Local history

The first comprehensive examination of the nineteenth-century Ku Klux Klan since the 1970s, Ku-Klux pinpoints the groups rise with startling acuity.

Insubordinate Spirit is a unique exploration into the life of Elizabeth Winthrop and other seventeenth-century English Puritans who emigrated to the rough, virtually untouched wilderness of present-day New England.

True Tales from the Palmetto State's Pastfrom the ghostly Gray Man to the return of the H.

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The first comprehensive examination of the nineteenth-century Ku Klux Klan since the 1970s, Ku-Klux pinpoints the groups rise with startling acuity.

This book offers an inside look atover25interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Hoosier State.

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"e;The Welsh in Iowa"e; is the history of the little known Welsh immigrant communities in the American Midwestern state of Iowa.

This book offers an inside look atover25interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Hoosier State.

While there are more than 15,000 museums in our country, visitors get to see only about five percent of any institution's collections.

While there are more than 15,000 museums in our country, visitors get to see only about five percent of any institution's collections.

It Happened in Kansas features over 25 chapters in Kansas history.

It Happened in Kansas features over 25 chapters in Kansas history.

In 1945, six African American families from St.

Haunted Hollywood, a collection of stories of ghosts, mysteries, and paranormal happenings in Tinsel Town, will leave readers delightfully frightened.

The promise of Reconstruction sparked a transformative era in American history as free and newly emancipated Black Americans sought to redefine their place in a nation still grappling with the legacy of slavery.

Haunted Hollywood, a collection of stories of ghosts, mysteries, and paranormal happenings in Tinsel Town, will leave readers delightfully frightened.

Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in California.

In 1945, six African American families from St.

Southern plantations are an endless source of fascination.

The areas of Wimbledon and Southfields in South West London have a rich and diverse history.

Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in California.

In this highly original work, Thomas D.

Southern plantations are an endless source of fascination.

In this highly original work, Thomas D.

Jones Beach looms large in the hearts and lives of millions of New Yorkers.

Jones Beach looms large in the hearts and lives of millions of New Yorkers.

From an out-of-control wildfire that nearly destroyed a town to a serial spouse killer in Estes Park, It Happened in Rocky Mountain National Park looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of Colorado's largest national park.

From the day in 1893 that Gigi and Hobart Johnstone Whitley stood on a hill overlooking the areathey christened ';Hollywood,' to modern-day tales of murder and mayhem, It Happened in Hollywood recounts in thirty short episodes the behind-the-scenes events that shaped Tinseltown.

In the early years of the twentieth century, newcomer farmers and migrant Mexicans forged a new world in South Texas.

From an out-of-control wildfire that nearly destroyed a town to a serial spouse killer in Estes Park, It Happened in Rocky Mountain National Park looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of Colorado's largest national park.

To see Weeping Mary you've got to head to Texas.

When it comes to understanding the dead, there is something unusual about the Hudson Valley; so many ghost stories have come out of this region.

From the day in 1893 that Gigi and Hobart Johnstone Whitley stood on a hill overlooking the areathey christened ';Hollywood,' to modern-day tales of murder and mayhem, It Happened in Hollywood recounts in thirty short episodes the behind-the-scenes events that shaped Tinseltown.

In the early years of the twentieth century, newcomer farmers and migrant Mexicans forged a new world in South Texas.

As the dense coastal fog rolls in to blanket the shoreline in gloomy silence, one thing becomes very clear.

Among our countrys treasuresare its colleges and universities, meccas of culture and higher learning--and paranormal activity.

In 1975, Floridas Escambia County and the city of Pensacola experienced a pernicious chain of events.

Washington, DC can make a legitimate claim to being the most haunted city in America.

To see Weeping Mary you've got to head to Texas.

When it comes to understanding the dead, there is something unusual about the Hudson Valley; so many ghost stories have come out of this region.

The unofficial guide to the home of the Crimson Tide!

As the dense coastal fog rolls in to blanket the shoreline in gloomy silence, one thing becomes very clear.

Among our countrys treasuresare its colleges and universities, meccas of culture and higher learning--and paranormal activity.

In 1975, Floridas Escambia County and the city of Pensacola experienced a pernicious chain of events.

Washington, DC can make a legitimate claim to being the most haunted city in America.

The unofficial guide to the home of the Crimson Tide!

Bestselling classic with historical accounts, full-color vintage images, and a selection of recipes from Pennsylvanias Christmas past Originally published in 1959 and written by one of the seminal figures in American folklife studies, this classic work examines the folk origins of Christmas in the Keystone State.

Bestselling classic with historical accounts, full-color vintage images, and a selection of recipes from Pennsylvanias Christmas past Originally published in 1959 and written by one of the seminal figures in American folklife studies, this classic work examines the folk origins of Christmas in the Keystone State.

It Happened in Delaware takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the First State's storied past.