New Book Releases

We’re always on the hunt for the next great American history book. When we find it, you’ll see about it here, with our new book releases. We release new history books each month in a variety of subjects and series. Browse through all of our newest titles below, and discover your next favorite history book at Arcadia Publishing! [View all New Book Releases]
Filter
42 products
Coatesville and the Lynching of Zachariah Walker:
Coatesville and the Lynching of Zachariah Walker:
$21.99
Palmetto Predators:
Palmetto Predators:
$14.99
Murder at Breakheart Hill Farm
Murder at Breakheart Hill Farm
$21.99
Murder along the Yellowstone Trail
Murder along the Yellowstone Trail
$21.99
Mystery on the Vineyard:
Mystery on the Vineyard:
$21.99
Murder, Inc.:
Murder, Inc.:
$19.99
Cover image for Murder in Carlisle's East End, isbn: 9781626195158
Murder in Carlisle's East End
$21.99

Coatesville and the Lynching of Zachariah Walker:

9781609492809

$21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%
On a warm August night in 1911, Zachariah Walker was lynched--burned alive--by an angry mob on the outskirts of Coatesville, a prosperous Pennsylvania steel town. At the time of his very public murder, Walker, an African American millworker, was under arrest for the shooting and killing of a respected local police officer. Investigated by the NAACP, the horrific incident garnered national and international attention. Despite this scrutiny, a conspiracy of silence shrouded the events, and the accused men and boys were found not guilty at trial. On the 100th anniversary of the lynching and the 20th anniversary of the book's original release as No Crooked Death, authors Dennis B. Downey and Raymond M. Hyser bring new insight to events that rocked a community.
Coatesville and the Lynching of Zachariah Walker:

Palmetto Predators:

9781596293960

$14.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%
Author and crime writer Mark Jones presents the stories, and criminal minds, of nine serial offenders who terrorized South Carolina during the latter part of the twentieth century. The Super Christian"? who turned a small beach community into a terrified town. The "Gaffney Strangler"? who taunted police with the message, "Stop me or I will kill again."? The schoolteacher-turned-rapist who eluded authorities for more than thirty years. And of course, the horrifying and tragic life of South Carolina's most successful serial killer, Pee Wee Gaskins. All are revealed here in chilling detail."
Palmetto Predators:

Murder at Breakheart Hill Farm

9781467143691

$21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%
On a dark, rainy night in October 1900, George E. Bailey, caretaker of Breakheart Hill farm, disappeared. He no longer made his daily milk runs to town or stopped at the tavern for his favorite cherry rum. Some suspected foul play right away, as Bailey's "wife" had recently gone to Maine, leaving Bailey alone with his farmhand, John C. Best, who was known to be a drunk and a potentially violent man. Nine days later, when Bailey's dismembered body was fished out of a local pond, all eyes quickly focused on Best. Crowds descended on the farm, and the sensational murder captured headlines in Boston's newspapers. Using official records and newspaper archives, authors Douglas L. Heath and Alison C. Simcox uncover the facts and bizarre circumstances of this shocking tale.
Murder at Breakheart Hill Farm

Murder along the Yellowstone Trail

9781467144544

$21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%
In the fall of 1920, two couples pulled into a campsite just off the famous Yellowstone Trail. A few weeks later, one couple drove away, while the other simply vanished. The identities and fate of the couple left behind didn't hit newsstands until three years later. In one of the most sensational murder cases ever played out in a Montana court, Seth Orrin Danner put up a fight for his life and lost. The state executed Seth on July 18, 1924, at the Gallatin County Jail, but did he commit the crimes? Historian Kelly Hartman follows the trail of the Danner family from Kansas to Montana and details the trial of the century, trying to decipher what truly happened in Central Park on that grisly day.
Murder along the Yellowstone Trail

Mystery on the Vineyard:

9781596294233

$21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%
In the pre, World War II innocence of small-town America, a dapper off-Islander impresses the locals. Drawn to the prettiest girl, he is upset when an elderly woman tries to break off their romance. In a drunken stupor he murders the troublesome woman. Through an amazing confluence of circumstances, he avoids prosecution. The reclusive, paranoid teacher of the victim attracts the attention of a distracted district attorney who is eager for a sensational trial to promote himself in an impending election. The teacher is arrested and charged with the murder. The looming shadows of war on the international stage capture the people of Martha's Vineyard, and the local murder fades into the murky memoirs of history.
Mystery on the Vineyard:

Murder, Inc.:

9781609491352

$19.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%
Beginning in the 1920s, an all-star team of goons, gunmen and garrotters transformed America's criminal landscape. Its membership was diverse; the mob recruited men from all ethnicities and religious backgrounds. Most were natives of the Big Apple, handpicked from the city's toughest neighborhoods: Brownsville, Ocean Hill, Flushing. So prolific were their exploits that the media soon dubbed this bevy of hired hands Murder, Incorporated. The brainchild of aging mob bosses, including Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel, this ruthless hit squad quickly captured America's attention, making headlines coast to coast for over two decades. As for who these men were and how their partnership came to be, join author Graham Bell as he sheds light on this dark history of the Mafia's most notorious crime syndicate.
Murder, Inc.:

Murder in Carlisle's East End

9781626195158

$21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%

On July 12, 1926, Frances Bowermaster McBride, a forty-year-old divorcee, called off her affair with twenty-seven-year-old Norman Morrison. Driven into a rage, Morrison tracked Frances to her home in Carlisle's East End, where she sat on the porch with her three-year-old daughter, Georgia, on her lap. Morrison shot and killed Frances before turning the pistol on himself. Morrison lived but was blinded. Young Georgia fell to the pavement unharmed. Eventually standing trial, Morrison was convicted of first-degree murder. Historian Paul D. Hoch goes beyond the conviction as he traces the later lives of Morrison and Georgia McBride as she came of age in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Hoch spins a tale of murder, perseverance and, ultimately, redemption.

Cover image for Murder in Carlisle's East End, isbn: 9781626195158