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Peep Light: Stories of a Mississippi River Boat Captain

Peep Light: Stories of a Mississippi River Boat Captain...

Author: Lee Hendrix ,  Chris Abernathy
ISBN: 9798874851712
Format: Audio
$176.85

Most people only consider the Mississippi River when they cross it or when it inconveniently abandons its banks....  Read More >>

True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America

True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America...

Author: Betsy Gaines Quammen ,  Rebecca Gallagher
ISBN: 9798874851651
Format: Audio
$190.05

From the Northern Rockies to the Southwest deserts, Betsy Gaines Quammen explores how myths shape our identities,...  Read More >>

NASA and the American South

NASA and the American South

Author: Brian C Odom ,  Brian C Odom
ISBN: 9798874851026
Format: Audio
$203.25

During the Cold War, federal funding for the space program transformed the southern United States as NASA built...  Read More >>

A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting: The Decoys, Guides, Clubs, and Places - 1870s to 1970s

A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting: The Decoys,...

Author: R K Sawyer
ISBN: 9781681793726
Format: Paperback
$105.57

The days are gone when seemingly limitless numbers of canvasbacks, mallards, and Canada geese filled the skies above...  Read More >>

The Great Aussie Road Trip - New Back Roads book from the host of the popular ABC TV series: 20 spectacular trips to take around our special land

The Great Aussie Road Trip - New Back Roads book from...

Author: Heather Ewart
ISBN: 9781460765067
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A compendium of Heather Ewart's favourite road trips around this great land with tips on where to go, when to go,...  Read More >>

Fear of Madness: A Fictional Account of the Life of Lucretia Davidson

Fear of Madness: A Fictional Account of the Life of...

Author: Lisabeth Guay
ISBN: 9798332189630
Format: Paperback
$47.49

Is it a moment of madness? I wondered, as my new young friend flung pages of her writing down the well, even though...  Read More >>

Hampstead

Hampstead

Author: Hampstead Public Library ,  Hampstead Historical Society
ISBN: 9781467161626
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Hampstead is a charming New Hampshire town with a deep history dating back to its founding in 1749, when Gov. Benning...  Read More >>

St. Louis Hills: A Walk Through History

St. Louis Hills: A Walk Through History

Author: Nini Harris
ISBN: 9781681065625
Format: Paperback
$44.88

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From Empire to Revolution: Sir James Wright and the Price of Loyalty in Georgia

From Empire to Revolution: Sir James Wright and the...

Author: Greg Brooking ,  Brandon Pollock
ISBN: 9798874852771
Format: Audio
$131.97

The first biography devoted to an in-depth examination of the life and conflicted career of Sir James Wright (1716-1785)....  Read More >>

From Empire to Revolution: Sir James Wright and the Price of Loyalty in Georgia

From Empire to Revolution: Sir James Wright and the...

Author: Greg Brooking ,  Brandon Pollock
ISBN: 9798874852788
Format: Audio
$121.31

The first biography devoted to an in-depth examination of the life and conflicted career of Sir James Wright (1716-1785)....  Read More >>

The King of Diamonds: The Search for the Elusive Texas Jewel Thief

The King of Diamonds: The Search for the Elusive Texas...

Author: Rena Pederson
ISBN: 9781639366057
Format: Hardback
$76.43

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Swamp Kings: The Story of the Murdaugh Family of South Carolina and a Century of Backwoods Power

Swamp Kings: The Story of the Murdaugh Family of South...

Author: Jason Ryan
ISBN: 9781639365678
Format: Hardback
$84.48

The stranger-than-fiction story of the now-notorious Lowcountry clan, in all its Southern Gothic intensity—by an...  Read More >>

Virginia First: The 1607 Project

Virginia First: The 1607 Project

Author: Abbeville Institute
ISBN: 9781733407588
Format: Hardback
$118.67

"THIS COLLECTION OF ESSAYS attempts to reassert ""Virginia First"" in American history. Virginia, more than any...  Read More >>

What Side Are You On?: A Tohono O'odham Life across Borders

What Side Are You On?: A Tohono O'odham Life across...

Author: Michael Steven Wilson ,  José Antonio Lucero
ISBN: 9781469675589
Format: Paperback
$42.90

Renowned human rights activist Michael ‘Mike’ Wilson has borne witness to the profound human costs of poverty, racism,...  Read More >>

The 1972 Black Hills Flood

The 1972 Black Hills Flood

Author: Corey Christianson
ISBN: 9781467161206
Format: Paperback
$65.97

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The Folsom Prison Bloody 13: The Big Escape of 1903

The Folsom Prison Bloody 13: The Big Escape of 1903...

Author: Josh Morgan
ISBN: 9781467155939
Format: Paperback
$65.97

On July 27, 1903, spurred into action by inmate Richard 'Red' Gordon, thirteen men attacked their jailers and made...  Read More >>

Texas Market Hunting: Stories of Waterfowl, Game Laws, and Outlaws

Texas Market Hunting: Stories of Waterfowl, Game Laws,...

Author: R K Sawyer
ISBN: 9781681793719
Format: Paperback
$71.25

In this book, R. K. Sawyer chronicles the days of market hunting along the Texas coast and the showdown between...  Read More >>

Cross-Cultural Harlem: Reimagining Race and Place

Cross-Cultural Harlem: Reimagining Race and Place

Author: Sandhya Shukla
ISBN: 9780231208468
Format: Hardback
$232.95

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Empire Builders: An Illustrated History of the Rise and Fall of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers

Empire Builders: An Illustrated History of the Rise...

Author: Lauren R. Pacini ,  John J. Grabowski (Western Reserve Historical Society)
ISBN: 9780253069825
Format: Hardback
$92.00

Empire Builders tells the story of Oris P. and Mantis J. Sweringen, two brothers from Wooster, Ohio, in the late...  Read More >>

The Loss of Common Sense in Modern America Culture

The Loss of Common Sense in Modern America Culture

Author: Tom S Pane
ISBN: 9798330234400
Format: Paperback
$47.49

The ""Loss of Common Sense in Modern American Culture"" by Tom S Pane is a thought provoking exploration of how...  Read More >>

What Side Are You On?: A Tohono O'odham Life across Borders

What Side Are You On?: A Tohono O'odham Life across...

Author: Michael Steven Wilson ,  José Antonio Lucero
ISBN: 9781469675572
Format: Hardback
$168.30

Renowned human rights activist Michael ‘Mike’ Wilson has borne witness to the profound human costs of poverty, racism,...  Read More >>

The Grain Terminal Elevators of Duluth-Superior

The Grain Terminal Elevators of Duluth-Superior

Author: Patrick D Lapinski
ISBN: 9781962834100
Format: Paperback
$79.17

The Grain Terminal Elevators of Duluth-Superior captures the rich history of the grain elevators of Duluth-Superior....  Read More >>

Somerset County, Maryland Wills, 1777-1788

Somerset County, Maryland Wills, 1777-1788

Author: Ruth T Dryden
ISBN: 9781639142408
Format: Paperback
$39.60

By: Ruth T. Dryden, Pub. 1979 reprinted 2024, 58 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-240-8. Somerset County...  Read More >>

1783 Tax List of Somerset and Worcester Counties, Maryland

1783 Tax List of Somerset and Worcester Counties, Maryland...

Author: Ruth T Dryden
ISBN: 9781639142385
Format: Paperback
$52.80

By: Ruth T. Dryden, Pub. 1974, reprinted 2024, 114 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-238-5. Somerset County...  Read More >>

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