Local history books

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Iowa City

Iowa City

Author: Thomas Schulein
ISBN: 9781467161060
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Truly a frontier town when it was founded in 1839, Iowa City was created to become the new capital of Iowa Territory....  Read More >>

Hidden History of Amelia Island

Hidden History of Amelia Island

Author: Jeff Suwak
ISBN: 9781467155779
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Author Jeff Suwak guides readers on a tour of the often overlooked and all-but-forgotten components of Amelia Island...  Read More >>

Gay Key West - A History: Stories of the famous, infamous, and forgotten gay men who transformed the island

Gay Key West - A History: Stories of the famous, infamous,...

Author: Richard M McGarry ,  Greg Madsen
ISBN: 9798989787906
Format: Paperback
$47.39

A history of gay Key West starting in 1954, when the city police chief Bienvenido Perez promised to rid the island...  Read More >>

Georgia: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Peach State and the Cherokees

Georgia: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Peach...

Author: Captivating History
ISBN: 9781637169841
Format: Hardback
$68.61

This page-turning read will provide you with interesting facts about one of the largest states in the South.  Read More >>

Prelude to a Century: The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair

Prelude to a Century: The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair...

Author: Patrick Murphy
ISBN: 9781681065328
Format: Hardback
$110.88

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Buffalo Bill and the Mormons

Buffalo Bill and the Mormons

Author: Brent M. Rogers
ISBN: 9781496213181
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Brent M. Rogers connects the histories of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody and the Mormons, highlighting two pillars...  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
$79.17

A testament to the tenacious spirit embodied in Detroit culture and history, this account reveals how numbers gambling,...  Read More >>

Playa Works: The Myth of the Empty

Playa Works: The Myth of the Empty

Author: William L. Fox
ISBN: 9781647791537
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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Hell's not Far Off: Bruce Crawford and the Appalachian Left

Hell's not Far Off: Bruce Crawford and the Appalachian...

Author: Josh Howard
ISBN: 9781959000105
Format: Paperback
$48.40

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The Vote Collectors: The True Story of the Scamsters, Politicians, and Preachers Behind the Nation's Greatest Electoral Fraud

The Vote Collectors: The True Story of the Scamsters,...

Author: Michael Graff ,  Nick Ochsner
ISBN: 9781469679648
Format: Paperback
$59.99

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Progressive New York: Change and Reform in the Empire State, 1900-1920: A Reader

Progressive New York: Change and Reform in the Empire...

Author: Bruce W. Dearstyne
ISBN: 9781438497372
Format: Hardback
$261.36

The exciting story of New York in the progressive era told by the reformers and visionaries who shaped its history,...  Read More >>

Extreme Civil War: Guerrilla Warfare, Environment, and Race on the Trans-Mississippi Frontier

Extreme Civil War: Guerrilla Warfare, Environment, and...

Author: Matthew M. Stith
ISBN: 9780807182925
Format: Paperback
$79.20

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Alabama Short Stories: Volume 2

Alabama Short Stories: Volume 2

Author: Shawn Wright
ISBN: 9781735582276
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Stories originally presented on the Alabama short stories podcast.  Read More >>

A Place Apart: Hebden Bridge as seen through the eyes of the Spencer family in the late 19th century

A Place Apart: Hebden Bridge as seen through the eyes...

Author: Christopher Collier
ISBN: 9781789633795
Format: Paperback
$33.51

The story Hebden Bridge, told through the experiences of three generations of the prosperous Spencer family who...  Read More >>

River of Lakes: A Journey on Florida's St. Johns River

River of Lakes: A Journey on Florida's St. Johns River...

Author: Bill Belleville ,  Chris Abernathy
ISBN: 9798874787783
Format: Audio
$121.31

In this book about this American Heritage River, Bill Belleville describes his journey down the length of the St....  Read More >>

River of Lakes: A Journey on Florida's St. Johns River

River of Lakes: A Journey on Florida's St. Johns River...

Author: Bill Belleville ,  Chris Abernathy
ISBN: 9798874787776
Format: Audio
$131.97

In this book about this American Heritage River, Bill Belleville describes his journey down the length of the St....  Read More >>

Our Old HomeA Series of English Sketches (Edition2023)

Our Old HomeA Series of English Sketches (Edition2023)...

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
ISBN: 9789362202444
Format: Paperback
$52.77

""Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches"" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a captivating travelogue exploring England...  Read More >>

The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull,...

Author: Mark Lee Gardner
ISBN: 9780062669902
Format: Paperback
$37.99

""A magisterial dual biography of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, revealing in groundbreaking new detail the two most...  Read More >>

Dale L. Morgan: Mormon and Western Histories in Transition

Dale L. Morgan: Mormon and Western Histories in Transition...

Author: Richard L Saunders
ISBN: 9781647691219
Format: Paperback
$89.99

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

The Texas Lowcountry: Slavery and Freedom on the Gulf Coast, 1822-1895

The Texas Lowcountry: Slavery and Freedom on the Gulf...

Author: John R. Lundberg
ISBN: 9781648431753
Format: Hardback
$118.80

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American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

Author: Benjamin E. Park (Sam Houston State University)
ISBN: 9781631498657
Format: Hardback
$57.95

The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a profoundly divided...  Read More >>

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

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