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They Called Us River Rats: The Last Batture Settlement of New Orleans

They Called Us River Rats: The Last Batture Settlement...

Author: Macon Fry
ISBN: 9781496852120
Format: Paperback
$37.40

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The Little History of Derbyshire

The Little History of Derbyshire

Author: Julia A. Hickey
ISBN: 9781803994154
Format: Hardback
$39.99

The entire history of Derbyshire in one concise book!  Read More >>

Lost East Chicago and Indiana Harbor

Lost East Chicago and Indiana Harbor

Author: Joseph S Pete
ISBN: 9781467152921
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Explore the city of yesteryear East Chicago, Indiana, was a melting pot. The Indiana Harbor neighborhood drew comparisons...  Read More >>

Oshkosh Remembered

Oshkosh Remembered

Author: Ron La Point ,  Mike Hert
ISBN: 9798869330949
Format: Paperback
$47.49

History of Oshkosh from the 1850s to the 1950s.  Read More >>

Oakwood's Living History: From the Progress Club to a New Future - A Family History

Oakwood's Living History: From the Progress Club to...

Author: Ward Katz ,  Ruth Bigus
ISBN: 9781961302570
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Since 1881, the Progress Club, and then its successor, Oakwood Country Club, have been integral parts of the Kansas...  Read More >>

Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community

Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making...

Author: William Gow
ISBN: 9781503639089
Format: Paperback
$55.99

In 1938, China City opened near downtown Los Angeles. Featuring a recreation of the House of Wang set from MGM's...  Read More >>

American Anti-Pastoral: Brookside, New Jersey and the Garden State of Philip Roth

American Anti-Pastoral: Brookside, New Jersey and the...

Author: Thomas Gustafson
ISBN: 9781978838031
Format: Hardback
$184.67

Combining literary analysis with historical research, Thomas Gustafson examines how Philip Roth's acclaimed 1997...  Read More >>

Black Bill: A Novel Of Walker Valley and Tremont in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Black Bill: A Novel Of Walker Valley and Tremont in...

Author: Catherine Astl
ISBN: 9798350945232
Format: Paperback
$29.99

?1859 - Walker Valley, now known as Tremont, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is just beginning its intricately...  Read More >>

The Abortionist of Howard Street: Medicine and Crime in Nineteenth-Century New York

The Abortionist of Howard Street: Medicine and Crime...

Author: R.E. Fulton
ISBN: 9781501774829
Format: Hardback
$76.43

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When Tobacco Was King: Families, Farm Labor, and Federal Policy in the Piedmont

When Tobacco Was King: Families, Farm Labor, and Federal...

Author: Evan P. Bennett
ISBN: 9780813080567
Format: Paperback
$71.15

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Greater Manchester Transport: A Darker Shade of Orange

Greater Manchester Transport: A Darker Shade of Orange...

Author: Jim Collins
ISBN: 9781802826814
Format: Hardback
$59.99

This book explores the transport systems of Manchester.  Read More >>

The Oregon Skyline Trail: A History

The Oregon Skyline Trail: A History

Author: Glenn Voelz
ISBN: 9781467157056
Format: Paperback
$65.97

The foundation of America's greatest long-distance hiking trail. The Skyline Trail began as a network of footpaths...  Read More >>

Charlottesville and the Death of Free Speech

Charlottesville and the Death of Free Speech

Author: Jason Kessler
ISBN: 9798218425296
Format: Paperback
$145.20

For the first time anywhere, Charlottesville and the Death of Free Speech recounts the full, true story of what...  Read More >>

Yale and Slavery: A History

Yale and Slavery: A History

Author: David W. Blight ,  Yale and Slavery Research Project
ISBN: 9780300273847
Format: Hardback
$51.95

A comprehensive look at how slavery and resistance to it have shaped Yale University  Read More >>

Old Victoria: A Copper Mining Ghost Town in Ontonagon County Michigan

Old Victoria: A Copper Mining Ghost Town in Ontonagon...

Author: Mikel B Classen
ISBN: 9781615998197
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Both history and travel guide, this thoroughly researched and gracefully written book--illustrated with both historical...  Read More >>

Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community

Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making...

Author: William Gow
ISBN: 9781503638099
Format: Hardback
$227.99

In 1938, China City opened near downtown Los Angeles. Featuring a recreation of the House of Wang set from MGM's...  Read More >>

Paramus, Bergen County, New Jersey, Reformed Dutch Church Baptisms, 1740-1850

Paramus, Bergen County, New Jersey, Reformed Dutch Church...

Author: Howard Randolph ,  Russell Rankin
ISBN: 9781639142323
Format: Paperback
$72.60

By: Howard Randolph & Russell Rankin, Pub. 1935, reprinted 2024, 232 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-232-3....  Read More >>

The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the other side of the American Revolution

The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the other side of...

Author: Wilbur H H Siebert
ISBN: 9781639142316
Format: Paperback
$132.00

By: James H. Stark, Pub. 1910, reprinted 2024, 606 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-231-6. This book...  Read More >>

Being Indigenous in Jim Crow Virginia: Powhatan People and the Color Line

Being Indigenous in Jim Crow Virginia: Powhatan People...

Author: Laura J. Feller
ISBN: 9780806193892
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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Old Victoria: A Copper Mining Ghost Town in Ontonagon County Michigan

Old Victoria: A Copper Mining Ghost Town in Ontonagon...

Author: Mikel B Classen
ISBN: 9781615998203
Format: Hardback
$73.79

Both history and travel guide, this thoroughly researched and gracefully written book--illustrated with both historical...  Read More >>

Old Nantucket Slides in Color

Old Nantucket Slides in Color

Author: Robert Jordan
ISBN: 9781467109505
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Located 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, the island of Nantucket pivoted to a tourist destination in the early...  Read More >>

Plymouth's Civil War: The Destruction of a North Carolina Town

Plymouth's Civil War: The Destruction of a North Carolina...

Author: John Bernhard Thuersam
ISBN: 9781942806653
Format: Paperback
$65.87

"In early December 1862 a regiment of North Carolinians surprised and routed the blue-coated soldiers occupying...  Read More >>

Insatiable City: Food and Race in New Orleans

Insatiable City: Food and Race in New Orleans

Author: Theresa McCulla
ISBN: 9780226833828
Format: Paperback
$53.95

A history of food in the Crescent City that explores race, power, social status, and labor. In Insatiable City,...  Read More >>

Roof and Meadow (Edition1)

Roof and Meadow (Edition1)

Author: Eugenia Dunlap Potts
ISBN: 9789357966917
Format: Book
$51.24

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Burden of Truth: A Path to Justice for My Family & Community

Burden of Truth: A Path to Justice for My Family & Community...

Author: Robby Carrier Bethel ,  Kim Malcom
ISBN: 9780999589632
Format: Paperback
$39.60

In the heart of rural Louisiana, a courageous woman takes a stand against injustice, corruption, and the weight...  Read More >>

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