Local interest, family history & nostalgia books

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The Campaign for Atlanta & Sherman’s March to the Sea: Essays on the American Civil War, Volume 3

The Campaign for Atlanta & Sherman’s March to the Sea:...

Author: Stephen Davis ,  Theodore Savas
ISBN: 9781611216974
Format: Paperback
$65.00

By the time Albert Castel's Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 appeared in 1992, Savas Woodbury...  Read More >>

Hawai'i: a kingdom crossing oceans

Hawai'i: a kingdom crossing oceans

Author: Alice Christophe
ISBN: 9780714138008
Format: Hardback
$100.00

A dazzling celebration of the artistry of Hawaiian makers, this book tells a compelling story of movement, allyship...  Read More >>

Short of a Revolution: The Fusion Insurgency and the Triumph of Jim Crow in North Carolina

Short of a Revolution: The Fusion Insurgency and the...

Author: Craig Thurtell
ISBN: 9781469689838
Format: Paperback
$87.99

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Scottish Folk Tales of Love

Scottish Folk Tales of Love

Author: Tom Muir ,  Hester Aspland
ISBN: 9781837050819
Format: Hardback
$39.99

A mixture of romantic, tragic, heartwarming and gothic horror stories. Love in Scotland comes in many forms.  Read More >>

Requiem for Reconstruction: Black Countermemory and the Legacy of the Lowcountry's Lost Political Generation

Requiem for Reconstruction: Black Countermemory and...

Author: Robert D. Bland
ISBN: 9781469691879
Format: Paperback
$71.50

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The Shipyard Agent: Augusta Clawson and the Women Welders of World War II

The Shipyard Agent: Augusta Clawson and the Women Welders...

Author: Beverly Lionberger Hodgins
ISBN: 9781493087631
Format: Paperback
$71.15

The Shipyard Agent reveals the untold story of Augusta Clawson, the undercover investigator who helped shape the...  Read More >>

Power and Just Transitions: Struggles for a Post-Coal Future in an Appalachian Valley

Power and Just Transitions: Struggles for a Post-Coal...

Author: John Gaventa ,  Gabe Schwartzman
ISBN: 9780252089060
Format: Paperback
$40.70

Struggles over power and justice in the Clear Fork Valley Published in 1982, John Gaventa’s award-winning Power...  Read More >>

Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest

Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest

Author: Andy Oler ,  José Olivarez
ISBN: 9780252088971
Format: Paperback
$51.99

Vignettes by writers engaging with prominent and obscure Midwestern locales How do the stories we tell about Midwestern...  Read More >>

Three Towns - A Reminiscence: 1938 to 1953 Growing Up in Southern New England During Two Wars - World War Two And Korean War

Three Towns - A Reminiscence: 1938 to 1953 Growing Up...

Author: Theodore B Ted Carter
ISBN: 9798318818714
Format: Hardback
$105.57

Ted Carter grew up along the southern New England coast, spending his formative years in three historic towns of...  Read More >>

Power and Just Transitions: Struggles for a Post-Coal Future in an Appalachian Valley

Power and Just Transitions: Struggles for a Post-Coal...

Author: John Gaventa ,  Gabe Schwartzman
ISBN: 9780252046933
Format: Hardback
$222.20

Struggles over power and justice in the Clear Fork Valley Published in 1982, John Gaventa’s award-winning Power...  Read More >>

Guns, Furs, and Gold: An American West History of Indigenous Peoples and Explorers

Guns, Furs, and Gold: An American West History of Indigenous...

Author: Larry E. Morris
ISBN: 9781496237613
Format: Hardback
$80.99

Guns, Furs, and Gold offers a new and riveting narrative of the American West by exploring the interactions of the...  Read More >>

Making The Met, 1870–2020

Making The Met, 1870–2020

Author: Andrea Bayer ,  Laura D Corey
ISBN: 9781588398062
Format: Hardback
$82.95

This history of The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates its evolution into one of the world's greatest museums...  Read More >>

The Blue Friars, Their Sayings And Doings: Being A New Chapter In The History Of Old Plymouth: Being A New Chapter In The History Of Old Plymouth: Being A New Chapter In The History Of Old Plymouth: Being A New Chapter In The History Of Old Plymouth

The Blue Friars, Their Sayings And Doings: Being A New...

