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  • Stars Fell on Alabama

    by Carl Carmer ...
    Series series Library of Alabama Classics
    A timeless journey into the heart and folklore of Alabama.Stars Fell on Alabama is a landmark work of Southern literature that transports readers to Alabama during the early 20th century. Written by Carl Carmer, this evocative narrative blends memoir, travel writing, and folklore to paint a rich portrait of a region steeped in tradition and complexity. Carmer captures the rhythms of rural life, ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Rivers of America: The Susquehanna

    by Carl Carmer ...
    The Susquehana River is the longest river in the eastern United States, running 444 miles from its headwaters in the Appalachian Mountains of New York to its outlet in Chesapeake Bay. Its storied history includes the early native populations of Susquehannock and Iroquois peoples, the key roles it played in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and environmental degradation brought on the by ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Tin Horns and Calico

    A Decisive Episode in the Emergence of American Democracy

    by Henry Christman, Carl Carmer ...
    A stirring tale of the antirent agitation in the Catskills, Hudson Valley and up-state New York in the 1840's."As the somewhat cryptic title suggests, this book is concerned primarily with one aspect of a many-sided theme in the economic and social history of New York state, and it deals with that topic in its final stage of popular protest and legal liquidation. During the first two centuries of ... Read more

    $5.58 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    by W V Wells ...
    A good description of a trip on the Rhody Carter out of Marblehead Massachusetts to the Grand Banks in search of Cod during the mid nineteenth century. ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD

  • History Mysteries

    by James C. Klotter ...
    Series series New Books for New Readers
    Four true stories of unexplained deaths and disappearances from Kentucky's past.Historians are like detectives—and some historical events are like cold cases that haven't been solved yet. This concise, clearly written book presents the stories of four mysteries of Kentucky history:• The disappearance of James Harrod, who told his wife he was going hunting in 1792 and never returned• The unknown ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Building Hoover Dam

    An Oral History Of The Great Depression

    by Andrew J. Dunar, Dennis Mcbride ...
    Andrew J. Dunar and Dennis McBride skillfully interweave eyewitness accounts of the building of Hoover Dam. These stories create the richest existing portrait of the building of Hoover Dam and its tremendous effect on the lives of those involved in its creation: the gritty, sometimes grisly realities of living in cardboard boxes and tents during several of the hottest Southern Nevada summers on ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Local Elections and the Politics of Small-Scale Democracy

    by J. Eric Oliver ...
    Local government is the hidden leviathan of American politics: it accounts for nearly a tenth of gross domestic product, it collects nearly as much in taxes as the federal government, and its decisions have an enormous impact on Americans' daily lives. Yet political scientists have few explanations for how people vote in local elections, particularly in the smaller cities, towns, and suburbs where ... Read more

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  • So Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812-1848

    Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812–1848

    by Will Bagley ...
    Series series Overland West Series
    The story of America’s westward migration is a powerful blend of fact and fable. Over the course of three decades, almost a million eager fortune-hunters, pioneers, and visionaries transformed the face of a continent—and displaced its previous inhabitants. The people who made the long and perilous journey over the Oregon and California trails drove this swift and astonishing change. In this ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Banned in Boston

    The Watch and Ward Society's Crusade against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil

    by Neil Miller ...
    “I want to be intelligent, even if I do live in Boston.”—an anonymous Bostonian, 1929In this spectacular romp through the Puritan City, Neil Miller relates the scintillating story of how a powerful band of Brahmin moral crusaders helped make Boston the most straitlaced city in America, forever linked with the infamous catchphrase “Banned in Boston.”Bankrolled by society’s upper crust, the New ... Read more

    $24.79 CAD

  • Historic Walks in San Francisco

    18 Trails Through the City's Past

    by Rand Richards ...
    Eighteen self-guided walking tours down city streets that will take you back in time, with colorful stories about the buildings along the way and the people associated with them. Easy-to-follow maps, and dozens of historic photographs.You will read tales about such well-known figures as Jack London, Mark Twain, Ulysses S. Grant, the Emperor Norton, Lenny Bruce, and Janis Joplin, all of who played ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD

  • Chicago Death Trap

    The Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903

    by Nat Brandt ...
    On the afternoon of December 30, 1903, during a sold-out matinee performance, a fire broke out in Chicago’s Iroquois Theatre. In the short span of twenty minutes, more than six hundred people were asphyxiated, burned, or trampled to death in a panicked mob’s failed attempt to escape. In Chicago Death Trap: The Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903, Nat Brandt provides a detailed chronicle of this horrific ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Development Arrested

    The Blues and Plantation Power in the Mississippi Delta

    by Clyde Woods ...
    Explore the riveting history of the 200-year-old conflict between the planter elite and African Americans of the Mississippi River Delta.“A stunning and fresh analysis of the political economy of white supremacy and the redemptive power of the blues.” —Darlene Clark Hine, co-author of The African American OdysseyDevelopment Arrested is a major reinterpretation of centuries-old conflict between ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD