Clark County resident Dwight Connelly has recently released a book — Images of America Clark County

More than 100 people, including Sylva storyteller and author Gary Carden, right, visited City Lights Bookstore Monday (July 27) for the debut of “Jackson County Then and Now”

Former resident writes photographic history of area

Former area resident writes about the role the trolley system played in the area.

If you think looking at pictures is a breeze, DU archivist Steve Fisher’s new book of vintage photographs, University Park and South Denver, may prove you wrong.

Town historian uses vintage photographs to document area’s past.

County natives share dynamic past of two growing communities.

Local resident documents photographic history of Port Washington.

Local author duo write tribute to Roslyn’s past.

Author pens second pictorial history book on area’s unique past

Local authors and illustrator create pictorial history

Local author completes third pictorial history

Local author creates pictorial history

Local authors research area surrounding Ohio State University

Local author releases new book featuring stunning collection of vintage photographs

Local authors collaborate to bring the history of Pinole to life

Local authors document the history of area Portuguese through photographs

Local authors document Davie County’s history in photographs

Sylva Herald’s own, Breedlove and Hotaling, pen new pictorial history book.

Fil-Am authors Florante Peter Ibanez and Roselyn Estepa Ibanez sought out family albums, organizations records, personal stories, and more than 200 vintage images to write Filipinos in Carson and the South Bay.

From 1888 to 1950, electrified trolleys provided an efficient and cheap means of transportation from one end of the region to the other.

Cincinnati’s Historic Findlay Market, by author Liz Tilton, is the latest book published by Arcadia [Publishing] in the series, Images of America.

Andy Ehritz and Holly Bruno’s Oxford home features what Bruno calls a large library of unpublished books.

Ellen Russell Follows Gerry Biography With ‘Roslyn’ On Wednesday, Aug. 5 Ellen Russell will be giving a book signing at Sterling Glen of Roslyn, one designed to promote her latest book, Roslyn.

Over two hundred postcard photos have been culled from an exclusive 3,000-card collection for a new book on the Thousand Islands.

From turpentine to tree farms with many stops in between, this tiny town has seen its share of booms and busts.

Images of America has a new book - Davie County.

Three Betty Barr book lovers were at the doors to Pioneer Hall at the Sonoita fairgrounds when the author and her helpers arrived at 9:30 a.m. to set up for the signing of her latest work, “Around Sonoita.”

A Lodi native with an appreciation for local history has authored a book on Lodi with more than 200 photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries.

It's not always easy to find books written by local authors or books with a regional theme in local stores.

Here are quick looks at some of the best books to cross my desk in the past few months:

The years between 1890 and 1930 were a time of intense change for Salt Lake City.

Local author releases new book featuring stunning collection of vintage photographs

Local authors pen new pictorial history volume

New pictorial history boasts more than 200 vintage images

With more than 200 vintage images

Local author uses vintage photographs to document Talent’s history

Revealing the past of Pilot Point through vintage photographs

New from Arcadia Publishing and the Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation Inc. is Plano and the Interurban Railway, the latest volume in the Images of Rail series.

Local authors document history of Ocean City Baby Parade in photographs

New book captures the heyday of beach and boardwalk in postcards

History of Brooklyn neighborhood documented through photographs

Local historians recall stadium’s dynamic past with Bronx development

Authors use historic photographs to share past of Middletown Borough

Local author documents the history of area Ukrainians through photographs

More than 200 images culled from community members and organizations

Local historians shine spotlight on historic waterfront town

Pictorial history of the Stewartville Area completed

Local author creates pictorial history

With historic photographs drawn from archives and residents, Ruch documents the Harmony Society's first home in America, established by German Lutheran separatist George Rapp in 1804.

Test your West Des Moines history with a new book published by a local author.

Evergreen Valley College professors Nannette Regua and Arturo Villareal have completed a yearlong labor of love in "Mexicans In San Jose"

Jackson County is both rich in heritage and full of stories, and our recognition of the newspaper’s need to share more of that local culture gave rise to the Ruralite Cafe about a dozen years ago.

There are Yankee fans and then there are Bronx Yankee fans.

A new book by County Historian Greg Hinshaw with Judy Wilson Wright, Linda Black and Thomas Keesling depicts the Randolph County of 100 years ago.

A local history book released this month, "Images of Rail: Lake Shore Electric Railway," delves into tales of heroic conductors, the shaping of our suburban landscape and an industry that profited off building amusement parks and bringing electric lights to our hometowns.

Joshua Stoff, curator of the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Long Island and a noted aviation historian, recounts JFK International's 61-year history in the latest addition to Arcadia Publishing's Images of Aviation series

Falmouth," a new pictorial account of the town's history from Arcadia Publishing, a South Carolina publisher of local and regional histories.

A book released this week, titled "Ogunquit," pairs current black and white photos with historic images from the same sites, showing just how similar it looks.

Betty Barr is on her way to becoming the historian laureate for this unique corner of the American Southwest.

Local author Betty Barr writes photographic history.

Local authors Huso and Ellis pen photographic history.

Local authors release new book featuring stunning collection of vintage photographs

Revealing Fort Benton’s History Through Vintage Postcards

New from Arcadia Publishing and local author, Emily An Mayer in conjunction with the Clack Museum, is Hill County.

New from local author, Vincent Heier, and Arcadia Publishing is Little Bighorn, the latest volume in the Postcard History series.

