History of the Americas

Part of our new and growing Mysteries and Legends series, Mysteries and Legends ofVirginia explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Virginia's history.

Historic Illinois: A Tour of the State's Top National Landmarks is a carefully curated travel guide, written by a local historian, featuring the most intriguing and significant of the states nationally recognized historic landmarks.

Georgia Myths and Legends explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Georgia's history.

The American Civil War divided the United States from 1861-1865.

Written in a lively, easy-to-read style, this book features approximately 30 stories written for history buffs of all ages.

Before the gunslingers, before the hanging judges, there were the Harpes — and the American frontier had no word for what they were.

The Walled City was Hong Kong's most foreboding territory.

From the wreck of the USS Alligator to the mystery of the marooned dolphins, It Happened in the Florida Keys looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of this island chain.

The American Civil War divided the United States from 1861-1865.

Historic Illinois: A Tour of the State's Top National Landmarks is a carefully curated travel guide, written by a local historian, featuring the most intriguing and significant of the states nationally recognized historic landmarks.

Are there alligators under New York City?

In Cursed in the Carolinas, Patty A.

Moving portraits of fourteen independent women who helped make Ohio what it is today.

Georgia Myths and Legends explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Georgia's history.

Part of our new and growing Mysteries and Legends series, Mysteries and Legends ofVirginia explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Virginia's history.

Among the Pacific Northwest's many treasures is the Evergreen State, a state rich in eerie events.

A fascinating collection of thirty-five compelling stories about events that shaped Old Dominion, It Happened in Virginia describes everything from the invention of America's original instrument, the banjo, to how Stonewall Jackson acquired his nickname.

From the wreck of the USS Alligator to the mystery of the marooned dolphins, It Happened in the Florida Keys looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of this island chain.

Written in a lively, easy-to-read style, this book features approximately 30 stories written for history buffs of all ages.

Mississippi LighthousesThere are only 2 historic Lighthouses surviving in Mississippi and they are found in beautiful settings.

On April 7, 1803, Toussaint Louverture died in a freezing fortress in eastern France.

"e;Eric Wiberg's ability, to unearth obscure historical facts, keeps me in a constant state of surprise.

By 1966, Hot Springs, Arkansas wasn't your typical sleepy little Southern town.

By 1966, Hot Springs, Arkansas wasn't your typical sleepy little Southern town.

Thirty-six episodes from the Windy City's history, including legendary events such as the great fire and the St.

A Bewitching Place: The Story of the Mark Twain House in Hartford is the official guide to The Mark Twain House & Museum, an institution dedicated to preserving the authors home, literary legacy, and life story.

Connecticut Curiosities, 3rd Editionis part of a GPP homegrown series of state-specific books that describe, with humor and affectionand a healthy dose of attitudethe oddest, quirkiest, and most outlandish places, personalities, events, and phenomena found within the state's borders and in the chronicles of its history.

A Bewitching Place: The Story of the Mark Twain House in Hartford is the official guide to The Mark Twain House & Museum, an institution dedicated to preserving the authors home, literary legacy, and life story.

Perhaps no other television show captures our innate fascination with crime and criminals better than the original Forensic Files.

Much has been written about the legendary flight of Apollo 11 and mankind's first tentative steps into deep space.

Much has been written about the legendary flight of Apollo 11 and mankind's first tentative steps into deep space.

Have you ever recognized Mrs.

Utah offers a paradox in women's historya state founded by polygamists who offered women early suffrage and encouraged career education in the nineteenth century.

Perhaps no other television show captures our innate fascination with crime and criminals better than the original Forensic Files.

Americans are not shy about letting politicians know what's on their minds, and, in Harry Truman, they believed that they had a president they could level with.

The definitive collection of Georgia's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Georgia residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.

Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Wolverine State has to offer!

Have you ever recognized Mrs.

Triple Award Winner, including Silver Nautilus Book Award and Independent Publisher Bronze Medal for Memoir, and Next Generation Book Award Finalist for SpiritualityTo the chagrin of her parents, Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust, the author became a Buddhist at 19, nearly tearing her family apart.

Utah offers a paradox in women's historya state founded by polygamists who offered women early suffrage and encouraged career education in the nineteenth century.

Best known for its movie industry, surfing, and amusement parks, Southern California boasts an environment of glamour, both natural and manmade.

Best known for its movie industry, surfing, and amusement parks, Southern California boasts an environment of glamour, both natural and manmade.

This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Gem State.

How did New York become the amazing state that it is today, you may wonder?

Not just the purview of Mark Twain and his characters, the Mighty Mississippi offers a fascinating look at America.

From its beginning as a small but sought-after European outpost, New Jersey has played a key role in the establishment and growth of the New World.

Is it possible that the woman who raised Abraham Lincoln was actually his half-sister, and that the man he knew as his grandfather had conducted a scandalous affair with a servant girl?

How did New York become the amazing state that it is today, you may wonder?

Connecticut Curiosities, 3rd Editionis part of a GPP homegrown series of state-specific books that describe, with humor and affectionand a healthy dose of attitudethe oddest, quirkiest, and most outlandish places, personalities, events, and phenomena found within the state's borders and in the chronicles of its history.

Thirty-six episodes from the Windy City's history, including legendary events such as the great fire and the St.