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missouri 80-82arkansas 83mississippi 84-85louisiana 86texas 87-90oklahoma 91south dakota 92montana 93colorado 94-96new mexico 97-98arizona 99idaho 100oregon 101-102nevada 103california 104-112

maine 4-5new hampshire 6vermont 7-9massachusetts 10-14rhode island 15–18connecticut 19–20new york 21-29new jersey 30-35pennsylvania 36-39delaware 40maryland 41-43washington, d.c. 44-45west virginia 46-47

virginia 48–49north carolina 50–51south carolina 52-57georgia 58-60florida 61-63alabama 64-65tennessee 66kentucky 67-68ohio 69–70michigan 71-72indiana 73illinois 74-75wisconsin 76-77minnesota 78-79

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Although humble in their function, these carefully crafted barns have shaped the lives of Mainers for centuries. Built long before the days of plastic and plywood, the barns have survived for generations, each with a story to tell. In Bridgton, one barn offered comfort to a sixteen-year-old boy when his father was injured. Another New Gloucester barn was so important to one family that its likeness was engraved on their headstones. Some owners said they would rather see their houses burn than their barns, and others have dedicated their lives and livelihoods to restoring and preserving these buildings. From modest English to grand Victorian, Don Perkins examines the structures, origins and evolution of Maine’s barns, demonstrating the vital and precious role they play in people’s lives.

the Barns of Maine

our history, our stories

Don Perkins

978.1.60949.526.8 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 79 iMages * $21.99

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In 1604, when Frenchmen landed on Saint Croix Island, they were far from the first people to walk along its shores. For thousands of years, Etchemins—whose descendants were members of the Wabanaki Confederacy—had lived, loved and labored in Down East Maine. After the French arrived, they faced unspeakable hardships, from “the Great Dying,” when disease killed up to 90 percent of coastal populations, to centuries of discrimination. Anthropologist William Haviland relates the history of hardship and survival endured by the natives of the Down East coast and how they have maintained their way of life over the past four hundred years.

Canoe indians of down east Maine

William A. Haviland

978.1.60949.665.4 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 57 iMages * $19.99

What is it like to live in Down East Maine and work in the lobster industry? The extreme weather of the Maine coast, unreliable fishing seasons and an ever-present element of danger are just a few of the challenges encountered by lobster fishermen. They must adapt to constant change and balance exploiting the natural resource for personal profit with a duty to conserve lobster stocks for future generations. Despite the challenges, most would not trade the benefits of their job—from independence to unique pastimes like lobster boat races. From a family of four generations of lobster fishermen, Christina Lemieux Oragano provides a glimpse inside these lobstering communities and celebrates it for those lucky enough to live it.

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Christina Lemieux Oragano

978.1.60949.602.9 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 69 iMages * $16.99

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New Hampshire’s historic graveyards, from Portsmouth to North Conway, have bizarre and eerie stories to offer their visitors. The sands of Pine Grove Cemetery in Hampton once concealed the tombstone of Susanna Smith, but now its message—which reads simply “Slaine with thunder”—and her story have risen from beneath the soil. The Point of Graves Cemetery in Portsmouth is home to the spirit of Elizabeth Pierce, who beckons departing guests back to her grave. Along the state’s southern border in Jaffrey, tombstones at the Philips-Heil Cemetery caution the living to cherish life. Author Roxie Zwicker tours the Granite State’s oldest burial grounds, exploring the stones, stories and folklore of these hallowed places.

new haMpshire Book of the dead: graveyard legends and lore

Roxie J. Zwicker

978.1.60949.756.9 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 44 iMages * $16.99

The Granite State has a remarkable record of service during the Civil War. It supplied a total of 10,657 recruits for the infantry, cavalry and field artillery divisions in 1861, with the majority of these first recruits enlisting for three years of service. Historian Bruce Heald lets the soldiers and sailors tell their stories in their own words by weaving together the letters to those left behind—families in Portsmouth and Nashua and sweethearts in Concord and Manchester. Heald includes brief introductions to each volunteer regiment, accounts of more than one hundred personal letters and an in-depth look at camp life. This book offers a personal and intimate connection with New Hampshire during the War Between the States through the voices of its heroic sons.

