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Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape: Deep Roots, Continuing Legacy

Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape: Deep Roots,...

Author: Amy Jane Cohen ,  Wendell E. Pritchett
ISBN: 9781439923658
Format: Paperback
$50.03

""Recounts events in Philadelphia African American history. Each brief chapter addresses a different topic, exploring...  Read More >>

Virginia: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Mother of States and the West Virginia Coal Wars

Virginia: A Captivating Guide to the History of the...

Author: Captivating History
ISBN: 9781637169520
Format: Hardback
$68.61

Virginia was once the most populous and affluent state in the country and the birthplace of many of the most important...  Read More >>

California Hutchinson & Gravitating Stopper Soda & Mineral Water Bottles

California Hutchinson & Gravitating Stopper Soda & Mineral...

Author: John C Burton ,  Steve & Christie Curtiss
ISBN: 9781732453081
Format: Paperback
$131.87

A tribute to Peck & Audie Markota, this book is a reprint of their 1999 edition of California Hutchinson & Gravitating...  Read More >>

People of the Garden

People of the Garden

Author: Toni Hamill
ISBN: 9781943829552
Format: Paperback
$79.17

The story of the Garden of the Gods is enhanced with vintage and contemporary photographs. A story of those people...  Read More >>

Work, Fight, or Play Ball: How Bethlehem Steel Helped Baseball's Stars Avoid World War I

Work, Fight, or Play Ball: How Bethlehem Steel Helped...

Author: William Ecenbarger
ISBN: 9781439925171
Format: Hardback
$66.00

""This book describes the formation, operation, and reception of the Bethlehem Steel company's baseball leagues....  Read More >>

Borstal: A History of Rochester Prison

Borstal: A History of Rochester Prison

Author: Ralph Allison
ISBN: 9781399951548
Format: Paperback
$25.85

The original Borstal Institution, Rochester Prison has operated since 1874, and will celebrate its 150th anniversary...  Read More >>

Myths of the CHEROKEE and Sacred Formulas of the CHEROKEES

Myths of the CHEROKEE and Sacred Formulas of the CHEROKEES...

Author: James Mooney
ISBN: 9781639141456
Format: Paperback
$171.60

By: James Mooney, Pub. 1901, reprinted 2023, 726 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-145-6. The author is...  Read More >>

Catholics across Borders: Canadian Immigrants in the North Country, Plattsburgh, New York, 1850–1950

Catholics across Borders: Canadian Immigrants in the...

Author: Mark Paul Richard
ISBN: 9781438496214
Format: Hardback
$261.36

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Kaufmann's: The Family That Built Pittsburgh's Famed Department Store

Kaufmann's: The Family That Built Pittsburgh's Famed...

Author: Marylynne Pitz ,  Laura Malt Schneiderman
ISBN: 9780822967132
Format: Paperback
$44.88

From Edgar and Liliane’s famous residence, the Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece called Fallingwater, to the Kaufmann...  Read More >>

The City Aroused: Queer Places and Urban Redevelopment in Postwar San Francisco

The City Aroused: Queer Places and Urban Redevelopment...

Author: Damon Scott
ISBN: 9781477328347
Format: Hardback
$92.00

A history of San Francisco that studies change in the postwar urban landscape in relation to the city's queer culture....  Read More >>

The Great Murdering-Heir Case: A Biography of Riggs v. Palmer

The Great Murdering-Heir Case: A Biography of Riggs...

Author: William B. Meyer
ISBN: 9781438496344
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Uncovers the facts behind the celebrated 1889 case of Riggs v. Palmer and shows how they transform our understanding...  Read More >>

Bourbon Street: A History

Bourbon Street: A History

Author: Richard Campanella
ISBN: 9780807181690
Format: Paperback
$105.47

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A BACKWARD GLANCE AT EIGHTYRECOLLECTIONS & COMMENT (Edition2023)

A BACKWARD GLANCE AT EIGHTYRECOLLECTIONS & COMMENT (Edition2023)...

