Local and family history, nostalgia

A fascinating collection of thirty compelling stories about events that shaped Gotham, It Happenedin New York City describes everything from the installation of the Statue of Liberty to the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, from the collapse of the Twin Towers on 9/11 to the construction of the new Yankee stadium, slated to open in 2009.

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

A fascinating collection of thirty compelling stories about events that shaped Gotham, It Happenedin New York City describes everything from the installation of the Statue of Liberty to the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, from the collapse of the Twin Towers on 9/11 to the construction of the new Yankee stadium, slated to open in 2009.

Submerged stories from the inland seasThe newest addition to Globe Pequot's Shipwrecks series covers the sensational wrecks and maritime disasters from each of the five Great Lakes.

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

In the years leading up to the American Revolution, tensions were high, but not everyone felt the same effects of British oppression.

Submerged stories from the inland seasThe newest addition to Globe Pequot's Shipwrecks series covers the sensational wrecks and maritime disasters from each of the five Great Lakes.

In the years leading up to the American Revolution, tensions were high, but not everyone felt the same effects of British oppression.

Facing Unimaginable Events With CourageIts only human to be fascinated by disasters--and uplifted by reports of survival in the face of overwhelming circumstances.

Facing Unimaginable Events With CourageIts only human to be fascinated by disasters--and uplifted by reports of survival in the face of overwhelming circumstances.

The spirit of a railroad flagman shines his lantern along the tracks near Maco, where he lost his head in a train accident.

Georgias Remarkable Women: Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History recognizes the women who helped to shape the Peach State.

Many of the events that took place along the Oregon Trail are well known--the perils the Applegate family faced as they rafted down the raging Columbia River, the plight of the Donner Party as they found themselves snowbound and starving at Truckee Lake.

The spirit of a railroad flagman shines his lantern along the tracks near Maco, where he lost his head in a train accident.

Many of the events that took place along the Oregon Trail are well known--the perils the Applegate family faced as they rafted down the raging Columbia River, the plight of the Donner Party as they found themselves snowbound and starving at Truckee Lake.

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

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

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

Early settlers called the Gallatin Valley the valley of the flowers, and John Bozeman dubbed it the Garden of Montana.

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

No Access New York City is a collection of the hidden places and little-known facts about New York.

In 1854, the United States acquired the roughly 30,000-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico from Mexico as part of the Gadsden Purchase.

In 1854, the United States acquired the roughly 30,000-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico from Mexico as part of the Gadsden Purchase.

The Liberty Bell, Gettysburg,and Independence Hall may stand out as prominentPennsylvania features, but theKeystone State is also home to bizarre places, personalities, events, and phenomena.

Combining 50 rare, beautiful, and diverse maps ofthe Commonwealth of Virginiafrom the collections of the Library of Congress, informative captions about the origins and contents of those maps, and essays on state history, this book is a collectible for cartography buffs and a celebration of Virginia for residents, former residents, and visitors.

The Liberty Bell, Gettysburg,and Independence Hall may stand out as prominentPennsylvania features, but theKeystone State is also home to bizarre places, personalities, events, and phenomena.

Combining 50 rare, beautiful, and diverse maps ofthe Commonwealth of Virginiafrom the collections of the Library of Congress, informative captions about the origins and contents of those maps, and essays on state history, this book is a collectible for cartography buffs and a celebration of Virginia for residents, former residents, and visitors.

Tales of the countrys original criminalsand how the courts punished them for their misdeedsScarlet Letters, wanton dalliances, Sabbathbreaking, and debt: Colonial laws were easily broken and the malefactors who broke them, swiftly punished.

Early settlers called the Gallatin Valley the valley of the flowers, and John Bozeman dubbed it the Garden of Montana.

Quaker William Penn once described Charles Town as ';a hotbed of piracy,' full of wayward women ';who frequented a tap room on The Bay and infected a goodly number of the militia with the pox.