new haMpshire and the Civil war: voiCes froM the granite state

Bruce D. Heald, PhD, Foreword by William Hallett

978.1.60949.628.9 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 47 iMages * $19.99

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Lake Champlain is located between New York’s majestic Adirondacks and Vermont’s famed Green Mountains. Yet despite the beauty of this region, it has been the site of dark and mysterious events; it is not surprising that some spirits linger in this otherwise tranquil place. Fort Ticonderoga saw some of early America’s bloodiest battles, and American, French and British ghosts still stand guard. A spirit walks the halls of SUNY Plattsburgh, even after his original haunt burned in 1929. Champlain’s islands—Stave, Crab, Valcour and Garden—all host otherworldly inhabitants, and unidentified creatures and objects have made appearances on the water, in the sky and in the forests surrounding the lake. Join Burlington’s Thea Lewis as she explores the ghosts and legends that haunt Lake Champlain.

ghosts and legends of lake ChaMplain

Thea Lewis

978.1.60949.729.3 * 6 x 9 * 112 pp * 39 iMages * $19.99

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The Lepines’ story began in Quebec, from where Maurice and Imelda immigrated to Vermont during the Great Depression. The family farmed, lived off the rich Vermont landscape and instilled a love for it in their daughters, Gert, Jeanette and Therese. As adults, “the Girls” taught school, traveled the world and worked for President Johnson but never forgot their roots. All three returned to Mount Sterling Farm, raising their famed Jersey cows and embodying Vermont’s agricultural tradition. Their story is one of hope and valor—of a family who loved their home and neighbors and left their land as a lasting gift for the world.

the lepine girls of Mud City: eMBraCing verMont

Evelyn Earl Geer

978.1.60949.431.5 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 49 iMages * $19.99

This book takes a fresh look at Vermont’s history, uncovering hidden stories, from the earliest inhabitants to present-day citizens striving to overcome adversity and be advocates for change. Native Americans struggled to maintain an identity in the state while their land and rights were disappearing. Lucy Terry Prince was the first female African American poet who rose above racism to argue her case before Vermont’s governor and won. Educator and historian Cynthia Bittinger unearths these and other inspirational stories of the contributions of women, Native Americans and African Americans to Vermont’s history.

verMont woMen, native aMeriCans & afriCan aMeriCans: out of the shadows of history

Cynthia D. Bittinger

978.1.60949.262.5 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 77 iMages * $19.99

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Forgotten Tales of Vermont takes readers far beyond traditional histories to uncover little-known stories from Vermont’s quirky past. Who knew that students from Castleton Medical School moonlighted as grave robbers until they were caught hiding Mrs. Churchill’s head in a haystack? Or that an Egyptian mummy once turned up in Middlebury and is now buried at the local cemetery alongside the town’s founders? Stories such as the Willoughby Lake “monster” and “Slipperyskin,” the bear that terrorized Lemington, are sure to bemuse, baffle and surprise even Vermonters who think they’ve heard it all. Culled from newspapers, books and journals, William M. Alexander’s fascinating tales will entertain and inform readers for generations to come!

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William M. Alexander

978.1.59629.465.3 * 5 x 7 * 160 pp * 16 illustrations * $14.99

Westminster is the oldest town in Vermont, and its history is visible down every street. Vermont itself was born here, when the first blood of the American Revolution was shed during the Westminster Massacre and it separated from New York. As its political importance declined in the nineteenth century, its agricultural heritage bloomed as residents exported everything from beef to vegetables to Christmas wreaths. From brilliant inventors to a Miss Vermont, an Oscar-winning actress and Vermont’s eighty-first governor, the famous sons and daughters of Westminster have left their marks on the state and the nation. Jessie Haas and the Westminster Historical Society showcase what makes Westminster such a quintessentially Vermont community.

