History - United States - State & Local - South

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A brilliant, soulful, and timely portrait of a two-hundred-year-old crabbing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay as it faces extinction. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Washington Post, NPR, Outside, Smithsonian, Bloomberg, Science Friday, Christian Science Monitor,...

The story of America begins here. In Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area, you can see hundreds of restored, reconstructed, and historically furnished buildings from the Colonial and Revolutionary eras. You can meet the men and women--black, white, and Native American, enslaved and free--who built a...

Gear up for a frightful jaunt into the darkest reaches of the ancient Appalachians. Folk deep within Appalachian hollers lean close to share stories of the inexplicable with hushed awe. Monsters rumbling in the hills. Strange lights darting through the pitch-black night sky. Horrible...

Explore Florida from A to Z in this colorful, educational alphabet book for kids! A is for Amusement ParkB is for Biscayne National ParkC is Cape Canaveral With E is for Everglades, K is for Key West, and O is for Orange, going from...

With his sharp eye and gentle wit, Noah Adams doesn't just tell stories, he lets them unfold quietly, powerfully, and eloquently. Now the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered and bestselling author of Piano Lessons takes us on a river journey through the...

Frommer's books aren't written by committee, by AI, or by travel writers who simply pop in briefly to a destination and then consider the job done. We employ the best local experts to author our guides, in this case, Tampa-based journalist Beth Luberecki, Miami-based...

Washington, D.C. can be an overwhelming destination for visitors. With so many museums, so many historic sights, so many working government buildings to see―not to mention its scintillating foodie and nightlife scenes―just coming up with a plan can be stressful.That's where Frommer's comes in....

This is the fifth edition of our bestselling Frommer's Washington, D.C. day by day guidebook, and Meredith Pratt, a Washington, D.C. resident for over a decade, has been the author of all but one of them. Meredith is a much-published travel journalist, and has...

In the past 150 years as many as two thousand Oklahoma hamlets, villages, towns, and even cities have bloomed and then died. Some have faded away, with not even a fallen chimney to mark their location. Others have left ghostly marks of their past--mounds...

Tales of Savannah's many ghosts. You'll find out why an exorcism had to be conducted at the Hampton-Lillibridge House, about the ghost cat at the Davenport House, the rowdy ghosts at Pirate's House who can be heard demanding more to drink, and the female...

Numbers and colors are more fun in Florida! In this dynamic, colorful primer, young readers count from 1 to 10--learning colors along the way--as they discover the places, animals, and other wonderful things that make Florida so unique.Author: Stephanie Miles,Christin FarleyPublisher: FamiliusPublished: 08/01/2018Pages: 20Binding...

Using classic southern recipes with a Louisiana twist, Dixie Poche presents the most heavenly sweets from the Sugar State. Recipe cards included for: Southern Gentleman Pecan PieDouble Peach Pound CakeSweet Potato WhoopiesBananas FosterSilken Chocolate Pecan TartBlueberry PieUpside Down Pear PieMayhaw Cream Cheese PieSweet Potato...

Read 26 chilling stories, from two paranormal investigators, about reportedly true encounters with monsters in the South and Southeast.A mysterious winged creature descends upon a community, leaving behind a horrific disaster and whispers of a deadly omen. A family's peaceful night becomes a nightmare...

Intended for general readers, Charles D. Chamberlain's New Orleans: A Concise History of an Exceptional City offers a broad, reliable overview of the city's history. Although many excellent books are available that focus on specific eras in the Crescent City, this book is the...

"Son, there's more treasure buried right here In Oklahoma than in the rest of the whole Southwest." Those words from an old-timer launched Steve Wilson on a years long quest for the stones of Oklahoma's treasures. This book is the result.It is a book...

Discover the landscapes, culture, and communities that shaped one of the South's most beloved literary voices through an immersive journey across South Carolina's storied Lowcountry. From the tidal marshes and historic streets of Charleston to the quiet charm of Beaufort, readers are invited to...

North Carolina has always loved pirates. From Blackbeard to Stede Bonnet, from the Golden Age of Piracy to present day, we are infatuated with the tales of pirate legends, ghostly ships that sailed the Graveyard of the Atlantic, and down to Oak Island, Beaufort,...

What happened in 1954 at the Chisca Hotel in downtown Memphis that sparked a worldwide musical phenomenon? How did an eccentric businessman living in a pink mansion invent the first self-service grocery store, forever changing the way Americans shop? Where did notorious gangster Machine...

Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened--and still do happen--in the collective back yard of the Deep South states. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling retellings of 43 popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts, from...

Bestselling travel writer Richard Grant "sensitively probes the complex and troubled history of the oldest city on the Mississippi River through the eyes of a cast of eccentric and unexpected characters" (Newsweek). Natchez, Mississippi, once had more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in...