History Press
-
Banished from Johnstown: Racist Backlash in Pennsylvania
$23.99 Add to cartAuthor and journalist Cody McDevitt tells the story of one of the worst civil rights injustices in Western Pennsylvania history.
In 1923, in response to the fatal shooting of four policemen, the mayor
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: McDevitt, Cody
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 27 2020
- ISBN10: 1467142743
- Language: English
-
My Old Kentucky Road Trip:: Historic Destinations & Natural Wonders
$23.99 Add to cartJoin native Kentuckians Cameron M. Ludwick and Blair Thomas Hess as they explore all the unique features that make the Bluegrass State one of a kind.
While the middle of the United States tends to be d
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Ludwick, Cameron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 30 2015
- ISBN10: 1626198160
- Language: English
-
Wild Women of Maryland: Grit & Gumption in the Free State
$23.99 Add to cartDiscover Maryland’s legacy of daring women who made their mark on history as spies, would-be queens and fiery suffragettes.
Maryland’s history is punctuated by women who refused to be forgotten. Sarah
- Author: Silberman, Lauren R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 21 2015
- ISBN10: 162619811X
- Language: English
-
The Larchmont Disaster Off Block Island: Rhode Island’s Titanic
$21.99 Add to cartOn February 11, 1907, the steamship Larchmont collided with the schooner Harry Knowlton. Thrown from their bunks, passengers of the Larchmont panicked and ran onto the ship’s deck. Haphazardly loaded … [more below]
- Series: Disaster
- Author: Soares, Joseph P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 30 2015
- ISBN10: 1626197946
- Language: English
-
Forgotten Drinks of Colonial New England: From Flips & Rattle-Skulls to Switchel & Spruce Beer
$21.99 Add to cartNew England food and drinks writer Corin Hirsch explores the origins and taste of the favorite potations of early Americans and offers some modern-day recipes to revive them today.
Colonial New England
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Hirsch, Corin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 18 2014
- ISBN10: 1626192499
- Language: English
-
On This Day in Wyoming History
$14.99 Read moreWyoming might be known as the least populous state, but this land of mountains and prairies is home to enough history to provide an entertaining footnote for each day of the year. On September 6, 1870… [more below]
- Author: Holscher, Patrick T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: March 18 2014
- ISBN10: 1626192235
- Language: English
-
Catching Yellowstone’s Wild Trout: A Fly-Fishing History and Guide
$24.99 Add to cartFly-fishing has its sacred waters the world over. Yellowstone National Park claims some of the craft’s most storied destinations. Casting in the Firehole River is like going back in time to when bison… [more below]
- Series: Natural History
- Author: Hunt, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1625858264
- Language: English
-
Haunted St. Paul
$21.99 Add to cartFrom the phantom pig at the Minnesota State Fair to the ghostly gangsters of the Wabasha Street Caves, St. Paul bristles with haunted history. Let the spectral usher of the Mounds Theatre show you to … [more below]
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Lewis, Chad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 27 2010
- ISBN10: 1596299339
- Language: English
-
Somerville, Massachusetts:: A Brief History
$20.99 Add to cartEnter Somerville, a city packed with stories larger than itself, to salute a heritage that justifies the fierce pride of its citizens. Share a perch on one of Somerville’s celebrated hills with Dee Mo… [more below]
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Morris, Dee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1596294248
- Language: English
-
Forgotten Tales of North Carolina
$14.99 Add to cartWhat comes to mind when you think of North Carolina history? Is it Sir Walter Raleigh, Guilford Courthouse and the Wright Brothers? Or do you think of sea monsters, drunken geese, hitchhiking alligato… [more below]
- Series: Forgotten Tales
- Author: Painter, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 08 2006
- ISBN10: 159629177X
- Language: English
-
North Carolina Murder & Mayhem
$23.99 Add to cartAuthor Rick Jackson tells the stories behind some of the most famous, and most heinous, crimes in the history of the Old North State.
The smiling faces and southern hospitality of North Carolina promis
- Series: Murder & Mayhem
- Author: Jackson, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1467143561
- Language: English
-
A History of Wrestling in Iowa: Growing Gold
$23.99 Add to cartThe state of Iowa is just as well known for prominent wrestlers as it is acres of corn and beans. That gives the state the mighty distinction of feeding the world and defeating it on the mat. Men like… [more below]
- Series: Sports
- Author: McCool, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1467142980
- Language: English
-
Wild Women of Michigan: A History of Spunk and Tenacity
$23.99 Add to cartWild Women of Michigan commemorates the women of this state who boldly left their marks.
Countless Michiganian women performed extraordinary acts that challenged and improved the world. Madame Marie-Th
- Author: Lewis, Norma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1467137693
- Language: English
-
Murder in St. Augustine: The Mysterious Death of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley
$21.99 Add to cartMore than four decades after it occurred, the murder of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley remains notorious… and unsolved.
The only eyewitness said a man attacked Lindsley with a machete in broad daylight on
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Randall, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 24 2016
- ISBN10: 1467118818
- Language: English
-
Lost Car Companies of Detroit
$23.99 Add to cartAmong more than two hundred auto companies that tried their luck in the Motor City, just three remain: Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. But many of those lost to history have colorful stories worth
- Series: Lost
- Author: Naldrett, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 25 2016
- ISBN10: 1467118737
- Language: English
-
Prettycitydublin: Discovering Dublin’s Beautiful Places Volume 3
$52.99 Add to cartA stunning photography, lifestyle and travel guide for Ireland’s capital by acclaimed Irish Instagrammer Siobhan Ferguson
Dublin is a unique, multi-layered city, where ancient and youthful meet to fo- Series: The Pretty Cities
- Author: Ferguson, Siobhan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0750990716
- Language: English
-
The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island
$23.99 Add to cartThe legend of the Lost Colony has been captivating imaginations for nearly a century. When they left Roanoke Island, where did they go? What is the meaning of the mysterious word Croatoan? In the sixt… [more below]
- Author: Dawson, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1467144339
- Language: English
-
Lost Mill Towns of North Georgia
$24.99 Add to cartThe textile era was born of a perfect storm. When North Georgia’s red clay failed farmers and prices fell during Reconstruction, opportunities arose. Beginning in the 1880s, textile industries moved s… [more below]
- Series: Lost
- Author: Russell, Lisa M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 13 2020
- ISBN10: 1467143510
- Language: English
-
Fly Fishing New Hampshire’s Secret Waters
$21.99 Add to cartNew Hampshire’s hard and rugged exterior protects one of America’s richest native brook trout fisheries. These abundant waters are as varied as the landscape, from Mount Washington to peaceful meadows… [more below]
- Series: Natural History
- Author: Angers, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 30 2020
- ISBN10: 1467141682
- Language: English
-
Zora Neale Hurston on Florida Food:: Recipes, Remedies & Simple Pleasures
$23.99 Add to cartFlorida native Zora Neale Hurston’s early twentieth-century ethnographic research and writing emphasizes the essentials of food in Florida through simple dishes and recipes.
It considers foods prepared
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Opie, Frederick Douglass
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 19 2015
- ISBN10: 1626198721
- Language: English