westMinster, verMont, 1735–2000: township nuMBer one

Jessie Haas, Foreword by Governor Peter Shumlin

978.1.60949.475.9 * 6 x 9 * 576 pp * 94 iMages * $39.99 * hardCover

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Massachusetts Bay stretches along the rocky coast and dangerously sandy shoals from Cape Ann to Cape Cod and gives the Bay State its distinctive shape and the Atlantic Ocean one of its largest graveyards. Author and longtime diver Thomas Hall guides us through the history of eight dreadful wrecks as we navigate around Mass Bay. Learn the sorrowful fate of the Portland and its crew during the devastating Portland Gale of 1898, how the City of Salisbury went down with its load of exotic zoo animals in the shadow of Graves Light and how the Forest Queen lost its precious cargo in a nor’easter. Hall provides updated research for each shipwreck, as well as insights into the technology, ship design and weather conditions unique to each wreck.

shipwreCks of MassaChusetts Bay

Thomas Hall

978.1.60949.679.1 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 65 iMages * $19.99

With its rocky coast and treacherous shoals, shipwrecks were a common occurrence in nineteenth-century Massachusetts. Few claimed as many lives as the City of Columbus. The night was clear and the route familiar for Captain Schuyler Wright and his experienced crew as they sailed a ship equipped with the latest technology. Yet with all this, the City of Columbus went down with 103 souls. Over a century later, Eric Takakjian and the Quest Marine Services team located the wreckage of the City of Columbus on the north ledge of the Devil’s Bridge, off the southern tip of Gay Head. Historian Thomas Dresser takes us into the icy waters of the Atlantic as he recounts the terrible chain of events that led to disaster on that fateful night.

disaster off Martha’s vineyard: the sinking of the City of Columbus

Thomas Dresser

978.1.60949.510.7 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 42 iMages * $19.99

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Cape Cod is home to some of the country’s most beautiful beaches—and some of its most delectable ice cream. The Cape’s oldest ice cream store has been churning its homemade concoction since 1934, when W. Wells Watson came to Centerville and transformed a tiny blacksmith shop into an ice cream parlor. For the last fifty years, this tradition has been preserved by author Heather Wysocki’s family. They combine original recipes and quality ingredients for that same old-fashioned flavor. Join Wysocki for a sweet behind-the-scenes tour through the sights—and tastes—that have kept loyal Four Seas fans coming back year after year.

four seas iCe CreaM: sailing through the sweet history of Cape Cod’s favorite iCe CreaM parlor

Heather M. Wysocki

978.1.60949.528.2 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 53 iMages * $19.99

It’s hard to imagine the abundant environment that faced the first Europeans when they arrived on Cape Cod, but the New World was ripe with flora and fauna. Ages before, the melting glaciers had left behind moraines—huge piles of sand and gravel that had been pushed up in front of them. Some of these piles now have names like Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod. Author Theresa Mitchell Barbo explores our relationship to Cape Cod’s wildlife, examining the varied environs—from the windswept coast to intertidal salt marshes—found here, and highlights the awareness in our attempts to balance a sustainable local economy weighed against conservation of Cape Cod’s priceless wildlife.

Cape Cod wildlife: a history of untaMed forests, seas and shores

Theresa Mitchell Barbo

978.1.60949.225.0 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp, full Color * 38 iMages * $21.99

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With the notoriety of the Salem witch trials, the city’s reputation has been irrevocably linked to the occult. However, few know the history behind the religion of Spiritualism and the social movement that took root in this romanticized land. At the turn of the century, seers, mediums and magnetic healers all hoped to connect to the spiritual world. The popularity of Spiritualism and renewed interest in the occult blossomed out of an attempt to find an intellectual and emotional balance between science and religion. Learn of early converts, the role of the venerable Essex Institute and the psychic legacy of “Moll” Pitcher as historian Maggi Smith-Dalton delves into Salem’s exotic history.

a history of spiritualisM and the oCCult in saleM: the rise of witCh City

Maggi Smith-Dalton

978.1.60949.551.0 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 55 iMages * $19.99

