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In the history, the very personality, of New York City, few events loom larger than the wave of immigration at the turn of the last century. Today a similar influx of new immigrants is transforming ……続きを見る

A fascinating history of the Ohio and Erie Canal, from a national leader in agricultural output to a recreational resource. George Washington first proposed the idea of a canal connecting the Great ……続きを見る

The Glosser Bros. Department Store in Johnstown, Pennsylvania has reopened, just for you, in the pages of this one-of-a-kind nonfiction book. For the first time, the whole true story of Glosser’s ha……続きを見る

"...we had youth in our favor, and an indomitable will to succeed, and I have since learned by experience that a kind providence watches over fools and children." So begins Lavinia Honeyman Porter i……続きを見る

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John A. Logan, called "Black Jack" by the men he led in Civil War battles from the Henry-Donelson campaign to Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and on to Atlanta, was one of the Union Army’s most colorful gen……続きを見る

Inman Park documents the rich and interesting history of this diverse suburb of Atlanta. The story of Inman Park, Atlanta's first planned suburb, is one closely tied with transportation ingenuity, t……続きを見る

Located 20 miles from the state capital of Jackson, Copiah County was organized after an agreement was reached with the Choctaw Indians in 1820. Named after a Native American word meaning "calling p……続きを見る

A history of the settlement and development of the townships of Brushy Lake and Hickory Ridge and of the emergence of the town of Hickory ridge, all located within the state of Arkansas. The time sp……続きを見る

Arkansas History: A Journey through TimeThe Growth of the Twenty-Fifth State of the Union from 1833 to 1957 places in the hands of students and teachers a curated compilation of excerpts from origin……続きを見る

The lost colony of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, was England's first experiment in civilian empire building and the first attempt at peaceful co-existence between Native Americans and the English.……続きを見る

Once upon a shopping center, the Richland Mall was the place to shop, eat, meet, play, and be seen in suburban Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Decades after its closing, this classic mall returns to life i……続きを見る

This is a story of Peter Gibson Thomson's pulp mill. Through extensive research, the author has gathered information from a wide variety of sources, including scattered mill documents, drawings and ……続きを見る

“We then determined to use the small remnant of our fortune to provide a suitable outfit for a lengthy journey toward the setting sun.” Like so many others Lavinia Honeyman Porter and her husband de……続きを見る

This book reveals the battles and events that shaped the history of 'The Heart of Dixie' during the Civil War. Alabama's role in the Civil War cannot be understated. Union raids into northern Alabam……続きを見る

Billy Dixon triggered the most celebrated shot in the history of the West at the Battle of Adobe Walls in 1874. A few months later, while serving as an army scout, Billy earned a Medal of Honor duri……続きを見る

A unique volume of information and colorful anecdotes about historic ranches, located throughout the American West. In all, almost sixty ranches are profiled, covering twelve states. From the King R……続きを見る

"The Arizona Rangers" is the first documented history of the Rangers ever published, and fills a sizeable void in the annals of Arizona Territory. Bill O'Neal's enthusiasm for his subject and his re……続きを見る

A story of an ideal American family to rival The Waltons...You Must Be A Jones, A Family Memoir is a heartwarming story of an African American family persevering during some of the country’s most si……続きを見る

Combining explications of William Faulkner's novels and short stories with thematic analysis, Hyatt H. Waggoner works from the close reading of a specific work outward to its most general meanings a……続きを見る

As an outpost of the advancing frontier, Kentucky played a crucial military role. Kentucky's state militia, which, under federal law, enrolled every able-bodied male citizen aged eighteen to forty-f……続きを見る

Combining explications of William Faulkner's novels and short stories with thematic analysis, Hyatt H. Waggoner works from the close reading of a specific work outward to its most general meanings a……続きを見る

From 1866 until the end of the 1950s, almost all of the attending staff at Cook County Hospitalーand thus the instructors who prepared physicians for their life’s workーwere unpaid volunteers. As wa……続きを見る

By 1900, the German population in the United States was close to 2.7 million. In numerous cities in the Northeast and Midwest, those who had immigrated in the nineteenth century congregated in demar……続きを見る

2022 Just this year, in Montana, where our story takes place: 47% murdered, 369 missing, 17% status unknown According to US Marshals Service records, 116 are murdered or go missing across Canada and……続きを見る

Covering thousands of years and a multitude of topics, the book tells the story of the development from a group of small agricultural settlements into a town and then a modern city. It covers succes……続きを見る

If you stop and look around you will see trees everywhere: not only in woods and plantations, in parks and gardens and in hedges but also along streets, beside motorways, on old colliery sites, arou……続きを見る

As an outpost of the advancing frontier, Kentucky played a crucial military role. Kentucky's state militia, which, under federal law, enrolled every able-bodied male citizen aged eighteen to forty-f……続きを見る

A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication A classic resource on early knowledge of prehistoric mounds and the peoples who constructed them in the eastern United States With this accessible volume, Henry C……続きを見る

This major summary of the current state of archaeological research on the Swift Creek culture is the first comprehensive collection ever published concerning the Swift Creek people. The Swift Creek ……続きを見る