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This book contains slave narratives from Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Reverend Noah Davis, Josiah Henson, James W. C. Pennington, John Thompson, and Henry Watson, all of whom had major connec……続きを見る

Get ready to meet twenty of the most interesting, bizarre, colorful, and unforgettable characters to be found in the annals the most interesting, bizarre, colorful, and unforgettable city in the wor……続きを見る

From the simplest slab of weathered stone to the most imposing mausoleum, every marker in a Texas cemetery bears witness to a life thatーin ways small or largeーhelped shape the history and culture ……続きを見る

Blends oral history, documentary studies, and quantitative research to present a colorful local history with much to say about multicultural identity in the South Homelands is a case study of a uniq……続きを見る

Take a fascinating journey through the history of Shelter Island, New York with more than 200 vintage photographs and anecdotes from the locals who experienced it. In the spring of 1962, Captain Nat……続きを見る

A contemporaneous description of Grierson's Cavalry raid into Southern Territory. Illustrated.続きを見る

First published in 1932, The Taxi-Dance Hall is Paul Goalby Cressey’s fascinating study of Chicago’s urban nightlifeーas seen through the eyes of the patrons, owners, and dancers-for-hire who freque……続きを見る

Volume 12 of the series "Historic Highways of America". According to Wikipedia: "Archer Butler Hulbert (26 Jan 1873 24 Dec 1933), historical geographer, writer, and professor of American history... ……続きを見る

J Ross Browne called himself a Californian. This Irish born American writer and artist was a world traveler who was at one point minister to China. But it was California that he called home. When h……続きを見る

• Steven Barton founded the town of Isabella near the Kern River and named it for Queen Isabella of Spain in 1893, the year of the Columbian Exposition celebrating the quadricentennial of the discov……続きを見る

Volume 3 of the series "Historic Highways of America". According to Wikipedia: "Archer Butler Hulbert (26 Jan 1873 24 Dec 1933), historical geographer, writer, and professor of American history... H……続きを見る

     The robberies on the road to Yosemite during the early 1900s were unique for several reasons. Despite the lack of money involved, the number of coaches and passengers robbed……続きを見る

Written in 1859, this introduction to the Croton, as it winds its way to New York City, gives a pleasant insight into the city of New York and the surrounding areas during the mid Nineteenth centur……続きを見る

When Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, landed on the Texas coast in 1685, bent on founding a French colony, his enterprise was doomed to failure. Not only was he hundreds of miles from his intende……続きを見る

Recipient of the 1994 Anne B. and James B. McMillan Prize This comprehensive study provides a history of New Deal archaeology in the Southeast in the 1930s and early 1940s and focuses on the project……続きを見る

The year was 1909, and a youthful Jesse Nusbaum had resigned his teaching position at the Normal School at Las Vegas, New Mexico, and had ridden his “…four-horse-power, twin-cylinder, chain-belt-dri……続きを見る

Ask anyone to name an archetypal Texan, and you're likely to get a larger-than-life character from film or television (say John Wayne's Davy Crockett or J. R. Ewing of TV's Dallas) or a politician w……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

This case study in cultural mythmaking shows how antebellum Alabama created itself out of its own printed texts, from treatises on law and history to satire, poetry, and domestic novels. Early 19th-……続きを見る

Local government is the hidden leviathan of American politics: it accounts for nearly a tenth of gross domestic product, it collects nearly as much in taxes as the federal government, and its decisi……続きを見る

A bold, insightful book that rejects the myth of America the Unphilosophical, arguing that America today towers as the most philosophical culture in the history of the world, an unprecedented market……続きを見る

How ritualized public ceremonies affirm or challenge cultural identities associated with the American South W. J. Cash's 1941 observation that “there are many Souths and many cultural traditions amo……続きを見る

The Texas Argonauts were on the march west as early as January, 1849 ーa remarkable circumstance when it is recalled that the famous tea caddy of gold dust which set off the gold fever in the “State……続きを見る

A look at the administration and functioning of the civil war era hospitals at Fortress Monroe. Illustrated.続きを見る

     The greatest California mountain man of them all was Grizzly Adams.      He was also one of the most mysterious men in the history of the American West.……続きを見る

Living off the landーhunting, fishing, and farming, along with a range of specialized crafts that provided barter or cash incomeーwas a way of life that persisted well into the twentieth century in ……続きを見る

Picturesque little Bayfield on Lake Superior is Wisconsin’s smallest city by population but one of its most popular visitor destinations. This book captures those unique qualities that keep tourists……続きを見る

A short piece that describes Old Time Taverns in New York city from the time of the founding by the Dutch to the American Revolution. John Austin Stevens Jr. (1827–1910) was a leader of business,……続きを見る

Vintage postcards and photographs depict the history of this Arkansas resort, Hot Springs. From its rise in the 1800s until well into the twentieth century, Hot Springs was a famed resort known worl……続きを見る

Real places and People of the Sunshine State; “GERONIMO LIVE! And Other Florida Stories” covers the overlooked, sometimes unusual history of the Sunshine State. The stories include photos and inform……続きを見る