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Playa Works: The Myth Of The Empty

Playa Works: The Myth Of The Empty

Author: William L. Fox
ISBN: 9781647791537
Format: Paperback
$52.67

In eight brilliant essays, Fox explores many of the major playas of the American West, examining locations as diverse...  Read More >>

Climb the Hills of Gordon

Climb the Hills of Gordon

Author: Jewell Reeve
ISBN: 9780893081287
Format: Paperback
$99.00

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Norsemen Deep in the Heart of Texas: Norwegian Immigrants, 1845-1900

Norsemen Deep in the Heart of Texas: Norwegian Immigrants,...

Author: Gunnar Tore Nerheim
ISBN: 9781648430220
Format: Hardback
$110.88

Drawn from the perspectives of both regions, the history of Norwegian settlement in Texas provide new insights into...  Read More >>

Voodoo: An African American Religion

Voodoo: An African American Religion

Author: Jeffrey E. Anderson
ISBN: 9780807181324
Format: Hardback
$118.80

Presents a much-needed modern account of the Voodoo faith as it existed in the Mississippi River valley from colonial...  Read More >>

Hidden History of Pinehurst

Hidden History of Pinehurst

Author: Dr Hans
ISBN: 9781467156257
Format: Paperback
$65.97

"Explore forgotten pieces of Pinehurst's past. Pinehurst is called the ""cradle of American golf,"" yet its origin...  Read More >>

Irish Fever: An Archaeology of Illness, Injury, and Healing in New York City, 1845-1875

Irish Fever: An Archaeology of Illness, Injury, and...

Author: Meredith Linn
ISBN: 9781621908456
Format: Hardback
$158.40

In this profound study, Meredith B. Linn explores three kinds of afflictions - typhus fever, tuberculosis, and work-related...  Read More >>

American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

Author: Benjamin E. Park (Sam Houston State University)
ISBN: 9781631498657
Format: Hardback
$57.95

The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a profoundly divided...  Read More >>

Tragedy and Triumph on the Great Lakes

Tragedy and Triumph on the Great Lakes

Author: Richard Gebhart
ISBN: 9781611864830
Format: Paperback
$50.60

Traces little-known voyages of Great Lakes ships that sailed the Atlantic beginning in the 1850s. Drawing on deep...  Read More >>

The Texas Lowcountry: Slavery and Freedom on the Gulf Coast, 1822-1895

The Texas Lowcountry: Slavery and Freedom on the Gulf...

Author: John R. Lundberg
ISBN: 9781648431753
Format: Hardback
$118.80

Examines slavery and Reconstruction in a region of Texas the author terms the lowcountry - an area encompassing...  Read More >>

When Detroit Played the Numbers: Gambling's History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City

When Detroit Played the Numbers: Gambling's History...

Author: Felicia B. George
ISBN: 9780814350775
Format: Hardback
$250.77

A testament to the tenacious spirit embodied in Detroit culture and history, this account reveals how numbers gambling,...  Read More >>

African American Workers and the Appalachian Coal Industry

African American Workers and the Appalachian Coal Industry...

Author: Joe William Trotter
ISBN: 9781959000129
Format: Paperback
$37.40

Brings together nearly three decades of research on the African American experience, class, and race relations in...  Read More >>

Journey to Freedom: Uncovering the Grayson Sisters' Escape from Nebraska Territory

Journey to Freedom: Uncovering the Grayson Sisters'...

Author: Gail Shaffer Blankenau
ISBN: 9781496231529
Format: Hardback
$92.27

Journey to Freedom provides the first detailed history of Black enslavement in Nebraska Territory and the escape...  Read More >>

Devoured: The Extraordinary Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Ate the South

Devoured: The Extraordinary Story of Kudzu, the Vine...

Author: Ayurella Horn-Muller
ISBN: 9780807182000
Format: Hardback
$92.27

Detangles the complicated story of one region’s fickle relationship with kudzu, taking readers on an atmospheric...  Read More >>

The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull,...

Author: Mark Lee Gardner
ISBN: 9780062669902
Format: Paperback
$37.99

"""A magisterial dual biography of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, revealing in groundbreaking new detail the two...  Read More >>

Means of Transit: A Slightly Embellished Memoir

Means of Transit: A Slightly Embellished Memoir

Author: Teresa Miller
ISBN: 9780806193960
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Told with humour, candor, and the same haunting lyricism that distinguished her early work, Teresa Miller’s story...  Read More >>

Perceptions of Battle: George Washington’s Victory at Monmouth

Perceptions of Battle: George Washington’s Victory at...

Author: Jeff Dacus
ISBN: 9781955041270
Format: Hardback
$75.00

A towering figure on a white horse, George Washington led his Continental Army to victory over the British Army...  Read More >>

Abstracts from the Edenton Gazette and North Carolina General Advertiser, Chowan County, North Carolina, 1806-1809. (Volume #1)

Abstracts from the Edenton Gazette and North Carolina...

Author: Raymond Parker Fouts
ISBN: 9781639141777
Format: Paperback
$85.80

"By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1990, reprinted 2024, 170 pages, Index, 8 1/2"" x 11"", ISBN #978-1-63914-177-7....  Read More >>

Abstracts from Newspapers of Edenton, Fayetteville and Hillsborough, North Carolina, 1785-1800. (Chowan County)

Abstracts from Newspapers of Edenton, Fayetteville and...

Author: Raymond Parker Fouts
ISBN: 9781639141814
Format: Paperback
$59.40

By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1984, reprinted 2024, 118 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-181-4. Edenton...  Read More >>

Hertford County, North Carolina Inventories and Sales of Estates, 1830-1831. (Volume #1)

Hertford County, North Carolina Inventories and Sales...

Author: Raymond Parker Fouts
ISBN: 9781639141968
Format: Paperback
$79.20

"By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1988, reprinted 2024, 148 pages, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-196-8. Hertford County...  Read More >>

The Breath Of Life

The Breath Of Life

Author: John Burroughs
ISBN: 9781835529683
Format: Paperback
$44.85

The Breath of Life of a classic nature/biology essay collection that includes the following content: The breath...  Read More >>

The Defender: The Battle to Protect the Rights of the Accused in Philadelphia

The Defender: The Battle to Protect the Rights of the...

Author: Edward W. Madeira Jr. ,  Michael D. Schaffer
ISBN: 9781439918531
Format: Paperback
$65.87

""A history of the Defender Association of Philadelphia, from a two-lawyer volunteer office to an integral part...  Read More >>

The Pennsylvania Associators, 1747-1777

The Pennsylvania Associators, 1747-1777

Author: Joseph Seymour
ISBN: 9781594164200
Format: Paperback
$92.27

The First Complete History of the Military Force of Colonial Pennsylvania, a Volunteer Body Created as a Practical...  Read More >>

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