In the fall of 1620, Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sailed across the ocean from Plymouth, England, to start a new life in what became Plymouth, Massachusetts. They brought along lots of supplies and animals too, including a mighty mastiff. Based on the real dog that braved the Atlantic with the first settlers comes the story of Grace, who bonds with a young boy along the adventurous journey. The Mighty Mastiff of the Mayflower presents a fresh—and furry—view of one of the most famous American stories, as author Peter Arenstam and illustrator Karen Busch Holman tell of Grace’s struggles with new surroundings and the home she left behind.

the Mighty Mastiff of the mayflower

Peter Arenstam, Illustrations by Karen Busch Holman

978.1.60949.609.8 * 5 x 8 * 112 pp, full Color * 44 illustrations * $14.99 * hardCover * ages 8–10

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From Newburyport to Truro, Massachusetts’s historic graveyards often frighten the living, but the dead who rest within them have stories to share with the world they left behind. While Giles Corey is said to haunt the Howard Street Cemetery in Salem, cursing those involved in the infamous witch trials, visitors to the Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain enjoy an arboretum and a burial ground with Victorian-era memorials. One of the oldest cemeteries in Massachusetts, the Burial Hill Cemetery in Marblehead has been the final resting place for residents for nearly 375 years. Author Roxie Zwicker tours the Bay State’s oldest burial grounds, exploring the stones, stories and supernatural lore of these hallowed places.

MassaChusetts Book of the dead: graveyard legends and lore

Roxie J. Zwicker

978.1.60949.757.6 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 50 iMages * $16.99

It should come as no surprise that one of the nation’s oldest cities brims with spirits of those who lived and died in its hundreds of years of tumultuous history. Boston, Massachusetts, boasts countless stories of the supernatural. Many students at Boston College have encountered an unearthly hound that haunts O’Connell House to this day. Be on the watch for an actor who sits in on rehearsals at Huntington Theatre and restless spirits rumored to haunt Boston Common at night. From the Victorian brownstones of Back Bay to the shores of the Boston Harbor Islands, author Sam Baltrusis makes it clear that there is hardly a corner of the Hub where the paranormal cannot be experienced as he breathes new life into the tales of the long departed.

ghosts of Boston: haunts of the huB

Sam Baltrusis

978.1.60949.742.2 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 46 iMages * $11.99

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New Englanders know that cranberries are not for holidays alone. For centuries, this tart fruit—a staple in the Yankee diet since before it was domesticated—has reigned over the cranberry heartland of Barnstable and Plymouth Counties, Massachusetts. Dozens of recipes that utilize the “humble fruit” have risen up over the years, the most popular being cranberry sauce, which one imaginative New Englander paired with lobster. The popularity of the berry exploded in the 1840s, and despite occasional setbacks such as the great pesticide scare of 1959, demand continues to rise to this day. Authors Robert S. Cox and Jacob Walker trace the evolution of cranberry culture in the Bay State, exploring the delectable history of this quintessential New England industry.

MassaChusetts CranBerry Culture

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Robert S. Cox & Jacob Walker

978.1.60949.513.8 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp + 16 pp Color * 62 iMages * $19.99

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The Ocean State has a remarkable record of service during the Civil War. It supplied over twenty-three thousand men for the infantry, cavalry and artillery units between 1861 and 1865. From Bull Run to Appomattox and many battles along the way, including Antietam, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, Rhode Island troops were always on the front lines. Civil War historian Robert Grandchamp lets the soldiers tell their stories in their own words, drawing from their letters to retell the accounts of those who fought and died to save the Union. From Woonsocket to Westerly, this book offers a personal connection to Rhode Island during the War Between the States through the voices of its heroic sons.

rhode island and the Civil war: voiCes froM the oCean state

Robert Grandchamp, Foreword by Frank J. Williams

978.1.60949.761.3 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 53 iMages * $19.99

Rhode Island, like many other New England colonies, decided that a central meetinghouse was necessary to conduct public business in the self-governing New World. These public houses had myriad functions, including the setting of council meetings and trials, a place for strangers to congregate and a venue for entertainment in the form of beer and strong spirits. The Mowry Tavern, most remembered for a sinister crime committed just feet from its door, is one of the oldest in the state. Other notables include the White Horse Tavern and the Sabin Tavern, which is associated with the burning of the Gaspee. Historian Robert A. Geake chronicles the lore confined within the walls of the Ocean State’s most historic taverns.

