painting, and tourist...  Read More >>

Low Country Historian: A Collective Omnibus

Low Country Historian: A Collective Omnibus

Author: Buddy Sullivan
ISBN: 9798350901184
Format: Hardback
$430.32

Low Country Historian is a compilation of the best writings of Buddy Sullivan over the past thirty years gleaned...  Read More >>

A History of Putnam County, West Virginia, in the Civil War

A History of Putnam County, West Virginia, in the Civil...

Author: Philip Hatfield
ISBN: 9798988902010
Format: Hardback
$92.27

Formed in 1848 from Cabell, Mason and Kanawha Counties, Putnam County, Virginia, was part of the Old Dominion until...  Read More >>

Movie-Made Los Angeles

Movie-Made Los Angeles

Author: John Trafton
ISBN: 9780814347775
Format: Hardback
$250.77

Explores how Hollywood, an industry based on world-building, was the product of photography, painting, and tourist...  Read More >>

Carson City

Carson City

Author: Alexis K Thomas
ISBN: 9781467160094
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Established in 1858 on the brink of the Comstock Lode discovery, Carson City quickly became a hub for industry and...  Read More >>

Jewish Miami Beach

Jewish Miami Beach

Author: Paul S George ,  Henry A Green
ISBN: 9781467160414
Format: Paperback
$65.97

From a disregarded, forlorn island in the early 1900s to the world-famous resort and go-to place of today, Jews...  Read More >>

Logging Oregon's Coastal Forests

Logging Oregon's Coastal Forests

Author: Mark Beach
ISBN: 9781467160476
Format: Paperback
$65.97

For the first 60 years of the 20th century, logging dominated the physical, economic, and social landscape of the...  Read More >>

Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope

Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope

Author: Patty Wetterling ,  Joy Baker
ISBN: 9781681342696
Format: Hardback
$79.07

With stunning detail, Patty Wetterling shares the untold story of the 27-year search for her son Jacob--and its...  Read More >>

Cajun Country Chronicles

Cajun Country Chronicles

Author: William J Thibodeaux
ISBN: 9781467155298
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Series information from the publisher's website.  Read More >>

New Mexico's Magnificent Sandia Mountain: The Complete Geological Story

New Mexico's Magnificent Sandia Mountain: The Complete...

Author: Dirk Van Hart
ISBN: 9781632933928
Format: Paperback
$105.60

The complete geologic story of New Mexico's magnificent Sandia Mountain.  Read More >>

On the Turtle's Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their Grandchildren

On the Turtle's Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their...

Author: Camilla Townsend ,  Nicky Kay Michael
ISBN: 9781978819146
Format: Paperback
$68.51

The first collection of Lenape folklore, originally compiled by anthropologist M.R. Harrington over a century ago,...  Read More >>

Old Swedes Church and Historic Site

Old Swedes Church and Historic Site

Author: Betsy Christopher
ISBN: 9781467160445
Format: Paperback
$65.97

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Unsettled Past, Unsettled Future: The Story of Maine Indians

Unsettled Past, Unsettled Future: The Story of Maine...

Author: Neil Rolde
ISBN: 9781684751679
Format: Paperback
$61.99

The story of Maine's Native people, with many generous voices sharing their stories, hopes, and fears.  Read More >>

The History of New York City: From New Amsterdam to the Big Apple

The History of New York City: From New Amsterdam to...

Author: Ryan Hamilton
ISBN: 9798387660870
Format: Paperback
$60.69

The History of New York: New Amsterdam to the Big Apple is a comprehensive and enthralling look at the evolution...  Read More >>

Haunted Boise

Haunted Boise

Author: Mark Iverson ,  Jeff Wade
ISBN: 9781540258410
Format: Hardback
$102.93

What goes bump in Boise?  Searching the darkness of the City of Trees reveals what lurks in the liminal spaces....  Read More >>

Perfect Amount of Wrong: The Rise of Alt Comedy on Chicago's North Side

Perfect Amount of Wrong: The Rise of Alt Comedy on Chicago's...

Author: Arcadia Publishing ,  Pete Holmes
ISBN: 9781540258342
Format: Hardback
$155.73

In just over a decade, a tiny, do-it-yourself stand-up scene on the North Side of Chicago produced some of the most...  Read More >>

New Orleans City Park: From Tragedy to Triumph

New Orleans City Park: From Tragedy to Triumph

Author: Bob Becker
ISBN: 9781455627417
Format: Hardback
$118.80

The recently retired CEO of New Orleans City Park shares here all the major events that impacted the park in the...  Read More >>

The A-Z of Curious County Cork: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics

The A-Z of Curious County Cork: Strange Stories of Mysteries,...

Author: Kieran McCarthy
ISBN: 9781803990484
Format: Paperback
$37.99

An A to Z of quirky facts and stories about Cork county  Read More >>

The San Francisco Nexus in World War II: Freedoms Found, Liberties Lost, and the Atomic Bomb

The San Francisco Nexus in World War II: Freedoms Found,...

Author: Philip E. Meza
ISBN: 9781666941579
Format: Hardback
$178.00

This book provides a detailed historical account of how people and institutions of San Francisco and the Bay Area...  Read More >>

Walkers in the City: Jewish Street Photographers of Midcentury New York

Walkers in the City: Jewish Street Photographers of...

Author: Deborah Dash Moore
ISBN: 9781501768477
Format: Hardback
$97.55

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On the Turtle's Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their Grandchildren

On the Turtle's Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their...

Author: Camilla Townsend ,  Nicky Kay Michael
ISBN: 9781978819153
Format: Hardback
$152.99

The first collection of Lenape folklore, originally compiled by anthropologist M.R. Harrington over a century ago,...  Read More >>

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