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  • Boys Will Be Boys

    The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty

    by Jeff Pearlman ...
    New York Times bestsellerFrom celebrated sports writer Jeff Pearlman, author of The Bad Guys Won, a rollicking, completely unabashed account of the glory days of the legendary Dallas Cowboys 1990s dynasty.They were called America's Team. Led by Emmitt Smith, the charismatic Deion "Prime Time" Sanders, Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin—and lorded over by swashbuckling, power-hungry owner ... Read more

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  • 13 Days In October: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

    Never has the world come as close to the catastrophic destruction that nearly came to pass in October 1962. The United States and the Soviet Union, uneasy allies in World War II but Cold War rivals after the defeat of Germany, squared off over the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. This launched 13 days of tense negotiations between the two nations, as both President John F. Kennedy and ... Read more

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  • The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I By Douglas Brunt

    This book offers the answer to the long-standing mystery surrounding the true fate of one of history's greatest inventors, Rudolf Diesel, who disrupted the status quo before vanishing into thin air on the eve of World War I.On September 29, 1913, the steamboatDresden is located around halfway between Belgium and England. Among the most famous persons in the planet, Rudolf Diesel, is on board, and ... Read more

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  • The Dance of Freedom

    Texas African Americans during Reconstruction

    Series series Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture
    This anthology brings together the late Barry A. Crouch's most important articles on the African American experience in Texas during Reconstruction. Grouped topically, the essays explore what freedom meant to the newly emancipated, how white Texans reacted to the freed slaves, and how Freedmen's Bureau agents and African American politicians worked to improve the lot of ordinary African American ... Read more

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  • Indianapolis Beer Stories

    History to Modern Craft in Circle City Brewing

    by Amy Beers ...
    Indianapolis Beer Stories is a time capsule of tales from the city's early taverns, to a pre-Prohibition golden era, to today's modern craft beer scene.Meet the ghosts of Indy's brewing past. Discover the very beginning of beer in Indiana's new capital and the pioneers who carved a path for a future industry. Uncover the legacy of a bygone brewing giant. Learn how one spontaneous decision to cross ... Read more

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  • Detroit's Lost Poletown

    The Little Neighborhood That Touched a Nation

    Poletown was a once vibrant, ethnically diverse neighborhood in Detroit. In its prime, it had a store on every corner. Its theaters, restaurants and schools thrived, and its churches catered to a multiplicity of denominations. In 1981, General Motors announced plans for a new plant in Detroit and pointed to the 465 acres of Poletown. Using the law of eminent domain with a quick-take clause, the ... Read more

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  • In Love and War

    The World War II Courtship Letters of a Nisei Couple

    The events of December 7, 1941, rocked the lives of people around the world. The bombing of Pearl Harbor had intimate repercussions, too, especially in the territory of Hawaii. In Love and War recounts the wartime experiences of author Melody M. Miyamoto Walters’s grandparents, two second-generation Japanese Americans, or Nisei, living in Hawaii. Their love story, narrated in letters they wrote ... Read more

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  • Historic Whitefish Bay

    A Celebration of Architecture and Character

    Incorporated in 1892, Whitefish Bay is a pleasant, verdant village that is home to more than fourteen thousand people. More than half of its five thousand houses and other structures have been deemed historic or architecturally important. Even casual passersby can attest to the architectural significance of these buildings, and while the personal history attached to them is less apparent, it is no ... Read more

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  • Black Voters Mattered: A Philadelphia Story

    The idea for this book grew out of my deep appreciation for recorded history. I've learned that unless the facts are written, people will soon forget them. So it is important to document the history of the personalities and events that led to my election in1983 as the first African American mayor of Philadelphia, to properly record and connect events so that future generations will understand and ... Read more

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  • Traveling the Merritt Parkway

    by Larry Larned ...
    Series series Images of America
    Since 1938, when the Merritt's first 7-mile section was opened to traffic, millions have shared a fascination for Connecticut's Merritt Parkway and its bridges.A survey made in 1928 called for a two-lane macadam highway to run from Stratford to Greenwich; with $1 million of state money, construction started on the Merritt Highway in 1932. Opened for 38 miles on September 2, 1940, it became known ... Read more

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  • Dandridge

    Series series Images of America
    Join author and Professor Lisa Whillock Ellis as she details the rich history of Dandridge, Tennessee through vintage images. Dandridge, Tennessee, the second-oldest town in the state, was founded in 1783 by a group of Scotch-Irish settlers. It was 13 years before Tennessee became the 16th state. The town began as a small frontier settlement along the banks of the French Broad River in the short ... Read more

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  • Minnesota Twins Baseball