historiC taverns of rhode island

Robert A. Geake

978.1.60949.583.1 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 60 iMages * $19.99

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Tiverton and Little Compton sit perched off the mainland of Rhode Island, where they have carved out a unique culture and history for centuries. The sketches contained in this book provide an in-depth look at the region, tracing its evolution through architecture, like the Nathaniel Briggs House, believed to be the oldest in the region; through industry, detailing the establishment of the Old Colony and Newport Railroad; and through some of the region’s famous people and events. Learn how General William Barton captured British general Prescott in 1777 and how Captain Benjamin Church became a heroic Indian fighter, defeating King Philip. Author Richard V. Simpson traces the inextricably linked history of these two towns.

tiverton & little CoMpton, rhode island: historiC tales of the outer plantations

Richard V. Simpson

978.1.60949.783.5 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 65 iMages * $19.99

In 1765, settlers to the west of Providence petitioned to form their own township. While it sheltered religious dissenters, North Providence was also the sparking point of the Industrial Revolution—native sons and industrialists Samuel Slater and Zachariah Allen reinvented the cotton industry and altered the course of the nation. Author Paul F. Caranci celebrates the town’s colorful characters and provides walking tours for the villages of Lymansville, Allendale, Centredale and Fruit Hill. Learn how North Providence native Stephen Olney became a Revolutionary War hero when he pulled an injured man from the battlefield and how Frank C. Angell became a spokesman for Centredale.

north providenCe: a history and the people who shaped it

Paul F. Caranci

978.1.60949.718.7 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 70 iMages * $19.99

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Newport, Rhode Island, was the summer playground of the Gilded Age for the Astors, Belmonts and Vanderbilts. America’s elite delighted in referring to these grand retreats as “summer cottages,” where they would play tennis and polo and sail their yachts along the shores of the Ocean State. The coachman had an important role as the discreet outdoor butler for Gilded Age gentlemen—not only was he in charge of the horses, but he also acted as a travel advisor and connoisseur of entertainment venues. From the driver’s seat, author and guide Edward Morris provides a diverse collection of biographical sketches that reveal the outrageous and opulent lives of some of America’s leading entrepreneurs.

rogues & heroes of newport’s gilded age

Edward Morris

978.1.60949.755.2 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 60 iMages * $19.99

When the Gaspee entered the waters of Narragansett Bay outside Newport in 1772, revolutionary Rhode Island was a hotbed of traders, smugglers and anti-British sentiment. In just a few months, the ship would be burned and its commander shot by possibly the first gunfire of the American Revolution. Join author Rory Raven as he recounts the events leading up to and after the burning of the Gaspee by Rhode Island colonists. Raven colorfully paints the characters of Lieutenant Dudingston, the Gaspee’s hated leader, and the larger-than-life figure of John Brown, the main instigator and future Patriot. Though the smoke lifted, the bloody clash left its indelible imprint on the history of Rhode Island—and helped set the course for the fledgling nation.

Burning the Gaspee: revolution in rhode island

Rory Raven

978.1.60949.478.0 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 31 iMages * $19.99

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Picking up where Rhode Island’s Founders left off, Dr. Patrick T. Conley, Rhode Island’s preeminent historian and president of the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, takes us through the Ocean State’s history from 1790 to 1860. Learn how Samuel Slater, the so-called Father of the Factor System, pioneered the making of modern Rhode Island, how Elizabeth Buffum Chace founded the Rhode Island Women’s Suffrage Association and what political circumstances led Governor Thomas Wilson Dorr to the Dorr War in 1842. This volume includes colorful biographical sketches of fifty-six influential Rhode Islanders who helped shape the state’s urban and industrial development into the modern Rhode Island of today.

the Makers of Modern rhode island

Patrick T. Conley

978.1.60949.164.2 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 55 iMages * $19.99

