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This book is a written survey of Choctaw history from the late Mississippian era in the 16th century. Simms has presented an incident he was told or viewed about when he traveled from his home in So……続きを見る

The early Bohemians, poets, anarchists and immigrants all converged on Bowery Street in New Yorks Lower East Side during the 1890's. Bunner looks at Life on Bowery in this short illustrated essay.続きを見る

Highway A1A: Florida at the Edge is more than an insightful guide to the cities and towns along Florida's Atlantic coast. It is also the dramatic story of how tourism begat development, how developm……続きを見る

If you are looking for a quirky and unusual date in New York City, then this book is perfect for you! This book contains 50 clue-based questions that will send you and your date on a scavenger hunt ……続きを見る

When George Washington bade farewell to his officers, he did so in New York's Fraunces Tavern. When Andrew Jackson planned his defense of New Orleans against the British in 1815, he met Jean Lafitte……続きを見る

First published in 1953, this photographic record of the real life and work of cowboys remains a perennial favorite. Erwin E. Smith was the outstanding cowboy photographer of the West, and these eig……続きを見る

Follow a barge of Ore from the mines to Boonton New Jersey in the mid 19th century, with glimpses of the tow boat life and the New Jersey wilds, into the hands of the nail makers, with their furnac……続きを見る

In February 1909, a former United States Deputy Marshal was murdered near Ada, Oklahoma, by a cold-blooded assassin. His murder was one of many that had occurred in a county in which citizens wer……続きを見る

Excerpt ...The 1232 persons living in Virginia, January, 1625, dwelt at twenty-five locations. Several of these were large plantations, such as Peirsey's Hundred, Mr. Treasurer's (George Sandys'), M……続きを見る

Houston was a terrible place to divorce or seek child custody in the 1980s and early 1990s. Family court judges routinely rendered verdicts that damaged the interests of women and children. In some ……続きを見る

The one-room schoolhouse may be a thing of the past, but it is the foundation on which modern education rests. Sue Thomas now traces the progress of early education in Missouri, demonstrating how im……続きを見る

Marietta is one of the largest and most historic cities in northwest Georgia. As one of Atlanta's largest suburbs, Marietta is the home and workplace for thousands of Georgians, and has been a homes……続きを見る

A Plea for Captain John Brown by Henry David Thoreau "A Plea for Captain John Brown is an essay by Henry David Thoreau. It is based on a speech Thoreau first delivered to an audience at Concord, Mas……続きを見る

Join author Michael W. R. Davis as he retraces the history of what went on behind the scenes of testing automotive tracks in Detroit, Michigan. The catastrophic failure of a new but unproven copper-……続きを見る

An affectionate, irreverent, candid look at the "Heart of Dixie" This book tells Alabama’s history in a conversational style with an unapologetically subjective approach. Accessible to general reade……続きを見る

This work focuses on how whites used Nez Perce history, images, activities and personalities in the production of history, developing a regional identity into a national framework. 続きを見る

This is a brief account of Washington's two winters in the neighborhood of Morristown New Jersey during the American Revolution. Nicely illustrated.続きを見る

From iron works to tourism, explore the sweeping landscapes of Franconia and Sugar Hill throughout the centuries Although geographically contiguous and linked by their shared industries of early iro……続きを見る

Over 3,000 dead. Buildings shaken to the ground. A city, surrounded by water, burnt to the ground. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was one of the most destructive natural disasters the world ha……続きを見る

Americans love to hate their government, and a long tradition of anti-government suspicion reaches back to debates among the founders of the nation. But the election of Barack Obama has created a ba……続きを見る

Randolph Marcy went west in 1833. He reminisces  about his army life on the border of Indian Territory in this short 19th century piece. Illustrated続きを見る

Founded in Galveston in 1842 with the launch of the Daily News, the Belo Corporation entered the twenty-first century as a powerhouse conglomerate, owning four daily newspapers (including the Dallas……続きを見る

How - and why - did one of the world's greatest cities come to be teetering on the edge of bankruptcy? Ken Auletta, writer for THE NEW YORKER and columnist for THE DAILY NEWS, shows how the decline ……続きを見る

The Nolanville church of Christ Encampment was born during a time of spiritual revival in America, and eventually grew to be one of the most well-known and enduring annual camp meetings in Central T……続きを見る

A good description of a trip on the Rhody Carter out of Marblehead Massachusetts to the Grand Banks in search of Cod during the mid nineteenth century. 続きを見る

Everyone loves a good story. And Liars and Legends contains 40 of the South's most interesting and . . . well . . . just plain curious stories. This book grows out of the popular Turner South televi……続きを見る

“Between the high Sierras south from Yosemiteーeast and south over a very great assemblage of broken ranges beyond Death Valley, and on illimitably into the Mojave Desert” is the territory that Mary……続きを見る

John D. Hertz, of rental car fame, discovered Trout Valley (then a part of unincorporated McHenry County) in the 1920s. He built a mansion, barns, and polo grounds on the banks of the Fox River, cal……続きを見る

The Boundary Waters region of Minnesota and Ontario is a vast wilderness of quiet beauty, visited and loved by many, but home to only a rugged few. In 1928, Justine Kerfoot arrived, a Northwestern U……続きを見る

Volume 9 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