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Desegregation in Northern Virginia Libraries
$23.99 Read moreA Hidden History of Unequal Access During the Jim Crow era, many public libraries were segregated. The public library plays a fundamental role in communities by providing free educational resources, b… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Barbuschak, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152897
- Language: English
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Gumbo Shop
$19.95 Read moreFor decades, patrons of the quaint Creole restaurant on Saint Peter Street have enjoyed the standards of New Orleans cuisine in one of its most natural settings. Around the corner from Saint Louis Cat… [more below]
- Author: Stewart, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1455627216
- Language: English
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Justice for Sale: Graft, Greed, and a Crooked Federal Judge in 1930s Gotham
$35.00 Read moreMartin T. Manton was a corrupt federal appeals court judge in New York who was convicted in 1939 and sent to prison. At the time, this was a hugely important story: Manton was considered the highest-r
- Author: Stein, Gary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493072560
- Language: English
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The C&o Canal Companion: A Journey Through Potomac History
$26.95 Read moreAn indispensable guide to a regional treasure–now thoroughly updated and expanded.
A comprehensive guide to one of America’s unique national parks, The C&O Canal Companion takes readers on a mile-by-m
- Author: High, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 26 2015
- ISBN10: 1421415054
- Language: English
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Wooden Boats of the St. Lawrence River
$24.99 Read moreThe Thousand Islands’ very name conjures up images of great natural beauty and nautical wonders. They are forested islands replete with storybook stone castles. Exquisite mahogany runabouts can be see… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Kunz, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 01 2017
- ISBN10: 146712401X
- Language: English
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Cycling in Chicago
$24.99 Read moreIn the late 19th and early 20th century, Chicago was the center of bicycle manufacturing in the United States. As an early industrial and transportation center, two-thirds of all bicycles manufactured… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: McAuliffe, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 30 2017
- ISBN10: 1467126020
- Language: English
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Sermons in Stone: The Stone Walls of New England and New York
$16.95 Read moreWhat do we actually know about stone walls? about the people who built them, and why? Stone walls are not simply monuments to the skill of Yankee farmers. The historical record makes clear that many w… [more below]
- Author: Allport, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 17 2012
- ISBN10: 1581571658
- Language: English
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Moxie: Maine in a Bottle
$16.95 Add to cartIn this compendium of all things Moxie, Maine author Jim Baumer shows us why this soft drink has garnered such a loyal and vocal following. Through history, photos, festivals, and more, Moxie: Maine i… [more below]
- Author: Baumer, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: March 15 2019
- ISBN10: 160893683X
- Language: English
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All Hell Broke Loose: Experiences of Young People During the Armistice Day 1940 Blizzard
$15.95 Read moreHow young people coped with the storm of the century – 59 people died in Minnesota on November 11, 1940 when the worst blizzard ever hit Minnesota unexpectedly. Violet walked from Seven Corners in Min… [more below]
- Author: Hull, William H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: June 01 1985
- ISBN10: 188237696X
- Language: English
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Honest Answers about the Murder of President John F. Kennedy: A New Look at the JFK Assassination
$24.95 Read moreThousands of books and articles have been written about the murder of JFK, many of which are large in volume and short on facts. Quite often, these works try to reinvent the wheel, attempting to cover… [more below]
- Author: Palamara, Vincent Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 19 2021
- ISBN10: 163424334X
- Language: English
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Colorado Curiosities: Rattlesnake Kate, the Crying Bridge, Kit Carson’s Last Trip and More
$21.99 Read moreColorado’s Front Range, Western Slope, eastern plains and southern approaches were home to some of the state’s stranger people, places and events. Meet Mike the Headless Chicken from Fruita and a Fort… [more below]
- Author: Brick, Cindy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1467146587
- Language: English
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Mysterious Georgia
$21.99 Read moreA plunge into Georgia history offers no shortage of bewilderment. UFOs, haunted bridges, ghost lights and monsters are just a smattering of the unexplained. At the Jekyll Island Club, a bellhop from t… [more below]
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Carmichael, Sherman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1467149268
- Language: English
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A New History of Lexington, Kentucky
$21.99 Read moreLexington is known as the Horse Capital of the World, but the city’s history runs much deeper. Learn about the mayor who refused the Ku Klux Klan permission to march and organize in the city. Meet one… [more below]
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Ockerman Jr, Foster
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1467146854
- Language: English
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A History of Montana in 101 Objects: Artifacts & Essays from the Montana Historical Society
$29.95 Add to cartTreasures abound in this tour of Montana’s fascinating past. Featured objects span a breadth of time and cultures, ranging from a prehistoric petroglyph (dated 1500 AD), to famous guide and trapper Ji… [more below]
- Author: Montana Historical Society
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 1940527961
- Language: English
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Rediscovering America: How the National Holidays Tell an Amazing Story about Who We Are
$28.00 Read moreThe only book ever written in the history genre that succinctly tells the progressive and redemptive course of America as revealed in the stories behind the American holidays.
Ever wonder why everyone- Author: Powell, Scott S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1637581599
- Language: English
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Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16
$22.99 Read moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The definitive history of combat aviation and fighter aircraft, from World War I to present
INCLUDES 32 PAGES OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND 12 MAPS
Lords of the Sky is the “dramatic, fast-pa
- Author: Hampton, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: June 02 2015
- ISBN10: 0062262092
- Language: English
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Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck
$19.00 Read moreLonglisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction
One of America’s great miscarriages of justice, the Supreme Court’s infamous 1927 Buck v. Bell ruling made government sterilization of “undes- Author: Cohen, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0143109995
- Language: English
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Filipinos in Chicago
$24.99 Read moreThe pictorial history of Filipino immigration to Chicago encompasses 100 years, moving from the Philippines to this country of unknown landscapes and uncertainties.
The pioneering Filipinos came in the
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Alamar, Estrella Ravelo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0738518808
- Language: English
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Ironwood, Hurley, and the Gogebic Range
$24.99 Read moreSituated on the south shore of Lake Superior, the Gogebic Iron Range of Michigan and Wisconsin exudes a strong sense of place. During the 1880s, a mining boom lured settlers, investment, and controver… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Liesch, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 30 2006
- ISBN10: 738540668
- Language: English
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Allegany County
$24.99 Read moreAllegany County was established in 1789 and is truly one of America’s historic transportation and industrial centers. The images presented here portray this heritage and were selected with care from t… [more below]
- Series: Postcard History
- Author: Feldstein, Albert L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 29 2006
- ISBN10: 0738543810
- Language: English
