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Go West Mr. President: Theodore Roosevelt's Great Loop Tour of 1903

Go West Mr. President: Theodore Roosevelt's Great Loop...

Author: Michael F. Blake
ISBN: 9781493074419
Format: Paperback
$47.99

In 1903, Theodore Roosevelt embarked on a grand tour of the mid-West and Western states. From the Roosevelt Arch...  Read More >>

Asylum: Inside Grangegorman

Asylum: Inside Grangegorman

Author: Brendan Kelly
ISBN: 9781911479291
Format: Book
$43.86

In 1814, the Richmond Lunatic Asylum at Grangegorman in Dublin started an extraordinary programme of asylum building...  Read More >>

Oldest San Francisco

Oldest San Francisco

Author: Alec Scott
ISBN: 9781681064994
Format: Paperback
$59.40

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Trips to Town: A Great Depression and World War II Era Memoir

Trips to Town: A Great Depression and World War II Era...

Author: Lori Lipsky ,  Neil Nelson
ISBN: 9781736532553
Format: Paperback
$42.21

A fascinating recollection of a 1930s and 40s boyhood. Neil Nelson's stories of growing up in Iowa during the Great...  Read More >>

Stories of Faith: Carmichael Presbyterian Church at 100

Stories of Faith: Carmichael Presbyterian Church at...

Author: Susan H Herman ,  Keith L DeVries
ISBN: 9798988028901
Format: Paperback
$39.57

"Carmichael Presbyterian Church (CPC) was founded in 1923. It was the first church to be established in the Northern...  Read More >>

The Nine Sisters of California

The Nine Sisters of California

Author: Mahmoud Shelton
ISBN: 9780974146874
Format: Paperback
$58.08

The line of peaks known as the Nine Sisters is a landscape of Native American legend. Despite the historic changes...  Read More >>

Reconnecting Riverside with its River: Integrating Historical and Urban Ecology for a Healthier Future

Reconnecting Riverside with its River: Integrating Historical...

Author: Sean Baumgarten ,  Lauren Stoneburner
ISBN: 9781950313143
Format: Paperback
$60.72

The Santa Ana River is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Riverside. Providing water, flood conveyance, wildlife...  Read More >>

Beyond Piggly Wiggly: Inventing the American Self-Service Store

Beyond Piggly Wiggly: Inventing the American Self-Service...

Author: Lisa C Tolbert ,  Laural Merlington
ISBN: 9798874643591
Format: Audio
$190.05

Patented in 1917, Piggly Wiggly was by far the most influential self-service store of the early twentieth century....  Read More >>

Cemetery John: The Undiscovered MasterMind Behind the Lindbergh Kidnapping

Cemetery John: The Undiscovered MasterMind Behind the...

Author: Robert Zorn ,  Sean Runnette
ISBN: 9798874633875
Format: Audio
$190.05

Robert Zorn's meticulous and authoritative account of the Lindbergh kidnapping reveals, for the first time, the...  Read More >>

Chronicling a Crisis: SUNY Oneonta's Pandemic Diaries

Chronicling a Crisis: SUNY Oneonta's Pandemic Diaries...

Author: Ed Beck ,  Darren D. Chase
ISBN: 9781438495309
Format: Paperback
$86.99

A primary source collection of the local impact of the COVID pandemic on a college community which both records...  Read More >>

Downstate New York Rock Walks: An Explorer's Guide to Amazing Boulders and Rock Formations

Downstate New York Rock Walks: An Explorer's Guide to...

Author: C. Russell Dunn
ISBN: 9781438494708
Format: Paperback
$79.07

An explorer’s walking guide to downstate New York’s awesome boulders and rock formations.  Read More >>

Paddington: A history

Paddington: A history

Author: Greg Young
ISBN: 9780980834789
Format: Paperback
$75.00

The first major history of Paddington - Sydney's celebrated heritage suburb - in forty years  Read More >>

50 Barn Cupolas

50 Barn Cupolas

Author: Karl Johnson
ISBN: 9798868923432
Format: Paperback
$52.67

50 Barn Cupolas explains how old New England dairy barns had cupolas and presents fifty beautiful color images of...  Read More >>

Off the Hook: Off-Beat Reporter's Tales from Michigan's Upper Peninsula (U.P.)

Off the Hook: Off-Beat Reporter's Tales from Michigan's...

Author: Nancy Besonen
ISBN: 9781615997480
Format: Paperback
$57.95

""The best of Nancy Besonen's wry columns from the L'Anse Sentinel covering the unique aspects of modern life in...  Read More >>

Empire: The Pioneer Legacy of an American Ranch Family

Empire: The Pioneer Legacy of an American Ranch Family...

Author: Jefferson Glass
ISBN: 9781493073412
Format: Paperback
$47.99

A collage of characters shaped the west of the nineteenth century. Large and powerful cattlemen, backed by eastern...  Read More >>

Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son

Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son

Author: Mary F. Ehrlander
ISBN: 9781496236906
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Mary F. Ehrlander illuminates the remarkable life of Walter Harper, a traditionally raised Koyukon Athabascan of...  Read More >>

Global Queens: An Urban Mosaic

Global Queens: An Urban Mosaic

Author: Joseph Heathcott
ISBN: 9781531504519
Format: Hardback
$68.99

Winner, The David R. Coffin Publication Grant A vibrant exploration of the everyday life of one of the most diverse...  Read More >>

Marty Glickman: The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend

Marty Glickman: The Life of an American Jewish Sports...

Author: Jeffrey S. Gurock
ISBN: 9781479820870
Format: Hardback
$63.99

The first comprehensive biography of the preeminent voice of New York sports For close to half a century after...  Read More >>

Kentucky Footnotes

Kentucky Footnotes

Author: Byron Crawford
ISBN: 9781956027662
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Kentucky Footnotes is Byron Crawford's third compilation of columns originally published by The Courier-Journal,...  Read More >>

Lincoln and the Speeds: The Untold Story of a Devoted and Enduring Friendship

Lincoln and the Speeds: The Untold Story of a Devoted...

Author: Bryan S Bush
ISBN: 9781956027655
Format: Paperback
$65.87

The book is a dual biography of Joshua and James Speed and tells the story of how closely the friendship between...  Read More >>

Forgotten Fayetteville: And Washington County

Forgotten Fayetteville: And Washington County

Author: J B Hogan
ISBN: 9781633736382
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Fayetteville and Washington County came into being almost 200 years ago. A lot of things happen in two centuries-all...  Read More >>

The Boss of New Orleans: Martin Behrman and Machine Politics in the Crescent City

The Boss of New Orleans: Martin Behrman and Machine...

Author: Eric Criss
ISBN: 9780807180297
Format: Hardback
$118.80

Although relatively unknown today, Martin Behrman dominated New Orleans politics in the early twentieth century,...  Read More >>

Chronicling a Crisis: SUNY Oneonta's Pandemic Diaries

Chronicling a Crisis: SUNY Oneonta's Pandemic Diaries...

Author: Ed Beck ,  Darren D. Chase
ISBN: 9781438495316
Format: Hardback
$261.36

A primary source collection of the local impact of the COVID pandemic on a college community which both records...  Read More >>

Mountain Feuds of Eastern Kentucky: The Reynolds & The Wrights

Mountain Feuds of Eastern Kentucky: The Reynolds & The...

Author: Noah M Reynolds
ISBN: 9781948986670
Format: Paperback
$39.47

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