Local history books

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John M. Glionna tells the story of eight-man football at McDermitt High School on the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation...  Read More >>

This book is a companion volume to Merle Reid Clark's book, Nels and Emma Just, A Historical Collection.  Read More >>

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An inside account of one Luiseño tribe's history and their efforts to be recognized by the United States With the...  Read More >>

Originally a World War II infantry training center, followed by a brief stint as a US Air Force base, Camp Wolters...  Read More >>

"There is a timeless, inspirational message to be found when talking about the Merritt Island years of Adrian Rogers....  Read More >>

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Historians say the famous battles of the American Revolution were fought in the North, but the decisive battles...  Read More >>

In this book, R. K. Sawyer chronicles the days of market hunting along the Texas coast and the showdown between...  Read More >>

South Carolina State College was established in 1896 by the state legislature to provide educational opportunities...  Read More >>

This volume, and subsequent volumes, include beloved folk tales and legends collected by the author during his travels...  Read More >>

Beginning when Greenville was Cherokee hunting grounds, then following its growth from frontier settlement to village...  Read More >>

A series of road trips through the American South leads to a personal confrontation with history.  Read More >>

Focusing primarily on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, environmental activist Rand Schenk reviewed numerous...  Read More >>

The days are gone when seemingly limitless numbers of canvasbacks, mallards, and Canada geese filled the skies above...  Read More >>

Abyssinia Village was part of Hornsey Vale in the former borough of Hornsey. Within a hundred years of being established,...  Read More >>

This report presents an assessment of the ability of government agencies and the private sector to collectively...  Read More >>

A collection of humor columns she successfully slipped by her editor over a 30-year reporting career, her second...  Read More >>

James Mallery explores the implications of such social constructs as gender, race, and class for the development...  Read More >>

Aside from a small plaque at Hawks Nest State Park, which inaccurately admits to only 109 victims, there is little...  Read More >>

Derek Taira argues that during the territorial period many Hawaiians neither subscribed nor succumbed to public...  Read More >>

Sandra E. Bonura tells the overlooked yet genuine rags-to-riches story of Claus Spreckels and his pioneering role...  Read More >>

From celebrity homing pigeons to the radars that detected the incoming Japanese planes at Pearl Harbor to early...  Read More >>

Unflinchingly investigates how both enslaved people and their enslavers experienced the systematic rape and sexual...  Read More >>