Local history books

First Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Indiana, has fashioned a long and rich history since it was chartered on...  Read More >>

Created in 1934, the Coit Tower murals were sponsored by the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), the first of the...  Read More >>

Between the world wars, Chicago Race women nurtured a local yet widely resonant Black classical music community...  Read More >>

In this captivating collection, Florida’s most notable authors, poets, and environmentalists take readers on a journey...  Read More >>

Between the world wars, America embraced an image of the Ozarks as a remote land of hills and hollers. The popular...  Read More >>

First Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Indiana, has fashioned a long and rich history since it was chartered on...  Read More >>

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Featured In Vanity Fair Beverly Hills Noir explores the city’s true crime history, delving deep inside cases that...  Read More >>

Between the world wars, Chicago Race women nurtured a local yet widely resonant Black classical music community...  Read More >>

Created in 1934, the Coit Tower murals were sponsored by the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), the first of the...  Read More >>

Examines Miami's turbulent transformation from a segregated vacation destination to a global, multicultural metropolis...  Read More >>

Aldo Leopold's profound Land Ethic expression culminated in the 1949 classic A Sand County Almanac. The Handbook...  Read More >>

East Harlem native Christopher Bell takes you on three separate walking tours of his beloved neighborhood, sharing...  Read More >>

Explores the complexity of language ideologies, language practices, identity formations, and internal differences...  Read More >>

""Shows that the advancement of immigrant rights in Houston has necessitated a diverse, and at times unusual, set...  Read More >>

“The single most destructive act ever perpetrated on any tribe by the United States,” Vine Deloria Jr. called it....  Read More >>

Examines Miami's turbulent transformation from a segregated vacation destination to a global, multicultural metropolis...  Read More >>

When Mike Leckrone retired as director of bands at the University of Wisconsin in 2019, he had served in that role...  Read More >>

Experience the Authentic Spirit of Salem's Intriguing Past Discover the mesmerizing depths of Salem's rich history...  Read More >>

THIS BOOK IS THE FIRST VOLUME of a two-volume collection of Confederate Poets and Poems, and the second entry into...  Read More >>

Explores the complexity of language ideologies, language practices, identity formations, and internal differences...  Read More >>

Mariners have long dreaded the labyrinth of the San Juan Islands. Bounded by the howling straits of Georgia, Rosario,...  Read More >>

THIS COLLECTION OF SOUTHERN POETS AND POEMS, 1606-1860, is made not from the viewpoint of a literary critic but...  Read More >>

Arlington, VA sits on the bank of the Potomac River, opposite the nation’s capital city of Washington, DC. This...  Read More >>