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From the bestselling author of Hiroshima, a searing account of police brutality, white racism, and black rage in 1960s Detroit.On the evening of July 25, 1967, on the third night of the 12th Street Riot, Detroit police raided the Algiers Motel. Acting on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358455479Author Gay TaleseFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 145mm * 29mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982149796Author Thomas DyjaFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190905842Author Associate Professor Jason Morgan WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University...

Military history buffs and scholars will revel in Wiley Sword's exciting narrative, the first comprehensive history of the United States-Indian war of 1790-1795. The struggle for the Old Northwest Territory (modern-day Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin,...

Which lawman did the most to tame the frontier, Bat Masterson or Wyatt Earp? Neither of them was a saint. At times their actions were not in compliance with the law, and they only served as peace officers for limited portions of their lives. What sets...

Described as 'a continuous carnival' and 'the crossroads of the world,' Times Square is a singular phenomenon: the spot where imagination and veracity intersect. To Marshall Berman, it is also the flashing, teeming, and strangely beautiful nexus of his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870207389Author Mary Elise AntoineFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Wisconsin Historical Society PressPublisher Wisconsin Historical Society...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781649670168Author Andrew BraunbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint State House PressPublisher State House PressWeight(grams) 138g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540221100Author G Wayne DowdyFormat HardbackPage Count 146Imprint History Press Library EditionsPublisher History Press Library EditionsWeight(grams)...

In the 1930s and 40s, Los Angeles became an unlikely cultural sanctuary for a distinguished group of German artists and intellectuals - including Thomas Mann, Theodore W. Adorno, Bertolt Brecht, Fritz Lang, and Arnold Schoenberg - who had fled Nazi...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467151351Author Vicki Berger Berger ErwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 221mm...

The twelve essays in this book, some published for the first time, represent some of Tony Badger's best work in his ongoing examination of how white liberal southern politicians who came to prominence in the New Deal and World War II handled the race...

Berthed today at NAUTICUS, the National Maritime Center, the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) was the last authorized of the four Iowa-class battleships, the largest American dreadnoughts ever built. Wisconsin saw action in World War II and the Korean Conflict for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467121286Author William Alan MorrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467123914Author Fred MerriamFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738573144Author Arthur NashFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 237mm * 167mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634993968Author Eric HammonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint America Through TimePublisher America Through Time

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467141123Author Brenna MichaelsFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Completed in 1931, New York's Waldorf-Astoria towers over Park Avenue as an international landmark and a masterpiece of Art Deco architecture. A symbol of elegance and luxury, the hotel has hosted countless movie stars, business tycoons, and world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250621405Author Hugh RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 233mm *...

"When Floyd Collins became trapped in a cave in southern Kentucky in early 1925, the sensationalism and hysteria of the rescue attempt generated America's first true media spectacle, making Collins's story one of the seminal events of the century. The...

Rarely recognized outside its boundaries today, the Pacific Northwest region known at the turn of the century as the Inland Empire included portions of the states of Washington and Idaho, as well as British Columbia. Katherine G. Morrissey traces the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385143080Author Foxfire Fund, Inc.Format PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 233mm...

On the morning of November 22, 1963, President Kennedy told Jackie as they started for Dallas, "We're heading into nut country today." That day's events ultimately obscured and revealed just how right he was: Oswald was a lone gunman, but the city that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634992657Author Jay FarrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint America Through TimePublisher America Through TimeWeight(grams) 295g

Abandoned structures are places that open the imagination and invite interpretation. Distressed wood and weathered remnants of human life are crossed by time and animal tracks, inviting one to picture what once was. Abandoned homes and buildings offer a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781889963051Author Lydia BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint University of Alaska PressPublisher University of Alaska Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780700604746Author H.Craig MinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint University Press of KansasPublisher University Press of KansasWeight(grams) 200g

Nothing But Freedom examines the aftermath of emancipation in the South and the restructuring of society by which the former slaves gained, beyond their freedom, a new relation to the land they worked on, to the men they worked for, and to the government...

In the early morning of November 29, 1864, with the fate of the Union still uncertain, part of the First Colorado and nearly all of the Third Colorado volunteer regiments, commanded by Colonel John Chivington, surprised hundreds of Cheyenne and Arapaho...

In 1869, Civil War veteran and amputee Major John Powell led an expedition down the uncharted Colorado River through the then-nameless Grand Canyon. This is the story of what started as a geological survey, but ended in danger, chaos, and blood. The men...

In 1920s Middle America, the Ku Klux Klan gained popularity not by appealing to the fanatical fringes of society, but by attracting the interest of "average" citizens. During this period, the Klan recruited members through the same unexceptional channels...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781071398357Author Gp HaggartFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540202574Author Gail Wilson-GiarratanoFormat HardbackPage Count 178Imprint History Press Library EditionsPublisher History Press Library...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870234194Author David P. SzatmaryFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint University of Massachusetts PressPublisher University of Massachusetts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467199759Author Taylor BruceFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint WildsamPublisher WildsamWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 152mm * 107mm * 13mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945551918Author George GearyFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Prospect Park BooksPublisher Prospect Park Books

Douglas S. Freeman's Pulitzer Prize-winning four-volume study on Robert E. Lee remains the most thorough history of the man. After spending so many years with his subject, Freeman claimed he knew where Lee was every day of his life, from West Point until...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626197671Author Matt WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 222mm *...