History of the Americas

An insiders look at the iconic drink and its role in shaping the American WestDistilleries are the new microbreweries, cropping up all over the West and producing brands that emulate the predecessors that were made in copper stills by emigrants and served in saloons and dance halls.

During the Civil War and throughout the rest of the nineteenth century there was no star that shone brighter than that of a small red horse who was known as Stonewall Jackson's Little Sorrel.

For more than thirty years, journalist and author Martin J.

A collection of folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous Southwestern ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world.

Updated and expanded for its twentieth anniversarythe beloved book that tells the stories of the women who traveled West.

Throughout WWII, thousands of Allied prisoners dreamed of outwitting their captors and returning to war against the Axis.

In 1948 most white people in the North had no idea how unjust and unequal daily life was for the 10 million African Americans living in the South.

Principles of Posse Management tells the stories of the lawmen and leaders of the Old West who organized citizens in the pursuit of law and order.

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The history of presidential dealings with disasters shows that whatever their ideology, presidents need to be prepared to deal with unexpected crises.

The Invisibles chronicles the African American presence inside the White House from its beginnings in 1782 until 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that granted slaves their freedom.

Treason is the only crime explicitly defined in America's Constitution.

A fascinating new angle on presidential history, assessing the performances of the presidents in their freshman year of the toughest job in the world.

A fascinating collection of thirty-two compelling stories about events that shaped the Mount Rushmore State, It Happened in South Dakota describes everything from Lewis and Clark raising an American flag on the Missouri to the continuing creation of a monument to Crazy Horse.

It Happened in Arizona features thirty-six episodes from Arizona's historyfrom the thirteenth-century creation of the Hohokam's irrigation canals to the building of the Hoover Dam, and fromexplorations of the Grand Canyon to a stagecoach robbery.

Tales of intrigue in this book include unusual unsolved crimes, unidentified flying objects, spine-tingling ghost stories, well-documented sea creature sightings, and more.

The remote, unforgiving landscape and colossaland unpredictably unstablemountain ranges of Alaska have kept at bay many a faint-hearted outsider, but the lure of this territory's beauty, as well as its rich and vast resources, continues to entice adventuresome natives and outsiders alike.

It Happened on the Lewis and Clark Expedition features fascinating events from Meriwether Lewis and William Clarks 1803-1805 expedition from St.

From the earliest days of the western frontier, women heeded the call to go west along with their husbands, sweethearts, and parents.

Colorado has historical high points as grand as its magnificent mountains.

Wild West Women features the true stories of the pioneering wives, mothers, daughters, teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists who shaped the frontier and helped change the face of American history.

This collection of fifty outlaw tales includes well-knowns such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Frank and Jesse James, Belle Starr (and her dad), and Pancho Villa, along with a fair smattering of women, organized crime bosses, smugglers, and of course the usual suspects: highwaymen, bank and train robbers, cattle rustlers, snake-oil salesmen, and horse thieves.

Maines Remarkable Women tells the stories of fifteen strong and determined women who broke through social, cultural, or political barriers.

Idahos Remarakble Women 2 tells the history of the Gem State through the stories of fifteen pioneering women, all born before 1900, who made a profound impact on Idaho.

From the Anasazi cliff dwellings to tales of Buffalo Bills bravado, and from an unsolved bank robbery in Denver to the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey, Colorado Myths and Legends examines a fascinating array of puzzling events, unsolved mysteries, and tragic crimes in the often troubled (but always compelling!

Clashes between white and Indian societies are erupting into war when Sarah Wakefield is taken captive in 1862.

In this reprint of a classic Indian Captivity Narrative from the 19th century, Nelson Lee recounts his adventures and his narrow escape from the Comanches in tales nearly too tall to be true.

From Roughing it with the Men to Below the Border in Wartime Mary Roberts Rineharts The Out Trail features seven tales from her adventures in the West from fishing at Puget Sound to hiking the Bright Angel trail at the Grand Canyon.

