State & Local
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Marquis de Lafayette Returns: A Tour of America’s National Capital Region
$24.99 Read moreWalk in the footsteps of the Marquis de Lafayette as he makes a final trip through the young United States. Against the backdrop of a tumultuous election, a beloved hero of the American Revolution ret… [more below]
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Reese, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 29 2024
- ISBN10: 146715587X
- Language: English
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The Killer in the Attic: And More Tales of Crime and Disaster from Cleveland’s Past
$13.95 Add to cart“Fascinating and yes entertaining … often in a bizarre way that leaves the reader feeling guilty for being so entertained.” — Medina County Gazette
The fourth volume in John Stark Bellamy’s classic
- Series: Ohio
- Author: Bellamy, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: July 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1886228574
- Language: English
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Written in the Snows: Across Time on Skis in the Pacific Northwest
$29.95 Add to cart2022 National Outdoor Book Award Winner in History
2022 International Ski History Association Skade Award Winner- Century of Northwest wilderness skiing stories by noted expert
- 150 black-and-white an
- Author: Skoog, Lowell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1680512900
- Language: English
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The Axeman of New Orleans: The True Story
$18.99 Add to cartFrom 1910 to 1919, New Orleans suffered at the hands of a serial killer. The story has been the subject of short stories, novels, and the television series American Horror Story. But the full story of… [more below]
- Author: Davis, Miriam C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0912777710
- Language: English
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Graceland Cemetery: Chicago Stories, Symbols, and Secrets
$19.95 Read moreChosen for the 2024 Illinois Reads Program by the Illinois Reading Council
One of Chicago’s landmark attractions, Graceland Cemetery chronicles the city’s sprawling history through the stories of its
- Author: Selzer, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 0252086503
- Language: English
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The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld
$20.00 Add to cartThe basis of Martin Scorcese’s acclaimed 2003 film, The Gangs of New York is a dramatic and entertaining glimpse at a city’s dark past.
Focusing on the saloon halls, gambling dens, and winding alleys o
- Author: Asbury, Herbert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0307388980
- Language: English
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Atlanta Record Stores: An Oral History
$23.99 Read moreAtlanta Record Stores is an oral history of the city’s rock music scene, as witnessed through the lens of Criminal Records, Fantasyland, Wax ‘N’ Facts, and many more. This is a rock-centric take on a … [more below]
- Author: Radford, Chad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1467142972
- Language: English
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November’s Fury: The Deadly Great Lakes Hurricane of 1913
$16.95 Add to cartOn Thursday, November 6, the Detroit News forecasted “moderate to brisk” winds for the Great Lakes. On Friday, the Port Huron Times-Herald predicted a “moderately severe” storm. Hourly the warnings be
- Author: Schumacher, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 081668720X
- Language: English
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A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek
$24.00 Add to cartIn the early morning of November 29, 1864, with the fate of the Union still uncertain, part of the First Colorado and nearly all of the Third Colorado volunteer regiments, commanded by Colonel John Ch
- Author: Kelman, Ari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 07 2015
- ISBN10: 0674503783
- Language: English
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The Fertile Earth and the Ordered Cosmos: Reflections on the Newark Earthworks and World Heritage
$24.95 Add to cartRising in quiet grandeur from the earth in an astoundingly engineered arrangement that ancient peoples mapped to the movements of the moon, Ohio’s Newark Earthworks form the largest geometric earthen … [more below]
- Series: Trillium Books
- Author: Weiser, M. Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: June 30 2023
- ISBN10: 0814258700
- Language: English
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American Political History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Founding Fathers who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787 distrusted political parties, popular democracy, centralized government, and a strong executive office. Yet the country’s nation… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Critchlow, Donald T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 11 2015
- ISBN10: 0199340056
- Language: English
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Oldest Twin Cities: A Guide to Historic Treasures
$22.50 Read more- Series: Oldest
- Author: Severson, Julie Jo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064340
- Language: English
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Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk)
$24.99 Read moreThrough an extraordinary collection of photographs, Jim Thorpe tells the story of not only the athlete but its famed coal-mining industry.
What was originally named Mauch Chunk, Jim Thorpe was establis
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Drury, John H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 28 2001
- ISBN10: 738509639
- Language: English
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Boston Bruins: Blood, Sweat & 100 Years
$50.00 Add to cartCelebrate the Boston Bruins’ centennial with this essential coffee table book
In celebration of the Original Six franchise’s 100th season, the Boston Bruins present a visually stunning retrospe- Author:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1637274742
- Language: English
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A Killing in Amish Country: Lies, Betrayal, and a Cold-Blooded Murder
$19.00 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling authors Gregg Olsen and Rebecca Morris investigate the 2009 death of an Amish wife and mother found murdered in her own bed.
At just 30 years old, with dark-blonde hair and- Author: Olsen, Gregg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1250319706
- Language: English
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Conifers of the New England-Acadian Forest: A Cultural History
$24.95 Add to cartWhy did white pine help spark the American Revolution? How did balsam aid the development of germ theory? What does hemlock have to do with making leather? In Conifers of the New England-Acadian
- Author: Keating, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1625347871
- Language: English
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Midwest Bedrock: The Search for Nature’s Soul in America’s Heartland
$25.00 Add to cartTo know a place deeply means to understand it on several levels, layered almost as if from bedrock to topsoil. Midwest Bedrock: The Search for Nature’s Soul in America’s Heartland takes readers on a j
- Series: Heartland History
- Author: Koch, Kevin J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0253068843
- Language: English
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The Traitor’s Homecoming: Benedict Arnold’s Raid on New London, Connecticut, September 4-13, 1781
$34.95 Read moreA reexamination of Benedict Arnold’s 1781 raid on New London, Connecticut, dispelling myths and offering a balanced military study.
Almost everyone is familiar with the name of at least one Revolutiona… [more below]
- Author: Reardon, Matthew E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1611216982
- Language: English
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Seattle Mystic Alfred M. Hubbard: Inventor, Bootlegger and Psychedelic Pioneer
$21.99 Read moreSeattle has a long tradition of being at the forefront of technological innovation. In 1919, an eager young inventor named Alfred M. Hubbard made his first newspaper appearance with the announcement o… [more below]
- Author: Holden, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1467148067
- Language: English
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New York: An Illustrated History (Revised and Expanded)
$75.00 Read moreAn expanded edition of the only comprehensive illustrated history of New York–with more than 600 ravishing photographs and illustrations–that tells the remarkable 400-year-long story of the city fro… [more below]
- Author: Burns, Ric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 059353414X
- Language: English
