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Celebrating Florida: 50 States to Celebrate: Green Light Readers, Level 3 by Marion,Dane Bauer 9780547896984
RRP: £4.99£3.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547896984Author Marion Dane BauerFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin -
The Story of French New Orleans: History of a Creole City by Dianne Guenin-Lelle 9781496820303
RRP: £24.95£23.45What is it about the city of New Orleans? History, location, and culture continue to link it to France while distancing it culturally and symbolically from the United States. This book explores the traces of French language, history, and artistic... -
The Longhorns by J. Frank Dobie
RRP: £14.99£12.17The Texas Longhorn made more history than any other breed of cattle the world has known. These wiry, intractable beasts were themselves pioneers in a harsh land, moving elementally with drouth, grass, Arctic blizzards, and burning winds. Their story is... -
Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917 by Michael Punke 9781401308896
RRP: £21.99£15.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401308896Author Michael PunkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 130mm *... -
Colorado: A Historical Atlas by Thomas J Noel 9780806162294
£30.84This is a thoroughly revised edition of the Historical Atlas of Colorado, which was coauthored by Tom Noel and published in 1994. Chock-full of the best and latest information on Colorado, this new edition features thirty new chapters, updated text, more... -
Rhode Island: A History by William McLoughlin 9780393302714
RRP: £19.00£16.22High atop the Rhode Island capitol in Providence, a bronze likeness of "The Independent Man" keeps watch over a state that historically has put the ideal of individual liberty before all others. Like many ideals, this one was freighted with many meanings... -
Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago by Eric Klinenberg
RRP: £18.00£12.75On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day on which the temperature would eventually climb to 106 degrees. It was the start of an unprecedented heat wave that would last a full week - and leave more than seven hundred people dead... -
When Outlaws Wore Badges by Melody Groves 9781493048038
RRP: £14.99£11.53Lawman or outlaw? Black-hatted "villains" and white-hatted "good guys" of the Old West walk the streets of our imagination. Hollywood draws a convenient line in the Western dirt, differentiating between the two. But in reality, at times it was difficult,... -
Remembering Ahanagran: A History of Stories by Richard White 9780295983554
RRP: £21.99£17.54Sara Walsh was born in 1919 in the west of Ireland, in a land of storytellers. In prose that is neither history nor memoir but something larger and brighter than both, Remembering Ahanagran captures her memories of her early years in Ireland, her... -
City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago by Gary Krist 9780307454300
RRP: £16.99£11.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307454300Author Gary KristFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher... -
Ghosts and Legends of Nevada's Highway 50 by Janice Oberding 9781467139441
RRP: £19.99£11.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467139441Author Janice OberdingFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 229mm... -
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson 9781410455765
£35.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410455765Author Erik LarsonFormat HardbackPage Count 691Imprint Thorndike PressPublisher Thorndike PressWeight(grams) 726gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 142mm *... -
The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America by Sally Denton 9780375701269
RRP: £20.00£14.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375701269Author Sally DentonFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The Line Riders: The Border Patrol, Prohibition, and the Liquor War on the Rio Grande by Samuel K. Dolan
RRP: £25.00£20.19This book tells the little-known story of the origins of the US Border Patrol, starting during the final days of the "Wild West" on the US-Mexico border and tracing the origins of the modern federal agency as it came into its own during the violence of... -
Mobtown Massacre: Alexander Hanson and the Baltimore Newspaper War of 1812 by Josh S. Cutler 9781467142274
RRP: £21.99£16.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467142274Author Josh S. CutlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 223Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 472gDimensions(mm) 235mm... -
Nature Behind Barbed Wire: An Environmental History of the Japanese American Incarceration by Connie Y. Chiang
RRP: £26.49£23.82The mass imprisonment of over 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry during World War II was one of the most egregious violations of civil liberties in United States history. Removed from their homes on the temperate Pacific Coast, Japanese Americans spent... -
Only in New York: An Exploration of the World's Most Fascinating, Frustrating, and Irrepressible City by Sam Roberts
RRP: £14.99£12.59No one denies that New York City is unique-but what makes it sui generis? Sam Roberts, a longtime city reporter, has puzzled over this in print and in his popular New York Times podcasts for years. In Only in New York, updated with new tales and... -
Badasses of the Old West: True Stories Of Outlaws On The Edge by Erin H. Turner 9780762754663
RRP: £12.99£9.61Badasses of the Old West brings together thirty-six tales of the worst (and best) robbers, rustlers, and bandits who shaped the history of the Wild West in one compelling volume. From the famous, such as Billy the Kid and the Wild Bunch, to the... -
Plantation Kingdom: The American South and Its Global Commodities by Richard Follett 9781421419404
RRP: £18.50£16.58In 1850, America's plantation economy reigned supreme. U.S. cotton dominated world markets, and American rice, sugarcane, and tobacco grew throughout a vast farming empire that stretched from Maryland to Texas. Four million enslaved African Americans... -
Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History by William Lutz 9780805072938
RRP: £19.99£12.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805072938Author William LutzFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougalWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 140mm *... -
Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862 by Gary Clayton Anderson 9780873512169
