Local history

Colchester Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of Essex.

The author of On the Other Side of Sorrow gives a detailed account of the causes and effects of the Scottish potato famine that began in 1846.

Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody were considered heroes and the greatest plainsmen of their time.

The Somerset town of Yeovil has deep historical roots, and its ancient streets hide many secrets.

Separating Old Florida myths from realitiesin a tourist haven with a deep Indigenous pastThemes of unspoiled paradise tamed byprogress can be seen in stories about pioneer history across the United States,especially in Florida.

In June 1876 the 7th U.

Throughout most of its history, Cowley has been a small country village just two miles south of the market town of Uxbridge.

During the late twentieth century, the number of museums in the UK dramatically increased.

Celebrated in media and myth, New Orleans's French Quarter (Vieux Carre) was the original settlement of what became the city of New Orleans.

Contributions by Allison Margaret Bigelow, Denise I.

Crieff, the Capital of Strathearn, lies in the heart of picturesque Perthshire.

"e;A book devoted to the beauty of [Hawaiian] birds .

In French on Shifting Ground: Cultural and Coastal Erosion in South Louisiana, Nathalie Dajko introduces readers to the lower Lafourche Basin, Louisiana, where the land, a language, and a way of life are at risk due to climate change, environmental disaster, and coastal erosion.

Prior to the nineteenth century, Bradford was very much a backwater.

Telling the story of LSU football through coverage of each of the Tigers' 50 bowl games--from 1907 through 2019--this book provides summaries of the team's regular season, and their opponents' season, along with quarter-by-quarter game highlights, important stats, and quotes from players and coaches.

With an older foundation than Hereford, Leominster has a rich history.

For black women in antebellum Charleston, freedom was not a static legal category but a fragile and contingent experience.

The healing arts as practiced in the Old West often meant the difference between life and death for American pioneers.

Every year between 1998 to 2020 except one, Louisiana had the highest per capita rate of incarceration in the nation and thus the world.

While a luscious layer cake may exemplify the towering glory of southern baking, like everything about the American South, baking is far more complicated than it seems.

The fate of Sir Walter Raleighs 1587 Lost Colony on Roanoke Island has been one of the most enduring mysteries in the history of European settlement in North America.

Eltham, long a little-known jewel in Greater London's crown, has welcomed growing numbers of tourists since Greenwich was appointed a Royal Borough at the Diamond Jubilee, 'in recognition of the historically close links forged between Greenwich and our Royal Family, from the Middle Ages to the present day'.

Kansas City is often seen as a mild-mannered metropolis in the heart of flyover country.

The Pinkertons knew her as Ethel,' Ethal,' Eva, and Rita before finally settling on Etta Place for their wanted posters.

The range and number of lines in Gloucestershire, and the type and diversity of the locomotives operating both branch and main lines, make it a particularly interesting railway county.

Educator, lawyer, editor, inventor, entrepreneur, and civic booster, Carl Magee helped shape New Mexico and Oklahoma in the years after gaining statehood, garnering fame along the way.

'Gloucestershire is a poor county for real ale': that was the sad assessment of the county's brewing heritage in the 1976 Good Beer Guide according to the Campaign For Real Ale.

A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Midwest.

In his day, theater actor and manager Jack Langrishe (1825-1895) was about as well known in the West as General Grant was in the East.

Investigating Historys MysteriesThe assassination of Sheriff Pat Garrett, one of the most notorious lawmen of the American West, remained one of the most puzzling and perplexing unsolved mysteries for more than a century.

In the summer of 1927, an itinerant Black laborer named Broadus Miller was accused of killing a fifteen-year-old white girl in Morganton, North Carolina.

Imagine hiking along a wooded trail near San Francisco and stumbling upon the stone foundation of a crumbled building, the wooden slats of the walls caved in, the ironwork of the hinges still dangling on the burned out door.

The Lake District mountains are full of mineral veins.

Katya Cengel met San Tran Croucher when San was seventy-five years old and living in California, having miraculously survived the Cambodian genocide with her three daughters, Sithy, Sithea, and Jennifer.

Contributions by Catherine Clinton, Joseph Crespino, Jane Dailey, Lisa Lindquist Dorr, Anya Jabour, John F.

Daily Life in the American West details the lives of American Indians, miners, cowboys, immigrants, and settlers who, together, populated the unique region that is the American West.

The small Sussex town of Battle owes its very name and creation to the famous Battle of Hastings which took place here in 1066; the most decisive and important battle to have ever taken place in England.

Dorset is renowned for its beauty as well as its history.

Billericay, occupied since the Bronze and Iron Ages, is an established parish in the Basildon borough of Essex.

Shrewsbury boasts a long and eventful history and has more than its fair share of secrets locked away among its medieval streets and distinctive narrow passages, known locally as 'shuts'.

From the Diary ofAnne Frank to Anne of Green Gables, young women love to read stories about real girls who faced incredible challenges and shared indelible truths about the human spirit.

Aquest volum conté la documentació generada pel notari Miquel Llagària, una activitat que es prolongà durant vint anys, des de la dècada de 1540 fins a l'any 1561.

Ever since the days when it was reconstructed as one of King Alfred's burhs (fortified towns), Lewes has experienced a wealth of taverns, inns, alehouses, and public houses.

In the 1940s South, it seemed that non-Black Latino people were on the road to whiteness.

Sixties Spotting Days Around the Southern Region is a photographic album in full colour, depicting the 1960s with coverage of both steam locomotives and the new traction that was taking over during that great period of change on our railways.

London City Airport was first conceived as part of the regeneration of the London Docklands at the start of the 1980s, a pilot landing on Heron Quays to prove it could be done.

This was the first book on London's ghosts, when Peter Underwood was President of the Ghost Club.

In Cheltenham Through Time, authors Roger Beacham and Lynne Cleaver show some of the different sides of this Spa town, where along with the Regency splendour is a much poorer side often hidden in other volumes.

This beautiful and informative volume illustrates the vitality and importance of North Carolinas contemporary art scene, showcasing the creation, collection, and celebration of art in all its richness and diversity.

In the nineteenth century, nearly all Native American men living along the southern New England coast made their living traveling the world's oceans on whaleships.