Middle Atlantic

By 1933, the Pennsylvania Railroad had been in existence for nearly ninety years. During this time, it had grown from a small line, struggling to build west from the state capital in Harrisburg, to the dominant transportation company in the United States...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912174843Author David C. BonkFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Michael Moore mocks George Bush and Al Franken ridicules Rush Limbaugh, but the mixing of play and politics today is polite and respectful compared to the carnival of contempt known as the Chicago Eight trial.Opening at the end of 1969, the trial brought...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467107075Author John DisantoFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467121903Author Mary J. NowyjFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 241mm *...

In 1970s New York City, the abandoned piers of the Hudson River became a site for extraordinary works of art and a popular place for nude sunbathing and anonymous sex. Jonathan Weinberg's provocative book-part art history, part memoir-weaves interviews,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467129169Author Anne Chaikowsky La VoieFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams)...

As a child growing up in Manhattan, William Helmreich played a game with his father called "Last Stop." They would pick a subway line, ride it to its final destination, and explore the neighborhood. Decades later, his love for exploring the city is as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438490861Author Dick WeissmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Excelsior EditionsPublisher State University of New York PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540226792Author Flavio G ContiFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsPublisher Arcadia Publishing Library...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061288517Author Jane ZiegelmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 204mm *...

You either love it or hate it, but nothing says New York like the street grid of Manhattan. Created in 1811 by a three-man commission featuring headstrong Founding Father Gouverneur Morris, the plan called for a dozen parallel avenues crossing at right...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738513041Author Barry MorenoFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312424305Author Jonathan MahlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553269321Author Joseph WambaughFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 172mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612435572Author Greg YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses PressWeight(grams) 841g

Hood's Defeat near Fox's Gap is an exceptional analysis of Confederate Brigadier General John Bell Hood's troop movements during the battle of South Mountain. For the past 160 years, all other authors misplaced Hood's troop positions on the Fox's Gap...

Deep within New York's compelling, sprawling history lives an odd, ornery Manhattan native named Diedrich Knickerbocker. The name may be familiar today: his story gave rise to generations of popular tributes - from a beer brand to a basketball team and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596297708Author Don RittnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Americans are fond of reflecting upon the Founding Fathers as selfless patriots who came together to force out the tyranny of the British and bring democracy to the land. Unfortunately, as Terry Bouton shows in this highly provocative first book, the...

Gilded Age Americans lived cheek-by-jowl with free range animals. Cities and towns teemed with milk cows in dark tenement alleys, pigs rooting through garbage in the streets, geese and chickens harried by the packs of stray dogs that roamed the 19th...

The first comprehensive history of the Mason-Dixon Line—a dramatic story of imperial rivalry and settler-colonial violence, the bonds of slavery and the fight for freedom.The United States is the product of border dynamics—not just at international...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671207144Author David G McCulloughFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 408g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767917445Author Michael GrossFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 505gDimensions(mm) 209mm *...

Americans are fond of reflecting upon the Founding Fathers, the noble group of men who came together to force out the tyranny of the British and bring democracy to the land. Unfortunately, as Terry Bouton shows in this highly provocative first book, the...

The extraordinary story of a transformative decade on Broadway, featuring gripping behind-the-scenes accounts of shows such as Rent, Angels in America, Chicago, The Lion King, and The Producers-shows that changed the history of the American theater. ...

Puritan Family and Community in the English Atlantic World examines the dynamics of marriage, family and community life during the "Great Migration" through the microhistorical study of one puritan family in 1638 Rhode Island.Through studying the Verin...

Winner of the Frederick Jackson Turner AwardWinner of the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial PrizeWinner of the C. L. R. James AwardA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA ProMarket Best Political Economy Book of the Year"The Next Shift is an...

The Manhattan skyline is one of the great wonders of the modern world. In Building the Skyline, Jason Barr chronicles the history of the Manhattan skyscrapers and provides insights into the economic forces that have created its distinctive and iconic...

A vibrant history of the artists and performers of downtown New York in the 1960s and 70s draws on interviews with notables ranging from Debbie Harry and Yoko Ono and is complemented by several previously unpublished photographs. 15,000 first printing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416589976Author Michelle NeviusFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416589976Author Michelle NeviusFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

"They'd never kill a reporter...." On the morning of April 29, 1948, a West Side pier hiring boss was shot on his way to work. The murder reminded the New York Sun's city editor of a similar docks killing from the year before, and so he called...

The surprising history of the Gowanus Canal and its role in the building of Brooklyn For more than 150 years, Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal has been called a cesspool, an industrial dumping ground, and a blemish on the face of the populous borough-as well as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467199704Author Edited By Taylor BruceFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint WildsamPublisher WildsamWeight(grams) 107g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467149662Author June Skinner SawyersFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 249mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940907270Author Healan BarrowFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634992756Author Sam Sciullo JrFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint America Through TimePublisher America Through TimeWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm)...

In The Roots of Flower City, Camden Burd explores the economic and ecological significance of Rochester plant nurserymen over the course of the nineteenth century. As the first boomtown in the United States, Rochester was an embodiment of...

A twelve-lane behemoth cutting through the least scenic parts of the Garden State, the New Jersey Turnpike may lack the romantic allure of highways like Route 66, but it might just be a more accurate symbol of American life, representing the nation at...