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  • Secret Washington DC: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

    par JoAnn Hill ...
    Around the world, Washington, DC, is known for its powerful government, majestic monuments, and world-renowned museums. Secret Washington, DC: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure reminds us that the fabric of the city isn’t solely embedded in its callous political parties, exhausting lawmaking policies, and rampant tourism. Rather, it’s woven through its rich and complex history, ... En savoir plus

    11,48 €

  • A Brief History of the Legal Profession in New York to 1900, Illustrated

    par Henry Howland ...
    A Brief look at the history of the practice of Law in New York to 1900. ... En savoir plus

    2,64 €

  • The Birth of the FBI

    Teddy Roosevelt, the Secret Service, and the Fight Over America's Premier Law Enforcement Agency

    Most people believe the Federal Bureau of Investigation began under J. Edgar Hoover in the 1920s or 1930s. Many also naturally assume it was developed for the express purpose of fighting crime. However, the reality is very different.The reality is it began years earlier, in 1908, under President Theodore Roosevelt. In The Birth of the FBI: Teddy Roosevelt, the Secret Service, and the Fight Over ... En savoir plus

    20,80 €

  • The Haunted Tours of Fenton

    par Brenda Hasse ...
    In 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019, guided tours were given of prominent sites and haunted locations throughout the historic city of Fenton, Michigan. Guests were entertained by talented actors who shared tales of the characters they portrayed, the history of the city, and ghostly happenings. The Haunted Tours of Fenton is a summary of each tour, with photos, some of the performed scripts, and the ... En savoir plus

    4,11 €

  • California 1865: Bodie Bluff, Mono – Dead Sea of the West, Walker River

    par J. Ross Browne ...
    This short piece describes a journalists trip through California mining country during the latter days of the American Civil War, a time when more mines were failing that flourishing, and frontier life was on the verge of civilization. ... En savoir plus

    2,64 €

  • Portage Paths -- The Keys to the Continent

    Volume 7 of the series "Historic Highways of America". According to Wikipedia: "Archer Butler Hulbert (26 Jan 1873 24 Dec 1933), historical geographer, writer, and professor of American history... He was Vice-Principal of the Putnam Military Academy, Zanesville, Ohio, until 1897. Hulbert then did newspaper work in Korea in 1897 and '98: he was editor of the Korean Independent (Seoul) and edited ... En savoir plus

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  • Tybee Island Heroes and Hooligans; The Making of an Island Paradise, Vol. 1

    par J.R. Roseberry ...
    Tybee Island lured an eclectic assortment of visitors even before Gen. James Oglethorpe passed its shore on his way to nearby river bluffs to establish what has become the tourists' mecca of Savannah, Ga.Native Indians, drawn to the island to gather sea salt, were succeeded by Spanish conquistadores who crossed the Atlantic in search of treasure and eternal youth only to be driven away by ... En savoir plus

    7,20 €

  • A Smile from Katie Hattan

    And Other Natural Wonders

    par Leon Hale ...
    Natural wonders were Leon Hale’s lifetime subject matter. He looked for them wherever he went, and found them surprisingly often.In the lives of plain people and eccentrics, in the brilliant smile of a tiny 100-year-old black lady, or the hi-jinks of his cousin C.T., in what happened on a dirt farm in 1930 or why he found value in chiseling brick, he revealed truths and wonders we might not have ... En savoir plus

    7,30 €

  • Exploring Vacation and Etiquette Themes in Social Studies

    Primary Source Inquiry for Middle and High School

    This book introduces a thematic approach to social history that connects the past to the daily lives of students. Historical overviews of vacation and manners spanning from the ancient world to twentieth century United States provide detailed context for the teacher, emphasize issues related to social class, sex and gender, and popular culture, and examine the methods of social historians. Four ... En savoir plus

    33,46 €

  • Haunted Shawnee, Oklahoma

    Collection series Haunted America
    Home to numerous tribal reservations that survived the land run that swept around them, Shawnee stands at an intersection of worlds. For travelers of the Wild West, crossing over into Oklahoma Territory meant more than crossing a state line. "Stop for twenty minutes and see a man killed," stagecoach drivers warned visitors to Shawnee's treacherous saloons. The oil boom of the 1920s brought a wave ... En savoir plus

    12,25 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Colorado Forts

    Historic Outposts on the Wild Frontier

    Throughout the 1800s, explorers braved brutal weather and hostile enemies, trekking through the towering mountains and fertile valleys on the ragged edge of civilization. These early pioneers built stockades, trading posts, military camps and miniature citadels that would shape the state of Colorado for generations to come. As the settlers struggled to survive desperate times, economic depressions ... En savoir plus

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  • Winfield's Walnut Valley Festival

    par Seth Bate ...
    Local historian Seth Bate tells the story of the Walnut Valley Festival with reflections from staff, emcees, performers, campers, and characters from throughout its history.The Festival was launched in 1972 when a guitar maker, a farmer, and a businessman built their own music festival from the ground up. It has made the small town of Winfield into an annual destination for acoustic musicians and ... En savoir plus

