History Press
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Marshall Field’s: The Store That Helped Build Chicago
$23.99 Add to cartAnyone who has waited in a Christmas line for the Walnut Room’s Great Tree can attest that Chicago’s loyalty to Marshall Field’s is fierce.
Dayton-Hudson even had to take out advertising around town to
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Soucek, Gayle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 10 2010
- ISBN10: 1596298545
- Language: English
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A Culinary History of Iowa: Sweet Corn, Pork Tenderloins, Maid-Rites & More
$23.99 Add to cartIowa’s delectable cuisine is quintessentially midwestern, grounded in its rich farming heritage and spiced with diverse ethnic influences. Classics like fresh sweet corn and breaded pork tenderloins a… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Maulsby, Darcy Dougherty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1467136328
- Language: English
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Detroit in World War II
$21.99 Add to cartWhen President Roosevelt called for the country to be the great Arsenal of Democracy, Detroit helped turn the tide against fascism with its industrial might. Locals were committed to the cause, puttin… [more below]
- Series: Military
- Author: Sumner, Gregory D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 09 2015
- ISBN10: 1467119474
- Language: English
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Michigan Scoundrels: Rogues, Rascals and Rapscallions
$23.99 Read moreThe rich history of the Wolverine State has a serious dark side. In the Detroit area, the Black Legion outdid the Ku Klux Klan in hate but remained secret until one of its leaders was implicated in a … [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Lewis, Norma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153702
- Language: English
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Making Long Island: A History of Growth and the American Dream
$24.99 Read moreDiscover the history of the development of Long Island and its intimate relationship with New York City.
Beginning in the Roaring Twenties, Wall Street money looked eastward to Nassau and Suffolk cou
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Samuel, Lawrence R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154970
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Memphis
$21.99 Add to cartDiscover the little known and unknown rich heritage of Memphis, TN.
Step inside the fascinating annals of the Bluff City’s history and discover the Memphis that only few know. G. Wayne Dowdy, longtime
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Dowdy, G. Wayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 19 2010
- ISBN10: 1596298758
- Language: English
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Marblehead Myths, Legends and Lore
$21.99 Add to cartFind stories of magic and witches, sailors, pirates and shipwrecks and more in this book filled with folks with great stories and interesting lives.
Author and Marblehead Museum & Historical Society di
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Matthias Peterson, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 31 2007
- ISBN10: 1596292563
- Language: English
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Gullah Geechee Heritage in the Golden Isles
$23.99 Add to cartThe Golden Isles are home to a long and proud African American and Gullah Geechee heritage.
Ibo Landing was the site of a mass suicide in protest of slavery, the slave ship Wanderer landed on Jekyll Is
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Roberts, Amy Lotson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1467141186
- Language: English
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The Irish at Gettysburg
$24.99 Add to cartAt the outbreak of the Civil War, Irish citizens on both sides of the Mason-Dixon answered the call to arms. This was most evident at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Louisiana Irish Rebels charged with the c
- Series: Civil War
- Author: Tucker Phd, Phillip Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 26 2018
- ISBN10: 1467138525
- Language: English
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Haunted Bars & Pubs of Michigan
$21.99 Read moreExplore the spirits of Michigan’s watering holes
From the picturesque shores of Manistique to the crystalline waters of Diamond Lake in Cassopolis, Michigan overflows with pubs and bars swirling with
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Beauchamp, Nicole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 14 2023
- ISBN10: 146715430X
- Language: English
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Japanese American Baseball in California: A History
$24.99 Add to cartFour generations of Japanese Americans broke down racial and cultural barriers in California by playing baseball. Behind the barbed wire of concentration camps during World War II, baseball became a t… [more below]
- Series: Sports
- Author: Nakagawa, Kerry Yo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 29 2014
- ISBN10: 162619582X
- Language: English
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Forgotten Tales of Vermont
$14.99 Add to cartThere’s more to Vermont than maple syrup and covered bridges. A book about Vermont’s history will likely bring to mind such topics as Abenaki Indians, the Green Mountain Boys and the state’s famed cov… [more below]
- Series: Forgotten Tales
- Author: Alexander, William M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1596294655
- Language: English
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Maryland Freedom Seekers on the Underground Railroad
$23.99 Read moreJourney with the unsung heroes of the Underground Railroad. Maryland was the starting point of many freedom seekers. They embarked on the perilous journey from slavery to freedom in whatever way they
- Author: Masur, Jenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 09, 2023
- ISBN10: 1467148717
- Language: English
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True Tales of Old Alexandria
$24.99 Add to cartStories from the beheading of an Englishman to the buried ships of Robinson Landing.
The streets of Alexandria have born witness to singular individuals and stirring events in their long history. In 16
- Series: American Chronicles
- Author: Pulliam, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154768
- Language: English
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Art Deco Tulsa
$21.99 Add to cartTransformed from a cattle depot into the Oil Capital of the World, Tulsa emerged as an iconic Jazz Age metropolis. The Magic City attracted some of the nation’s most talented architects, including Bru… [more below]
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Wallis, Suzanne Fitzgerald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 07 2018
- ISBN10: 1625859899
- Language: English
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Forgotten Tales of Arkansas
$14.99 Add to cartTake a journey through Arkansas’ forgotten past and find the colorful characters, unusual stories and strange occurrences left out of conventional history books. Authors Edward and Karen Underwood wea… [more below]
- Series: Forgotten Tales
- Author: Underwood, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 16 2012
- ISBN10: 1609496388
- Language: English
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U-Boats Off the Outer Banks: Shadows in the Moonlight
$23.99 Add to cartFrom January to July 1942, more than seventy-five ships sank to North Carolina’s “Graveyard of the Atlantic” off the coast of the Outer Banks. A Standard oil tanker sank just sixty miles from Cape Hat
- Series: Military
- Author: Bunch, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1467137677
- Language: English
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Corolla’s Wild Horses: A History
$23.99 Read moreLocal journalist and author Jeff Hampton tells the stories of the wild horses of Corolla…and their protectors. A herd of wild horses has roamed the Currituck Outer Banks for nearly five hundred year
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Hampton, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 22, 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153540
- Language: English
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Remarkable Women of the Finger Lakes
$24.99 Read moreThe majesty of New York’s Finger Lakes region has produced some equally majestic women who have left their mark on American history. From women medical pioneers like Clara Barton and Elizabeth Blackwe… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Cummins, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1467150479
- Language: English
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Iconic Pittsburgh: The City’s 30 Most Memorable People, Places and Things
$23.99 Add to cartThe Steel City has boasted some of the most famous figures, landmarks and innovations in the country’s history. Pittsburgh’s past is littered with dozens of fascinating stories behind the icons that d… [more below]
- Author: King, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1467143596
- Language: English
