History Press
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A History of Rock Creek Park: Wilderness & Washington, D.C.
$23.99 Add to cartJoin National Park ranger, author and historian Scott Einberger as he traces the human, natural and urban history of Rock Creek Park, the largest park in the nation’s capital.
Washington, D. C. ‘s Rock
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Einberger, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 15 2014
- ISBN10: 1626195749
- Language: English
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The Ku Klux Klan in Minnesota
$21.99 Add to cartMinnesota might not seem like an obvious place to look for traces of Ku Klux Klan parade grounds, but this northern state was once home to fifty-one chapters of the KKK. Elizabeth Hatle tracks down th… [more below]
- Author: Hatle, Elizabeth Dorsey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 17 2013
- ISBN10: 1626191891
- Language: English
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Abolition & the Underground Railroad in Vermont
$21.99 Add to cartMany believe that support for the abolition of slavery was universally accepted in Vermont, but it was actually a fiercely divisive issue that rocked the Green Mountain State. In the midst of turbulen… [more below]
- Series: Civil War
- Author: Sherburne, Michelle Arnosky
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 06 2013
- ISBN10: 1626190380
- Language: English
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Haunted Catskills
$21.99 Add to cartWashington Irving called the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York a spellbound region,” and the ghosts that linger from more than four hundred years of history provide proof of Irving’s intuition. I… [more below]
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Lamonica, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 28 2013
- ISBN10: 1626190119
- Language: English
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The Boys in Chicago Heights: The Forgotten Crew of the Chicago Outfit
$21.99 Add to cartChicago Heights was long the seat of one of the major street crews of the Chicago Outfit, but its importance has often been overlooked and misunderstood.
The crew’s origins predate Prohibition, when Ch
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Luzi, Matthew J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 16 2012
- ISBN10: 1609497333
- Language: English
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Canoe Indians of Down East Maine
$21.99 Add to cartIn 1604, when Frenchmen landed on Saint Croix Island, they were far from the first people to walk along its shores.
For thousands of years, Etchemins–whose descendants were members of the Wabanaki Con
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Haviland, William a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 17 2012
- ISBN10: 1609496655
- Language: English
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Denholms: The Story of Worcester’s Premier Department Store
$21.99 Add to cartWhen William Denholm and William McKay teamed up in 1870 to form a dry goods store in the factory town of Worcester, Massachusetts, they could not have imagined the 103-year legacy that would make the… [more below]
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Sawyer, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 16 2011
- ISBN10: 1609493958
- Language: English
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Cherokee Pottery: From the Hands of Our Elders
$14.99 Add to cartThe intricate designs and complex patterns of Cherokee pottery have been developed over centuries. Both timeless and time-honored, these singular works of pottery are still crafted by the proud hands … [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Fariello, M. Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: April 06 2011
- ISBN10: 1609490576
- Language: English
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Forgotten Tales of Pennsylvania
$14.99 Add to cartWhat do you really know about the Keystone State?
William Penn, the Revolutionary figures of Philadelphia, and the strength of Pittsburgh’s steel all loom large in Pennsylvania’s history, but author Th
- Series: Forgotten Tales
- Author: White, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 01 2009
- ISBN10: 159629812X
- Language: English
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Durham Tales: The Morris Street Maple, the Plastic Cow, the Durham Day That Was & More
$21.99 Add to cartRun into the history of the Bull City
There is much history in the Bull City, and some of it can be found within these pages. How Bull Durham smoking tobacco put Durham, North Carolina, on the map. Ho
- Series: American Chronicles
- Author: Wise, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1596295880
- Language: English
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Hidden History of New Hampshire
$23.99 Add to cartQuincy Whitney’s compilation of stories makes for a colorful narrative of some of New Hampshire’s most notable newsmakers and remarkable historic events.
The resourcefulness of Granite Staters in their
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Whitney, D. Quincy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 01, 2008
- ISBN10: 1596295376
- Language: English
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A History of the Boston & Maine Railroad: Exploring New Hampshire’s Rugged Heart by Rail
$21.99 Add to cartOn June 27, 1835, New Hampshire chartered the Boston & Maine Railroad, and a juggernaut was born. By 1900, the B&M operated some 2,300 miles of track in northern New England, having taken over an asto… [more below]
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Heald, Bruce D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1596293608
- Language: English
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Hidden Chicago Landmarks
$23.99 Add to cartTake in the sights of Chicago’s forgotten byways, including a cow trail through a downtown hotel. Pause reflectively at the cemetery in a working scrapyard and the church built without a nail. Stop by… [more below]
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Schmidt, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1467143502
- Language: English
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Legends & Lore of East Tennessee
$23.99 Add to cartAuthor Shane Simmons explores tales of bravery, lore and bizarre customs within the East Tennessee region.
The mountains of East Tennessee are chock full of unique folklore passed down through generati
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Simmons, Shane S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 08 2016
- ISBN10: 1467136387
- Language: English
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Murder & Mayhem in the Willamette Valley
$23.99 Read moreBeneath the bucolic scenery of Oregon’s Willamette Valley lies a dark and sinister past. Beneath the bucolic scenery of Oregon’s Willamette Valley lies a dark and sinister past.
The 150-mile swath of… [more below]- Series: Murder & Mayhem
- Author: Chambers, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151742
- Language: English
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Vanished Indianapolis
$24.99 Add to cartUncover lost gems of Circle City history
More than two centuries removed from its founding, Indianapolis has seen its share of landmarks and landscapes pass into memory. Some have totally vanished, su
- Series: Lost
- Author: Fujawa, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154695
- Language: English
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The Golden Age of Baltimore Theater: A History from Shakespeare to Vaudeville
$24.99 Read moreThe story of Charm City on stage. Baltimore’s dynamic theatrical tradition had hard-scrabble beginnings in the eighteenth century. The popularity of the theater only grew, continuing to the vaudeville… [more below]
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Mitchell, Charlie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1467154482
- Language: English
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Canadian Pacific Ships: The History of a Company and Its Ships
$38.99 Read moreEstablished in the 19th century to carry passengers and freight across the Atlantic and Pacific, this is the story of the development of the company and its ships
In 1873 a company was formed to cons- Author: Collard, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: December 01, 2022
- ISBN10: 075099875X
- Language: English
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Long Island’s Vanished Heiress: The Unsolved Alice Parsons Kidnapping
$24.99 Add to cartAlice McDonell Parsons was the heir to a vast fortune among Long Island’s wealthy elite when she was kidnapped from Long Meadow Farm in Stony Brook in 1937. The crime shocked the nation and was front-… [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Drielak, Steven C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 03 2020
- ISBN10: 146714679X
- Language: English
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The Chicago 77: A Community Area Handbook
$19.99 Read moreWith over two hundred neighborhoods divided into seventy-seven community areas, Chicago offers a dazzling and daunting challenge to ambitious tourists and lifelong citizens.
Anyone who’s never been to
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Zangs, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1626196125
- Language: English