Author: W H K Wright
ISBN: 9781637236512
Format: Paperback
$47.49

The Blue Friars is an interestingly layered work that blends antiquarian scholarship with anecdote, satire, and...  Read More >>

Birds Gone Wild (And Other Stories of Arizona Ostrich Ranching)

Birds Gone Wild (And Other Stories of Arizona Ostrich...

Author: Janelle Molony
ISBN: 9798990511811
Format: Paperback
$65.97

A humorous pop history of ""feather farms"" in Arizona, from boom to bust. Fascinating stories and weird science...  Read More >>

Rebels in the Wild

Rebels in the Wild

Author: Robert Burns
ISBN: 9798994055809
Format: Paperback
$50.13

Rebels in the Wild: The Equality Colony and the Taming of American Capitalism tells the forgotten but still relevant...  Read More >>

Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City

Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the...

Author: David B. Williams
ISBN: 9780295753577
Format: Paperback
$38.50

""In this extensively revised version of a modern-day classic, David Williams shines a light on the city's rapidly...  Read More >>

The CopperSpoon Chronicles Cookbook: A Tavern-Inspired Adventure with Good Food and Cozy Vibes

The CopperSpoon Chronicles Cookbook: A Tavern-Inspired...

Author: Emily Teuscher
ISBN: 9781510781986
Format: Hardback
$62.99

The first cookbook from the TikTok's very ownThe CopperSpoon Inn & Tavern (@thecopperspoon_)! The CopperSpoon Chronicles...  Read More >>

Indian Chiefs Vs. Government Agents: Politics and Law Enforcement on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, 1875–1910

Indian Chiefs Vs. Government Agents: Politics and Law...

Author: Robert J. Bigart
ISBN: 9781496244369
Format: Hardback
$132.00

Robert J. Bigart examines the Salish and Kootenai tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation between 1875 and 1910,...  Read More >>

Playing to the End: Elder Black Men, Placemaking, and Dominoes in Denver

Playing to the End: Elder Black Men, Placemaking, and...

Author: Steve Bialostok
ISBN: 9781496244710
Format: Hardback
$200.20

Steve Bialostok explores the lively nightly gatherings of older Black men at Denver's Hiawatha Davis Jr. Recreation...  Read More >>

The Immortal Ten: The Definitive Account of the 1927 Tragedy and Its Legacy at Baylor University

The Immortal Ten: The Definitive Account of the 1927...

Author: Todd Copeland
ISBN: 9781481323390
Format: Paperback
$53.99

On January 22, 1927, Baylor University's basketball team set out by bus for Austin to play the University of Texas....  Read More >>

Legacies of Incarceration: The World War II Experience of Hawai'i's Japanese

Legacies of Incarceration: The World War II Experience...

Author: Kelli Y. Nakamura
ISBN: 9798880700981
Format: Paperback
$71.25

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Bayonets in Paradise: Martial Law in Hawai'i During World War II

Bayonets in Paradise: Martial Law in Hawai'i During...

Author: Harry N. Scheiber ,  Jane L. Scheiber
ISBN: 9798880702411
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Recounts the extraordinary story of how the army imposed rigid and absolute control on the total population of Hawaii...  Read More >>

Brown and Blue: Mexican Americans, Law Enforcement, and Civil Rights in the Southwest, 1935–2025

Brown and Blue: Mexican Americans, Law Enforcement,...

Author: Brian D. Behnken
ISBN: 9781469690704
Format: Paperback
$80.99

This sweeping history tells a story of fits and starts of Mexican Americans' interactions with law enforcement and...  Read More >>

Oregon Gold: A History of Mining from the Civil War Into the Progressive Era

Oregon Gold: A History of Mining from the Civil War...

Author: William F. Willingham
ISBN: 9781962645478
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Based on exhaustive research and a wealth of sources--federal census and mining records, newspapers, mining periodicals,...  Read More >>

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