Local history books

""This book mobilizes a women of color feminist reading practice to examine the role of Los Angeles's infrastructure...  Read More >>

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Walks on the Ground is a record of Ponca Elder Louis V. Headman’s personal study of the Southern Ponca people, spanning...  Read More >>

In this compelling firsthand account, Sonja Trom Eayrs tells the story of one Dodge County family farm in rural...  Read More >>

Grit and Ghosts tells the stories of eight women from the American West who speak to a shared human experience of...  Read More >>

In 1851, nine members of the Oatman family set out for California on the old Santa Fe Trail. Seventy miles from...  Read More >>

The story of Woodstock, N.Y., over the last 100 years and how a small, rural town coped with the many challenges...  Read More >>

A comprehensive narrative detailing the struggle for integration in Athens, Georgia, in the context of highly competitive...  Read More >>

"'Nomads Of the Badlands' is filled with tales and details vital to understanding of the people, places and times...  Read More >>

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""This book mobilizes a women of color feminist reading practice to examine the role of Los Angeles's infrastructure...  Read More >>

The history-rich city of Louisville, Kentucky, offers stunning examples of haves and have-nots. Nowhere is this...  Read More >>

In a collection of images that are both quiet and telling, Sunset Colonies portrays the vulnerabilities experienced...  Read More >>

Life, love, and scandal in a nineteenth-century Long Island farm community.  Read More >>

Through interviews, analysis, and life-course theory, retired Boston police officer and criminologist Paul F. Joyce...  Read More >>

Located along the west bank of the Willamette River at the falls in Oregon, the West Linn area offers a vibrant...  Read More >>

The autobiography of a local and national leader in education and civil rights Carver Clark Gayton’s story bears...  Read More >>

Based on archaeological research in Colorado’s Middle Park - a high mountain basin initially encountered by Europeans...  Read More >>

A comprehensive history of the Fort McAllister’s construction and its use during the Civil War, as well as its post-war...  Read More >>

Erie's Shocking Turn of the Century Extortion Scandal On February 8, 1911, the Scott Mausoleum, a symbol of wealth...  Read More >>

A Century of Faith The first Mass was offered for what would eventually be known as St. Rita Church in the humblest...  Read More >>

The Puget Sound region is known for its idyllic scenery--and for harboring the paranormal. From the spirits of...  Read More >>

A vibrant history of Land's End Inn in Provincetown, MA Land's End Inn documents the history of this remarkable...  Read More >>