Local and family history, nostalgia

Whether you start your journey down the Seminole Trail as an armchair adventurer or seek to visit the sites in person, this unique guide will give greater understanding to the prominent role of Seminole Indians in the place we call Florida.

A landmark work on one of the most important but least-written-about Indian wars, Hunted Like a Wolf chronicles the Second Seminole War.

Between 1539 and 1543 Hernando de Soto led an army of six hundred armored men on a desperate journey of almost four thousand miles through the wilds of La Florida, what is now the southeastern United States, facing the problems of hostile natives, inadequate supplies, and the harsh elements, as they left a path of destruction in their search for gold and glory in the name of God.

Fiesta San Antonio began in 1891 began as a parade in honor of the battles of the Alamo and San Jacinto and has evolved into an annual Mardi Gras-like festival attended by four million with more than 100 cultural events raising money for nonprofit organizations in San Antonio, Texas.

Adam writes like nobody else, his fierce poetic power as inescapable as the doom that waits for his charactershis touch is that of a master in the making.

Canada From Afar is the fruit of the remarkable flowering of obituary writing in the London Daily Telegraph during the past ten years.

Former RCMP Sergeant Charlie Scheideman, author of Policing the Fringe: The Curious Life of a Small-Town Mountie, is back with the same wry humour and a new collection of incredible stories drawn from his twenty-seven years of patrolling the small communities of the interior of British Columbia.

Billy Proctor, resident legend of Echo Bay, BC, recounts almost a centurys worth of experience with this collection of stories, memories and local knowledge of the central BC coast region around Blackfish Sound.

From a young age, I wanted to trace my familys history, hoping to get back to the very beginning of modern mankind seemingly a ridiculous and impossible task!

In Central West Africa over a quarter of a million year ago, mankind evolved to become the very first known genetically and anatomically modern humans - Homo Sapiens.

I wanted this book to be the story of the people, the conditions they faced, and how they met their challenges.

Join the author in reliving Sylvania's over 180 years of history from footpaths to expressways and beyond, in volume six of an eight-volume set.

Mississippis Civil War Generals covers the lives of the forty-six Mississippians who reached the rank of general during the four-year struggle that divided the nation.

Eight chilling stories of crime, disaster and unusual deaths from southeastern Pennsylvania.

California matters, both as a place and as an idea.

Boston Congregationalist ministers Charles Chauncy (1705-87) and Jonathan Mayhew (1720-66) were significant political as well as religious leaders in colonial and revolutionary New England.

Valuable Partnerships: Cooperation, Innovation, and the Future of Municipal Texas bridges rich scholarship and practical application to produce an important reference for local government scholars and practitioners alike by covering the dynamic approaches altering how Texas municipalities operate.

This book has been written to describe the continued use of racism and discrimination and, the disturbing practices that has been conducted by law enforcement within the judicial system and their continuation of abuse, power, and, authority against people of color.

Take another walk down memory lane to the old Bronx with the late historian, Bill Twomey.

The letters are worn thin from rereading and sharing with family and friends, and age has discolored them.

One Square Mile: A History of Trenton Junction, New Jersey offers a view of small-town, rural American life at the turn of the century.

With modern weather forecasting, we can monitor, track, and predict the path of hurricanes like never before.

A wall that was five feet high and built of concrete, rock, and mortar split Crane, Texas, in half more than a half century ago-with blacks on one side and whites on the other.

'Groundbreaking' Tara BrachDepression.

'a delightful and funny memoir of her family's crazy life in the English countryside.

'During certain hours, at certain years in our lives, we see ourselves as remnants from the earlier generations that were destroyed.

History, completed.

From the acclaimed author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Green Shades: An Anthology of Plants, Gardens and Gardeners brings together a diverse and fascinating selection of garden writing that spans the centuries, the seasons and the species.

'A very readable history of the British way of life viewed through its homes' Choice MagazineIn recent years house histories have become the new frontier of popular, participatory history.

'Full of violence and passion' Elle Suffering the recent loss of her beloved grandfather and newly committed to a career in journalism, Delphine Minoui decided to visit Iran for the first time since the revolution - since she was four years old.

God of the Whirlwind demonstrates the power of storytelling traditions to carry memories and shape ways of living by assembling stories from members of the Black Waco community--stories that have been passed on and that have sustained life in Central Texas.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Pairing archive and contemporary photographs of the same location side-by-side, Brooklyn Then and Now(R) provides a visual chronicle of the borough's past, full of rich history and culture.

"e;In and About Salt Lake City"e; is a vintage account of the history and people of Salt Lake City by William A.

"e;From Plowboy to Prophet"e; is a vintage book on the life of the Joseph Smith.

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This book comprises a fascinating and authentic look into the lives of some of the richest and most private ranches in Texas.

From the California Indians who labored in the Spanish missions to the immigrant workers on Silicon Valley's high-tech assembly lines, California's work force has had a complex and turbulent past, marked by some of the sharpest and most significant battles fought by America's working people.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Considering that York was always an important Roman city there are few books available that are devoted specifically to the Roman occupation, even though it lasted for over 300 years and played a significant role in the politics and military activity of Roman Britain and the Roman Empire throughout that period.

"e;If you have Irish family roots, this book is an excellent resource and guide to help you to make the most of your researches on ancestors.

How has the place we live in changed, developed, and grown over the centuries?

How has the place we live in changed, developed, and grown over the centuries?

Author royalties to The Soldiers Charity (ABF) and MPSC Association.

Author royalties to The Soldiers Charity (ABF) and MPSC Association.

This new book has developed as a result of the author Jane Ainsworth's deep interest in her coal mining ancestors - both paternal great grandparents, Charles Ernest Hardy and Edwin Hall Bailey, worked in collieries in the Barnsley area as did their descendants.

Alex Ombler’s handbook is the first practical guide for family historians who wish to find out about family members who worked in British docks.

Alex Ombler’s handbook is the first practical guide for family historians who wish to find out about family members who worked in British docks.

A history of juvenile crime, punishment, and reform in England in the years before, during, and after the era of Charles Dickens.

The first study of its kind, exploring the experiences of some of the black American citizens who ventured forth to Britain in the nineteenth century.