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True Crime Northern Virginia in the '50s & '60s

True Crime Northern Virginia in the '50s & '60s

Author: Zachary G Ford
ISBN: 9781467156660
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Discover crimes that made headlines across northern Virginia in the 1950s and 60s. As the suburbs of Washington,...  Read More >>

Legend & Lore of the Lost Adams

Legend & Lore of the Lost Adams

Author: John Lemay
ISBN: 9781953221193
Format: Paperback
$52.77

For years, the tale of a group of miners who found a hidden canyon of gold only to be massacred by the Apache was...  Read More >>

California Gold: Sidney Robertson and the WPA California Folk Music Project

California Gold: Sidney Robertson and the WPA California...

Author: Catherine Hiebert Kerst ,  Library of Congress
ISBN: 9780520391314
Format: Hardback
$57.95

California Gold offers a compelling cultural snapshot of a diverse California during the 1930s at the height of...  Read More >>

Six Constitutions Over Texas: Texas' Political Identity, 1830-1900

Six Constitutions Over Texas: Texas' Political Identity,...

Author: William Chriss ,  H. W. Brands
ISBN: 9781648431715
Format: Hardback
$118.80

Replete with insights on the ways in which systems of law impact social control and political identity, Six Constitutions...  Read More >>

The Texas Lowcountry: Slavery and Freedom on the Gulf Coast, 1822-1895

The Texas Lowcountry: Slavery and Freedom on the Gulf...

Author: John R. Lundberg
ISBN: 9781648431753
Format: Hardback
$118.80

Examines slavery and Reconstruction in a region of Texas the author terms the lowcountry - an area encompassing...  Read More >>

100 Years 100 Lumberjacks

100 Years 100 Lumberjacks

Author: Scott Sosebee ,  Perky Beisel
ISBN: 9781622882472
Format: Hardback
$105.60

Stephen F. Austin State Teacher’s College - now Stephen F. Austin State University - opened its doors to students...  Read More >>

More Historic Homes of Waco, Texas

More Historic Homes of Waco, Texas

Author: Kenneth Hafertepe
ISBN: 9781648431180
Format: Hardback
$110.88

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The German Texas Frontier in 1853 Volume 1: Ferdinand Lindheimer's Newspaper Accounts of the Environment, Gold, and Indians

The German Texas Frontier in 1853 Volume 1: Ferdinand...

Author: Daniel J. Gelo ,  Christopher J. Wickham
ISBN: 9781574419290
Format: Hardback
$92.27

In late 1852, Ferdinand Lindheimer became founding editor of a German-language weekly newspaper for the German settler...  Read More >>

On the Trail of Robert the Bruce

On the Trail of Robert the Bruce

Author: David R. Ross
ISBN: 9781913025137
Format: Paperback
$23.26

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Hell Put To Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery

Hell Put To Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and...

Author: Earl Swift
ISBN: 9780063265387
Format: Hardback
$65.00

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Chesapeake Requiem comes a gripping new work of narrative...  Read More >>

Run for Your Lives!: Gender and the Runaway Scrape

Run for Your Lives!: Gender and the Runaway Scrape

Author: Linda English
ISBN: 9781648432194
Format: Hardback
$105.60

In Run for Your Lives! historian Linda English opens a new window into the Runaway Scrape, exploring the events...  Read More >>

The Lost War for Texas: Mexican Rebels, American Burrites, and the Texas Revolution of 1811

The Lost War for Texas: Mexican Rebels, American Burrites,...

Author: James Aalan Bernsen
ISBN: 9781648431739
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Places a spotlight on division and separatism at a pivotal moment of the ‘second revolution’ of the United States....  Read More >>

Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom

Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton...

Author: Kathryn Olivarius
ISBN: 9780674295551
Format: Paperback
$38.95

In antebellum New Orleans, whites and Blacks died in droves from yellow fever. But the fortunes of survivors were...  Read More >>

One Thousand Days: Northern Vermont, 1970s

One Thousand Days: Northern Vermont, 1970s

Author: Bob Verneuille
ISBN: 9781637775639
Format: Paperback
$39.60

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Ascension: The Sociology of an African American Family's Generational Journey

Ascension: The Sociology of an African American Family's...

Author: Lois Benjamin
ISBN: 9781469678672
Format: Paperback
$42.90

In this masterful work of family-focused sociology, Lois Benjamin considers the lives of Pennie and Roscoe James...  Read More >>

The Nebraska Sandhills

The Nebraska Sandhills

Author: Monica Norby ,  Judy Diamond
ISBN: 9781496235831
Format: Hardback
$92.27

The Nebraska Sandhills features nearly forty essays about the history, people, geography, geology, ecology, and...  Read More >>

Along McIntyre Road

Along McIntyre Road

Author: Mary Ann (Cooper) Smith ,  Jerome Smith
ISBN: 9781662897726
Format: Hardback
$60.69

A small rural village in Eastern Ohio called McIntyre is bursting with rich history and culture. Mary Ann (Cooper)...  Read More >>

Misplacing Ogden, Utah: Race, Class, Immigration, and the Construction of Urban Reputations

Misplacing Ogden, Utah: Race, Class, Immigration, and...

Author: Pepper Glass
ISBN: 9781647691547
Format: Paperback
$79.20

How do we draw the lines between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ neighbourhoods? How do we know ‘ghettos’? This book questions...  Read More >>

Carolina Currents, Studies in South Carolina Culture: Volume 1. New Directions

Carolina Currents, Studies in South Carolina Culture:...

Author: Christopher Johnson
ISBN: 9781643364636
Format: Paperback
$65.97

The first in a collection of essays and book reviews devoted to vital aspects of South Carolina history and culture....  Read More >>

Battle for the Heart of Texas: Political Change in the Electorate

Battle for the Heart of Texas: Political Change in the...

Author: Mark Owens ,  Ken Wink
ISBN: 9780806193991
Format: Paperback
$79.07

At a critical moment, as migration, immigration, and a maturing populace alter the state’s political landscape,...  Read More >>

The Silverado Squatters

The Silverado Squatters

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN: 9789357930130
Format: Paperback
$42.95

The Silverado Squatters (1883) is Robert Louis Stevenson's travel memoir of his two-month honeymoon trip with Fanny...  Read More >>

Ascension: The Sociology of an African American Family's Generational Journey

Ascension: The Sociology of an African American Family's...

Author: Lois Benjamin
ISBN: 9781469678665
Format: Hardback
$168.30

In this masterful work of family-focused sociology, Lois Benjamin considers the lives of Pennie and Roscoe James...  Read More >>

From Blue to Red: The Rise of the GOP in Arkansas

From Blue to Red: The Rise of the GOP in Arkansas

Author: John C. Davis
ISBN: 9781682262443
Format: Hardback
$59.40

Provides a rigorous yet accessible study of the partisan shift in Arkansas, tracking changes in voter preference...  Read More >>

Men of No Reputation: Robert Boatright, the Buckfoot Gang, and the Fleecing of Middle America

Men of No Reputation: Robert Boatright, the Buckfoot...

Author: Kimberly Harper
ISBN: 9781682262450
Format: Hardback
$59.40

The first account to explore the life of Robert Boatright, one of America’s most gifted, but forgotten, confidence...  Read More >>

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