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A storm like no one had ever seen caused tiny Wolf Creek in Thaxton, Virginia, to rage in the darkness of night. An earthen fill that carried the railroad over the creek could not withstand the powe……続きを見る

Forget everything you learned in schoolーthis isn’t a history book. This is a shot of bourbon with a powdered sugar chaser. A jazz-soaked, roux-stirred, crime-tinged love letter to the most beautifu……続きを見る

Utah Woman Suffrage Song Book is a powerful and revelatory collection of poetry and song lyrics written by Latter-day Saint women during the late 19th century, all dedicated to the cause of women’s ……続きを見る

A highly original reinterpretation of how race and class shaped the entirety of Southern history through the experience of four interconnected family lines. The Southern Fault Line explores the und……続きを見る

From one of the most acclaimed and influential historians of the United States, an insightful guide to our history and why it matters. Eric Foner has done more to shape the public and professional u……続きを見る

Explore the history of one of the nation's most prestigious service schools in The Naval War College. It was appropriate that the U.S. Navy's pioneer training station and principal graduate college ……続きを見る

For over a century, the Happy Canyon show has brought together families, friends and strangers to witness a joyous celebration of local history. Originally staged in 1914 by Roy Raley, the all-volun……続きを見る

Utahisms: Unique Expressions, Inventions, Place Names and more ranges from the characteristic to the bizarre The Beehive State's iconic vistas are singular and distinctive. So too are its colloquial……続きを見る

Victorine Quille Adams was a Baltimore native and the first African American woman elected to the city council. Born in 1912, she lived through stringent segregation, racial violence and economic tu……続きを見る

The Volunteer State plays politics according to its own particular set of rules. Witness the rise and fall of the lost state of Franklin, Tennessee's first instance of secession. Pull back the curta……続きを見る

When Ella Tambussi Grasso ran for governor of Connecticut in 1974, she had not lost an election since she was first voted into the state's General Assembly in 1952. The people of Connecticut chose h……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

This is a history of the American Negro, whose ancestors arrived at Jamestown a year before the arrival of the "Mayflower."The book begins in Africa with the great empires of the Nile Valley and the……続きを見る

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

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

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

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

In cities all across the United States, the courthouse represents justice, safety, and the rule of law. However, in some cities it becomes much more, becoming the home of tragic occasions of mob vio……続きを見る

John Chisum was a legendary figure of the Old West cattle frontier. At thirteen he migrated with his family from Tennessee to the Republic of Texas. During the 1850s Chisum recognized opportunity in……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

James Pickett Jones is Distinguished Teaching Professor of History at Florida State University. 続きを見る

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

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

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

Once upon a department store, Gable's was the place to shop, eat, meet, and be seen in downtown Altoona, Pennsylvania. Now, the classic store has come back to life in the pages of this one-of-a-kind……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

“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

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, tr……続きを見る