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.
'Vivid and compelling' - The Telegraph'A masterful portrait of the city' - Observer'A propulsive, gorgeously reported account of the forces that re-shaped New York in the late 1980s, The Gods of New York is brilliant historical non-fiction that doubles as a warning about the future.
On the night of July 4, 1857, a column of Irish immigrant men marched out of New York City's Five Points slum and the most consequential city in the Western Hemisphere lit itself on fire.
On the afternoon of April 14, 1935, a wall of black earth, three miles high and hundreds of miles wide, swept across the Great Plains, turning day into instant midnight.
This comprehensive study of Chalchiuhtlicue reveals how the jade-skirted goddess of lakes, rivers, and springs functioned not as mere consort to Tlaloc but as a powerful divine force central to Mesoamerican religious life for over two millennia.
In 1692, a raiding party burned York, Maine to the ground, killed the town's own minister at his front door, and marched eighty of its people into the Canadian wilderness.
Moving portraits of eighteen independent women who helped make Colorado what it is todayRemarkable Colorado Women profiles the lives of eighteen of the state's most important historical figureswomen from across Colorado, from many different backgrounds and from various walks of life.
Moving portraits of eighteen independent women who helped make Colorado what it is todayRemarkable Colorado Women profiles the lives of eighteen of the state's most important historical figureswomen from across Colorado, from many different backgrounds and from various walks of life.
Did you know that shortly after winning the Revolutionary War, the United States almost violently fractured over the creation of a completely illegal, unrecognized fourteenth state?
From the Black Lives Matter movement to the health and economic disparities exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans have been forced to reckon with our country's fraught history and present of racial bias and inequality.
Saguaro cacti, desert landscapes,and the Grand Canyon may stand out as prominent Arizona features, but this scorching state is also home to bizarre places, personalities, events, and phenomena.
Saguaro cacti, desert landscapes,and the Grand Canyon may stand out as prominent Arizona features, but this scorching state is also home to bizarre places, personalities, events, and phenomena.
How could a newly constructed, luxurious Chicago theater, proudly marketed to the public as "e;absolutely fireproof,"e; transform into an inescapable death trap that incinerated over six hundred people in less than twenty minutes?
La espada del poder y la justicia, el oro de la abundancia y los paraisos terrenales, la cruz de la fe unica y universal: Antonio Rubial desmonta los mitos con los que Europa justifico su expansionismo a mediados del milenio pasado y que utilizo para imponer su control sobre los territorios conquistados.
On the morning of January 1, 1820, a lieutenant colonel of the Spanish infantry stood before his assembled regiment in the small Andalusian town of Las Cabezas de San Juan and refused an order.
How do you steal nearly seventy million dollars in cash from one of the most secure bank vaults in Brazil without ever firing a shot, triggering an alarm, or alerting a single security guard?
Residents and visitors alike can journey back in time as they follow Boston's 2 -mile Freedom Trail past twenty-six historic landmarks that embody pivotal events in the formation of Americaincluding the site of the Boston Massacre and the Bunker Hill Monument.
The sea chest with four hundred pounds sterling cleverly hidden in a secret compartment rested abandoned on the quay as the square-rigger put out from England in a freshening breeze.
From sports to politics, food to finance, aviation to engineering, to bitter disputes over simple boundaries themselves, New England's feuds have peppered the region's life for centuries.
This book is geared toward all ages and gives step-by-step instructions on scores of crafts and outdoor skills cultivated by various Native American peoples over the centuries.
Residents and visitors alike can journey back in time as they follow Boston's 2 -mile Freedom Trail past twenty-six historic landmarks that embody pivotal events in the formation of Americaincluding the site of the Boston Massacre and the Bunker Hill Monument.
It Happened in Northern California takes readers on a rollicking, behind the scene look at some of the characters and episodes from the states storied past.
