Americas 18

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. This walking tour of Moorestown, New Jersey is ready to……続きを見る

This edition in the American Auto Trails series explores U.S. Highways 25 and 178 through the western side of South Carolina, from the Cherokee Foothills along the North Carolina Line to the Low Cou……続きを見る

Second of five volumes closely examining the history of the Indianapolis 500 and American National Championship racing from 1946 to 1969. Volume Two: Roadsters, Laydowns and Another World includes t……続きを見る

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out t……続きを見る

The Patriot King explores the life and times of an American hero. The book is filled with shadow information that turned this hero into an iconic figure. All readers can take a guess at just who thi……続きを見る

This narrative history of sexism in America presents the adventures of Fanny Wright, Victoria Woodhull, Mary Gove Nichols, and their contemporary reformers. Free Love rescues them from the neglect i……続きを見る

On March 5, 1770, after being harassed for two years during their occupation of Boston, British soldiers finally lost control, firing into a mob of rioting Americans, killing several of them, includ……続きを見る

This saga opens with the enslavement of a woman from Senegambia, and then traces her family’s quest, across five generations, for lives of dignity and equality. The story of Rosalie and her descenda……続きを見る

words of the Author, Mary Griffin Frese Having always wished that my great-grandmother , who lived in Maryland during the Civil War, had written some personal notes as to what it was like for her at……続きを見る

Born in La Paz in 1792, Andrés de Santa Cruz lived through the turbulent times that led to independence across Latin America. He fought to shape the newly established republics, and between 1836 and……続きを見る

African-American architects have been designing and building houses and public buildings since 1865. Although many of these structures survive today, the architects themselves are virtually unknown.……続きを見る

As the Cold War reaches its height, so does postwar prosperity, and the American people celebrate their optimism by electing as president the young, charismatic John F. Kennedy. Just 90 miles from ……続きを見る

From Africa to Brazil traces the flows of enslaved Africans from the broad region of Africa called Upper Guinea to Amazonia, Brazil. These two regions, though separated by an ocean, were made one by……続きを見る

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out t……続きを見る

Smedley Darlington Butler was born in West Chester, PA on July 30, 1881. Over his father's objections, but with the help of his mother, at the age of 16 he left home and enlisted in the United State……続きを見る

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out t……続きを見る

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out t……続きを見る

In August, 1933, dozens of people gathered amid seven large, canvas tents in a field near Amenia, in upstate New York. Joel Spingarn, president of the board of the NAACP, had called a conference to ……続きを見る

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out t……続きを見る

The 2008 presidential election was celebrated around the world as a seminal moment in U.S. political and racial history. White liberals and other progressives framed the election through the prism o……続きを見る

I wrote Katrina Wedding for two main reasons: To tell my personal story of what it was like to come home after one of the worst natural disasters in United States history. To document a Katrina ……続きを見る

After the heartbreaking death of his son Willie, Abraham Lincoln and his family fled the gloom that hung over the White House, moving into a small cottage in Washington, D.C., on the grounds of the ……続きを見る

Well Down Freedom Highway discusses the 1965 Epic LP Freedom Highway by the Chicago-based gospel family act the Staple Singers. The Staples are best-known today for their string of hits for Stax in ……続きを見る

This is a fascinating new overview of European-American relations during the long twentieth century. Ranging from economics, culture and consumption to war, politics and diplomacy, Mary Nolan charts……続きを見る

John Ferling has nearly forty years of experience as a historian of early America. The author of acclaimed histories such as A Leap into the Dark and Almost a Miracle, he has appeared on many TV and……続きを見る

At the end of 1868 Union Pacific crews finished their phenomenal push across Wyoming. As they reached Evanston, winter set in. The Union Pacific's ultimate construction challenge lay ahead of them a……続きを見る

Andrew Himes: My core motivation for researching and writing the book was to understand the roots of fundamentalism -- and how my own life fit into that story. So I started with my earliest ancestor……続きを見る

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. This walking tour of Vienna, Maryland is ready to explo……続きを見る

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out t……続きを見る

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