Local history books

Folktales, hidden treasures and witchcraft. The towering skyline of New Brunswick stands in stark contrast with...  Read More >>

Malice in a Mining Mecca Pernicious activity tends to follow prosperity, and the heyday of the Cripple Creek mining...  Read More >>

The true—and unsolved—story of unabashedly greedy men, their exploitation of Muscogee land, and the hunt for the...  Read More >>

A multiracial history of civil rights coalitions beyond the farm worker movement in twentieth-century Bakersfield,...  Read More >>

This book is a companion to An Illustrated History of Palm Beach: How Palm Beach Evolved Over 150 Years from Wilderness...  Read More >>

The Roots of Ticasuk is not only a deftly-written series of adventures, but also a family story crucial to understanding...  Read More >>

In his inimitable prose, master storyteller Peter Quinn chronicles his odyssey from the Irish Catholic precincts...  Read More >>

The Bravest Pets of Gotham takes readers on a fun historical tour of Old New York, sharing more than 100 touching,...  Read More >>

From humble beginnings, a curious girl nicknamed Sassy became a notable figure in nursing at the state and national...  Read More >>

""An autobiography of Joshua Chamberlain with comments from Thomas A. Desjardin""--  Read More >>

A timeless account of life on a nineteenth-century whaler, from the misery of seasickness and rigors of sea voyages;...  Read More >>

In the heart of New York City, two colossal figures, Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs, engaged in a battle over the...  Read More >>

Carrabassett Valley doesn't just look different from other towns; it does things differently. The two dozen ski...  Read More >>

Michael Madigan rose from the Chicago machine to hold unprecedented power as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives....  Read More >>

Dive into Cleveland's deep past and return with a new vision for how we should think about the region today. The...  Read More >>

Burton K. Wheeler (1882–1975) may have been the most powerful politician Montana ever produced, and he was one of...  Read More >>

Nothing occurs outside the will and purpose of God. If God wants something to happen, nothing can stop it. One...  Read More >>

One woman’s mostly unpublished, rich heritage of West Texas border folklore and literary history  Read More >>

In the John Chisholm Church History Series, Church Historian C. Wayne Kilpatrick utilizes his over four decades...  Read More >>

A historical document reintroducing Dallas as an early French socialist utopia, pieced from journal entries, letters,...  Read More >>

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In the John Chisholm Church History Series, Church Historian C. Wayne Kilpatrick utilizes his over four decades...  Read More >>

""This book is a substantial revision of two earlier iterations: Illinois Politics and Government: The Expanding...  Read More >>

Mexican American and Puerto Rican women have long taken up the challenge to improve the lives of Chicagoans in the...  Read More >>