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Alistair Reece, J Mark Stewart
Virginia Cider

Dig into the long history of cider in Virginia--the Old Dominion's original craft beverage.When the adventurers aboard the Susan Constant , Discovery , and Godspeed stepped foot on Virginian soil they bro…

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Theodore J Karamanski
Great Lake

Shaping America's great watery wilderness

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Megan A Smetzer
Painful Beauty

"For over 150 years, Tlingit women artists have beaded colorful, intricately beautiful designs on moccasins, dolls, octopus bags, tunics, and other garments. Painful Beauty suggests that at a time wh…

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Hettie V Williams
The Georgia of the North

The Georgia of the North is a compelling narrative about the little-known struggles that African American women, and their community, faced when they arrived in the Garden State by way of the Great Migrat…

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Race and Resistance in Boston

Race and Resistance in Boston reconstructs the history of Black sport in Boston, from amateur to professional, reimagining the crucial role it played in shaping the city's racial identity.

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Hettie V Williams
The Georgia of the North

The Georgia of the North is a compelling narrative about the little-known struggles that African American women, and their community, faced when they arrived in the Garden State by way of the Great Migrat…

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Court Carney
Reckoning with the Devil

Grapples with the troubled, complex legacy of Nathan Bedford Forrest a slave trader, Confederate general, and prominent Klansman. Carney explores how historical omissions and erasures continually reshape …

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Rachel Louise Martin
A Most Tolerant Little Town

"An intimate portrait of a small Southern town living through tumultuous times, this propulsive piece of forgotten civil rights history-about the first school to attempt court-ordered desegregation i…

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Michael Rawl
The First Settler of Lewes

Learn about efforts underway to save the historic and environmentally important Fourth Street Preserve.IIn 1670, the first officially deeded land in Lewes was granted by the Duke of York to the town's ear…

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Mark Guarino
Country and Midwestern

The untold story of Chicago's pivotal role as a country and folk music capital.Chicago is revered as a musical breeding ground, having launched major figures like blues legend Muddy Waters, gospel soul ic…

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David Grzybowski
The Big Story

"This book provides an oral history of television news broadcasting in Philadelphia from the late 1970s into the 2020s. In over 200 interviews, journalists in front of and behind the camera reflect o…

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David Shane Lowry
Lumbee Pipelines

David Shane Lowry (Lumbee) examines the historical and modern paths, or "pipelines," through which members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina engineer settler-colonial conditions to maintain …

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Daniel Joseph Gonzalez
The Rise and Fall of Boston Pride

The Rise and Fall of Boston Pride delves into the vibrant history of LGBTQ+ activism and community in one of America's most historic cities. From its early roots in the 1970s to becoming a symbol of resil…

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Davida Siwisa James
Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill

Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill explores four centuries of colonization, urban development, and architectural splendor in this historic landmark West Harlem neighborhood. Home to Alexander Hamilton's coun…

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Glen Hvenegaard, Jeremy Mouat, Heather Marshall
Frank Farley and the Birds of Alberta

This biography explores the fascinating trajectory of amateur naturalist Frank Farley (1870-1949), who in the first half of the twentieth century made significant contributions to the fields of ornitholog…

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Carl Heilman
Lake George

Heilman captures the essence of the lake, as well as the energy of life and activities that make it one of the top tourist destinations in the country.

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Tony Platt
The Scandal of Cal

Now in paperback: "A profound alternative institutional history, one that sees the long arm of institutional racism implicated everywhere." (Publishers Weekly)"This is a land acknowledgment…

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Edward Muller, Rob Ruck
Pittsburgh Rising

Traces the Arc of Pittsburgh's Rise from Frontier Outpost to Dynamic Industrial Region

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Peter Bacho
Uncle Rico's Encore

"From the 1950s through the 1970s, blue-collar Filipino Americans, or Pinoys, lived a hardscrabble existence. Immigrant parents endured blatant racism, sporadic violence, and poverty while their US-b…

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Bruce Goldfarb
The Worst Day

A REAL-LIFE DISASTER MOVIE: A minute-by-minute account of 2 simultaneous catastrophes during a 1982 blizzard---and the extraordinary courage of civilians and first responders For fans of Deep Survival and…

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