Local history books

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Unknown to most of the local nearby residents, Grassy Lake Village is one of the Cahokia satellite villages located...  Read More >>

The award-winning author of Texas, a Modern History and Galveston: A History presents the first comprehensive narrative...  Read More >>

The uncomfortable truths that shaped small communities in the midwest During the Great Migration, Black Americans...  Read More >>

How a pioneering merchant blended religion and business to create a unique American shopping experience On Christmas...  Read More >>

""This book rejects the stereotype of the Midwest as bleached-out Christian country. It unearths a surprising and...  Read More >>

"In this refreshing collection, one of our best writers on desert places, Gary Paul Nabhan, challenges traditional...  Read More >>

"Briarcliff Mansion and the land it occupies are owned by Emory University, which refers to it as its ""Briarcliff...  Read More >>

John Potts Slough, the Union commander at the Battle of Glorieta Pass, lived a life of relentless pursuit for success...  Read More >>

"Born in Matagorda, Texas, in 1855, Charlie Siringo went on his first cattle drive at age twelve and spent two decades...  Read More >>

Reassesses the ancient Indigenous McKeithen site in northern Florida in light of new data, analyses, and theories....  Read More >>

Reassesses the ancient Indigenous McKeithen site in northern Florida in light of new data, analyses, and theories....  Read More >>

"""A rich and compelling introduction to the history of Asian Pacific American communities as told through 101 objects...  Read More >>

A new edition of the biography of Dallas' own Deep Ellum. Just outside of downtown Dallas lies a section of the...  Read More >>

""A micro-biography of horror fiction s most influential author and his love hate relationship with New York City.""--...  Read More >>

John Gurda has stood at the front of more buses than he can easily count. The first was in 1975, when the Junior...  Read More >>

The uncomfortable truths that shaped small communities in the midwest During the Great Migration, Black Americans...  Read More >>

A combined guidebook to, and history of, Roman London.  Read More >>

"There once was an incredibly old and unique house that stood symbolically as an ancient landmark in a small urban...  Read More >>

"Step back in time to the summer of 1940, when professional baseball in Fayetteville, Arkansas met its untimely...  Read More >>

Welcome to The House of Murdaugh: A storied, century-old legal and political dynasty in the South Carolina Lowcountry...  Read More >>

In Tea James Fichter reveals that despite the so-called Boston Tea Party in 1773, two other large shipments of tea...  Read More >>

In Tea James Fichter reveals that despite the so-called Boston Tea Party in 1773, two other large shipments of tea...  Read More >>

"""Originally published in 2018 by University Press of New England""--Title page verso."  Read More >>

Includes an excerpt from Facing the mountain: an inspiring story of Japanese American patriots in World War II....  Read More >>