Local history books

A consistent factor throughout New York State's dynamic history has been the complex interactions between groups...  Read More >>

A U.S. Marine Corps fighter pilot and his father, a fourth-generation horseman, tell the story of a place and time...  Read More >>

This is Glasgow journalist Cliff Hanley's sparkling, unsentimental and uproariously funny account of growing up...  Read More >>

Winner, ""Gold"" Independent Publishing Award (IPPY) for LGBTQ+ Nonfiction Winner, The Randy Shilts Award for Gay...  Read More >>

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This book asks and answers two questions. What's survived in Vancouver? And how do you survive in Vancouver? Michael...  Read More >>

Original illustrated collection of stories about famous London bridges, viaducts and highwalks written in verse....  Read More >>

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Cemeteries tell stories—and many in what was once the frontier west are crumbling, forgotten, part of ghost towns....  Read More >>

If when you think “Florida” you don’t think “spectacular,” Cathy Salustri is determined to change your mind. Explaining...  Read More >>

""As I am someone who has grown to actually like Malrt, you may doubt my taste. But Josh Noel's exploration of this...  Read More >>

The Western Horse celebrates more than four centuries of history and culture of the western horse, its ability to...  Read More >>

This classic work reveals the fascinating history, iconography, and people behind the twelve-lane behemoth we call...  Read More >>

Ara: The Life and Legacy of a Notre Dame Legend captures the personality, courage, and character of a great man...  Read More >>

Author Joshua Ginsberg guides intrepid readers on a journey into Orlando's haunted history. More than 70 million...  Read More >>

Author Heather Leigh guides readers on a swashbuckling journey into the ghostly remnants of Florida pirates. From...  Read More >>

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Illuminates the nearly forgotten history of America's only nuclear detonations east of the Mississippi River, conducted...  Read More >>

A landmark study of Michigan's African American community in the American Civil War era hailing the state's only...  Read More >>

An in-depth sociological investigation of ""hope"" as it applies to the Italian immigrant experience in the blue-collar...  Read More >>

Boston to the north and New York City to the south, Connecticut’s history of organized crime is often overlooked....  Read More >>

Whether they were utopian communitarians, sun-seeking gurus, or Protestant health reformers, Southern California's...  Read More >>

A vibrant new voice blends Native folklore and the search for identity in a fierce debut work of personal history...  Read More >>

In 1998, Tim and Lucia Amsden left their familiar lives in Kansas City and moved to the Ramah Valley in northwestern...  Read More >>

This book, like the two that preceded it on the Middle and Southern colonies, seeks to answer one simple question....  Read More >>