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  • Remembering Jacksonville

    By the Wayside

    Series series American Chronicles
    As longtime residents and newcomers alike can agree, Jacksonville holds within its city limits wonderful places to grow, play and contemplate the beauty of north Florida.This entertaining collection of Dorothy Fletcher's "By the Wayside" columns will help you remember what it was like to see the world and Jacksonville with a sense of wonder and enthusiasm. From Marineland to the Soul Searchers to ... Leer más

    $12,744 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Landscapes of Ritual Performance in Eastern North America

    Edición de Cheryl Claassen ...
    Series Libro 8 - American Landscapes
    In the long history of documenting the material culture of the archaeological record, meaning and actions of makers and users of these items is often overlooked. The authors in this book focus on rituals exploring the natural and made landscape stages, the ritual directors, including their progression from shaman to priesthood, and meaning of the rites. They also provide comments on the end or ... Leer más

    $12,184 CLP

  • Shanghaiing Days

    The Thrilling account of 19th Century Hell-Ships, Bucko Mates and Masters, and Dangerous Ports-of-Call from San Francisco to Singapore

         In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the American Merchant Marine went into a terrible and tragic decline, and sailors were forced to serve under conditions that were little better than serfdom.      Seamen were exploited in wholesale fashion, disfranchised of almost all their civil and human rights, and brutally punished for even minor offenses. Successful skippers had turned into ... Leer más

    Antes $3,397 CLP Ahora $3,038 CLP

  • A Summer on the Plains, Illustrated.

    An Eastern Correspondent spends the summer on duty with Hancock's 1867 Indian Expedition, following Hancock and Custer as they attempt to make peace with the warring Indians on the plains. Good examples of real life in the Indian Wars. ... Leer más

    Antes $1,125 CLP Ahora $1,006 CLP

  • Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend

    The Woman and the Legend

    Forget Doris Day singing on the stagecoach. Forget Robin Weigert’s gritty portrayal on HBO’s Deadwood. The real Calamity Jane was someone the likes of whom you’ve never encountered. That is, until now.This book is a definitive biography of Martha Canary, the woman popularly known as Calamity Jane. Written by one of today’s foremost authorities on this notorious character, it is a meticulously ... Leer más

    $14,081 CLP

  • Classic Diners of New Hampshire

    Like the old soda fountain in the center of town or the local drive-in movie theater, diners evoke nostalgia and are a lasting symbol of the American dream. The hallmarks of the diner-good prices, quick service and comforting food in ample portions-create a melting pot of patrons. It is where friends and neighbors come to meet, families share memories, and businessmen break bread with tradesmen. ... Leer más

    $6,981 CLP

  • Minnesota Physicians in the 1862 Sioux Uprising

    Much has been written of the Sioux Uprising in Minnesota in August of 1862, but little has been written about the physicians who were caught up in it. This book is an attempt to correct the omission. There were seven major battles on the Minnesota River in 1862-Lower Sioux Agency, Redwood Ferry, Upper Sioux Agency, Fort Ridgley, New Ulm, Birch Coulee, and Wood Lake. Physicians were present at most ... Leer más

    Antes $8,171 CLP Ahora $7,307 CLP

  • Remembering South Cape May

    The Jersey Shore Town that Vanished into the Sea

    Series series Lost
    Few would imagine that the land currently occupied by the Nature Conservancy's Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge, or "the Meadows," was once the picturesque Jersey Shore town of South Cape May. By the early twentieth century, a striking hotel and homes designed by renowned Victorian-era architects dotted the landscape. Residents and visitors alike spotted rumrunners racing across the beachfront ... Leer más

    $12,744 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Good Medicine For the Bow

    A History of Medicine Bow, Wyoming

    It was not easy to establish and maintain a frontier community. Aside from the harassment from the native americans, there were the usual petty jealousies and worse, a total lack of law enforcement. Fortunately there were individuals whose leadership would overcome the desire for personal gain and supplant the community effort. These were people who wanted something more and sacrificed to make it ... Leer más

    $4,338 CLP

  • Crescenta Valley History

    Hidden in Plain Sight

    de Mike Lawler ...
    The Crescenta Valley is a typical suburb of the metropolis of Los Angeles, containing residential neighborhoods nestled in chaparral-covered hills. But hidden in these typical neighborhoods are remnants of an atypical past, a past made up of Hollywood legends, Prohibition-era bootleggers, and pioneers in women's rights. Crescenta Valley History: Hidden in Plain Sight tells the stories behind six ... Leer más

    $9,312 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Slavery in Wilkes County, North Carolina

    Series series American Heritage
    Slavery is a tragic chapter in the history of Wilkes County with a lasting legacy. Prominent businessmen and celebrated civic leaders, like General William Lenoir and William Pitt Waugh, were among the county's largest slaveholders. Judith Williams Barber endured forty-five years of slavery and garnered respect from both white and black residents. Her story is linked to free person of color and ... Leer más

    $12,640 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Children’s Scavenger Hunt – San Francisco

    de SleuthQuests ...
    The best way to get children excited about history is to make it fun! This book will take your child on an adventurous journey through San Francisco. This book contains 50 clue-based questions that will send them on a scavenger hunt through all parts of the city; each question gives them factual information about the city. ... Leer más