The weird creatures and ghostly haunts of Rhode Island folklore are rooted in the forgotten chapters of the state’s long history. From the ghastly moaning bones of Mount Tom to Judge William Potter’s petulant antics at the Kingston Free Library, Rhode Island’s apparitions have been causing trouble for centuries. Tales of more tangible terrors include werewolves that skulked in the forests of Woonsocket and aliens that lit up the skies above Wood River Junction. Monstrous serpents slithered in the hills of Coventry, and in Chepachet’s Dark Swamp, an ancient evil awaited hapless prey. Follow M.E. Reilly-McGreen as she reveals the ghoulish stories of the state’s most haunted and strange places.

rhode island legends: haunted hallows & Monsters’ lairs

M.E. Reilly-McGreen

978.1.60949.477.3 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 43 iMages * $19.99

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Since 1875, southeastern Connecticut has played host to the oldest high school football rivalry in the nation: the Norwich Free Academy Wildcats versus the New London Whalers. This complex and competitive rivalry has inspired mayhem and merriment, from biased officials, cheating faculty and vandalism among students to disco-dancing coaches and marching band rallies. Learn how a fight during the 1951 meeting stopped the game for two years, how the Bulkeley Tigers (who became New London High School) finished their regular season in 1941 without a loss or tie and how the 1997 game ended a fourteen-game losing streak for the Norwich Free Academy. Join sportswriter Brian Girasoli as he recounts a spirit that transcends the ages and chronicles the evolution of this 135-year-old-rivalry.

the norwiCh free aCadeMy v. new london footBall rivalry

Brian Girasoli

978.1.60949.542.8 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 57 iMages * $19.99

Experience Hartford’s unique history with twelve historical tours of the capital city of Connecticut. Discover the homes of Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe in Nook Farm, a progressive section of Asylum Hill that was home to a community of influential writers, politicians and social activists. Walk the grounds of the Colt Armory, where Samuel Colt established his revolutionary firearm-manufacturing enterprise. Hartford was settled as an agrarian society with fertile fields and abundant crops at the confluence of the Connecticut and Little (later Park) Rivers. Navigation on the rivers quickly established the city as a center for commerce. Author Daniel Sterner delves into the history of Hartford with tours from Bushnell Park to Asylum Hill and through Frog Hollow.

a guide to historiC hartford, ConneCtiCut

Daniel Sterner

978.1.60949.635.7 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 69 iMages * $19.99

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What is Connecticut food? Which crops, livestock and seafood have shaped the complex cuisines that its people have cherished for more than four centuries? This exciting investigation will please every food lover who appreciates the story behind a meal and every budding chef who longs for the secrets of favorite local dishes. With traditional recipes, reinterpretations and fascinating new classics, there’s something here for all tastes, from familiar comforts like chicken potpie and fried oysters to curious concoctions like Grape-Nuts pudding and steamed cheeseburgers. Authors Eric D. Lehman and Amy Nawrocki open the mind and the mouth in this comprehensive history of Connecticut food.

a history of ConneCtiCut food: a proud tradition of puddings, ClaMBakes & steaMed CheeseBurgers

Eric D. Lehman & Amy Nawrocki

978.1.60949.512.1 * 7.5 x 9 * 160 pp + 16 pp Color * 70 iMages * $22.99

When Puritans Edward Whalley and William Goffe joined the parliamentary army against King Charles I in the English civil wars, they seized an opportunity to overthrow a tyrant. Under their battlefield leadership, the army trounced the Royalist forces and then cut off the king’s head. Yet when his son, Charles II, regained the throne, Whalley and Goffe were forced to flee to the New England colonies—never to see their families or England again. Even with the help of New England’s Puritan elite, they struggled to stay a step ahead of searches for their arrest in Boston, New Haven and the outpost of Hadley, Massachusetts. Author Christopher Pagliuco reveals the all-but-forgotten stories of these Connecticut heroes, forced to live as fugitives.

the great esCape of edward whalley and williaM goffe: sMuggled through ConneCtiCut

Christopher Pagliuco

978.1.60949.302.8 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 36 iMages * $19.99

