Local and family history, nostalgia

This engaging and colorful guidebook brings alive the many lighthouses of the Sunshine State.

A history of a very popular beach destination near Sarasota on the Gulf coast of Florida.

From the time the first humans reached the Florida peninsula more than 12,000 years ago through today's complex and diverse state, this timeline narrative sets Florida's fascinating history against the backdrop of world events.

The European explorers were the first to find the evidence of earlier civilizations who built monumental earthwork mounds, ceremonial complexes and cities in the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys.

Sunken treasure, cannibalism, prison ships, Nazi submarines, the Bermuda triangleall are tied into the lore of shipwrecks along Florida's coasts.

Deep in the wilderness of northern Maine in the mid-1950s, a Harvard PhD student is wading down a mountain stream into a remote valley.

Death by Fire and Ice tells the little-known story of the sinking of the steamboat Lexington on Long Island Sound in January 1840.

This book was written for the purpose of providing a reference for family members to continue the search for the Casbys and Hardamans.

This book is the result of decades-long academic research and 25 years of emergence in the myth of the American dream.

As far as I know, no one else has done such a book as this one giving the history of the whole of Brown County, so I did it myself with the help of Rhonda A.

DNA Reveals Imposter: Charles Edwin Rinker Changed His Name to Harry Bernard KingOne Man, Four Families: DNA Reveals Harry Bernard King aka Charles Edwin RinkerWhy would a young man leave the beautiful blue ridge mountains of Virginia and move to the flat fields of Iowa, by himself, without any apparent relatives nearby?

The title of the book sums it up fairly well with a couple of exceptions.

William Frazer, a descendant of the Scottish Highland Clan Fraser of Lovat, came to America in the 1720s, settling in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

MAKING THEIR LUCK is the personal family genealogy of the Zehetmeier family, and the story of how they immigrated from Bavaria in 1883 to settle first in the coal region of Kansas and then the harsh Oklahoma plains at the turn of the Twentieth Century.

William Frazer, a descendant of the Scottish Highland Clan Fraser of Lovat, came to America in the 1720s, settling in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

From January to July of 1862, the armies and navies of the Union and Confederacy conducted an incredibly complex and remarkably diverse range of operations in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Almost ten years of genealogical research, on the Whiddon family, has provided a wealth of information that is the basis for an interesting story.

As a grandson he received great inspiration in seeing the visionary impact of his grandfather.

Amazing Alabama: A Potpourri of Fascinating Facts, Tall Tales and Storied Stories chronicles a brief history of the state, famous personages associated with Alabama, a discussion of state firsts, unique occurrences, antiquated laws and other fascinating topics.

These pages distill some forty years of personal research on eight family lines.

Ebe Chandler McCabe, Jr, a retired Navy captain who also had a long career as a nuclear power plant regulator, examines his family history in context with mankind's.

This book is a collection of one-page stories or snippets of Perry, Ohio history published in local sources by the author over the course of several years.

Dryden's Second Hundred Years (Part II) does two exceptional things.

Every town has its lore, and Hamburg, South Carolina, was no exception.

This book provides information about the history and geography of the tiny village of Galloway in northwestern Pennsylvania.

The powerful, long-repressed classic of Dallas history that examines the violent and suppressed history of race and racism in the city.

The Kahans from Baku is the saga of a Russian Jewish family.

The Kahans from Baku is the saga of a Russian Jewish family.

Self-Portrait, with Parents and Footnotes is a story of movement.

Self-Portrait, with Parents and Footnotes is a story of movement.

Shortly after her father's death, Elisa Brodinsky Miller uncovered a cache of letters among his belongings.

Shortly after her father's death, Elisa Brodinsky Miller uncovered a cache of letters among his belongings.

Get to Know the Wisconsin City's Most Vibrant and Historic NeighborhoodsMilwaukee is richly historic.

This seminal book, The California Gold Rush, offers a sweeping narrative of one of the most transformative events in American history.

What They're Saying About Facts and Fancy .

Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win tells the fascinating true story of an individual radical organizer turned independent Chicago city council member, and her forty year struggle for justice in Chicago.

Robert Prager, a lonely German immigrant searching for the American dream, was probably the most shameful U.

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.

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.

2019 Independent Publisher Book Award Winner (Gold) in U.

2019 Independent Publisher Book Award Winner (Gold) in U.

Nebraska Book Award, Biography Honor Most Americans familiar with General John J.

Nebraska Book Award, Biography Honor Most Americans familiar with General John J.

2020–21 Reader Views Literary Award, Gold Medal Winner 2021 Independent Publisher Book Award, Gold Medal Winner 2020 National Jewish Book Award Finalist In the wee hours of May 15, 1902, three thousand Jewish women quietly took up positions on the streets of Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

202021 Reader Views Literary Award, Gold Medal Winner 2021 Independent Publisher Book Award, Gold Medal Winner 2020 National Jewish Book Award Finalist In the wee hours of May 15, 1902, three thousand Jewish women quietly took up positions on the streets of Manhattans Lower East Side.

Friday, December 19, 1777, dawned cold and windy.

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On August 6, 1974, a bomb exploded at Los Angeles International Airport, killing three people and injuring thirty-five others.

During the Iron Age, much of East Anglia was under the control of the Iceni tribe, whose queen Boudicca is believed to have been born close to present-day Norwich.

Point Reyes National Seashore has a long history as a working landscape, with dairy and beef ranching, fishing, and oyster farming; yet, since 1962 it has also been managed as a National Seashore.