    Antes $3,397 CLP Ahora $3,038 CLP

  • The Catskills in Vintage Postcards

    de Irwin Richman ...
    Series series Postcard History Series
    This fascinating new history of the Catskills of New York showcases more than two hundred of the best, most evocative vintage postcards available. From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication. Many of the postcards produced during this "golden age," and even some from later years, can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers ... Leer más

    $12,744 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Nightclub City

    Politics and Amusement in Manhattan

    In the Roaring Twenties, New York City nightclubs and speakeasies became hot spots where traditions were flouted and modernity was forged. With powerful patrons in Tammany Hall and a growing customer base, nightclubs flourished in spite of the efforts of civic-minded reformers and federal Prohibition enforcement. This encounter between clubs and government-generated scandals, reform crusades, and ... Leer más

    $20,016 CLP

  • John Updike's Early Years

    John Updike’s Early Years first examines his family, then places him in the context of the Depression and World War II. Relying upon interviews with former classmates, the next chapters examine Updike’s early life and leisure activities, his athletic ability, social leadership, intellectual prowess, comical pranks, and his experience with girls. Two chapters explore Updike’s cartooning and drawing ... Leer más

    $41,917 CLP

  • The Building of Castello de San Marcos

    National Park Service Interpretive Series, History No. 1

    Example in this ebookFLORIDA AND THE PIRATESA Pirate Raid forced the Queen of Spain to build Castillo de San Marcos in Florida. On May 28, 1668, a sailing vessel appeared off the shallow bar of St. Augustine Harbor. It was a ship from Vera Cruz, bringing a supply of flour from New Spain to feed the poverty-stricken soldiers and settlers in Spanish Florida. Out went the harbor launch to put the bar ... Leer más

    Antes $2,261 CLP Ahora $2,022 CLP

  • The Land of Saddle-bags

    A Study of the Mountain People of Appalachia

    This charming account of life in Appalachia at the turn of the century is one of the three most important books from the early twentieth century that, as Dwight Billings writes in his foreword, have "had a profound and lasting impact on how we think about Appalachia and, indeed, on the fact that we commonly believe that such a place and people can be readily identified."Originally published in ... Leer más

    Antes $40,905 CLP Ahora $36,576 CLP

  • Capturing the Younger Brothers Gang in the Northern Plains

    The Untold Story of Heroic Teen Asle Sorbel

    Capturing the Younger Brothers Gang in the Northern Plains: The Untold Story of Heroic Teen Asle Sorbel is a historic tale of vigilante valorNear sleepy Hanska slough, September 21, 1876, Norwegian teen Asle Sorbel made a daring "Paul Revere ride" into Madelia, Minnesota. His efforts, and those of the Madelia Magnificent Seven, led to the capture of the Younger Brothers of the Jesse James-Younger ... Leer más

    $13,357 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Mysterious Virginia

    Explore the lore of the Old Dominion.From colonial-era witches to modern sightings of Bigfoot, the history of the Old Dominion is filled with creepy tales. Cemeteries, battlefields and inns host haunts from Virginia's earliest days. Some appear as corporeal figures, and some as lights or ghostly noises. Delve into the sad and scary stories of patients who still linger in Victorian-era sanatoriums. ... Leer más

    $12,988 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Ghosts of Bell County, Texas

    Series series Haunted America
    Centuries of violent history have laced Bell County with a potent compound of haunted activity. Spectral conquistadors stand guard over the Treasure of the Golden Bull, hidden in Salado caverns by the Coronado expedition. Countless frontier skirmishes, bank robberies and stage holdups echo along thoroughfares from Stillhouse Hollow to the Maxdale Bridge. Author Chet Southworth lies in wait for the ... Leer más

    $14,631 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Wicked Wilmington, Delaware

    Take a journey through crime and vice in twentieth-century Wilmington, from a Tatnall Street bawdy house to the corporate boardrooms of the DuPont Company. Visit the old New Castle County Workhouse, scene of a break-in by a lynch mob and the daring escape of a notorious murderer. A police chief trying to keep his corrupt practices under wraps, agents raiding political headquarters and a detective ... Leer más

    $14,631 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Secret Societies in Detroit

    de Bill Loomis ...
    Secret societies have operated in Detroit for most of the city's history. Many started for fun and companionship. Others had more serious ends in mind. The African American Mysteries: The Order of the Men of Oppression helped enslaved people escape the South for freedom in Canada. During the Civil War, so-called black lantern societies like the Knights of the Golden Circle and the Union League ... Leer más

    $14,325 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Historic Richmond Churches Synagogues

    Richmond's historic houses of worship cannot be separated from the city's storied past. A young Patrick Henry sparked a revolution with his "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech inside St. John's Episcopal Church on Church Hill. Congregation Beth Ahabah, with its awe-inspiring windows and adjoining museum, is one of the oldest and most revered synagogues in the country. An interstate highway ... Leer más

    $13,357 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Cleveland Area Disasters

    Images of America: Cleveland Area Disasters looks back at the historic disasters to strike Cleveland in the first half of the 20th century. It documents the tornados, fires, cave-ins, accidents, and explosions that befell the region during that period. Most Clevelanders have heard stories of the Collinwood school fire, the Lorain tornado, the Cleveland Clinic fire, and the Ringling Brothers and ... Leer más

    $13,357 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus