A History of Back Creek
9781625859709
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Since Europeans first settled along the banks of Back Creek in the 1740s, southwest Roanoke County's history has been as fluid as the creek itself. Local historian Nelson Harris details the eclectic history of the area.
The once dense forest with log cabins gave way to the sprawling suburbs of the present. The colonial-era Trader's Path that directed Scots-Irish homesteaders, the growth of the apple industry in Bent Mountain after the Civil War, a state highway built by convicts during the Depression and Cave Spring becoming a modern commercial center have shaped the region. The changing picture of daily life in Back Creek spanning two centuries emerges in stories of one-room schoolhouses, doctors on horseback, country stores, local baseball and NASCAR races at Starkey.
Ghosts of New Hampshire's Lakes Region
9781596298859
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9781596299610
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9781467143882
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9781596290556
Regular price $29.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Just fifteen miles inland from Charleston, South Carolina sits the charming city of Goose Creek, a vibrant community with a history over three centuries in the making.
That history teems with all the trappings of a traditional Lowcountry city, but to many, Charleston's long historical shadow has obscured Goose Creek, and few know the real story of the people and events that define the city's past. With Goose Creek, South Carolina: A Definitive History 1670-2003, Michael J. Heitzler seeks to shed light on Goose Creek's fascinating history. The first of a two-volume set, Planters, Politicians and Patriots illuminates the foundations of Goose Creek and the lives of the Europeans and Africans who settled in the wilderness and out of it carved successful plantations - Sedgefield, Otranto, Medway and more - as large and lucrative as any in the Lowcountry.
Ghosts of Pocatello
9781609499655
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Classic Restaurants of Summit County
9781467138512
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Akron and Summit County's classic hot spots have satisfied palates since the early twentieth century. Akron alone could sit up to thirty thousand people at once during the golden age of the '50s and '60s.
Marcel's made a name for itself with its scampi, and Icaomini's became synonymous with lobster. Ladd's dished crowd-pleasing coney dogs, and Yanko's sliced up its mouthwatering shish kabobs. Digging up vintage images and recipes, author Sharon Myers leads readers on a delectable trip down memory lane to the area's most renowned and cherished eateries.
Early Gravestones in Southern Maine
9781467136396
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9781625859426
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Camp Forrest is a microcosm of the immensity that was World War II, all inside the small community of Tullahoma, Tennessee.
Originally named Camp Peay and built in 1926 as a National Guard Camp, Camp Forrest was renamed for Confederate General and first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and became a World War II induction, training and prisoner of war facility in Tullahoma. The self-sustained city was home to seventy thousand soldiers and about twelve thousand civilian employees, including German and Italian prisoners of war as well as Japanese, German and Italian American citizens who were forcibly incarcerated. After the war ended, the base was decommissioned and dismantled, but the memories of those who lived, worked, trained and grew up during this time of sacrifice and war recount a time the world has not seen since. Author Elizabeth Taylor uses numerous personal interviews, newspaper articles, diaries and biographies to tell the stories of those who lived through the era.
Horne's
9781467138352
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%The Joseph Horne Company, popularly known as Horne's, was a beloved and integral part of Pittsburghers' lives for generations.
It was the first department store in the Steel City, staking its ground at the landmark flagship store on Penn Avenue and Stanwix Street. Starting as a small dry goods store, the company expanded into a regional retail powerhouse with a reputation for selling high-quality goods in elegant spaces. Horne's succumbed to the fate of other department stores amid changing consumer habits, and a short-lived stint as a Lazarus store was the final chapter in more than 140 years of history. The community still enjoys the tree on the corner of the former Horne's building, now Highmark, that is lit each year to usher in Pittsburgh's holiday season. Author Letitia Stuart Savage shares the history and memories of Horne's department store.
Greenville County, South Carolina
9781596291546
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Colonial Virginia's War Against Piracy
9781467152198
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%The story of a high stakes rivalry between Governor Francis Nicholson and pirate captain Louis Guittar.
Governor Francis Nicholson of Virginia was a proven pirate-hunter and enforcer. By the spring of 1700, his concerns about pirate activity in the Chesapeake Bay and rivers of Virginia were at a fever pitch. Nicholson was unimpressed with the HMS Essex Prize and its commander, John Aldred, who had been tasked with keeping colonial shores safe from smuggling. The HMS Shoreham was sent to Virginia to secure the area from the scourge of piracy, and its arrival brought some relief. Then, the arrival of the ship La Paix, commanded by buccaneer captain Louis Guittar, brought Nicholson on high alert and ready for action.
Author Jeremy Moss tells the stories of Nicholson and Guittar through their fateful battle on the Lynnhaven Bay.
Phoenix Beer
9781467140980
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%The Life and Legacy of B.B. King
9781467142403
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Blues legend B.B. King spent his life sharing the music of his soul, which shone relentlessly through hardship and triumph alike.
Born on a cotton plantation in 1925, the man born Riley B. King would grow up to be one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, being crowned "The King of the Blues." He never wavered from his vocation, even as he gathered up other musicians in his wake and melded them into the harmony of his animating passion. In this intimate portrait of King, author Diane Williams offers a brief account of the monumental blues man's life before settling in for a series of interviews with his bandmates and beloved family members, offering readers an invaluable opportunity to feel like they know King too.
Remarkable Oregon Women
9781467118996
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9781467142076
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9781467117807
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9781467139991
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9781467151740
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9781467135702
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Early Organized Crime in Detroit
9781467117548
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Social scientist and crime writer James A. Buccellato explores Detroit's struggle with gang violence, public corruption and the politics of vice during the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century.
Though detectives denied it, the Italian mafia was operating in Detroit as early as 1900, and the city was forever changed. Bootleggers controlled the Detroit River and created a national distribution network for illegal booze during Prohibition. Gangsters, cops and even celebrities fell victim to the violence. Some politicians and prominent businessmen like Henry Ford's right-hand man, Harry Bennett, collaborated closely with the mafia, while others, such as popular radio host Gerald Buckley, fought back and lost their lives.
Wicked Ridgefield, Connecticut
9781467136822
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9781467152983
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9781467152228
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Corruption, scandal, and injustice take center stage inWicked Boise< p>
Known today for its beauty, safety and livability, Idaho's capital city does harbor a few skeletons in its closet. Vigilantes lynched Ada County's first sheriff. A wealthy brothel owner was viciously murdered and found secretly living in squalor. The sensational Prohibition-era trial of a moonshine ring that included the sheriff, police chief and a prominent doctor extended a morality crusade by law enforcement. Mike Kirby was arrested and condemned to three years hard labor for sending a "most disgustingly worded letter'?, while others were sentenced for violating the state's infamous "crime against nature" law.
Author Janelle M. Scheffelmaier explores motive, morality, and the uncomfortable gray space between right and wrong as she unearths some of Boise's darkest moments.
Louisville Gambling Barons
9781467153904
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9781467151849
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Well known for its picturesque setting, Napa Valley is also home to crimes perpetrated in the name of greed, love and rage.
Shocking incidents have rocked the small communities nestled among the vineyards, like that of greedy young Billy Duvall, who killed his parents as they slept, and Bob Edwards, who suffocated his beloved wife in a misguided attempt to keep a promise. Two victims of domestic violence came to very different ends--one murdered and the other offered a second chance at life after a jail sentence.
Join author and retired Napa Superior Court judge Raymond A. Guadagni as he offers his unique perspective on these notorious court cases and the criminal justice system.
Texas Boomtowns
9781467118231
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9781467149631
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Long Island City may be one of New York’s fastest growing neighborhoods, but it already has an incredible history within the Big Apple. DeWitt Clinton lived in a mansion off Newtown Creek and is credited with bringing the “Inland Empire” to the “Empire City” by spearheading the construction of the Erie canal, connecting America’s heartland to New York’s economic hub. William Steinway saw Astoria as the perfect blank canvas to build his groundbreaking “Steinway Settlement,” including a waterfront park, public bathhouse, housing, a family mansion and a new factory to build his world-renowned pianos. The neighborhood has been a center of innovation, with Chester Carlson’s lab as the site of the first photocopy. And the Sony company launched dozens of pioneering transistor-based products from Sunnyside’s Van Dam street.
Join the Greater Astoria Historical Society as they present historic tales from Long Island City.
Classic Diners of Massachusetts
9781609493233
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9781467151986
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%The Curtiss-Bright Cities:
9781596293861
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