Tales of the countrys original criminalsand how the courts punished them for their misdeedsScarlet Letters, wanton dalliances, Sabbathbreaking, and debt: Colonial laws were easily broken and the malefactors who broke them, swiftly punished.

Tales of ghostly goings-on and otherworldly encounters in Greenwich VillageAmong New York City's many treasures is Greenwich Village, a bohemian area filled with creativity and rebellion.

Quaker William Penn once described Charles Town as ';a hotbed of piracy,' full of wayward women ';who frequented a tap room on The Bay and infected a goodly number of the militia with the pox.

Tales of ghostly goings-on and otherworldly encounters in Greenwich VillageAmong New York City's many treasures is Greenwich Village, a bohemian area filled with creativity and rebellion.

Whether its for their solace and beauty or for the sense of history that seeps from the ground, cemeteries are fascinating places to visit, this guide shows where to find the most interesting and unusual ones in all of New England.

In 1914, desperate for land after the Gold Rush brought a population explosion to San Francisco, the city exiled its cemeteries, barring burials within city limits and relocating its existing graveyards to the tiny town of Colma, just south of Daly City, spawning Americas only necropolis, where the dead outnumber the living 1000 to 1.

With this compilation of Texas--and Texanized--favorite myths and legends, award-winning tale teller Donna Ingham applies her own unmistakable voice to traverse her home state through such stories as:The Coming of the Bluebonnet--an oft-collected Commanche myth about love and sacrifice and the origin of the Texas state flowerThe Story Behind the Story--about two early cattlemen and the basis for an episode in Larry McMurtrys Lonesome DoveThe Life and Times of Pecos Bill--a selection of tales about this legendary folk heroDiamond Bill--about an east Texas rattlesnake who fought in the Civil WarCupid Was a Mamas Boy--a Texanized classic Greek myth

Black soldiers of the American Revolution?

In 1914, desperate for land after the Gold Rush brought a population explosion to San Francisco, the city exiled its cemeteries, barring burials within city limits and relocating its existing graveyards to the tiny town of Colma, just south of Daly City, spawning Americas only necropolis, where the dead outnumber the living 1000 to 1.

With this compilation of Texas--and Texanized--favorite myths and legends, award-winning tale teller Donna Ingham applies her own unmistakable voice to traverse her home state through such stories as:The Coming of the Bluebonnet--an oft-collected Commanche myth about love and sacrifice and the origin of the Texas state flowerThe Story Behind the Story--about two early cattlemen and the basis for an episode in Larry McMurtrys Lonesome DoveThe Life and Times of Pecos Bill--a selection of tales about this legendary folk heroDiamond Bill--about an east Texas rattlesnake who fought in the Civil WarCupid Was a Mamas Boy--a Texanized classic Greek myth

Whether its for their solace and beauty or for the sense of history that seeps from the ground, cemeteries are fascinating places to visit, this guide shows where to find the most interesting and unusual ones in all of New England.

Black soldiers of the American Revolution?

From the Preface: In the 1700s, American colleges like Yale were hotbeds of intellectual activity that lead the country to revolution.

Paul Bunyan and Babe, Native American legends, ghosts, river mysteries, and more populate the pages of Spooky Wisconsin.

Paul Bunyan and Babe, Native American legends, ghosts, river mysteries, and more populate the pages of Spooky Wisconsin.

From the Preface: In the 1700s, American colleges like Yale were hotbeds of intellectual activity that lead the country to revolution.

From robbing graves, to calling their neighbors scum, to penning hot takes about the fantastic firewood situation in New England, the intrepid founding fathers and mothers of New England were way more complex and colorful than weve been led to believe.

The complete story of the tragic loss of the passenger steamer City of Columbus.

From robbing graves, to calling their neighbors scum, to penning hot takes about the fantastic firewood situation in New England, the intrepid founding fathers and mothers of New England were way more complex and colorful than weve been led to believe.