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  • The Plantation

    by Edgar Tristram Thompson ...
    Series series Southern Classics
    The first complete publication of an overlooked gem in American intellectual historyA rare classic in American social science, Edgar Thompson's 1932 University of Chicago dissertation, "The Plantation," broke new analytic ground in the study of the southern plantation system. Thompson refuted long-espoused climatic theories of the origins of plantation societies and offered instead a richly ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Just Keep Jumping

    The Memoir of Doug Dickey

    by Doug Dickey, Edgar Thompson ...
    “When Coach Dickey spoke, people listened. I know I certainly did.” —Peyton ManningJust Keep Jumping chronicles the life of Doug Dickey, the legendary college football coach and athletic director whose storied career led to multiple national titles and SEC championships.In this inspiring, often hilarious memoir, Dickey invites readers into his world and the “jump at” philosophy that set it turning ... Read more

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    Descent into the Maelström, A

    by Edgar Allan Poe ...
    Narrated by Phil Thompson ...

    Unabridged

    47 min

    In Edgar Allan Poe’s gripping tale of survival and cosmic terror, A Descent into the Maelström plunges listeners into a tempest of elemental fury and existential dread. Set amidst the wild Norwegian coast, the story follows an old fisherman who recounts the nightmarish experience that turned his hair white and changed his life forever.As a violent hurricane wrecks his fishing boat, he and his ... Read more

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  • On the Horseshoe

    A Guide to the Historic Campus of the University of South Carolina

    by Elizabeth Cassidy West, Katharine Thompson Allen ...
    A complete guide to the historic campus, featuring archival photos along with a close look at the structures and the people who inhabited them.Founded in 1801 as South Carolina College, the University of South Carolina is one of the nation's oldest public colleges. Located in the heart of downtown Columbia and bound by Sumter, Pendleton, Bull, and Greene Streets, this historic landscape, known ... Read more

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  • Denmark Vesey’s Garden

    Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy

    by Ethan J. Kytle, Blain Roberts ...
    **One of Janet Maslin’s Favorite Books of 2018, The New York TimesOne of John Warner’s Favorite Books of 2018, Chicago TribuneNamed one of the “Best Civil War Books of 2018” by the Civil War Monitor“A fascinating and important new historical study.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times“A stunning contribution to the historiography of Civil War memory studies.”—Civil War TimesThe stunning, groundb... ... Read more

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  • Railroads and the American People

    by H. Roger Grant ...
    Series series Railroads Past and Present
    "[A] wealth of vignettes and more than 100 black-and-white illustrations . . . Does a fine job of humanizing the iron horse" ( The Wall Street Journal).In this social history of the impact of railroads on American life, H. Roger Grant concentrates on the railroad's "golden age," from 1830 to 1930. He explores four fundamental topics—trains and travel, train stations, railroads and community life, ... Read more

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  • The King's Best Highway

    The Lost History of the Boston Post Road, the Route That Made America

    by Eric Jaffe ...
    A VIVID AND FASCINATING LOOK AT AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST STORIED HIGHWAY, THE BOSTON POST ROADDuring its evolution from Indian trails to modern interstates, the Boston Post Road, a system of over-land routes between New York City and Boston, has carried not just travelers and mail but the march of American history itself. Eric Jaffe captures the progress of people ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Smashing Statues

    The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments

    by Erin L. Thompson ...
    A leading expert on the past, present, and future of public monuments in America.An urgent and fractious national debate over public monuments has erupted in America. Some people risk imprisonment to tear down long-ignored hunks of marble; others form armed patrols to defend them. Why do we care so much about statues? Which ones should stay up and which should come down? Who should make these ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Lost Mansions of Mississippi, Volume II

    by Mary Carol Miller ...
    As preservationist Mary Carol Miller talked with Mississippians about her books on lost mansions and landmarks, enthusiasts brought her more stories of great architecture ravaged by time. The twenty-seven houses included in her new book are among the most memorable of Mississippi's vanished antebellum and Victorian mansions. The list ranges from the oldest house in the Natchez region, lost in a ... Read more

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  • Beacon Hill, Back Bay, and the Building of Boston's Golden Age

    by Ted Clarke ...
    "Tells the story of Boston's growth in the 19th century, a time of immense cultural and physical expansion in the city." — The Patriot LedgerVenture back to the Boston of the 1800s, when Back Bay was just a wide expanse of water to the west of the Shawmut Peninsula and merchants peddled their wares to sailors along the docks. Witness the beginning of the American Industrial Revolution; learn how a ... Read more

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  • Blacks in the Adirondacks

    A History

    by Sally E. Svenson, Alice Paden Green ...
    Series series New York State Series
    Blacks in the Adirondacks: A History tells the story of the many African Americans who settled in or passed through this rural, mountainous region of northeastern New York State. In the area for a variety of reasons, some were lifetime residents, while others were there for a few years or months—as summer employees, tuberculosis patients, or in connection with full- or part-time occupations in ... Read more

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