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For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a correspondent for the New York Times. In this Very Short Introduction, she draws on her deep knowledge of the...

During a public career spanning only twelve years, Martin Luther King Jr. transformed the South-and the nation-and reinvigorated American democracy. From the pulpit and from jail, he inspired African Americans to rebel against white supremacy,...

Betty Boyd Caroli's engrossing and informative First Ladies is both a captivating read and an essential resource for anyone interested in the role of America's First Ladies. Caroli observes the role as it has shifted and evolved from ceremonial backdrop...

A comprehensive study of Irish immigrants in the 19th-century American South, this book seeks to make a valuable contribution to the story of the Irish in America and to our understanding of southern culture. The Irish who migrated to the Old South...

Bestselling travel writer Richard Grant "sensitively probes the complex and troubled history of the oldest city on the Mississippi River through the eyes of a cast of eccentric and unexpected characters" (Newsweek).Natchez, Mississippi, once had more...

This book is about life in a small turn-of-the-century Wisconsin town. Lesy has collected and arranged photographs taken between 1890 and 1910. Against these are juxtaposed excerpts from the Badger State Banner, from the Mendota State (asylum) Record...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648450105Author Bill O'NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Lak PublishingPublisher Lak PublishingWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743245135Author Professor Michael D'AntonioFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937868321Author Michael BoyetteFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Quadrant Books(r)Publisher Quadrant Books(r)Weight(grams) 531gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966724677Author Donnie Sergent, Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Mothman Lives PublishingPublisher Mothman Lives PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626195295Author Alison FortierFormat PaperbackPage Count 235Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873514002Author Gerald Robert VizenorFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S.Publisher Minnesota Historical Society...

This is the magical memoir of Lily Shaine, an orphan brought up by her two eccentric bachelor uncles in New York in the 1950s. Uncle Len is a six-foot-six-inch private investigator, a trench-coated cross between Abraham Lincoln and Sam Spade. Uncle Gabe,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873482639Author Art PreisFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Pathfinder Books LtdPublisher Pathfinder Books LtdWeight(grams) 710g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541619586Author Walter JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 38mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385022729Author Foxfire Fund, Inc.Format PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 533gDimensions(mm) 232mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsLong-listed for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction 2018.Book InformationISBN 9780804137331Author Sam AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Crown...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385422765Author Foxfire Fund, Inc.Format PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing...

The Woking Dead are everywhere. An army of undead ghouls turning millions into mindless, ravenous devourers of all things good and American.Donald J. Trump was the vaccine America needed. He fought for America against the Deep State and the woke maniacs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471589051Author Don GrahamFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 436gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890437268Author Evalyn Walsh McLeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Western Reflections Publishing Co.Publisher Western Reflections Publishing Co...

Chronicles the lifestyles of the rich and famous along Long Island's exclusive seaside resort, revealing how the region's celebrities relate to their own properties.Book InformationISBN 9780316309073Author Steven GainesFormat PaperbackPage Count...

A fascinating account of Apache history and ethnography. All the narratives have been carefully chosen to illustrate important facets of the Apache experience. Moreover, they make very interesting reading....This is a major contribution to both Apache...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681620534Author Greg KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint WileyPublisher WileyWeight(grams) 803g

This book embodies the theme that, as succeeding groups have occupied the American West and shaped the land, they have done so without regard for present inhabitants. They have cared little about the cost their activities imposed on others; what has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Alex Awards 2016.Book InformationISBN 9781250058904Author Brandon StantonFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395925690Author William Least-Heat MoonFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 858g

This work examines the ominous prelude to the Battle of the Bulge and reveals one of the US Army's bloodiest nightmares of World War II. In late 1944, the American army had pushed through Belgium almost unopposed. As small units advanced into the hilly...

The Wild East explores the social, political, and environmental changes in the Great Smoky Mountains during the 19th and 20th centuries. Although this national park is most often portrayed as a triumph of wilderness preservation, Margaret Lynn Brown...

Outlaw, hoodlum and killer, and slain at the age of 21 by Pat Garrett - Billy the Kid has become one of the icons of America's Wild West. This account tells the story of his brief and bloody life.Book InformationISBN 9781860646010Author Robert M...

While the coast of the Pacific Northwest becomes populated with houses, condominiums, motels, and restaurants, its beaches and cliffs continue to be altered by ocean currents and winter storms. A companion volume to Living with the Shore of Puget Sound...

The Gulf Coast of Texas has drawn people ever since nomadic Indian tribes sought sustenance in the coastal lagoons and marshes. Spanish and French explorers shipwrecked on these shores, while settlers in the nineteenth century turned Galveston and...

The genealogist trying to locate families, the surveyor or attorney researching old deeds, or the historian seeking data on land settlement will find Pennsylvania Land Records an indispensable aid. The land records of Pennsylvania are among the most...

Whether Christian churches, Jewish synagogues, Islamic mosques, Buddhist temples, or the gathering places for other faiths, buildings designed for worship are significant to both their own community of believers and their larger communities. Coming to...

While exploring your nearby history, you will find that your community's schools have helped to shape its traditions and culture. Yet, how do you go about digging into your educational past? Fortunately, Local Schools provides this information, aiding...

Well-known public historian Robert Archibald's personal exploration of the intersections of history, memory, and community reveals how we participate in the making and sustaining of community as well as how we remember the community that shaped us...

In this work readers can discover the role local historians play, find out what the experts see as the values of the local history while exploring their theories, and see how local history has been practised by those who have dedicated their lives to it...

A practical step-by-step guide for gathering history from the people who've experienced it. Oral History for the Local Historical Society, a classic in the field for three decades, tells you how to start an oral history program in your community, how to...

The Outer Banks of North Carolina have had a lively and sometimes lurid history going back four centuries. These barrier islands, frequently battered by storms and hurricanes, were the site of the first English colony in North America and figured...

"I had met only two or three of the neighboring Crackers when I realized that isolation had done something to these people. . . .They have a primal quality against their background of jungle hammock, moss-hung against the tremendous silence of the...