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Jane Austen

Caroline Sanderson

• Paperback | Engels
• There's something about Jane... Jane Austen lived only just into her forties, never married, never had children, lived all her life in the south of En... Lees meer

Revolutionaries, Rebels and Rogues of Rhode Island

M E Reilly-McGreen

• Paperback | Engels | Wicked
• Rhode Island may be the smallest state, but it has the tallest tales. It's home to many larger-than-life men with exciting stories of mutiny, revolt a... Lees meer

Traveling Through Illinois:

Ted T Cable, Luann Cadden

• Paperback | Engels
• If you have been driving through Illinois on I-55 and exclaimed, There's nothing out there but corn " you aren't alone, but you couldn't be more wrong... Lees meer

Wabash County Chronicles:

Ron Woodward, Gladys Harvey

• Paperback | Engels | American Chronicles
• Just about fifty years before lights atop the courthouse put Wabash in the record books, a gang of squirrels came marauding through the area, denuding... Lees meer

The Great Gold Swindle of Lubec, Maine

• Paperback | Engels
• In 1897, a stranger named Reverend Prescott Jernegan arrived in Lubec and made a bold claim: he could extract gold from seawater. To do so, he used so... Lees meer

Gypsies of the White Mountains:

Bruce D Heald Phd

• Paperback | Engels
• The Gypsy minority has had a rough path throughout history, and by an unusual turn in this road, a number found themselves in the White Mountains of N... Lees meer

Haunted Guthrie, Oklahoma

Jeff Provine, Tanya McCoy

• Paperback | Engels | Haunted America
• A Victorian district frozen in time, Guthrie was the first territorial and state capital of Oklahoma, and many of its former residents still wander so... Lees meer

Historic Tales of Colonial Rhode Island:

Richard V Simpson

• Paperback | Engels | American Chronicles
• A fascinating history of the landmarks and architecture that serve as the remnants of Rhode Island's colonial past. Roger Williams purchased the ferti... Lees meer

Tennessee Literary Luminaries:

Sue Freeman Culverhouse

• Paperback | Engels
• The Volunteer State has been a pioneer in southern literature for generations, giving us such literary stars as Robert Penn Warren and Cormac McCarthy... Lees meer

Haunted Joplin

Lisa Livingston-Martin

• Paperback | Engels | Haunted America
• The barrier between Joplin's boisterous past and its present is as flimsy as a swinging saloon door. Lisa Livingston-Martin kicks it wide open in this... Lees meer

Ghost Stories and Legends of Southwestern Connecticut

Donna Kent

• Paperback | Engels | Haunted America
• An unlucky gambler who haunts the Curtis House, the ethereal White Lady who wanders among the tombs of Union Cemetery and a ghostly diner who still in... Lees meer

Hampton Roads:

Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Jeffrey Littlejohn, Charles H Ford, Sonia Yaco, The Norfolk Historical Society

• Paperback | Engels | Vintage Images
• With this striking collection of historical images, experience a front-row view of the origination of the public school system within Hampton Roads an... Lees meer

The Battle of West Point: Confederate Triumph at Ellis Bridge

John McBryde

• Paperback | Engels | Civil War
• Author John McBryde details the nuances of the Battle of West Point. On February 21, 1864, Confederate and Union forces faced off over the banks of th... Lees meer

The Hollywood Scandal Almanac: Twelve Months of Sinister, Salacious, and Senseless History

Jerry Roberts

• Paperback | Engels
• The real-life scandals of Hollywood's personalities rival any drama they bring to life on the silver screen. The Hollywood Scandal Almanac provides da... Lees meer

Badge #1:

Frankie Desario

• Paperback | Engels
• Mobsters. Corruption. The Winter Hill Gang. Informants. The life of a Boston Cop. Frank DeSario offers a vivid account of his forty-year career in the... Lees meer

Haunted Mississippi Gulf Coast

Bud Steed

• Paperback | Engels | Haunted America
• Mississippi's gorgeous Gulf Coast is known for its sandy beaches, sunny weather and welcoming people. Not so welcoming, however, are the spirits that ... Lees meer

Sullivan County

John Conway

• Paperback | Engels | Vintage Images
• First inhabited by the Lenape Indians and settled by European colonists in the seventeenth century, New York's Sullivan County has experienced several... Lees meer

The Ellis Island Quiz Book

Barry Moreno

• Paperback | Engels
• Have you ever wondered what it was like to journey across the ocean and disembark at Ellis Island? How would you earn a living? How would you have liv... Lees meer

Wicked Ulster County

A J Schenkman

• Paperback | Engels | Wicked
• Uncover Ulster County's hidden history of unsavory characters and stories of its wicked past. Situated in the scenic Hudson Valley, Ulster County is a... Lees meer

Person County Past:

Phyliss Boatwright

• Paperback | Engels | American Chronicles
• Person County, nestled in the hills of North Carolina's Central Piedmont, has a rich history that teems with stories of the fascinating characters who... Lees meer

Kalorama Triangle:

Stephen A Hansen

• Paperback | Engels | Brief History
• Kalorama is Greek for fine view," and it was the vista that drew wealthy colonists to set their farms and manor homes on the verdant hills above the c... Lees meer

Nantucket Sound:

Theresa Mitchell Barbo

• Paperback | Engels
• An ancient fishing ground, vital shipping passage and final resting place for those unable to navigate its rocky shoals, Nantucket Sound--bordered by ... Lees meer

Greene County, Virginia:

Donald D Covey

• Paperback | Engels | Brief History
• Tucked away where the Blue Ridge meets Virginia's Piedmont, Greene County boasts a fascinating history. The county's fertile land and breathtaking nat... Lees meer

James Dewolf and the Rhode Island Slave Trade

Cynthia Mestad Johnson

• Paperback | Engels | American Heritage
• An unsettling story of corruption and exploitation in the Ocean State from slave ships to politics. Over thirty thousand slaves were brought to the sh... Lees meer