United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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Historic Haunts of Long Island: Ghosts and Legends from the Gold Coast to Montauk Point
$24.99 Add to cartExplore the mysterious past of Long Island and learn about the spirits that haunt the historic American island.
Take a ghostly journey through Long Island’s history, from Native American legends and be
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Brosky, Kerriann Flanagan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 14 2015
- ISBN10: 1626196680
- Language: English
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Long Island’s Gold Coast
$31.99 Add to cartIn the spotlight with the publication of The Great Gatsby, the North Shore’s Gold Coast boasted perhaps the greatest concentration of wealth in the country during the first half of the 20th century. I… [more below]
- Author: Mateyunas, Paul J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: May 07 2012
- ISBN10: 1531661610
- Language: English
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Appetite City: A Culinary History of New York
$26.99 Add to cartNew York is the greatest restaurant city the world has ever seen.
In Appetite City, the former New York Times restaurant critic William Grimes leads us on a grand historical tour of New York’s dining
- Author: Grimes, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 28 2010
- ISBN10: 0374532494
- Language: English
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Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919
$56.00 Add to cartIn this utterly immersive volume, Mike Wallace captures the swings of prosperity and downturn, from the 1898 skyscraper-driven boom to the Bankers’ Panic of 1907, the labor upheaval, and violent repre… [more below]
- Series: History of NYC
- Author: Wallace, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1196
- Publish Date: October 02 2017
- ISBN10: 0195116356
- Language: English
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The Hedges: The Story of Twelve Precious Acres on Blue Mountain Lake
$19.95 Add to cartLike the smooth entry of an Adirondack guideboat, The Hedges transports the reader to the golden years of Blue Mountain Lake when a Civil War hero and extraordinary businessman built a private camp on… [more below]
- Author: Kessel, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1977237290
- Language: English
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The House the Rockefellers Built: A Tale of Money, Taste, and Power in Twentieth-Century America
$25.99 Add to cartThe Dalzells . . . do an astonishing job of placing Kykuit in historical context while weaving the larger-than-life Rockefeller personalities into its very walls and hallways.–Los Angeles Times
One h- Series: John MacRae Books
- Author: Dalzell, Robert F., Jr.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 05 2008
- ISBN10: 0805088571
- Language: English
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Ellis Island
$23.99 Add to cartThe United States is considered the world’s foremost refuge for foreigners, and no place in the nation symbolizes this better than Ellis Island.
Through Ellis Island’s halls and corridors more than twe
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Moreno, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 10 2003
- ISBN10: 0738513040
- Language: English
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George Washington’s Long Island Spy Ring: A History and Tour Guide
$40.99 Add to cartIn 1778, two years after the British forced the Continental Army out of New York City, George Washington and his subordinates organized a secret spy network to gather intelligence in Manhattan and Lon… [more below]
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Bleyer, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: May 10 2021
- ISBN10: 1540247368
- Language: English
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Freedomland: Co-Op City and the Story of New York
$32.95 Add to cartIn Freedomland, Annemarie H. Sammartino tells Co-op City’s story from the perspectives of those who built it and of the ordinary people who made their homes in this monument to imperfect liberal ideal
- Author: Sammartino, Annemarie H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1501716433
- Language: English
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Real Philly History, Real Fast: Fascinating Facts and Interesting Oddities about the City’s Heroes and Historic Sites
$18.95 Read morePhiladelphia is known as the home of vibrant colonial history: the Liberty Bell, the Betsy Ross House, and Independence Hall. But the City of Brotherly Love is also home to–and less well known for–i
- Author: Murphy, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: June 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1439919240
- Language: English
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Wicked Carlisle:: The Dark Side of the Cumberland Valley
$21.99 Add to cartWith Wicked Carlisle, author Joe Cress revisits the criminal history of Cumberland County. Taking a more focused and less bloody approach, Cress will largely bring new stories of mischief to the table… [more below]
- Series: Wicked
- Author: Cress, Joseph David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 10 2012
- ISBN10: 160949525X
- Language: English
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Fort Pitt: A Frontier History
$31.99 Add to cart- Author: Crytzer, Brady
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: March 11 2012
- ISBN10: 1540206343
- Language: English
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Frederick County Characters: Innovators, Pioneers and Patriots of Western Maryland
$31.99 Add to cartSince its founding in 1748, Frederick County has been home to some of the nation’s most celebrated and dynamic historical figures. The quaint towns and farmlands with their serene mountain vistas of t… [more below]
- Author: Ashbury, John W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: October 08 2013
- ISBN10: 1540222624
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Lewes
$31.99 Add to cartProudly laying claim to the title of first town in the first state, Lewes, Delaware, has a history brimming with little-known tales of gentleman pirates, desperate acts of cannibalism and a failed Bri… [more below]
- Author: Morgan, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: April 15 2014
- ISBN10: 1540208532
- Language: English
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Long Island City
$31.99 Add to cartLong Island City captures the unique flavor of a former city (1870-1898) nestled between Manhattan and Queens that retains its identity to this day. Created by consolidating Old Astoria Village, Stein… [more below]
- Author: The Greater Astoria Historical Society
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: October 20 2004
- ISBN10: 1531621546
- Language: English
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New York Amish: Life in the Plain Communities of the Empire State
$17.95 Add to cartTracing Amish settlement in New York from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner draws on more than thirty years of participant-observation, interviews, and archival resea
- Author: Johnson-Weiner, Karen M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 1501707604
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Bucks County
$23.99 Add to cartBucks County was an original county in William Penn’s newly formed Pennsylvania province and has carried the weight of history ever since. Join author Jennifer Rogers as she recounts the lesser-known
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Rogers, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 11 2019
- ISBN10: 1467138703
- Language: English
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The Best of the Adirondack Tales
$27.95 Add to cartThe best of W.H.H. Murray’s 19th century Adirondack stories, selected by Murray’s biographer and great, great grandson, Randall S. Beach
- Series: New York Classics
- Author: Murray, W. H. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 185
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1438490542
- Language: English
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Wilderness Regained: The Story of the Virginia Barrier Islands: SECOND EDITION: The Story of the Virginia Barrier Islands
$22.99 Add to cartThis is the second, expanded edition.
Curtis J. Badger’s Wilderness Regained award-winning book Salt Tide – Cycles and Currents of Life Along the Coast has become a classic when it comes to exploring … [more below]
- Author: Badger, Curtis J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: October 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1628063599
- Language: English
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A Radical Suffragist in Washington, D.C.: An Inside Story of the National Woman’s Party
$24.99 Read moreIn September 1918 Elizabeth Kalb boarded a train to Washington, DC to fight for voting rights for women. For over two years, Elizabeth lived and worked at the National Woman’s Party headquarters a blo… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Marshall, Shirley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1467155888
- Language: English
