Voyageur Press: 331 books
Building Chris-Craft
Inside the Factories
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2010
For more than half a century, Chris-Craft reigned supreme in the world of motorboating. This market dominance was due in no small part to the design and construction techniques employed in the company’s studios and on its factory floors.
Building Chris-Craft examines the company’s design...
Moonshine
A Cultural History of America's Infamous Liquor
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
Nothing but clear, 100-proof American history.
Hooch. White lightning. White whiskey. Mountain dew. Moonshine goes by many names. So what is it, really? Technically speaking, “moonshine” refers to untaxed liquor made in an unlicensed still. In the United States, it’s typically...
Rockabilly
The Twang Heard 'Round the World: The Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
It was the twang heard 'round the world: Rockabilly was born out of country, bluegrass, jazz, and the blues in the 1950s, becoming rock ’n’ roll and ruling the world. Here’s the story of Elvis Presley’s first Sun records that inspired all. And here’s Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran,...
The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones
Sound Opinions On the Great Rock 'N' Roll Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
Two of the world’s preeminent music journalists tackle the liveliest debate in rock history: which band is the greatest ever—the Beatles or the Rolling Stones? More than two dozen topics of debate are addressed, with cases being made both for the lads from Liverpool and rock’s proto bad boys....
Star Guitars
101 Guitars That Rocked the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
These are the guitars so famous that their names are often household words: B. B. King's Lucille, Eric Clapton's Blackie, Stevie Ray Vaughan's First Wife, Billy F Gibbons' Pearly Gates, Neil Young's Old Black, and many more. Here's the first-ever illustrated history of the actual guitars of the stars...
Rush
Album by Album
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Rush: Album by Album pays genuine tribute to this iconic rock band's discography by moderating frank, entertaining conversations about all 20 of Rush's studio albums.
Formed in Toronto in 1968, the rock trio Rush has gone on to multiplatinum success behind the distinctive high register and...
Pulp Fiction
The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino's Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
When Pulp Fiction was released in theaters in 1994, it was immediately hailed as a masterpiece. The New York Times called it a “triumphant, cleverly disorienting journey,” and thirty-one-year-old Quentin Tarantino, with just three feature films to his name, became a sensation: the next great American...
by Jim Hinckley, Kerrick James
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011
Ghost towns lie all along the Mother Road. The quintessential boom-and-bust highway of the American West, Route 66 once hosted a thriving array of boomtowns built around oil mines, railroad stops, cattle ranches, resorts, stagecoach stops, and gold mines. Join Route 66 expert Jim Hinckley as he tours...
Husker Du
The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Bob Mould, Grant Hart, and Greg Norton formed Hüsker Dü in 1979 as a wildly cathartic outfit fueled by a cocktail of anger, volume, and velocity. Here's the first book to dissect the trio that countless critics and musicians have cited as one of the most influential bands of the 1980s. Author Andrew...
The Strat in the Attic 2
More Thrilling Stories of Guitar Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
More astounding stories of rare guitar finds and the music legends who owned them. Do you dream of finding a 1954 Stratocaster or 1952 Gibson Les Paul online, at a garage sale, or in the local penny saver? How about virtually rubbing elbows with one of your favorite rock legends? Following up his...
Cheetah Chrome
A Dead Boy's Tale: From the Front Lines of Punk Rock
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
Here is the autobiography of Cheetah Chrome, lead guitarist of the Dead Boys, one of the greatest punk bands ever. It’s a tale of success--and excess: great music, drugs (he overdosed and was pronounced dead three times), and resurrection.
The Dead Boys, with roots in the band Rocket from...
by Mark Rucker
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2009
“If we could have scored one more run than the White Sox in each game, I think we would have won the series”---so opined Boston manager Terry Francona. Sharp observations such as this have brightened the Red Sox Nation through the years. “All literary men are Red Sox fans,” said John Cheever....
by Steve Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Open this book and explore the life and times of one of the most storied franchises in all of professional sports, the Chicago Cubs. Pairing historical black-and-white images with contemporary photographs of the modern game, Chicago Cubs Yesterday & Today celebrates more than a century of ups...
John Deere New Generation and Generation II Tractors
History, Models, Variations & Specifications 1960s-1970s
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
In the 1960s and 1970s, John Deere’s tractors evolved dramatically from small machines into large, powerful tractors with modern advances and muscular engines; it was a period of the greatest changes since the 1920s. Deere christened these tractors the New Generation. This book in the Tractor Legacy...