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Remembering Albany: Heritage on the Hudson - Hardcover

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by Don Rittner (Author)The history of Albany, New York, spans more than four hundred years and has left an indelible mark on the story of America. However, the city's legacy is also peppered with charming tales about nostalgic diner devotion, a "giant" hoax, and the origins of the Yankee Doodle ditty. In this collection, local author and columnist Don Rittner delights with the best stories from his column "Heritage on the Hudson." From the city's earliest days as Mohican and Iroquois territor...

Hidden History of the Mid-Hudson Valley: Stories from the Albany Post Road - Hardcover

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by Carney Rhinevault (Author), Tatiana Rhinevault (Author)The Albany Post Road was the vital artery between New York City and the state capital in Albany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It saw a host of interesting events and colorful characters, though these unusual and extraordinary stories, as well as their connection to the thoroughfare, are oft forgotten. Revolutionary War spies marched this path, and anti-rent wars rocked Columbia County. Underground Railroad safe houses in ...

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Report copyright infringementby L. Craig Roberts (Author)Mardi Gras in Mobile began its carnival celebration years before the city of New Orleans was founded. In the 1700s, mystic societies formed in Mobile, such as the Societe de Saint Louis, believed to be the first in the New World. These curious organizations brought old-world traditions as they held celebrations like parades and balls with themes like Scandinavian mythology and the dream of Pythagoras. Today, more than 800,000 people ann...

Historic Tales of Cashiers, North Carolina

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Report copyright infringementby Jane Gibson Nardy (Author), Jane Gibson Nardy (Author)In this charming account, North Carolina historian Jane Gibson Nardy recounts a treasure-trove of true stories from her beloved Blue Ridge community. In addition to several generations of family memorabilia from her personal library, Nardy has also culled the area's public records--deeds, wills, marriage registers and even tombstones--all of which help to create a vivid picture of mountain life in the ninete...

Parris Island: Once a Recruitlways a Marine

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Report copyright infringementby Eugene Alvarez (Author)Here, for the first time, author and former Parris Island drill-instructor Eugene Alvarez records the training and tough physical and mental challenges that have helped to churn thousands of Marines out of Parris Island, South Carolina for nearly a century. Drawn from first-hand accounts of recruits themselves, the memories and recollections in these pages are humorous, sad, profane and enlightening--describing a training program that, on...

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Report copyright infringementby Alan Brown (Author)Pensacola may boast the world's whitest beaches, but the sands of time reveal a dark history in America's first settlement. It's no surprise that one of the nation's oldest cities is also among the most haunted, with culturally diverse spirits from the ages of the Spanish founders and British settlers through the turbulent era of the Civil War. Author and expert Alan Brown presents a survey of unexplained mysteries at Pensacola's eerie landma...

Colorful Characters of the Great Smoky Mountains - Hardcover

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by Bob Plott (Author) Number of Pages: 162 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 15, 2011

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Report copyright infringementby John Cuevas (Author)The second largest city in the state, Gulfport is the business center of south Mississippi. Many of the city's cherished landmarks and businesses have been lost to Hurricanes Camille and Katrina, the development of shopping malls and Interstate 10. Gulfport's answer to the quintessential '50s malt shop, Stone's Ice Cream, became a favorite hangout for students, families and businessmen throughout its long history. The Paramount Theatre was f...

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Report copyright infringementby Alexia Jones Helsley (Author)Beaufort's long history of wickedness stretches back to 1562, when Captain Jean Ribaut built the ill-fated French outpost Charlesfort on Parris Island, eventually destroyed by mutiny and starvation. Colonial Beaufortonians were no strangers to thwarting the law, from the murder of Charles Purry to the priestly misbehavior of Reverend William Peaseley. The Revolutionary War brought civil strife to the area in the form of bands of out...

Taming Big Sky Country: The History of Montana Transportation from Trails to Interstates - Hardcover

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by Jon Axline (Author)Drives this breathtaking did not come easy. Cruising down Montana's scenic highways, it's easy to forget that traveling from here to there once was a genuine adventure. The state's major routes evolved from ancient Native American trails into four-lane expressways in a little over a century. That story is one of difficult, groundbreaking and sometimes poor engineering decisions, as well as a desire to make a journey faster, safer and more comfortable. It all started in 1...