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The Adirondack region has long been a favorite of skiers, as its beautiful mountains and deep snow cover provide it with the perfect landscape. Downhill ski areas developed during the Great Depression, when New Yorkers looked for an affordable escape to beat the winter blues. Over the coming decades, ski areas expanded with new lifts, lodges and trails. Despite the popularity of the sport, many ski areas have disappeared, yet countless people still hold fond memories of them. Ski historian Jeremy Davis chronicles the history of these vanished ski areas with photographs and memories from those who enjoyed them, while also paying homage to restored and classic skiing opportunities still available in the Adirondacks.

lost ski areas of the southern adirondaCks

Jeremy K. Davis

978.1.60949.384.4 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 74 iMages * $19.99

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Figure skating has always had an important home in Lake Placid. Early on, the Sno Birds popularized this summer retreat, and Melville and Godfrey Dewey won the campaign for the 1932 Winter Olympics. The Skating Club of Lake Placid was formed and famous skaters trained here with legendary coach Gus Lussi. When Lake Placid again hosted the Olympics in 1980, skating dominated, with state-of-the-art facilities that have continued to be used by stars like Dorothy Hamill and Sarah Hughes, and helped give rise to Scott Hamilton’s Stars on Ice. For more than a century, the Lake Placid community has worked together to support figure skating and skaters in this quiet Adirondack village. Local expert Christie Sausa tells this exciting story.

lake plaCid figure skating: a history

Christie Sausa

978.1.60949.565.7 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 61 iMages * $19.99

Great Camp Sagamore was built by William West Durant and bought by Alfred Vanderbilt in 1901 to be his family’s Adirondack retreat. Vanderbilt and his wife, Margaret, welcomed family and friends, who enjoyed its sprawling grounds and buildings for decades. After Margaret’s death, though, the camp changed hands and began to decline until it was rescued by preservationists and then became a National Historic Landmark in 2000. Today, visitors to the camp participate in maintaining its grandeur, learning about and preserving the past. Read the remarkable story of one of the most unique places in the Adirondacks, written by Sagamore’s director, Beverly Bridger.

great CaMp sagaMore: the vanderBilts’ adirondaCk retreat

Beverly Bridger, Foreword by Alfred Vanderbilt III

978.1.60949.589.3 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp + 8 pp Color * 60 iMages * $21.99

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Widely recognized as the turning point of the American Revolution, the battles of Saratoga saw British general Burgoyne fall to Washington’s fledgling Continental forces. This victory not only convinced the French to enter the war but also thwarted Burgoyne’s efforts to split New England and cut off the colonies. In the years afterward, Saratogians took pride in what had unfolded in their backyard. Memorializing, preserving and celebrating the battles are part of Saratoga’s heritage, before and after Franklin Delano Roosevelt helped it become a national park. Discover here the story of the battles of Saratoga and the life of one of the most important battlefields in America.

saratoga: aMeriCa’s Battlefield

Timothy Holmes & Libby Smith-Holmes

978.1.60949.336.3 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 67 iMages * $19.99

Both Roosevelt and Churchill recognized the importance of the land and naval battles of Plattsburgh. Many other, more famous, engagements were ruses meant to divert U.S. troops away from the prize Plattsburgh would afford: a clear pathway into New England. If not for the exemplary skills of two young military officers, Commodore Macdonough and General Macomb, and the force they commanded—regular army and naval personnel, New York and Vermont Militia, Native Americans, Veteran Exempts and boys from the local school—the war and the nation would have been lost. Using original source documents, author Keith Herkalo retells the battles at Plattsburgh—the key battles of the War of 1812.

the Battles at plattsBurgh: septeMBer 11, 1814Keith A. Herkalo, Foreword by Donald E. Graves

978.1.60949.516.9 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 52 iMages * $19.99

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America’s circus—a spectacle of flying trapeze artists, colorful clowns and trained animal acts under the big top—grew out of the traveling menagerie phenomenon in Somers, New York, in the 1800s. To commemorate this proud local heritage, award-winning poet and Somers native Jo Pitkin presents a collection of poems inspired by the people, events and fantastic ephemera of the glory days of the Somers showmen. Complementing her dazzling lines are essays by regional historians that explain Somers’s unique role as the Cradle of the American Circus. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, step up, step up! The show is about to begin.