RRP: £16.50£15.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873512169Author Gary Clayton AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S.Publisher Minnesota Historical Society... -
Mrs. Earp: The Wives And Lovers Of The Earp Brothers by Sherry Monahan 9780762788354
RRP: £12.99£9.61When most people hear the name Earp, they think of Wyatt, Virgil, Morgan, and sometimes the lesser known James and Warren. They also had a half-brother named Newton, who lived a fairly quiet, uneventful life. While it's true these men made history on... -
Nevada Gunsmoke: Frontier Fighters of the Boom Years, 1850-1890 by Elmer D McInnes 9781476686318
RRP: £21.99£18.55From 1860 to 1900, many towns in Nevada sprang up to serve the mining camps in the area. These towns provided the breeding ground for a unique character known as "the mining camp gunman." This book delves into the violent and gritty lives of various... -
The Chicago Haymarket Affair: A Guide to a Labor Rights Milestone by Joseph Anthony Rulli 9781467135740
RRP: £21.99£13.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467135740Author Joseph Anthony RulliFormat PaperbackPage Count 125Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm)... -
Detroit's Birwood Wall: Hatred and Healing in the West Eight Mile Community by Gerald C. Van Dusen 9781467142014
RRP: £21.99£14.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467142014Author Gerald Van DusenFormat PaperbackPage Count 189Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm)... -
Neither Wolf Nor Dog: American Indians, Environment, and Agrarian Change by David Rich Lewis 9780195117943
RRP: £66.00£50.84During the nineteenth century, Americans looked to the eventual civilization and assimilation of Native Americans through a process of removal, reservation, and directed culture change. Underlying American Indian policy was a belief in a developmental... -
Santa Monica: 1950-2010 by Louise B. Gabriel 9780738581439
RRP: £21.99£15.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738581439Author Louise B. GabrielFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)... -
Shifting Grounds: Nationalism and the American South, 1848-1865 by Paul Quigley 9780199735488
RRP: £51.00£42.08Between 1848 and 1865 white southerners felt the grounds of nationhood shift beneath their feet. The regional conflict over slavery that culminated in the American Civil War forced them to confront difficult problems of nationalism. What made a nation a... -
Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun: Hernando De Soto and the South's Ancient Chiefdoms by Charles Hudson 9780820320625
£33.86Between 1539 and 1542 Hernando de Soto led a small army on a desperate journey of exploration across the Southeast. His path has been one of history's most intriguing mysteries. With ""Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun"", Charles Hudson offers a... -
The Way to the West: Essays on the Central Plains by Elliott West 9780826316530
£35.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826316530Author Elliott WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint University of New Mexico PressPublisher University of New Mexico Press -
On the Edge of Survival: A Shipwreck, a Raging Storm, and the Harrowing Alaskan Rescue That Became a Legend by Spike Walker 9780312604592
£11.66A Malaysian cargo ship on its way from Seattle, Washington to China ran aground off the coast of western Alaska's Aleutian Islands on December 8, 2004 during a brutal storm, leading to one of the most incredible Coast Guard rescue missions of all time... -
The Making of an American Thinking Class: Intellectuals and Intelligentsia in Puritan Massachusetts by Darren Staloff 9780195113525
RRP: £82.00£64.42A radical new interpretation of the political and intellectual history of Puritan Massachusetts, The Making of an American Thinking Class envisions the Bay colony as a seventeenth century one-party state, where congregations served as ideological `cells'... -
Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America by Erika Lee 9780199896158
RRP: £20.99£20.39From 1910 to 1940, over half a million people sailed through the Golden Gate, hoping to start a new life in America. But they did not all disembark in San Francisco; instead, most were ferried across the bay to the Angel Island Immigration Station. For... -
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson 9780609608449
RRP: £32.00£21.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for National Book Awards.Book InformationISBN 9780609608449Author Erik LarsonFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA... -
Kentucke's Frontiers by Craig Thompson Friend
RRP: £33.00£25.36American culture has long celebrated the heroism framed by Kentucky's frontier wars. Spanning the period from the 1720s when Ohio River valley Indians returned to their homeland to the American defeat of the British and their Indian allies in the War of... -
Detestable and Wicked Arts: New England and Witchcraft in the Early Modern Atlantic World by Paul B. Moyer
RRP: £27.99£24.14In Detestable and Wicked Arts, Paul B. Moyer places early New England's battle against black magic in a transatlantic perspective. Moyer provides an accessible and comprehensive examination of witch prosecutions in the Puritan colonies that discusses how... -
Dayton Aviation: The Wright Brothers to McCook Field by Kenneth M. Keisel 9780738593890
RRP: £21.99£15.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738593890Author Kenneth M. KeiselFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)... -
Rock-Em, Sock-Em, Travelin' Sideways Dirt Show by Gary L Parker 9781935186694
RRP: £24.95£15.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935186694Author Gary L ParkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc.Publisher Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Death on Mount Washington: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness on the Northeast's Highest Peak by Randi Minetor
RRP: £14.99£11.53On Mount Washington, it's lack of preparation, not the mountain, that kills. The weather is highly changeable with wind gusts of 140 mph and -35 degree temps. Then there are the avalanches and icefalls. Combine this with inexperienced hikers in t-shirts... -
After Slavery: Race, Labor, and Citizenship in the Reconstruction South by Bruce Baker 9780813060972
RRP: £24.95£24.48In the popular imagination, freedom for African Americans is often assumed to have been granted and fully realized when Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation or, at the very least, at the conclusion of the Civil War. In reality, the...