Author Jeremy Johnston culls images from local collections to tell the tale

Local historical society uses photographs to tell history of town’s past

“Then and Now” photographs present an interesting look at local history

Local author shares dynamic past of versatile Newark Airport

“Then and Now” photographs present an interesting look at local history

New book highlights past of John F. Kennedy International Airport

City Historian, Barbara Davis, is author of local pictorial history.

Local authors team up to create pictorial history book

Local author creates pictorial history book

Virginia’s “tallest town” celebrated in more than 200 images

New book captures essence of town in more than 200 photographs

Another work I’ve been perusing almost daily the past couple of months is a pictorial history of Pittsburg which was published in the “Images of America” series by Arcadia Publishing.

­Milwaukee was once a German city-at least north of Wisconsin Avenue.

The whole idea of the annual homecoming, first proposed in 1899, has fascinated him and about two years ago he started talking about doing a book on them.

Arcadia Publishing has just released another great book in their Postcard History Series and this one covers Boston postcards.

The pilots and aerial stuntmen of early film – some of who gave their lives for their art – take flight once again in a fine new book by Shawna Kelly, Aviators in Early Hollywood (Arcadia).

Author Roger H. LaPointe on Cool Talk TV

With mass transit on the minds of today's commuters, H. Mark Hildebrandt finds himself more passionate than ever about electric trolleys.

Streets in Richmond Hill and Glendale have been renamed after two notable members of the neighborhoods, announced City Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley.

Although wrestling with health issues retired school teacher, Martha Rose Woodward, turned her lifetime hobby of writing into a part-time career.

To City Historian Barbara Davis, there's more to the area's history than its French Huguenot founders and founding father Thomas Paine.

New from Arcadia Publishing is “Bluefield, Virginia,” by local authors Louise Leslie and Dr. Terry Mullins.

A street paving project in Bret Lunsford’s 14th Street neighborhood first unearthed his interest in Anacortes history when he was a child.

Father's stories inspired author's love of local history

No one was surprised when Mayor Bruce Roundy announced the 2009 Orland Person of the Year Award at Saturday’s July Fourth celebration in Vinsonhaler Park.

I have to say how very much I enjoy Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series, books of 125 pages or so of old photographs from a particular town or area.

If Vallejo's and Napa's historic buildings or street corners could talk, what would they say?

After their first date in Shawnee in the late 1970s, historic preservation consultants Jeff Darbee and Nancy Recchie fell in love with each other and the area.

The Groveland City Council, Marion Baysinger Memorial Library and the Groveland Historical Society has proclaimed July as "Our Book Our Community" and are encouraging residents to read Images of America: Groveland, a pictorial history of the city.

Local authors release new book featuring stunning collection of vintage photographs

Local authors release new book featuring stunning collection of vintage photographs

Local authors team up to create pictorial history

West Des Moines and Valley Junction featured in new local book

New from Arcadia Publishing and local author, Sydney Stevens, is North Beach Peninsula’s IR&N.

Revealing Pioneer Square’s Rich History

History of Burger Chef is documented in photographic history.

Local author M. Vonciel LeDuc writes pictorial history of her hometown.

Local historic preservation consultants are authors of pictorial history.

New from Arcadia Publishing is Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, by local author and educator Benjamin C. Ridgeway.

New book explores variety of county’s activities and historic scenes

Local author and boat club document unique past of Cranberry Lake

Local author shares history of Lowville through vintage photographs

Local author Tom Ramstack's new book "Brookfield & Elm Grove" is available now.

Historian's second book wins three awards

The 'Idaho Falls Post Register,' examines events of the last 125 years through the pages of three Idaho Falls newspapers, he Register, the Times, the Post, and now their modern day successor.

Author Sara McGuire has put together a picture book that is a must on the coffee table of anyone who appreciates the town of Vandergrift.

A few weeks ago, I told fans of this column about "Los Gatos" — a just-published book in the postcard history series by Arcadia Publishing.

San Bernardino Sun features editor and columnist, John Weeks is the January 26th speaker for the Redlands Area Historical Society meeting held at A.K. Smiley Library Assembly Room at 7:00 p.m.

Do I have memories of Franklin Park?

New Book from Arcadia Historical Society Brings Photos Together—Many for the First Time

Inspired by the vast collection of historic south Denver photos he manages as archivist for the University of Denver, Steve Fisher decided to pen a long overdue history of South Denver with specific emphasis on the neighborhood known as University Park.

We are such stuff as dreams are made on,” says Shakespeare’s Prospero in The Tempest.

Thanks to the passion of Bernadette Sulzer Agreen, a former high school Spanish teacher and long-time systems analyst for Mellon Bank, the McKees Rocks Historical Society now has its history documented in a new book, “Images of America: McKees Rocks and Stowe Township.”

Greeks of Stark County, a new book on the large Greek community in northeastern Ohio, published in June, focuses on the early history of three Greek Orthodox parishes and their organizations in the cities of Canton and Massillon.

The Museum’s pictorial history of Evanston will be published on August 3.

Like many interurban systems, the Sacramento Northern had an interesting and colorful past.

In Highlands (2008), part of Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series, Randolph Preston Shaffner documents though photographs the fifty-five years before and after the founding of Highlands...

We are such stuff as dreams are made on,” says Shakespeare’s Prospero in The Tempest. Southern Oregon, with its own Shakespeare festival, was also shaped by its early dreamers. Dreamers such as those who brought lumber mills, the railroad and other businesses to found Ashland; the tenacious visionary of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Angus Bowmer; the dreamers who surveyed the area and created the maps that paved the way for settlers and more, as the following hometown authors can attest.