Local history books

Peachee has photographed Pleasant Hill for more than four decades - from small items such as eyeglasses, embroidered...  Read More >>

Alaska Native elders remember wartime invasion, relocation, and land reclamation The US government justified its...  Read More >>

Fifty miles south of Kansas City lies a rural community whose history makes it different than any other in the United...  Read More >>

"Within the pages of this historic account are descriptions of the pioneer Georgians of yesteryear who settled and...  Read More >>

""A history of the Greek community in Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1914 to 1955""--  Read More >>

A fundamentally new account of the American frontier, showing that it was defined not by hardy pioneers or imperial...  Read More >>

From the creators of the New York Times bestselling series Campfire Stories: Close Calls comes a new original audiobook...  Read More >>

Topical Themes: There is no doubt that swindlers are having their moment. From Anna Delvey and Caroline Calloway...  Read More >>

The remarkable stories of the early 20th-century food startups that captured America's hearts and stomachs, from...  Read More >>

The North Carolina coastline is a tourist destination, a paradise for locals and visitors alike--during the day....  Read More >>

Tales of fairies and bewitching Little People have amazed and horrified New Englanders for over four hundred years....  Read More >>

Radio station WRR, the United States' first fire and police dispatch network, originated in 1920 thanks to the innovative...  Read More >>

The first biography devoted to an in-depth examination of the life and conflicted career of Sir James Wright (1716-1785)....  Read More >>

Embark on a journey with Watson -- as he tells a firsthand account of a country at a crossroads, and one man's quest...  Read More >>

Traveling through Time While Montana's roadside historical markers give motorists an introduction to the state's...  Read More >>

Embark on a journey with Watson -- as he tells a firsthand account of a country at a crossroads, and one man's quest...  Read More >>

From the National Book Award-longlisted author of Finding Florida, a sparkling, sweeping chronicle of the author's...  Read More >>

"A ""masterful"" (Taylor Branch) and ""striking"" (The New Yorker) portrait of a small town living through tumultuous...  Read More >>

Orcas Island, Washington has long been celebrated for its rare beauty and colorful history...but for many visitors...  Read More >>

This field guide is a charming miscellany of the best Texas has to offer: iconic locations, key communities, history,...  Read More >>

By: Martha Acker, Pub. 1989, reprinted 2024, 330 pages, Index, Soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-224-8. Franklin County...  Read More >>

""From the ... author and psychoanalyst Mikita Brottman comes the ... retelling of the murder of Mike Williams,...  Read More >>

: King Philip's War not only left much of early New England in ruins, but it also left a permanent psychic scar...  Read More >>

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""[An] enthralling debut…a beguiling history of Southern California, early industrial development, and U.S. empire.""...  Read More >>