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  • State Bottles in the National Bottle Museum

    This book, published by the National Bottle Museum, in Ballston Spa, NY, is a companion piece to their "Bottles of the U.S.A." exhibit. A project begun shortly after the museum's inception, the "Bottles of the U.S.A." showcases one antique bottle from each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia. This volume presents a history of each bottle included in the exhibit, a list of the ... Leer más

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  • The Ghost Orchard

    For readers of H is for Hawk and The Frozen Thames, The Ghost Orchard is award-winning author Helen Humphreys’ fascinating journey into the secret history of an iconic food. Delving deep into the storied past of the apple in North America, Humphreys explores the intricate link between agriculture, settlement, and human relationships. With her signature insight and exquisite prose, she brings light ... Leer más

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  • Bees in America

    How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation

    de Tammy Horn ...
    "Integrates history, technology, sociology, economics, and politics with this remarkable insect serving as the unifying concept" ( Buffalo News).The tiny, industrious honey bee has become part of popular imagination—reflected in our art, our advertising, even our language itself with such terms as queen bee and busy as a bee. Honey bees—and the values associated with them—have influenced American ... Leer más

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  • Mistakes that Worked

    40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be

    Ilustraciones de John O'Brien ...
    Popsicles, potato chips, Silly Putty, Velcro, and many other familiar things have fascinating stories behind them. In fact, dozens of products and everyday items had surprisingly haphazard beginnings. Mistakes That Worked offers forty of these unusual tales, along with hilarious cartoons and weird and amazing facts. Readers will be surprised and inspired! ... Leer más

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  • All the Presidents' Gardens

    Madison's Cabbages to Kennedy's Roses—How the White House Grounds Have Grown with America

    This New York Times bestseller shares the rich history of the White House grounds, revealing how the story of the garden is also the story of America.The 18-acres surrounding the White House have been an unwitting witness to history—kings and queens have dined there, bills and treaties have been signed, and presidents have landed and retreated. Throughout it all, the grounds have remained not only ... Leer más

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  • Dead Distillers

    A History of the Upstarts and Outlaws Who Made American Spirits

    Founders and award-winning distillers of Kings County Distillery Colin Spoelman and David Haskell follow up their successful Guide to Urban Moonshining with an extensive history of the figures who distilled American spirits.Dead Distillers presents 50 fascinating—and sometimes morbid—biographies from this historic trade’s bygone days, including farmers, scientists, oligarchs, criminals, and the ... Leer más

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  • Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey

    An American Heritage

    On May 4, 1964, Congress designated bourbon as a distinctive product of the United States, and it remains the only spirit produced in this country to enjoy such protection. Its history stretches back almost to the founding of the nation and includes many colorful characters, both well known and obscure, from the hatchet-wielding prohibitionist Carry Nation to George Garvin Brown, who in 1872 ... Leer más

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  • Buffalo, Barrels, and Bourbon

    The Story of How Buffalo Trace Distillery Became The World's Most Awarded Distillery

    Learn about one of the most impactful distilleries in American history in this comprehensive taleBuffalo, Barrels, & Bourbon tells the fascinating tale of the Buffalo Trace Distillery, from the time of the earliest explorations of Kentucky to the present day. Author and award-winning spirits expert F. Paul Pacult takes readers on a journey through history that covers the American Revolutionary War ... Leer más

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  • Before the Refrigerator

    How We Used to Get Ice

    de Jonathan Rees ...
    Series series How Things Worked
    A historical study of how increased access to ice—decades before refrigeration—transformed American life.During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans depended upon ice to stay cool and to keep their perishable foods fresh. Jonathan Rees tells the fascinating story of how people got ice before mechanical refrigeration came to the household. Drawing on newspapers, trade ... Leer más

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  • Southern Bouquets

    The bouquets that grac e the dining rooms and parlors of stately Southern homes are beautiful and elegant, but they need not be complicated or expensive. Bigner and Barrie celebrate favorite home-grown flowers in unique bouquets, ... Leer más

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  • Ghost Towns and Other Quirky Places in the New Jersey Pine Barrens

    The Pine Barrens of New Jersey contain more ghost towns, some say, than the entire American west. In Ghost Towns and Other Quirky Places in the New Jersey Pine Barrens author Barbara Solem-Stull tells the story of the towns that rose up around the iron furnaces, glass factories, paper mills, cranberry farms, and brick making establishments of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. A popular ... Leer más

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  • Bourbon's Backroads

    A Journey through Kentucky's Distilling Landscape

    de Karl Raitz ...
    This history of bourbon explores how the shift from home distillers to commercial producers changed the culture and landscape of nineteenth-century Kentucky.As one of the commonwealth's signature industries, bourbon distilling has influenced the landscape and heritage of the region for more than two centuries. Blending several topics—tax revenue, railroads, the mechanics of brewing, geography, ... Leer más

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