Florida Historical Society Stetson Kennedy AwardFlorida Book Awards, Silver Medal for Florida NonfictionExploring the environmental history of an important natural areaThe largest open water estuary in Florida, Tampa Bay has been a flashpoint of environmental struggles and action in recent years.
The Four Heatons History Tour offers an insight into the fascinating history of the towns of Heaton Moor, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Chapel and Heaton Norris in Stockport, Greater Manchester.
On October 5, 1892, the last of the major outlaw gangs of the Old West was destroyed in a gun battle in Coffeyville, a small town in southeastern Kansas.
From Hampton Court to the Thames Barrier, the landscape of London unfolds along the River Thames, from leafy towpaths, bustling thoroughfares, palaces and humble dwellings to industrial buildings, warehouses, power houses, pubs, theatres and churches.
On October 5, 1892, the last of the major outlaw gangs of the Old West was destroyed in a gun battle in Coffeyville, a small town in southeastern Kansas.
This historical book, based on real events and persons, follows the tumultuous journey of one family--that of John and Elizabeth Holloway--from colonial South Carolina to North Carolina and then to the Natchez District governed by Spain before, during, and after the American Revolution.
Situated at the eastern end of the Mendip Hills, the Somerset market town of Frome has a wealth of history, much of which lies waiting to be discovered among the architectural gems that line its scenic streets.
As Southern California recovered from the collapse of the cattle industry in the 1860s, the arrival of railroadsattacked by newspapers as the greedy octopusand the expansion of citrus agriculture transformed the struggling region into a vast, idealized, and prosperous garden.
As Southern California recovered from the collapse of the cattle industry in the 1860s, the arrival of railroadsattacked by newspapers as the greedy octopusand the expansion of citrus agriculture transformed the struggling region into a vast, idealized, and prosperous garden.
The story of how NASA transformed Floridas East Coast over half a centuryFloridas Space Coast tells the compelling story of Americas half century in space exploration from the successful launch of the first two-stage rocket in 1950 through the latest space shuttle missions of 2000.
The story of how NASA transformed Floridas East Coast over half a centuryFloridas Space Coast tells the compelling story of Americas half century in space exploration from the successful launch of the first two-stage rocket in 1950 through the latest space shuttle missions of 2000.
Edinburgh, Scotland's capital city, has a dramatic cityscape and its wealth of historic streets and buildings make up the UNESCO Old and New Towns World Heritage Site.
Bournemouth was originally a deserted heathland on England's south coast until the area was developed as a health resort in the early nineteenth century.
Following in the tradition of his first collection of ghost stories, Dark Woods, Chill Waters, Marcus LiBrizzi has researched and written a collection of 21 true ghost stories from the Acadia/Mount Desert Island region of Maine.
After the Civil War, as Black freedmen prepared to exercise their new voting rights in Georgia, white supremacist groups rose to restrict their ability.
After the Civil War, as Black freedmen prepared to exercise their new voting rights in Georgia, white supremacist groups rose to restrict their ability.
California's Prodigal Sons: Hiram Johnson and the Progressives, 1911-1917 provides an in-depth examination of the transformative Progressive Era in California under the leadership of Governor Hiram W.
Author: Joel Rayburn - Frank Sobchak After the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, the general vision was to transform Iraq into a liberal democratic model that would contribute to reshaping the map of the Middle East.
Anthropologists, historians, and sociologists will find here a striking challenge to accepted explanations of the northward movement of migrants from Mexico into the United States.
In her incisive analysis of the shaping of California's agricultural work force, Devra Weber shows how the cultural background of Mexican and, later, Anglo-American workers, combined with the structure of capitalist cotton production and New Deal politics, forging a new form of labor relations.
Here, reprinted for the first time since its original publication, is muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair's lively, caustic account of the 1934 election campaign that turned California upside down and almost won him the governor's mansion.