    Hardball History on the Prairie

    by Stew Thornley ...
    For more than half a century, Minnesotans have been treated to the memorable players and teams of the Minnesota Twins. From the Ruthian blasts of Harmon Killebrew and Kirby Puckett to a successful brand of "small ball," the Twins have fielded competitive teams at Metropolitan Stadium, the Metrodome and Target Field. But prior to its arrival in 1961, the team also had a storied past in Washington ... Read more

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  • Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Police

    Series series Images of America
    For nearly a century and a half, police in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County have displayed tremendous courage and sacrifice in the execution of their duty, adapted to social and cultural changes within the American South, and increasingly embraced sophisticated methods and revolutionary advances in technology to meet the challenges posed by criminals and a violent culture. Images of America: ... Read more

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  • Art and Artisans of Meriden

    Located between the urban centers of New York City and Boston, the city of Meriden, Connecticut, has been an important hub for art and artisans for over a century. The city's rich tradition of innovative design has long been acknowledged as an outstanding contribution to the larger development of American art. Many of America's leading artists have come from or lived in Meriden, including 19th ... Read more

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  • The Indian Massacres and War of 1862, Illustrated

    A Brief history of the Indian uprising and depredations in Minnesota during 1862. ... Read more

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  • Pennsylvania Land Records

    A History and Guide for Research

    The genealogist trying to locate families, the surveyor or attorney researching old deeds, or the historian seeking data on land settlement will find Pennsylvania Land Records an indispensable aid. The land records of Pennsylvania are among the most complete in the nation, beginning in the 1680s. Pennsylvania Land Records not only catalogs, cross-references, and tells how to use the countless ... Read more

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  • Ratifying the Constitution in Pennsylvania

    The Keystone State Decides

    Michael H. Taylor examines in detail the debates around ratifying the Constitution in Pennsylvania.This book breaks down the multiple week debates about ratification, looking at the arguments for and against. Taylor places these debates within the context of the time and brings in analysis of Pennsylvanian newspapers. He exposes the persistent and vocal opposition to the Constitution in ... Read more

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  • The New Deal and Texas History

    Saving the Past through Hardship and Turmoil

    This book examines the many ways in which the New Deal revived Texas’s economic structure after the 1929 collapse. Ronald Goodwin analyzes how Franklin Roosevelt’s initiative, and in particular, the Work Progress Administration, remedied rampant unemployment and homelessness in twentieth-century Texas. ... Read more

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  • Planting the Seeds of Research

    How Americas Ultimate Investment Transformed Agriculture

    ‘Planting the Seeds of Research’ explores why by the beginnings of the twentieth century the United States dominated agricultural production worldwide. The thesis is that the ultimate investments made by the United States Department of Agriculture and State governments created the research structure that made American agriculture spectacularly successful. The social commitment, by business, ... Read more

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  • From the Pass to the Pueblos

    El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail

    El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the Royal Road of the Interior, was a 1,600-mile braid of trails that led from Mexico City, in the center of New Spain, to the provincial capital of New Mexico on the edge of the empire’s northern frontier. The Royal Road served as a lifeline for the colonial system from its founding in 1598 until the last days of Spanish rule in the 1810s. Throughout the Mexican ... Read more

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  • Hip-Hop in Houston

    The Origin and the Legacy

    Rap-A-Lot Records, U.G.K. (Pimp C and Bun B), Paul Wall, Beyonce, Chamillionaire and Scarface are all names synonymous with contemporary hip-hop. And they have one thing in common: Houston. Long before the country came to know the chopped and screwed style of rap from the Bayou City in the late 1990s, hip-hop in Houston grew steadily and produced some of the most prolific independent artists in ... Read more

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  • Secret Boston

    A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

    by Kim MacKinnon ...
    What Boston landmark was first envisioned in a newspaper column? Which of the city’s nicknames was originally meant as an insult? What is the story with that costumed bear playing music in the T? You’ll find the answers to these questions and many more in Secret Boston—a guide to the unknown, strange, forgotten, and wonderful places and people that make up the Hub of the Universe. In a city with ... Read more

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  • The Bloomington-Normal Circus Legacy

    The Golden Age of Aerialists

    Starting in the 1870s, the barns, icehouses, gymnasiums and empty theaters of central Illinois provided the practice sites for aerial performers whose names still command reverence in the annals of American circus history. Meet Fred Miltimore and the Green Brothers, runaways from the Fourth Ward School who became the first Bloomington-born flyers. Watch Art Concello, a ten-year-old truant, become ... Read more

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  • Maine

    An Annotated Bibliography

    Exciting and fascinating, Maine: An Annotated Bibliography is a look at the Maine Experience from its many historical, political, social, and literary perspectives. Organized under such unifying themes as "The Wild, Wild East," "Ethnicity Matters," "Women in Maine," and "Maine in the Civil War," the work gives readers a most useful and often humorous overview of over 400 books written about Maine. ... Read more

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