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Red Sulphur Springs, West Virginia: A Nineteenth Century Health Spa in the Allegheny Foreland

Red Sulphur Springs, West Virginia: A Nineteenth Century...

Author: Fred Ziegler
ISBN: 9798988902041
Format: Paperback
$52.67

"Red Sulphur Springs was part of a social phenomenon centered in the nineteenth century and shared by over one hundred...  Read More >>

When Detroit Played the Numbers: Gambling's History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City

When Detroit Played the Numbers: Gambling's History...

Author: Felicia B. George
ISBN: 9780814350768
Format: Paperback
$92.37

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From Blue to Red: The Rise of the GOP in Arkansas

From Blue to Red: The Rise of the GOP in Arkansas

Author: John C. Davis
ISBN: 9781682262443
Format: Hardback
$59.40

Provides a rigorous yet accessible study of the partisan shift in Arkansas, tracking changes in voter preference...  Read More >>

Eleven Days on the Colorado: The Standoff Between the Texian and Mexican Armies and the Pivotal Battle Unfought

Eleven Days on the Colorado: The Standoff Between the...

Author: James E. Brasher
ISBN: 9781625110770
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Finding high drama between the Battles of the Alamo and San Jacinto, this book uses a day-by-day examination of...  Read More >>

Hell Put To Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery

Hell Put To Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and...

Author: Earl Swift
ISBN: 9780063265387
Format: Hardback
$65.00

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Chesapeake Requiem comes a gripping new work of narrative...  Read More >>

Carolina Currents, Studies in South Carolina Culture: Volume 1. New Directions

Carolina Currents, Studies in South Carolina Culture:...

Author: Christopher Johnson
ISBN: 9781643364636
Format: Paperback
$65.97

The first in a collection of essays and book reviews devoted to vital aspects of South Carolina history and culture....  Read More >>

Becoming White Clay: A History and Archaeology of Jicarilla Apache Enclavement

Becoming White Clay: A History and Archaeology of Jicarilla...

Author: B. Sunday Eiselt
ISBN: 9781647691523
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Tells the story of one of the longest-lived and most successful nomadic enclaves in North America, providing a rare...  Read More >>

From Farmland to Card Shop: A History of Shadyside Through the Windows of 5522 Walnut St

From Farmland to Card Shop: A History of Shadyside Through...

Author: Jason Kirin ,  Dana Kaufman
ISBN: 9798987849651
Format: Paperback
$66.00

This book is a tapestry of unbroken historical threads stretching from 1868 to the present day. Stitched together...  Read More >>

The Nebraska Sandhills

The Nebraska Sandhills

Author: Monica Norby ,  Judy Diamond
ISBN: 9781496235831
Format: Hardback
$92.27

The Nebraska Sandhills features nearly forty essays about the history, people, geography, geology, ecology, and...  Read More >>

Yooper Poetry: On Experiencing Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Yooper Poetry: On Experiencing Michigan's Upper Peninsula...

Author: Raymond Luczak
ISBN: 9781615997947
Format: Hardback
$92.27

"Sometimes the best way to learn about a unique region is to listen to the stories told by those who've actually...  Read More >>

Mississippi Scoundrels: Murderers, Marauders & Downright Vile Characters

Mississippi Scoundrels: Murderers, Marauders & Downright...

Author: Dr Brown
ISBN: 9781467155755
Format: Paperback
$65.97

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More Historic Homes of Waco, Texas

More Historic Homes of Waco, Texas

Author: Kenneth Hafertepe
ISBN: 9781648431180
Format: Hardback
$110.88

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Irish Fever: An Archaeology of Illness, Injury, and Healing in New York City, 1845-1875

Irish Fever: An Archaeology of Illness, Injury, and...

Author: Meredith Linn
ISBN: 9781621908456
Format: Hardback
$158.40

In this profound study, Meredith B. Linn explores three kinds of afflictions - typhus fever, tuberculosis, and work-related...  Read More >>

When Detroit Played the Numbers: Gambling's History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City

When Detroit Played the Numbers: Gambling's History...

Author: Felicia B. George
ISBN: 9780814350775
Format: Hardback
$250.77

"In succinct and engrossing chapters, George explores issues of community, race, politics, and the scandals that...  Read More >>

Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making Home in the American Rust Belt

Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making Home in the American...

Author: Amanda McMillan Lequieu
ISBN: 9780231198752
Format: Paperback
$52.95

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

A Short History of Greenville

A Short History of Greenville

Author: Judith T. Bainbridge
ISBN: 9781643364674
Format: Paperback
$65.97

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

Crossing under Cover: Covered Bridges of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and Surrounding Regions

Crossing under Cover: Covered Bridges of Chester County,...

Author: Sara Beth Kohut
ISBN: 9780764367502
Format: Hardback
$42.99

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

Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making Home in the American Rust Belt

Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making Home in the American...

Author: Amanda McMillan Lequieu
ISBN: 9780231198745
Format: Hardback
$232.95

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

Slavery in the North: Forgetting History and Recovering Memory

Slavery in the North: Forgetting History and Recovering...

Author: Marc Howard Ross
ISBN: 9781512826128
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Inviting the reader to accompany him on his own journey of discovery, Ross recounts the processes by which northerners...  Read More >>

Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881

Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881

Author: James B Gillett
ISBN: 9789357950503
Format: Paperback
$51.24

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Mr. Dide, His Vacation in Colorado

Mr. Dide, His Vacation in Colorado

Author: Lewis B France
ISBN: 9789357952057
Format: Paperback
$44.72

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Daniel Shays's Honorable Rebellion: An American Story

Daniel Shays's Honorable Rebellion: An American Story...

Author: Daniel Bullen
ISBN: 9781594164170
Format: Paperback
$79.07

"On January 25, 1787, in Springfield, Massachusetts, militia Major General William Shepard ordered his cannon to...  Read More >>

The Headless Horror: Strange and Ghostly Ohio Tales

The Headless Horror: Strange and Ghostly Ohio Tales...

Author: Chris Woodyard ,  Jessica Wiesel
ISBN: 9780988192508
Format: Paperback
$58.05

An annotated collection of Victorian and Edwardian ghosts, mysteries, and tales of the strange, including the paranormal...  Read More >>

American Aurora: Environment and Apocalypse in the Life of Johannes Kelpius

American Aurora: Environment and Apocalypse in the Life...

Author: Timothy Grieve-Carlson (Assistant Professor of Religion, Assistant Professor of Religion, Westminster College)
ISBN: 9780197765579
Format: Paperback
$69.95

American Aurora explores the impact of climate change on early modern radical religious groups during the height...  Read More >>

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