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Wooden Boats of the St. Lawrence RiverThe Thousand Islands very name conjures up images of great natural beauty and nautical wonders. They are forested islands replete with storybook stone castles. Exquisite mahogany runabouts can be seen speeding across the placid surface of the mighty St. Lawrence. Names like Boldt, Bourne,...
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Legendary Locals of Amelia IslandAmelia Island has been host to remarkable people throughout its 500-year history. These people are responsible for giving Amelia the distinction as the only place in the United States to have seen eight different flags. A new railroad followed the Civil War and brought...
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Galveston Seawall ChroniclesAlong Galveston's Gulf Coast runs a seventeen-foot-high, ten-mile-long protective barrier--a response to the nation's all-time deadliest natural disaster. The seawall remains a stoic protector more than a century later, shielding the island from much more than physical destruction. As the foundation of Seawall Boulevard,...
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Mary McLeod Bethune in Florida: Bringing Social Justice to the Sunshine StateAuthor: Ashley N. RobertsonPublisher: History Press Library EditionsPublished: 06/29/2015Pages: 146Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38dISBN: 9781540213938This title is not returnable
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Haunted Virginia CityUnlike any city in America, Virginia City epitomizes the notion of a western boom-and-bust ghost town. The Comstock Silver Rush lured wealth seekers from around the world, including a young Samuel Clemens. Despite the fortune some found, not all of the town's earliest settlers...
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Blue Ridge Fire TowersFire lookout towers have graced the highest peaks in the Blue Ridge Mountains for more than a century. Early mountaineers and conservationists began constructing lookouts during the late 1800s. By the 1930s, states and the federal government had built thousands of towers around the...
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The Country Club District of Kansas CityONE OF THE GRAND EXPERIMENTS OF AMERICAN URBAN PLANNING lies tucked within the heart of Kansas City. J.C. Nichols prized the Country Club District as his life s work, and the scope of his vision required fifty years of careful development. Begun in 1905...
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North Georgia Moonshine: A History of the Lovells & Other Liquor MakersAuthor: Judith GarrisonPublisher: History Press Library EditionsPublished: 07/06/2015Pages: 146Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38dISBN: 9781540212238This title is not returnable
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Confederate South Carolina: True Stories of Civilians, Soldiers and the WarThe Civil War never left South Carolina, from its beginning at Fort Sumter in 1861 through the destructive, harrowing days of Sherman s march through the state in 1865. Included here are the stories of Confederate civilians and soldiers who remained true to their...
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Haunted Onondaga CountyAuthor: Neil MacMillanPublisher: History Press Library EditionsPublished: 08/03/2015Pages: 146Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38dISBN: 9781540210777This title is not returnable
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Owning New Jersey: Historic Tales of War, Property Disputes & the Pursuit of HappinessWinner of the New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Authors Award for Nonfiction New Jersey's land records and deeds are unlikely sources for a thrilling tale but reveal little-known, fascinating history. A detailed story of the founding of the Garden State 350 years ago is...
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On This Day in New Jersey HistoryThe history of the Garden State is filled with well-known events and forgotten happenings. German Americans opened the nation's first kindergarten in Hoboken on February 11, 1861. Prohibition brought more than two hundred bootleggers together in Sea Bright on August 15, 1924, to discuss...
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Attack on Orleans: The World War I Submarine Raid on Cape CodOn the morning of July 21, 1918--in the final year of the First World War--a new prototype of German submarine surfaced three miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The vessel attacked an unarmed tugboat and its four barges. A handful of the...
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Wurlitzer of Cincinnati: The Name That Means Music to MillionsEstablished in Cincinnati in 1856 by German immigrant Franz Rudolph Wurlitzer, the music dealer became the largest outlet for band instruments in the United States by 1865. During the silent film era in the early twentieth century, Wurlitzer manufactured nearly 2,250 theater organs, affectionately...
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The: Road to Yorktown: Jefferson, Lafayette and the British Invasion of VirginiaAuthor: John R. MaassPublisher: History Press Library EditionsPublished: 07/27/2015Pages: 210Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50dISBN: 9781540209788This title is not returnable
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Martha's Vineyard: A HistoryMartha's Vineyard is cherished by many as a summer paradise, but few know of its rich past. Descendants of the first Native American inhabitants still reside on the Vineyard. Once a critical whaling hub, the island's success drew in newcomers from around the world....
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The Battle of Hubbardton: The Rear Guard Action That Saved AmericaAuthor: Bruce M. VenterPublisher: History Press Library EditionsPublished: 04/06/2015Pages: 146Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38dISBN: 9781540209504This title is not returnable
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Montana Territory and the Civil War: A Frontier Forged on the BattlefieldIn 1862, gold discoveries brought thousands of miners to camps along Grasshopper Creek. By 1864, the Federal government had carved the Montana Territory out of the existing Idaho and Dakota Territories. Gold from Montana Territory fueled the Union war effort, yet loyalties were mixed...
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Wicked Women of New MexicoNew Mexico Territory attracted outlaws and desperados as its remote locations guaranteed non-detection while providing opportunists the perfect setting in which to seize wealth. Many wicked women on the run from their pasts headed there seeking new starts before and after 1912 statehood. Colorful...
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Frederick County Chronicles: The Crossroads of MarylandThe rails and covered bridges of Frederick County are framed by the waters of the Potomac River to the south and the Mason-Dixon line to the north. The county rests at a crossroads of Maryland cultures and history, and journalist Marie Anne Erickson sought...
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