Globe Pequot Press: 691 books
Food Lovers' Guide to® Vermont & New Hampshire
The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Vermont and New Hampshire are two sides of the same northern New England climate—the high landscapes of the Green Mountains and the White Mountains, glued together by the Connecticut River Valley. The classic flavors of Vermont and New Hampshire—apples, maple syrup, and cheddar cheese—have grown...
In the Very Thickest of the Fight
The Civil War Service of the 78th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
The 78th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment took the field under command of a lackadaisical colonel who was frequently absent and feuded with his own officers and superiors. Distrusted by senior officers, the 78th became a regiment that was always left behind—until its own officers forced their...
Haunted Hotels
Eerie Inns, Ghoulish Guests, and Creepy Caretakers
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
Haunted Hotels comprises more than two dozen tales of ghosts, unexplained phenomena, and other spooky happenings at hotels, inns, and rooming houses across America and around the world. Tom Ogden, author of four other books in the Haunted series, also provides information for readers who wish to check in and check out the spirits themselves . . . if they dare.
Maine Curiosities
Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities, and Other Offbeat Stuff
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Humorists Tim Sample and Steve Bither reveal the wild and wacky side of Maine. Describing approximately 300 oddities--people, places, animals, historic tidbits, and trivia--their unique persepctive and witty narrative is highly entertaining. From the Society for the Preservation of the Black Fly to...
Connecticut Icons
Classic Symbols of the Nutmeg State
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
Charles Monagan knows Connecticut. As editor of Connecticut Magazine he has spent years discovering and describing the people, places, and things that comprise the character of his home state.
With this entertaining collection of photos, anecdotes, and little-known facts, Monagan presents fifty of...
Indiana Curiosities
Quirky characters, roadside oddities & other offbeat stuff
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Hoosier State has to offer!
by Robert Wlodarski, Courtney Oppel, Anne Powell Wlodarski
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Loaded with tangy tales of spirits who inhabit places where you can spend a night or have a bite to eat. Listed by city, each haunted locale provides in-depth history about the spirited occupants, current facts and additional references. This book would be fully revised and would not include detailed travel information, just the stories.
Miss Lizzie's War
The Double Life of Southern Belle Spy Elizabeth Van Lew
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
As the Civil War ground on, an underground Unionist movement flourished in the heart of the
Confederacy, led by an unlikely leader. Elizabeth Van Lew, a wealthy and well connected member of Richmond’s elite, risked everything to help save the Union, skillfully directing this clandestine group...
Michigan Curiosities
Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Wolverine State has to offer!
Whether you’re a born-and-raised Michiganite, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Michigan Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Colleen Burcar...
It Happened in the Old South
Remarkable Events That Shaped History
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2009
This book tells thirty stories of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Kentucky—from early European exploration to the end of the Civil War. Readers will be introduced to well-known characters, little-known heroes, and events...
Haunted Pennsylvania
Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Keystone State
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2019
A collection of frightening stories, including the Civil War ghosts of Gettysburg, spirits at John Brown's tannery, the fiddling ghost of Potter County, hauntings at the Eastern State Penitentiary, the mysterious indelible handprint, and many more.
by Eileen Ogintz
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Before you plan your family’s next excursion, get some help from a travel professional…and your kids! The Kid’s Guide series lets the kids help plan your trip and guides you as you explore your destination. Inside you’ll find kid-tested tips on where to go, where to eat, what to see, and where...
by Eileen Ogintz
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Before you plan your family’s next excursion in Southern California, get some help from a travel professional… and your kids! The Kid’s Guide to Southern California lets the kids help plan the trip and guides you as you explore the region. Inside you’ll find kid-tested tips on where to go,...
by Eileen Ogintz
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Before you plan your family’s next excursion in San Francisco, California, get some help from a travel professional… and your kids! The Kid’s Guide to San Francisco lets the kids help plan the trip and guides you as you explore the city. Inside you’ll find kid-tested tips on where to go,...