State & Local
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Broken Icarus: The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, the Golden Age of Aviation, and the Rise of Fascism
$29.95 Read more2022 History Book Festival Official Selection.
The 1930s still conjure painful images: the great want of the Depression, and overseas, the exuberant crowds motivated by self-appointed national saviors
- Author: Hanna, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: June 15 2022
- ISBN10: 163388676X
- Language: English
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Rumrunning in Suffolk County: Tales from Liquor Island
$21.99 Read moreNicknamed Liquor Island, Long Island was rumrunner’s paradise during Prohibition.
With its proximity to major markets and coastal communities for easy transit, Suffolk County was awash in illegal hooc
- Author: Folk, Amy Kasuga
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1467151610
- Language: English
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Lost Roadhouses of Seattle
$23.99 Read moreProhibition came early to Washington State–in 1916–and kicked off an unforgettable era of nightlife.
Prohibition went national in 1920 and a network of roadside inns, taverns and dancehalls just outs
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Blecha, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1467150738
- Language: English
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Abandoned Coastal Georgia
$23.99 Read more- Author: Meacham, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: July 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1634994108
- Language: English
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In the Devil’s Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692
$21.00 Add to cartAward-winning historian Mary Beth Norton reexamines the Salem witch trials in this startlingly original, meticulously researched, and utterly riveting study.
In 1692 the people of Massachusetts were l- Author: Norton, Mary Beth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 14 2003
- ISBN10: 0375706909
- Language: English
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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
$17.00 Read moreI tell of a time, a place, and a way of life long gone. For many years I have had the urge to describe that treasure trove, lest it vanish forever. So, partly in response to the basic human instinct t… [more below]
- Author: Kalish, Mildred Armstrong
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 29 2008
- ISBN10: 0553384244
- Language: English
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The Citadel and the South Carolina Corps of Cadets
$24.99 Read moreGain insight into one of the nation’s most prestigious military college, The Citadel, and discover the historic past of the South Carolina school.
Since its founding in 1842, The Citadel has provided g
- Series: Campus History
- Author: Buckley, William H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 25 2004
- ISBN10: 0738517046
- Language: English
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Chicago’s Wrigley Field
$24.99 Read moreWrigley Field is the second oldest ballpark currently in use in the major leagues, but it ranks first in the hearts of Cubs fans. Rooting for the home team from the corner of Clark and Addison to smal… [more below]
- Series: Images of Baseball
- Author: Peterson, Paul Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0738533750
- Language: English
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Fort Benton
$24.99 Read moreFort Benton, the head of navigation on the Missouri River, is known as the “Birthplace of Montana.” Its history spans every era in Montana’s development. Founded in 1846 as a fur-trading post, it is M… [more below]
- Series: Postcard History
- Author: Robison, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 08 2009
- ISBN10: 0738570281
- Language: English
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The Historic Barns of Southeastern Pennsylvania: Architecture & Preservation, Built 1750-1900
$50.00 Read moreFor anyone who has ever admired a barn on an old country lane, this is the story of that barn and many others in Southeastern Pennsylvania, or, specifically, “the hearth,” the area east of the Susqueh… [more below]
- Author: Huber, Gregory D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0764353195
- Language: English
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Iron Roads of the Monadnock Region, 3 Volume Set
$75.00 Read moreAll three volumes together of Iron Roads of the Monadnock Region!
Iron Roads of the Monadnock Region brings to life the story of the now largely-forgotten railroads that once operated in the rugged mou
- Author: Blodget, Bradford G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 678
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0872333698
- Language: English
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Wheat Country Railroad: The Northern Pacific’s Spokane & Palouse and Competitors
$50.00 Add to cartRailroad development and competition played a critical role in eastern Washington and northwest Idaho’s agricultural and population growth. Sweeping opportunity lured transportation moguls into the fe
- Author: Beach, Philip F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 01 2018
- ISBN10: 087422361X
- Language: English
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Lost Treasures on the Old Spanish Trail
$15.95 Read moreThe Old Spanish Trail was a pathway with but one purpose: to lead followers to the legendary land of Cibola and its immeasurable treasures of silver and gold. Lost Treasures of the Spanish Trail takes… [more below]
- Author: Thompson, George A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 122
- Publish Date: February 01 1987
- ISBN10: 0914740318
- Language: English
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Gold Rush Gateway
$16.95 Read moreSituated at the head of Lynn Canal are two sites of much importance to the history of the Kondike Gold Rush, one of the greatest adventures North America has known. At the mounth of the Taiya River is… [more below]
- Author: Cohen, Stan B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: March 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0933126484
- Language: English
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Hillsboro
$24.99 Read moreHillsboro was carved out of the thick woods of central Highland County in 1807. The small village soon built itself up from a collection of rough log buildings to a place of considerable prominence in… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Beery, Tara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1467160865
- Language: English
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A Guide to Mississippi Museums
$24.99 Read moreMuseums not only preserve history–their mere presence shows what a community values and celebrates. And from the incredible variety of museums that dot the Mississippi landscape, it’s abundantly clea… [more below]
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Putnam, Richelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1467141844
- Language: English
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Flight Training at the United States Naval Academy
$24.99 Read moreThe United States Naval Academy was founded in 1845 in Annapolis, Maryland, after experience showed that the policy of training naval officers solely through shipboard experience was ineffective. The … [more below]
- Series: Images of Aviation
- Author: Swygert, Andre J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160423
- Language: English
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Old Town Plaza in Albuquerque
$24.99 Read moreWitness the evolution of Albuquerque from the perspective of its birthplace, the historic Old Town Plaza.
Explore the rich architectural heritage and traditions that frame the bustling tourist attracti
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Montoya, Debra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1467155098
- Language: English
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Dark Florida: Animal Attacks, Historic Murders, Deadly Disasters and Other Calamities
$23.99 Read moreAuthor Alan Brown leads readers on a stomach-churning turn through Florida’s dark side .
Florida sunshine beckons, but in can be unrelenting, too. And in the shadows, tragedy strikes. Ted Bundy leads
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Brown, Alan N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154571
- Language: English
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Hockessin Colored School #107c
$23.99 Read moreHockessin Colored School #107C became a catalyst for the groundbreaking school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. This seldom-told story is among the nation’s unsung heroes of pub… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Edwards, Lanette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 10 2023
- ISBN10: 146716013X
- Language: English
