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The Letters of George Long Brown: A Yankee Merchant on Florida's Antebellum Frontier

The Letters of George Long Brown: A Yankee Merchant...

Author: James M. Denham ,  Keith L. Huneycutt
ISBN: 9780813080635
Format: Paperback
$73.92

In 1840, twenty-three-year-old George Long Brown migrated from New Hampshire to north Florida, a region just emerging...  Read More >>

Cattle Kings of Texas

Cattle Kings of Texas

Author: Claude Leroy Douglas
ISBN: 9781941324516
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Claude LeRoy Douglas worked as a newspaper man in Fort Worth. He loved the history of his state and wrote a number...  Read More >>

The South-West, by a Yankee. Volume II

The South-West, by a Yankee. Volume II

Author: J H Ingraham
ISBN: 9789361479465
Format: Paperback
$54.75

The South-West, by a Yankee. Volume II, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history,...  Read More >>

The South-West, by a Yankee. Volume 1

The South-West, by a Yankee. Volume 1

Author: J H Ingraham
ISBN: 9789361478994
Format: Paperback
$54.41

The South-West, by a Yankee. Volume 1, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history,...  Read More >>

Made in California, Volume 1: The California-Born Diners, Burger Joints, Restaurants & Fast Food that Changed America, 19151966

Made in California, Volume 1: The California-Born Diners,...

Author: George Geary
ISBN: 9781684424207
Format: Paperback
$79.17

The remarkable stories of the early 20th-century food startups that captured America's hearts and stomachs, from...  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 >>

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 >>

Cleveland's Riverside Cemetery

Cleveland's Riverside Cemetery

Author: Jamie Lynne Owens ,  William G Krejci
ISBN: 9781467161428
Format: Paperback
$65.97

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Kilmarnock's old Industries

Kilmarnock's old Industries

Author: Frank Beattie
ISBN: 9781840339673
Format: Paperback
$30.92

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Tom Paine's Iron Bridge: Building a United States

Tom Paine's Iron Bridge: Building a United States

Author: Edward G. Gray
ISBN: 9781606188996
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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

Do Something: Coming of Age Amid the Glitter and Doom of '70s New York

Do Something: Coming of Age Amid the Glitter and Doom...

Author: Guy Trebay
ISBN: 9781524731977
Format: Hardback
$76.56

"""An evocative coming of age memoir--the story of the education of a wayward wild child and acidhead who, searching...  Read More >>

When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders

When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho...

Author: Howard Blum
ISBN: 9780063349285
Format: Hardback
$84.48

The definitive, inside story of the Idaho murders from bestselling author Howard Blum, whose groundbreaking coverage...  Read More >>

The Temecula Massacre: A Forgotten Battlefield Landscape of the Mexican-American War

The Temecula Massacre: A Forgotten Battlefield Landscape...

Author: Gary DuBois ,  Lisa Woodward
ISBN: 9781942279396
Format: Hardback
$65.87

The 1846 Temecula Massacre is among the deadliest conflicts tied to the Mexican-American War. In The Temecula Massacre:...  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 >>

Gunflint Falling: Blowdown in the Boundary Waters

Gunflint Falling: Blowdown in the Boundary Waters

Author: Cary J Griffith ,  Jonathan Yen
ISBN: 9798874772406
Format: Audio
$190.05

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Speed Capital: Indianapolis Auto Racing and the Making of Modern America

Speed Capital: Indianapolis Auto Racing and the Making...

Author: Brian M. Ingrassia
ISBN: 9780252087660
Format: Paperback
$56.99

How a speedway became a legendary sports site and sparked America’s car culture The 1909 opening of the Indianapolis...  Read More >>

Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy

Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy

Author: James Workman ,  Bruce Magee
ISBN: 9781959569091
Format: Paperback
$39.47

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Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism Volume 9

Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of...

Author: Jason A. Heppler
ISBN: 9780806193748
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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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: 9780197765562
Format: Hardback
$210.95

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

Advertising Revolutionary: The Life and Work of Tom Burrell

Advertising Revolutionary: The Life and Work of Tom...

Author: Jason P. Chambers
ISBN: 9780252045530
Format: Hardback
$251.00

The ad exec who revolutionized the image of Black Americans in advertising Over a forty-year career, Chicagoan Tom...  Read More >>

Rockin' in the Ivory Tower: Rock Music on Campus in the Sixties

Rockin' in the Ivory Tower: Rock Music on Campus in...

Author: James M. Carter
ISBN: 9781978829398
Format: Hardback
$316.80

Analysing campus archives and college newspapers, historian James Carter traces connections between rock fandom...  Read More >>

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