Arizona Myths and Legends explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Arizona's history, like the story of Pearl Hart or the ghosts that live in the Hotel Vendome.

From historic landmarks to early settlement sites and more, this book is the perfect companion for any hiker with an interest in history.

An entertaining and important account of presidential elections in which the winner of the popular vote lost or came all too close to losing, focusing on the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the disputed elections of 1876 and 2000, the deadlocks of 1800 and 1824 (when the elections were thrown to the House of Representatives) and the close call during the tumultuous year of 1968.

A soldier's eye view of Vietnam's fiercest close-quarters battle upon its 50th anniversaryKhe Sanh's Hill Fights of 1967as experienced by co-author Bobby Maras and told in this hour-by-hour, day-by-day accountwere carnage on the ground, much of it hand-to-hand fighting in the dark.

For most Americans, Iowa brings to mind endless acres of corn fields, one of the country's longest-running state fairs, and American Gothic, but few may know how it serendipitously became the birthplace of the most iconic apple, why thousands of cyclists brave the Midwestern heat and humidity to cross the entire state one week each year, or how a former Des Moines sports announcer became one of the White House's most popular residents.

A magnificent gallery of images from the vault of the Capitol Hill's best insider news source From the splendor of the architecture to historic moments in our nation's history, scenes of pomp and circumstance to intimate, human, eccentric, and sometimes humorous moments at the world's most important seat of government, Roll Call's photography shows why The United States Capitol Dome is more than a symbol of American democracy.

A front row seat to the breaking news, photos and hype surrounding historys most mysterious disappearances.

For history and nature fansTheodore Roosevelt is one of the most beloved U.

In Stories of the Old West, editor Steven D.

A riveting new account of Theodore Roosevelt's impassioned crusade for military preparedness as America fitfully stumbles into World War I, spectacularly punctuated by his unique tongue-lashings of the vacillating Woodrow Wilson, his rousing advocacy of a masculine, pro-Allied ';Americanism,' a death-defying compulsion for personal front-line combat, a gingerly rapprochement with GOP power brokersand, yes, perhaps, even another presidential campaign.

Kansas Myths and Legends explores unusual events, unsolved crimes, and legends in Kansas's history.

Utah may be best known for its mesmerizingly beautiful high deserts, the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere, and as the home base for one of the world's most popular religious groups, but few may know about the Lost Rhoades mine purportedly full of gold treasure, the unseen residents of Heritage Park, or an unusually large, three-toed primate that steals livestock.

These are the stories of what happened in the West as the trickle then flood of Easterners and immigrants first began to flow into the plains, deserts, and mountains between the Pacific Ocean and the Mississippi River and, finally, far north into The Last Frontier.

How much of what we know about the history of the Old West is true?

From the mysterious disappearance of hijacker D.

Uncover the Story of a Remarkable Woman of the WestEsther Morris (1812-1902) was a unique American woman whose life paralleled the dramatic events of the 19th century: abolition, railroads, Civil War, and suffrage.

Mary Bennett Ritter was a farmer's daughter who in the 1880s defied all conventions to pursue her passion: to receive medical training and become a physician.

By and about the greatest celebrities of frontier America, these are the stories of their adventures told in their own words through excerpts from autobiographies, articles they wrote, newspaper interviews, private journals, personal letters, and court testimony.

By and about the greatest celebrities of frontier America, these are the stories of their adventures told in their own words through excerpts from autobiographies, articles they wrote, newspaper interviews, private journals, personal letters, and court testimony.

After being sworn in as president, Richard Nixon told the assembled crowd that ';government will listen.

';Like taking a tour of the White House with a gifted storyteller at your side!

The story of Harriet Smith Pullen's early life, from her childhood journeys by covered wagon to her family's subsistence in sod houses on the Dakota prairie where they survived grasshopper plagues, floods, fires, blizzards, and droughts is a narrative of American migration and adventure that still resonates today.