Local history books

In 1989, the Artistic Director of a San Francisco circus, Judy Finelli, met briefly with Lu Yi, the Director of...  Read More >>

A Spanish story written four hundred years ago speaks of California as an island rich in pearls and gold. Only black...  Read More >>

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The Spanish settlement in Albuquerque dates back to the early 18th century, when a group of Spanish settlers established...  Read More >>

Albuquerque, New Mexico has a rich history influenced by Native American, Spanish, and Mexican cultures. Established...  Read More >>

Explores the social, political, and environmental changes in the Great Smoky Mountains during the 19th and 20th...  Read More >>

The first book to lay bare the life of a Nazi camp guard who settled in a Chicago suburb and to explore how his...  Read More >>

What happened to the loggers of America’s past when lumbermen moved west and south in the late 19th and early 20th...  Read More >>

The second volume of the Sandoz Series is a rich selection of essays that highlight the diverse approaches used...  Read More >>

This book traces the origin and development of several propositions, tropes, types, clichés, and ideas commonly...  Read More >>

This first biography of the extraordinary John J. Bird (1844-1912) tells the long-forgotten story of one of the...  Read More >>

Representing a remarkable achievement in environmental scholarship and drawn from decades of research, The Great...  Read More >>

In the summer of 1607, a group of approximately one hundred men and boys arrived at the Sagadahoc, now Kennebeck,...  Read More >>

This is a brief study of the obstacles and challenges faced by those who built and ran the first railroad in North...  Read More >>

This book traces the origin and development of several propositions, tropes, types, clichés, and ideas commonly...  Read More >>

In Thirty Questions Regarding the History of Pre-Stockport, Ohio, author & historian Gale Richard Walker Ph.D. tackles...  Read More >>

A history of the Austin music scene, going back to the German singing societies of the late 1800s and ending with...  Read More >>

Protecting Paradise takes the reader through the saga of how the US Army Corps of Engineers removed 149 families...  Read More >>

The early settlements in Albuquerque were characterized by a confluence of Native American cultures and Spanish...  Read More >>

The story of the intersection between vigilantism and law enforcement In frontier Indiana, vigilantism was...  Read More >>

A comprehensive biography of a legendary lieutenant governor.  Read More >>

A comprehensive history of Philadelphia from the region’s original Lenape inhabitants to the myriad of residents...  Read More >>

""Recounts the life of Tom Gola, the only player to win the National Invitational Tournament (NIT), the NCAA Tournament,...  Read More >>

Philadelphia native Wendell W. Young III was one of the most important American labor leaders in the last half of...  Read More >>

The Georgia 11th Cavalry Regiment State Guards was organized in August 1863 to serve for six months as local defense...  Read More >>