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  • Wicked Georgetown

    Scoundrels, Sinners and Spies

    Georgetown has long been home to the most affluent and influential residents of the capital--but it has also played host to its fair share of high-end misdeeds and wickedly amusing scandals. Culprits range from Confederate spies to the prankster students who stole the clock hands of Georgetown University's Healy Hall, while crime scenes include murder on the C&O Canal and floating brothels on the ... En savoir plus

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  • Lost Evansville

    From the Wabash and Erie Canal to the Faultless Caster Factory, Evansville has seen much of its history disappear. In the early twentieth century, vestiges of old Evansville like the B'nai Israel temple and Coal Mine Hill gave way to a modern city. Numerous changes in the thirty years following World War II altered the physical appearance of the city, including the removal of the old Central High ... En savoir plus

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  • Early Gravestones in Southern Maine

    The Genius of Bartlett Adams

    par Ron Romano ...
    The slate gravestones of southern Maine bear evidence to the region's fascinating history, from shipwrecks and famous wartime sea captains to countless ordinary citizens. Master stone-cutter Bartlett Adams memorialized the tragedy and triumph of the region in nearly two thousand gravestones. Examine the artistry of the headstones that mark the resting places of three generations of the same family ... En savoir plus

    12,25 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Wicked Columbia

    Vice and Villainy in the Capital

    Touted as one of America's most livable cities, Columbia has a history of independence and triumph. But that history also has a darker side, one that isn't told quite as often. The capital city's past is filled with salacious tales of debauchery, including a notorious pickpocket bold enough to victimize a mayor and a tradition of dueling that ruined lives over petty insults. From triple hangings ... En savoir plus

    12,25 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Birmingham Beer

    A Heady History of Brewing in the Magic City

    Less than fifteen years after the birth of Birmingham, its brewing history began, and soon saloons dotted nearly every corner. Prohibition, however, decimated the brewing scene for eighty-five years. Although national Prohibition began in 1920, Jefferson County voted to go dry in 1907. Alabama beer saw a brief resurgence after the Brewpub Act of 1992, as craft beer's popularity grew nationwide. ... En savoir plus

    10,80 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Mississippi Secrets

    Facts, Legends, and Folklore

    Delve into the fascinating history of one of the South's greatest states with Mississippi Secrets: Facts, Legends, and Folklore. Authors Dr. Gary D. and Ruth A. McDowell offer an intriguing collection of little-known events in Mississippi's history.Written in short, easy-to-read vignettes, these tales uncover some of the state's most fascinating figures and legends from how the Choctaws and ... En savoir plus

    6,27 €

  • The Hoyt-Wallis Murder Mystery in Herkimer County

    par James Greiner ...
    Warren township in the southern portion of Herkimer County has been the scene of more than one gruesome event.In January 1885, locals reeled in horror when disgruntled wife Roxalana Druse shot her husband and dismembered his corpse to incinerate it in a farm house stove. Her trial and hanging was followed up in May of 1901 with two murders in yet another farm house kitchen. John C. Wallis had ... En savoir plus

    12,25 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Philadelphia Friends Schools

    Friends Council on Education

    William Penn envisioned a society dedicated to religious toleration, participatory government, and liberty. Central to this Holy Experiment was his belief that all children deserved a moral education. In 1689, Penn established a Friends Public School in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Over the years, many Quakers have been similarly inspired, and today there are 81 member schools in the Friends ... En savoir plus

    12,25 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Making of Black Lives Matter

    A Brief History of an Idea

    Started in the wake of George Zimmerman's 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has become a powerful and uncompromising campaign demanding redress for the brutal and unjustified treatment of black bodies by law enforcement in the United States. The movement is only a few years old, but as Christopher J. Lebron argues in this book, the sentiment behind it is ... En savoir plus

    12,66 €

  • Only in Old Kentucky

    Historic True Tales of Cultural Ingenuity

    par Marshall Myers ...
    Tracing Kentucky's unusual history through its early days as the rough-and-tumble frontier and its settling down and growing up in dozens of directions, "Only in Old Kentucky" offers a series of novel and fascinating stories of bygone days from Cadiz to Versailles. Kentucky's saltpeter reserves take a backseat to coal mining today but played a critical role in the military engagements of ... En savoir plus

    12,25 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Old College Street

    The Historic Heart of Rochester, Minnesota

    par Ken Allsen ...
    Every city has a neighborhood that housed its earliest founders and their successors, an enclave of local power and financial success. For Rochester, Minnesota, this neighborhood is personified by a ten-block stretch of tree-shaded street originally platted in 1855 as West College Street, now designated as 4th Street Southwest. In the span of 150 years, two and sometimes three generations of ... En savoir plus

    12,25 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • North Country Reflections

    On Life and Living in the Foothills and the Valleys

    Modifié par Neal Burdick, Maurice Kenny ...
    New York's North Country can be hard to define: the region has solid boundaries on three sides but not on the south, where it mingles with the Adirondack Mountains. The spare and isolated landscape experiences long and harsh winters tempered with bucolic scenery. Small-town life and farming--both traditional and innovative--have found a haven and even thrive. The region plays host to determined, ... En savoir plus

    10,08 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus