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Taking the Waters in Texas
Springs, Spas, and Fountains of Youth
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
"It is well known that Southern Texas possesses a greater variety of Mineral Waters than any other country on the globe" enthused a promotion for one of Texas' many watering spas of the nineteenth century. Though most are closed and nearly forgotten today, Texas spas and resorts once drew thousands of...
This Superior Place
Stories of Bayfield and the Apostle Islands
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Picturesque little Bayfield on Lake Superior is Wisconsin’s smallest city by population but one of its most popular visitor destinations. This book captures those unique qualities that keep tourists coming back year after year and offers a historically reliable look at the community as it is today...
Family Stories from the Attic
Bringing letters and archives alive through creative nonfiction, flash narratives, and poetry
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
FAMILY STORIES FROM THE ATTIC is an anthology of essays, creative nonfiction, and poetry inspired by family letters, objects, and archives. Nearly two dozen contributors from the United States and Australia tell stories of immigration and migration, loss, discovery, secrets, questions, love, and the...
by SleuthQuests
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
This book contains 50 clue-based questions that will send you on a scavenger hunt throughout the city. If you want to add a little bit of history into your travels, then you won’t want to miss this book!
A River Unvexed
A History and Tour Guide of the Campaign for the Mississippi River
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1999
The first comprehensive account of the entire campaign for the Mississippi River, beginning with the conquests of Memphis and New Orleans and concluding with Grant's strategies for the siege of Vicksburg. Included are driving tours of the battlefields and important sites.
20th Century American History Book 2
The United States Studies for English Learners, Children(Kids) and Young Adults
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
20th Century American History tells about the ideas and issues that have shaped the United States in the 20th century from the bottom up. You can think of it not just as a series of history of America and its people, but a series of lessons. The subjects include exploration, revolution, social...
The Orlando, Florida, Civil Rights Movement
A Case Study in Cooperation and Communication, 1951-1971
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Heading into the 1950s, manifestations of racism were present in Orlando and Orange County that posed serious threats to the impending Civil Rights Movement. Confronting racism, as manifested by segregation, discrimination, and violence toward African-Americans, was at the heart of the Orlando Civil...
by A H Guernsey
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Randolph Marcy went west in 1833. He reminisces about his army life on the border of Indian Territory in this short 19th century piece. Illustrated
Mexican Consuls and Labor Organizing
Imperial Politics in the American Southwest
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Chicano history, from the early decades of the twentieth century up to the present, cannot be explained without reference to the determined interventions of the Mexican government, asserts Gilbert G. González. In this pathfinding study, he offers convincing evidence that Mexico aimed at nothing less...
by Iosco County Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Limited Edition, Iosco County, Michigan, some Early History of the area, with some family histories and including those of some local businesses and facilities.
by Cynthia A. Nunn
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
A combination history, photographic journey and travel guide to the historic living ghost town of Randsburg, California, located in the Mojave Desert. See where Billy Bob Thornton made his supporting role debut, learn the real identity of Randsburg's most famous red-light madam, and read about the...
Nevada's Remarkable Women
Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
This book presents the compelling histories of fifteen pioneer women, all born before 1900, who traveled Nevada Territory in unstable wagons, on temperamental mules, and in early Motel Ts to leave a legacy of courage and celebration as they broke records, hearts, and rules while conquering uncharted...
Fertile Ground, Narrow Choices
Women on Texas Cotton Farms, 1900-1940
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2005
Rural women comprised the largest part of the adult population of Texas until 1940 and in the American South until 1960. On the cotton farms of Central Texas, women's labor was essential. In addition to working untold hours in the fields, women shouldered most family responsibilities: keeping house,...
The Death and Life of Main Street
Small Towns in American Memory, Space, and Community
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
For more than a century, the term "Main Street" has conjured up nostalgic images of American small-town life. Representations exist all around us, from fiction and film to the architecture of shopping malls and Disneyland. All the while, the nation has become increasingly diverse, exposing tensions...