Tours category: 1997 books

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Togus, Down in Maine

The First National Veterans Home

by Timothy L. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 1998

Togus, located 4.5 miles east of Augusta, Maine, was formerly part of the town of Chelsea. After the Civil War, Congress enacted laws and established a system of facilities that collectively became known as �National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.� The critical need to establish an eastern...
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Ghost Towns of the Mountain West

Your Guide to the Hidden History and Old West Haunts of Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and

by Philip Varney
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2010

The Rocky Mountain and Great Basin states are the heart of ghost-town country. Once-bustling pioneer outposts, mining camps, lumber towns, and railroad villages stand today as reminders of the glory days of gold rushes, industrial progress, and that pioneering spirit of the Old West. This book guides...
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A Guide to Civil War Washington, D.C.

The Capital of the Union

by Lucinda Prout Janke
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013

An in-depth account of the Civil War people and events that left their mark on the city at the heart of the Union, shaping its historic legacy.   When the first shots of the Civil War were fired in 1861, Washington, DC, was a small, essentially Southern city. The capital rapidly transformed as it...
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Tar Heel History on Foot

Great Walks through 400 Years of North Carolina's Fascinating Past

by Lynn Setzer
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013

This lively collection of 34 of the best history walks in North Carolina highlights the richness and diversity of the state's history, from the time of its first settlement to the present. Veteran guidebook author Lynn Setzer leads readers on short walks in state parks and natural areas, state historic...
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by Gary L. McCollough
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013

Blackbeard the Pirate. Thomas Wolfe. Tobacco king Washington Duke. President James K. Polk. Joseph E. Johnston and William T. Sherman together in the same room. You never know whom you might meet at North Carolina’s state historic sites. Or what you might find. Town Creek Indian Mound was formerly...
Cover of The Battleship Texas
by Mark Lardas
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016

The USS Texas was built when dreadnought battleships were kings of the seas. It was the world's most powerful battleship when first commissioned in 1914, and for over a century it fought many battles. Some took place while the Texas served as a warship in the US Navy in World Wars I and II. Since becoming...
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Salem's Witch House

A Touchstone to Antiquity

by John Goff
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2009

A close-up look at this historic Massachusetts landmark, including photos and illustrations. Though Salem is located on Massachusetts’s scenic North Shore, its history has not always been picturesque. The “Witch City,” as it is internationally known, is home to numerous landmarks dedicated...
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Lake Forest Day

100 Years of Celebration

by Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2008

The first Lake Forest Day in 1908 included a hot air balloon ascension, a cutest baby contest, a mind-reading dog, and a vaudeville show. Proceeds from this event, organized by the Lake Forest Woman�s Club, funded the Contagious Hospital, which eventually merged into Lake Forest Hospital. American...
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Elvis Presley Boulevard

From Sea to Shining Sea, Almost

by Mark Winegardner
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012

A memoir of a cross-country road trip, the tourist experience, and the cultural touchstones that bring Americans together: “A great story” (Publishers Weekly). As a boy in Ohio, Mark Winegardner spent the formative summers of his wonder years touring the States with his family in a succession...
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Planet Explorers London

A Travel Guide for Kids

by Laura Schaefer
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012

Your kids will love this fun and informative guide to one of the world's great cities. London's two thousand-year history means it is packed full of amazing sights, sounds and tastes. You can see antiquities from around the world at the British Museum, visit the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London,...
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Montmartre

Paris's Village of Art and Sin

by John Baxter
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017

In the second portrait of his series Great Parisian Neighborhoods, award-winning raconteur John Baxter leads us on a whirlwind tour of Montmartre, the hill-top village that fired the greatest achievements of modern art while also provoking bloody revolution and the sexual misbehavior that made Paris...
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by Robert Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011

A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries;...
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Venice

The Anthology Guide

by Milton Grundy
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014

This is the ebook version, specially revised and completely updated in 2013, of Venice: The Anthology Guide, Milton Grundy’s perennially fresh classic travel guide to the city. It is based on the sixth edition, which had itself been updated, revised and reset in 2007. It is unlike any other guide,...
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Traveler's Paradise - New York

New York City Shopping & Travel Guide

by Juha Öörni
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017

Traveler's Paradise: New York City Shopping & Travel Guide Discover Everything You Need To Know About What To Do & See In The City Of Dreams You’ll soon wake up in the city that never sleeps! You can now have the key to the most up-to-date advice on better and lesser known...
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