Local and family history, nostalgia

This book presents an attractive trip to the progressive movement in America, reviewing its origins, principles, prominent personalities and its most important achievements.

Officially licensed by the National Baseball Hall of Fame, this revised and updated volume gathers the biographies, statistics, and photos of over 175 members of the most exclusive club in the sport.

Historians of the American South have come to consider the mechanization and consolidation of cotton farmingthe Southern enclosure movementto be a watershed event in the regions history.

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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.

In the seventh century the Anglo-Saxons built an abbey dedicated to St Peter, where the Roman Ermine Street crossed the River Nene.

The Flint Hills are Americas last tallgrass prairie, a green enclave set in the midst of the farmland of eastern Kansas.

For centuries England's country houses have been where rich and grand families have displayed their wealth and status.

The largest of the Channel Islands, Jersey is a self-governing dependency of the British Crown.

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.

Chatham, lying on the River Medway in Kent, grew up around its naval dockyard, various army barracks and fortifications.

Staines-upon-Thames and its neighbour Laleham are 19 miles west of central London, linked by road and river.

Tracing your Family History using Irish Newspapers is a great introduction for the family historian into Irish newspapers, journals and periodicals and how these resources can be used to paint a picture of the lives of your ancestors with so much more than what can be found in primary source material.

Often, our most fascinating ancestors are those on society's margins.

Conwy has been involved in military conflict for over 2,000 years.

Tracing your Family History using Irish Newspapers is a great introduction for the family historian into Irish newspapers, journals and periodicals and how these resources can be used to paint a picture of the lives of your ancestors with so much more than what can be found in primary source material.

The East Yorkshire town of Bridlington has over 1,000 years of history.

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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.

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Farnham in Surrey, with its Norman castle and lying on a major route, was an important market town in the Middle Ages.

Lindale, Lint, and Leather is Randall McCord's third published work.

The remarkable 200-year history of The RNLI and their invaluable role in British Maritime history.

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In 2024 the determinedly independent Lincolnshire brewing firm of Batemans will celebrate its 150th anniversary.

Often, our most fascinating ancestors are those on society's margins.

Teesside is a conurbation and industrial area in the north-east of England.

In Prosperos America, Walter W.

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.

The state of Iowa is largely unappreciated and often misunderstood.

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 state of Iowa is largely unappreciated and often misunderstood.

The South Bank has become one of London's most popular cultural destinations.

An important, interesting study of the relations between the Kennedy Space Center and the communities of Brevard County, Florida.

An important, interesting study of the relations between the Kennedy Space Center and the communities of Brevard County, Florida.

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.

London Passenger Transport Board inherited a number of small buses from various independent operators during the early 1930s, followed by the introduction of the Leyland Cub around the same period.

The county of Gloucestershire has a rich and varied past which is reflected in its historic churches.

London Passenger Transport Board inherited a number of small buses from various independent operators during the early 1930s, followed by the introduction of the Leyland Cub around the same period.

England's country houses have for centuries been where the rich and grand families have displayed their wealth and status.

America's third largest city until 1890, Brooklyn, New York, had a striking theatrical culture before it became a borough of Greater New York in 1898.

The Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire is one of the cradles of industrialisation.

In Nova Scotia, the focus of study about Scottish settlers, including the Grants, has been on the eastern counties of the province, and on Cape Breton Island.

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.