Harvey Houses of New Mexico: Historic Hospitality from Raton to Deming - Hardcover

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by Rosa Walston Latimer (Author)The Santa Fe Line and the famous Fred Harvey restaurants forever changed New Mexico and the Southwest, bringing commerce, culture and opportunity to a desolate frontier. The first Harvey Girls ever hired staffed the Raton location. In a departure from the ubiquitous black and white uniform immortalized by Judy Garland in 1946's Harvey Girls, many of New Mexico's Harvey Girls wore colorful dresses reflective of local culture. In Albuquerque, the Harvey-managed A...

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Report copyright infringementby Lake E. Jr. High (Author) Number of Pages: 194 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 03, 2013

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Report copyright infringementby Mike Goodson (Author)Situated along the Coosa River, Etowah County's history is intertwined with the twists and turns of this flowing water. And though the currents of the Coosa shift every day, some fixtures of the river cannot help but remain. It is said that famed riverboat captain James M. Elliott Jr. haunts the Coosa's banks, still blasting the whistle from the Magnolia, his steam engine more than a century old. But the river isn't the only part of Etowah ...

Sarasota's Asolo: A History of the State Theatre of Florida - Hardcover

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by Brad Wallace (Author)In the Sarasota summer heat of 1960, Florida State University students began an acting company that is now known as the Asolo Repertory Theatre. Performances were held in the Historic Asolo Theater, relocated from its home in Italy in 1950. Over the past fifty years, the Asolo Repertory Theatre has become a renowned fixture in the Sarasota community, thriving thanks to a remarkable collaboration between FSU, the State of Florida, the Ringling Museum and the Asolo's reg...

California's Haunted Central Coast - Hardcover

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by Evie Ybarra (Author), Laura Dickinson (Photographer)Eerie haunts and stories of apparitions stretch along the California coast from Monterey Bay to the Channel Islands. James Dean's presence lingers at the site of his deadly car crash on Highway 46, and a ghost-in-residence presides over the Robert Louis Stevenson house in Monterey. Learn of the ghoulish murders of the Reed family at the San Miguel Mission, the mysterious spirits that haunt the Hearst Castle and the twisted tales of strang...

Palm Springs Golf: A History of Coachella Valley Legends & Fairways

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Report copyright infringementby Larry Bohannan (Author)Against a dramatic background of desert mountains, the sparkling green fairways of the Coachella Valley have attracted world-class golf tournaments, athletes and dignitaries for decades. In the 1920s, enterprising oil tycoon Tom O'Donnell built one of the first nine-hole courses in Palm Springs, and the area was a hangout for Hollywood's elite by the 1940s and '50s. Bob Hope's namesake PGA Tour event became a mainstay, while Bing Crosby, ...

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by Skylar Browning (Author), Jeremy Watterson (Author)The Wild West had nothing on Montana's first baseball games. Fights, booze, cheating and gambling fueled the state's inaugural professional league in 1892. The turn of the century brought star-studded barnstorming tours and threats of bloodshed. Big Sky Country embraced a distinctly different version of the old ballgame, and Montana players who made their way to big league diamonds helped change the sport on and off the field. From the Lew...

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Report copyright infringementby Karin Risko (Author), Rodney L. Arroyo (Photographer)Detroit's auto heritage is known worldwide, but this fascinating city's history runs much deeper. Step inside the tiny recording studio where Berry Gordy, a young entrepreneur who faced tremendous prejudice, created a music empire that broke down racial barriers. Tour Art Deco masterpieces so spectacular they're called "cathedrals" to commerce and finance. Walk in the footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. t...

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by Brian D'Ambrosio (Author)Montanans' football obsession goes far beyond storied college programs. From Baker to Zurich, even the tiniest towns in Montana have sent players to the NFL. One of the most dominant offensive linemen of the 1940s was Anaconda's own Francis Cope, who earned All-Decade honors as a New York Giant. Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991, MSU alum Jan Stenerud was the league's first soccer-style kicker. Pat Donovan, who earned a Super Bowl ring with the Dalla...

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by Joan Praed Lyons (Author)Although William Zion never lived in Zionsville, it was his business acuity that led to the railway station being built on Elijah and Polly Cross s plot of land the beginnings of a burgeoning town. This strategic location brought development and prosperity to Zionsville as people traveling through Indiana stopped to discover the distinctive flair of this small but industrious community. Local historian Joan Praed Lyons depicts the spirit of a town in which a rousin...

Hidden History of Ponte Vedra - Hardcover

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by Maurice J. Robinson (Author)Ponte Vedra is well known for its beaches and world renowned for its PGA dream course, Sawgrass, but what did it look like before tourists flocked to the shores? How did Native Americans interact with the area before Spain's Ponce de Leon made his first landfall? How did Spanish rule shape the city? Join author Maurice Robinson on his journey through the hidden pages of Ponte Vedra history. Learn of America's first African fort, the community's first newspapers ...

