Local history books

This text is an illustrated story of Scotland's hero-king and freedom-fighter. The text follows the life of Robert...  Read More >>

Stephen F. Austin State Teacher’s College - now Stephen F. Austin State University - opened its doors to students...  Read More >>

"By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1993, reprinted 2024, 126 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-249-1. Processioning...  Read More >>

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a small group of dedicated dreamers opened the Southern Food & Beverage Museum...  Read More >>

An influential Utah historian whose work shaped new approaches to the history of Mormonism and the American West....  Read More >>

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The Pasagoula River is the largest unobstructed river in the continuous United States. Because of this lack of restraint,...  Read More >>

The first book to chronicle a little-known chapter in American Jewish history when mostly Eastern European refugees...  Read More >>

Through the cases of the former steel manufacturing hub of southeast Chicago and a shuttered mining community in...  Read More >>

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The George Spangler Farm in Gettysburg is a place of reverence. Nurses held the hands of dying soldiers and prayed...  Read More >>

A Swedish teen fostered by her aunt and uncle travels alone to America to be with her mother, her fate had other...  Read More >>

"A walking tour of the Manhattan Island shoreline by Worden. ""A charming and gossipy guide,"" illustrated from...  Read More >>

Saddle up, partner, and learn some cowboy slang. Were you aware that cowboys in the 1800s had a distinct slang all...  Read More >>

Through the cases of the former steel manufacturing hub of southeast Chicago and a shuttered mining community in...  Read More >>

A photo book profiling the history, architecture, conservation status, and visit details of every covered bridge...  Read More >>

From award-winning author Mark E. Miller, a captivating, unfiltered account of growing up on a ranch, where every...  Read More >>

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The little-known story of the architectural project that lay at the heart of Tom Paine’s political blueprint for...  Read More >>

Nativism, pseudoscience, and the campaign against the enemy within In the era of the First World War and its aftermath,...  Read More >>

"Unearth the secrets of forgotten landscapes with Matthew Bruen as your guide. ""Keeper of Lost Places"" invites...  Read More >>

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""This is a Borzoi book""--Title page verso.  Read More >>

Instant New York Times Bestseller ""Compelling. . . . Blum capably maintains the suspense and thoughtfully probes...  Read More >>

Charlottesville journalist and radio DJ Erin O'Hare dives into the history of Magnolia House (famed DIY spot for...  Read More >>