Author: Charles A Murdock
ISBN: 9789360460259
Format: Paperback
$44.85

In ""A Backward Glance at Eighty,"" Charles Albert Murdock presents a compelling collection of stories that encapsulate...  Read More >>

Tales of The Old-Timers - A History of Lexington

Tales of The Old-Timers - A History of Lexington

Author: Robert a Carter
ISBN: 9781736188446
Format: Paperback
$68.64

Ohio historian Robert A. Carter interviewed many of the Old-Timers in Lexington and recorded their stories in their...  Read More >>

Eastwick Letters

Eastwick Letters

Author: David J Knapp ,  Igor Kuvaldin
ISBN: 9781039179127
Format: Paperback
$171.57

EASTWICK LETTERS transcribes and illustrates 117 individual sheets written 1844-51 by Andrew McCalla Eastwick, his...  Read More >>

Our People Are Warlike: Civil War Pittsburgh and Home-Front Mobilization

Our People Are Warlike: Civil War Pittsburgh and Home-Front...

Author: Allen York
ISBN: 9781621908258
Format: Hardback
$132.00

Provides a significant contribution to the scholarship of both the Civil War and the city of Pittsburgh, adding...  Read More >>

First Peoples of Great Salt Lake: A Cultural Landscape from Nevada to Wyoming

First Peoples of Great Salt Lake: A Cultural Landscape...

Author: Steven R Simms
ISBN: 9781647691370
Format: Paperback
$92.27

In an eminently readable narrative, Steven Simms, one of the foremost archaeologists of the Great Salt Lake region,...  Read More >>

Power: How the Electric Co-op Movement Energized the Lone Star State

Power: How the Electric Co-op Movement Energized the...

Author: Joe Holley
ISBN: 9781648431562
Format: Hardback
$92.40

According to author Joe Holley, the story of the Texas Electric Cooperatives, a collective of some 76 member-owned...  Read More >>

Making the Frontier Man: Violence, White Manhood, and Authority in the Early Western Backcountry

Making the Frontier Man: Violence, White Manhood, and...

Author: Matthew C Ward
ISBN: 9780822947875
Format: Hardback
$158.40

Contextualizes the Development of Early American Violence and Gun Culture  Read More >>

From the Steel City to the White City: Western Pennsylvania and the World's Columbian Exposition

From the Steel City to the White City: Western Pennsylvania...

Author: Zachary L Brodt
ISBN: 9780822947912
Format: Hardback
$79.20

In From the Steel City to the White City, Zachary Brodt explores Western Pennsylvania’s representation at Chicago’s...  Read More >>

The Big Water: A History of Michigan's Lower Au Sable River

The Big Water: A History of Michigan's Lower Au Sable...

Author: Thomas A Buhr
ISBN: 9781961302310
Format: Paperback
$44.75

The Big Water tells the epic story of the Au Sable, the crown jewel of Michigan waterways, from the First Peoples...  Read More >>

The Third Century: First Parish Church Brunswick, Maine 1917-2017

The Third Century: First Parish Church Brunswick, Maine...

Author: William K Millar ,  Mildred Jones
ISBN: 9781087926322
Format: Hardback
$104.15

With a century of information about the First Parish Church, dozens of photos, and a complete index-this book is...  Read More >>

Once Upon a Time, The Mad River Valley

Once Upon a Time, The Mad River Valley

Author: Kevin Eurich
ISBN: 9798989510603
Format: Paperback
$63.33

This is a time capsule of simpler times in the Mad River Valley with photos of tiny villages, how we lived, buildings...  Read More >>

Marquis de Lafayette Returns: A Tour of America's National Capital Region

Marquis de Lafayette Returns: A Tour of America's National...

Author: Elizabeth Reese
ISBN: 9781467155878
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Walk in the footsteps of the Marquis de Lafayette as he makes a final trip through the young United States. Against...  Read More >>

The Nile Swim Club of Yeadon: A History

The Nile Swim Club of Yeadon: A History

Author: Robert Kodosky Phd ,  Anthony Patterson Sr
ISBN: 9781467156127
Format: Paperback
$65.97

"America's Oldest Black Swim Club When it opened in July of 1959, the Nile Swim Club welcomed over one thousand...  Read More >>

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