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West Virginia is a state of overwhelming beauty. Shared traditions, shared tragedies, and shared histories bind its people to the land and each other with a strong sense of place, family, and home. ……続きを見る

Winner of the George Washington Prize Winner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History Winner of the Excellence in American History Book Award Winner of the Fraunces Tavern M……続きを見る

From Old Town to the Union Station, Historic Photos of Tacoma is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives. With around 200 photographs, many of which have never been published, t……続きを見る

On September 10, 1897, a group of 400 striking coal miners--workers of Polish, Slovak, and Lithuanian descent or origin--marched on Lattimer, Pennsylvania. There, law enforcement officers fired with……続きを見る

Hear the music of a singing cowboy who almost becomes Roy Rogers as he find love with a hat-wearing, quirky lady. Coming-of-age stories converge, revealing lives honed by life-threatening hardship i……続きを見る

When originally published, A New History of Kentucky provided a comprehensive study of the Commonwealth, bringing it to life by revealing the many faces, deep traditions, and historical milestones o……続きを見る

Norwich State Hospital (NSH), established in 1904, was more than just a series of mortar and brick buildings to house and treat persons suffering from mental illness. For nearly 100 years, generatio……続きを見る

This book provides a basic guide to the US military and will raise questions for further discussion by students and other curious readers. The US Military provides an accessible starting-point for t……続きを見る

In the land of mountains, milk and maple syrup, community is culture. Hear the stories of diner owners and their regulars. Whether driving through college towns, along rural country roads or down bu……続きを見る

On January 30, 1892, on a field adjacent a small university’s quadrangle, just behind its New College, a mascotーthe university goatーwas paraded before approximately 1,500 spectators. The goat was ……続きを見る

A magnificent gallery of images from the vault of the Capitol Hill’s best insider news source From the splendor of the architecture to historic moments in our nation’s history, scenes of pomp and ci……続きを見る

Double your chills by delving into the dual heritage of this North Carolina cityーstories of haints, witches, ghosts, and beyond . . . Whether it was Winston, Salem, or Winston-Salem, the city has a……続きを見る

Head toward central and upstate New York and discover this region’s ghostly history . . . photos included! The Mohawk River winds through upstate and central New York, and along its meandering path ……続きを見る

The first half of the twentieth century witnessed a growing interest in America's folk heritage, as Americans began to enthusiastically collect, present, market, and consume the nation's folk tradit……続きを見る

Prohibition, with all its crime, corruption, and cultural upheaval, ran its course after thirteen years in most of the rest of the countryーbut not in Memphis, where it lasted thirty years. Patrick ……続きを見る

From the Short North to the German Village, the Ohio Statehouse to the Buckeyes, Historic Photos of Columbus is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives. With around 200 photogra……続きを見る

‘To say that Atkinson can tell a story is like saying Sinatra can sing … A powerful new voice has been added to the dialogue about [America’s] origins as a people and a nation. It is difficult to im……続きを見る

Scandinavian immigrants encountered a strange paradox in 1890s Chicago. Though undoubtedly foreign, these newcomers were seen as Nordics--the "race" proclaimed by the scientific racism of the era as……続きを見る

William Penn was an instrumental and controversial figure in the early modern transatlantic world, known both as a leader in the movement for religious toleration in England and as a founder of two ……続きを見る

A historical tour of fun and frolic in the five boroughsーincluding photos from the good old days. Coney Island is an iconic symbol of turn-of-the-century New Yorkーbut many other amusement parks ha……続きを見る

A tour through this New England state and the many writers who have lived and worked there. Connecticut has produced and inspired a dazzling array of literary talent. Helen Keller’s adult stomping g……続きを見る

Georgia’s oldest city plays hostess to a bevy of ghostly guests whose stories are wrapped up in its rich southern history. As one of America’s most haunted cities, Savannah, Georgia, has a long list……続きを見る

True stories of the spookiest sites in this beautiful South Carolina cityーincludes photos! On the historic streets of Charleston, true life is sometimes stranger than fiction. In this book, Ed Macy……続きを見る

In this gonzo history of the “City of the Violet Crown,” author and journalist Joe Nick Patoski chronicles the modern evolution of the quirky, bustling, funky, self-contradictory place known as Aust……続きを見る

Winner, 2020 Liz Carpenter Award For Best Book on the History of Women The realm of ranching history has long been dominated by men, from talesーtall or trueーof cowboys and cattlemen, to a century’……続きを見る

Bruce A. Glasrud and Deborah M. Liles have gathered over thirty years of scholarshipーarticles, book excerpts, and new, original essaysーto offer for the first time an overview of the history of Afr……続きを見る

“It is my earnest hope that pondering upon the past may give guidance in days to come, enable a new generation to repair some of the errors of former years and thus govern, in accordance with the ne……続きを見る

While numerous books have been written about the great camps, hiking trails, and wildlife of the Adirondacks, noted anthropologist David R. Starbuck offers the only archeological guide to a region l……続きを見る

Nineteen-year-old Burmah Adams, a hairdresser and former Santa Ana High School student, spent her honeymoon on a crime spree. She and her husband of less than one week, White, an ex-con, robbed at l……続きを見る

A gripping narrative of one of the Civil War’s most consequential engagements. In the spring of 1864, the newly installed Union commander Ulysses S. Grant did something none of his predecessors had ……続きを見る