Stackpole Books: 1000 books
Stop the Revolution
America in the Summer of Independence and the Conference for Peace
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
The fascinating story surrounding the British effort to bring the American Revolution to a peaceful end.
The Ship Hotel
A Grand View along the Lincoln Highway
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2010
In this fascinating book-liberally illustrated with vintage postcards, photos, and blueprints-author Brian Butko weaves together interviews and surviving documents to tell the eight-decade story of this beloved icon of the road that was also a monument to grand ideas, whimsy, and good old hucksterism.
True Crime: Missouri
The State's Most Notorious Criminal Cases
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
Includes Lee Shelton's murder of Billy Lyons, the kidnapping of millionaire Robert Greenlease's son, and many more.
True Crime: Massachusetts
The State's Most Notorious Criminal Cases
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2009
The harsh discipline of Puritan life bred the hard-bitten and hard-working people of Massachusetts, but did it also breed a unique type of criminal? This book explores the headline crimes of the state to find an answer.
by Brian Butko, Sarah Butko
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2005
From Lucy, the colossal elephant-shaped building on the Jersey Shore, to the grand donut atop Randy's in Los Angeles, this full-color guide profiles the commercial giants that loom over America's highways. Created to sell products and promote tourism in a big way, they can be found all over the United...
Pennsylvania Ghost Towns
Uncovering the Hidden Past
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2007
Cemeteries, abandoned buildings, and roads to nowhere are all that remain of several once-thriving towns in Pennsylvania.
Klondikes, Chipped Ham, & Skyscraper Cones
The Story of Isaly's
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001
The Klondike bar is America's favorite ice cream novelty. This book traces its history and the rise and fall of its creator company, Isaly's Dairy, which evolved from one milk wagon to a dozen plants that supplied its 400 delis and dairies by the 1950s.
Roadside Florida
The Definitive Guide to the Kingdom of Kitsch
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2006
Visit Goofy Golf, Florida's coolest miniature golf course. Explore Gatorama, home to the state's largest captive croc, Goliath. See Orange World, the 62-foot-tall orange-shaped fruit stand. The author of Roadside New Jersey goes south to explore the outrageous roadside attractions that have come to...
Looking for Trouble
Adventures in a Broken World
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2008
Ralph Peters--career soldier, controversial strategist, prize-winning, best-selling novelist, erstwhile rock musician, popular columnist, and old-fashioned adventurer--has always been good for a surprise. Now, for the first time, Peters recounts the personal experiences that shaped his views of the...
by Rodney Frost
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Create unique whirligigs and other moving-part creations, traditional folk toys, and unusual new designs out of wood.
by Richard P. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Revised and expanded, including five all-new chapters and color photos throughout.
The Self-Sufficient Home
Going Green and Saving Money
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
How to cut heating and cooling costs, utilize solar energy, construct nonflush toilets and solar showers, collect rainwater, and apply permaculture techniques. Hundreds of photographs and diagrams illustrate ways to use natural resources and embrace self-reliance. Sustainable living advice from self-reliance...
Troopers with Custer
Historic Incidents of the Battle of the Little Big Horn
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
“The stories contained herein are all of actual happenings and actual participants; here are no fictitious names, no colored circumstances. They are part of the real history of the West, and for that reason I am not ashamed to place this volume in the hands of any interested boy or girl, youth or...
Here There are Tigers
The Secret Air War in Laos and North Vietnam, 1968-69
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2008
In-the-cockpit perspective on aerial warfare during the Vietnam War. Many never-before-heard stories--some of them tragic, others humorous.