Kings Mountain and Cowpens: Our Victory Was Complete

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Report copyright infringementby Robert W. Jr. Brown (Author)From the rocky slopes of Kings Mountain to the plains of Hannah s Cowpens, the Carolina backcountry hosted two of the Revolutionary War s most critical battles. On October 7, 1780, the Battle of Kings Mountain utilized guerilla techniques American Over Mountain Men wearing buckskin and hunting shirts and armed with hunting rifles attacked Loyalist troops from behind trees, resulting in an overwhelming Patriot victory. In January of t...

The Tuskegee Airmen: The History and Legacy of America's First Black Fighter Pilots in World War II - Paperback

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by Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of training, combat, and segregation written by multiple members of the Tuskegee Airmen *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "When World War II started, the black press and the black community wanted blacks to be able to fly because in 1925, the military had done a study that said that blacks didn't have the intelligence, ability, or coordination to fly airplanes. The pres...

Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Navajo - Paperback

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by Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures. *Explains the origins, culture, and social structure of the Navajo. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. From the "Trail of Tears" to Wounded Knee and Little Bighorn, the narrative of American history is incomplete without the inclusion of the Native Americans that lived on the continent before European settlers arrived in the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the first contact between natives and settlers, tribes like the Sioux, Cherokee, an...

The Galveston Hurricane of 1900: The Deadliest Natural Disaster in American History - Paperback

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by Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures *Includes survivors' accounts of the hurricane *Includes a bibliography for further reading "First news from Galveston just received by train which could get no closer to the bay shore than six miles where the prairie was strewn with debris and dead bodies. About 200 corpses counted from the train. Large steamship stranded two miles inland. Nothing could be seen of Galveston. Loss of life and property undoubtedly most appalling. Weather clear an...

Athena: The Origins and History of the Greek Goddess - Paperback

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by Jesse Harasta (Author), Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures of important places and historic art depicting Athena and other Greek gods and goddesses. *Explains the historical origins of the goddess and the mythological tales about her. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "I begin to sing of Pallas Athene, the glorious goddess, bright-eyed, inventive, unbending of heart, pure virgin, saviour of cities, courageous, Tritogeneia. From his awful head wise Zeus himself bare her ar...

Apollo: The Origins and History of the Greek God - Paperback

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by Andrew Scott (Author), Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures *Includes ancient descriptions of Apollo *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Foolish mortals and poor drudges are you, that you seek cares and hard toils and straits Easily will I tell you a word and set it in your hearts. Though each one of you with knife in hand should slaughter sheep continually, yet would you always have abundant store, even all that the glorious tribes of men bring here fo...

The Red River War of 1874-1875: The History of the Last American Campaign to Remove Native Americans from the Southwest - Paperback

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by Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting written by participants *Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents From the "Trail of Tears" to Wounded Knee and Little Bighorn, the narrative of American history is incomplete without the inclusion of the Native Americans that lived on the continent before European settlers arrived in the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the first contact between native...

Qumran and Nag Hammadi: The Hidden Scrolls: A Survey of the Literature - Paperback

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by Margo (Naomi) Gross (Author)Survey of the literature that discusses the discovery, history, interpretations and, nature of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Nag Hammadi Library; their origins and their meaning in Western culture. Number of Pages: 142 Dimensions: 0.3 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: April 12, 2017

Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland - Paperback

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by John Martin Crawford (Author)The Kalevala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias L nnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology. It is regarded as the national epic of Karelia and Finland and is one of the most significant works of Finnish literature. The compilation was first published in 1849 and consists of 22,795 verses, divided into fifty songs (runes). It was translated into English by J.M. Crawford and published in 1888. - "In the Kalevala, the nation...

Russians in the Pribilof Islands 1786-1867 - Paperback

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by James L. Smith (Author)This book review the history the Russian fur sealing business for the time they discovered these islands until Alaska was sold the America in 1867, Library of Congress control number 2001-132314 Number of Pages: 120 Dimensions: 0.25 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 19, 2017

Fire in the North: The Minnesota Uprising and the Sioux War in Dakota Territory

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas D. Phillips (Author), Reuben D. Rieke (Author)Until exceeded by the tragic events of September 11, 2001, a little-known occurrence on the northern frontier would represent the highest number of civilians - perhaps as many as 800 - ever killed by hostile action on American soil.This is the story of a major Indian war that exploded suddenly in the relatively settled region of southern Minnesota in 1862 - a conflict that has come to be known as the Minnesot...