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Death at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles
$21.99 Add to cartBuilt during Los Angeles’s rapid growth in the Roaring Twenties, the Beaux Arts-style Cecil Hotel was briefly a glimmering downtown landmark until it became one of the most infamous sites of violence … [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Perelman, Dale Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1467150185
- Language: English
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Still Black, Still Strong: Survivors of the U.S. War Against Black Revolutionaries
$15.95 Read moreAn essential document of the Black Panther Party written by three leading thinkers and party activists who were jailed following the FBI’S 1969 mandate to destroy the organization “by any means possib… [more below]
- Series: Semiotext(e) / Active Agents
- Author: Bin Wahad, Dhoruba
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0936756748
- Language: English
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The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld
$20.00 Read moreThe 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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White Riot / Black Massacre: A Brief History of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
$7.95 Read moreIn highly-segregated Tulsa, Oklahoma in June, 1921, a white mob attacked the mostly Black neighborhood of Greenwood. Hundreds of people were killed, and thousands injured. Homes, businesses, schools, … [more below]
- Author: Rose, Kris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1648410944
- Language: English
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Dr. Martha Cannon of Utah: The Unexpected Victorian Life of America’s First Female State Senator
$24.99 Read morePrudery, Polygamy and Politics
Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon was no hands-on-the-plow pioneer. She was no stereotypical polygamous wife. Nor was she a prim lady who blushed at the word “legs.” Victorian Mo
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Jacobson, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1467155071
- Language: English
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Savannah in the New South: From the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century
$44.99 Read moreAn examination of the Georgian city’s complicated and sometimes turbulent development
Savannah in the New South: From the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century, by Walter J. Fraser, Jr., traces the cit
- Author: Fraser, The Estate of Walter J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 08 2018
- ISBN10: 1611178363
- Language: English
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Strange Tales from Ohio: True Stories of Remarkable People, Places, and Events in Ohio History
$17.95 Read more“A delightful read … Zurcher chooses his anecdotes well, balancing scandalous murder mysteries and the truly odd with lighter fare about Ohio’s famous inventors and funniest first achievements.” —
- Author: Zurcher, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 241
- Publish Date: September 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1598510487
- Language: English
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A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon Which the Story Is Founded
$16.95 Read more“I highly recommend reading this supplement in conjunction with Ms. Stowe’s novel to gain a better understanding of the history of our nation.” — The Literary South
In 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe publi- Author: Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 16 2015
- ISBN10: 0486794822
- Language: English
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Snake Eyes: Murder in a Southern Town
$25.95 Add to cartBy 1966, Hot Springs, Arkansas wasn’t your typical sleepy little Southern town. Once a favorite destination for mobsters like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano, illegal activities continued to lure out-of-s
- Author: Martin, Bitty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1633887766
- Language: English
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The Prairie Traveler
$12.95 Add to cartFilled with helpful information that was essential for safe travel west as well as a fascinating view of the strenuous life faced by prairie travelers before the era of the railroad.
- Author: Marcy, Randolph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 01 1986
- ISBN10: 918222893
- Language: English
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Cincinnati Curiosities: Healing Powers of the Wamsley Madstone, Nocturnal Exploits of Old Man Dead, Mazeppa’s Naked Ride & More
$23.99 Read moreExplore the eccentric side of yesterday’s Queen City
Cincinnatians today wrap themselves in a comforting blanket of serene conformity, soothed by the myth that the Queen City has always been a bland, s
- Author: Hand, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 14 2022
- ISBN10: 146715282X
- Language: English
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Rural Iowa Sausage: History & Tradition of Brats on the Back Roads
$24.99 Add to cartAn Iowa Tradition Like No Other
In the 1970s, there were around 450 local meat lockers throughout the state of Iowa. Today, there are little more than 100 left. History is finally back on their sid
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Goodvin, Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1467148547
- Language: English
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The Wisconsin Farm They Built: Tales of Family & Fortitude
$23.99 Read moreCorey Geiger, international agricultural journalist and author of On a Wisconsin Family Farm, pairs his rural roots and lively storytelling talents to capture six generations of life in America’s Dair… [more below]
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Geiger, Corey A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152749
- Language: English
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Unnatural Ohio: A History of Buckeye Cryptids, Legends & Other Mysteries
$24.99 Add to cartStrange things are afoot in the Buckeye State
Across city and country, Ohio echoes with tales of creatures, ghosts, and other unexplained phenomena. A monster that appeared to be half man and half d
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Smith, M. Kristina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151440
- Language: English
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Beale Street Dynasty: Sex, Song, and the Struggle for the Soul of Memphis
$17.99 Read moreBetween Reconstruction and Prohibition, Beale Street in Memphis thrived as a strip with a unique soul that reshaped American culture. Preston Lauterbach recounts the rise and fall of Beale Street thro
- Author: Lauterbach, Preston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0393352137
- Language: English
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Authentic Chicago: The Fairway Flapper, the Lincolnwood Lone Ranger, the Wandering Church and Other Quirky History
$24.99 Read moreDiscover the history most Chicagoans don’t know—the real Chicago Way.
The Windy City is full of forgotten landmarks and unusual stories that rarely get the benefit of a guided tour. Meet the African-
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Schmidt, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154911
- Language: English
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Famine Pots: The Choctaw-Irish Gift Exchange, 1847-Present
$29.95 Add to cartThe remarkable story of the money sent by the Choctaw to the Irish in 1847 is one that is often told and remembered by people in both nations. This gift was sent to the Irish from the Choctaw at the h… [more below]
- Series: American Indian Studies
- Author: Howe, Leanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: October 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1611863694
- Language: English
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A Peculiar Paradise: A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788-1940
$22.95 Read morePublished in cooperation with Oregon Black Pioneers
A Peculiar Paradise: A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788-1940, remains the most comprehensive chronology of Black life in Oregon more than forty ye- Author: McLagan, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0870712217
- Language: English
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Sixteenth Street NW: Washington, DC’s Avenue of Ambitions
$34.95 Read moreDeFerrari and Sefton have created a highly illustrated architectural “biography” of one of DC’s most important boulevards. From the front door of the White House, this north-south artery runs through
- Author: Deferrari, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1647121566
- Language: English
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Brave. Black. First.: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World
$12.99 Read morePublished in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, discover over 50 remarkable Black women whose unique skills and contributions paved the way for… [more below]
- Author: Hudson, Cheryl Willis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0525645845
- Language: English
