Step into the era when American wealth created landscapes that rivaled European royalty and discover the magnificent gardens that still captivate visitors today.
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in the Peach State.
Night Boat to New York: Steamboats on the Connecticut, 1824-1931, is a portrait of the vanished steamboat dayswhen a procession of stately sidewheelers plied between Hartford and New York City, docking at Peck's Slip on the East River in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge.
RECLAIMING THE MEANING, PURPOSE, AND POWER OF AMERICA'S FOUNDING DOCUMENTThe Declaration of Independence forever transforms our understanding of equality, liberty, and the proper role of government.
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in the Peach State.
';Combining history, travelogue, and memoir, Kent's engagingly written account is sure to find a receptive audience among Lincoln scholars and enthusiasts alike.
It Happened inMaryland takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from theOld LineState's storied past.
It Happened inMaryland takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from theOld LineState's storied past.
Border Bandits is an account of the many, many stories of back and forth skirmishes between the Mexicans and Texans during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
In February 2025, Michael Palin travelled to Venezuela to get a sense of what life is like in one of South America's most culturally rich, vibrant but also troubled nations.
Border Bandits is an account of the many, many stories of back and forth skirmishes between the Mexicans and Texans during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Originally produced in 1944 by the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS)the wartime intelligence agency that later evolved into the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)the Simple Sabotage Field Manual is a remarkable artifact of covert warfare.
A fascinating collection of thirty compelling stories about events that shaped the Emerald City, It Happened in Seattle describes everything from the battle of Seattle in 1856 to the Nisqually earthquake of 2001.
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in the Hoosier State.
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in the Hoosier State.
In the pre-dawn darkness of August 22, 1831, a small group of enslaved men gathered near a woodland pond in Southampton County, Virginia, and began a rebellion that would change American history.
The story of how America's public landsour city parks, national forests, and wilderness areascame into being can be traced to a few conservation pioneers and proteges who shaped policy and advocated for open spaces.
Part of the Myths and Mysteriesseries, Myths and Mysteries ofPennsylvania explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries inPennsylvania's history.
Part of the Myths and Mysteriesseries, Myths and Mysteries ofPennsylvania explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries inPennsylvania's history.
The story of how America's public landsour city parks, national forests, and wilderness areascame into being can be traced to a few conservation pioneers and proteges who shaped policy and advocated for open spaces.
A GUIDED TOUR OF BOSTON'S UNDERWORLD, REVEALING THE PLACES WHERE DEALS WERE MADE, PEOPLE WERE KILLED, AND BODIES WERE BURIEDGangsters have played a shady role in shaping Greater Boston's history.
The wreck of the Nottingham Galley on Boon Island and the resultant rumors of insurance fraud, mutiny, treason, and cannibalism was one of the most sensational stories of the early 18th century.
How does a crew of organized criminals successfully execute the largest cash robbery in American history at a heavily guarded international airport, only to end up systematically murdering each other in the aftermath?