Cradle of the aMeriCan CirCus: poeMs froM soMers, new york

Jo Pitkin

978.1.60949.637.1 * 5 x 7 * 144 pp * 50 iMages * $16.99

Today’s travelers between New York City and Albany are more familiar with the Thruway than with the old Albany Post Road. But for centuries, this was the main highway between the Big Apple and the capital, and many exciting events occurred along its path. The Dutch Philipse family of Sleepy Hollow engaged in piracy, and tales of such misdeeds from the region inspired Washington Irving to write some of his most beloved stories. Later, prisoners used the road as an escape route from the original Sing Sing prison. During Prohibition, a “beer hose” ran through Yonkers, allegedly placed along the route by beer baron Dutch Schultz. Carney Rhinevault uncovers the stories hidden behind the old mile markers of the Albany Post Road.

hidden history of the lower hudson valley: stories froM the alBany post road

Carney Rhinevault and Tatiana Rhinevault

978.1.60949.654.8 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 60 iMages * $19.99

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SoHo, short for “South of Houston,” is one of New York’s trendiest neighborhoods. Innovative restaurants and fashion-forward shops line Broome and Spring Streets, and artists reside above in modern lofts. But it is also part of the SoHo Cast–Iron Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places. Its beautiful old buildings hold stories of the neighborhood’s fascinating history, urban decline and regeneration. It was once the center of New York’s show business world and its most infamous red-light district. The richest and poorest Manhattanites walked these streets: John Jacob Astor, Harry Houdini, Aaron Burr and P.T. Barnum. Local authors Alfred Pommer and Eleanor Winters reveal these and other stories of an ever-changing SoHo.

exploring new york’s soho

Alfred Pommer & Eleanor Winters

978.1.60949.588.6 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 67 iMages * $16.99

While Manhattan was the site of many important Civil War events, Brooklyn also played an important part in the war. Henry Ward Beecher “auctioned off ” slaves at the Plymouth Church, raising the money to free them. Walt Whitman reported news of the war in a Brooklyn paper and wrote some of his most famous works. At the same time, Brooklyn both grappled with and embraced unique challenges, from the arrival of new immigrants to the formation of one of the nation’s first baseball teams. Local historian Bud Livingston crafts the portrait of Brooklyn in transition—shaped by the Civil War while also leaving its own mark on the course of the terrible conflict.

Brooklyn and the Civil war

E.A. “Bud” Livingston

978.1.60949.655.5 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 25 iMages * $16.99

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Situated in the scenic Hudson Valley, Ulster County is a lovely location to make a home and raise a family, but it wasn’t always so pleasant. Unsavory characters and immoral events have sullied its name. In the 1870s, the Shawangunk Mountains inspired fear rather than awe, as groups like the Lyman Freer and Shawangunk gangs robbed and terrorized locals, descending from the protection of the wooded peaks. Kingston was torched, arson blazed in Kerhonkson and even the Mohonk Mountain House was threatened by flames. In 1909, the Ashokan Slasher’s bloody crimes and sensational trial captured headlines across the country. Discover these and other salacious stories buried in Ulster County’s history.

wiCked ulster County: tales of desperadoes, gangs & More

A.J. Schenkman

978.1.60949.716.3 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 68 iMages * $19.99

From lighthouses and a one-hundred-year-old carousel to World War II camps and missile sites, Long Island native Ralph Brady reveals the secrets to what makes this little-big island so special with a tour of some of Nassau and Suffolk’s most historic locations. Walt Whitman, William Vanderbilt, Theodore Roosevelt and many others occupied remarkable homes around the island. Charles Lindbergh made his historic flight to France from what is now a shopping mall. For many years, a Long Island factory gave the world the game of Scrabble. Even the waters teem with history, with the modern submarine making its start off the coast. Come explore these and other settings from Long Island’s past.

landMarks & historiC sites of long island

Ralph F. Brady

978.1.60949.726.2 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 82 iMages * $19.99

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Deep lakes, scenic waterfalls, charming villages—all are intrinsic parts of New York’s Finger Lakes region. But behind this beauty, the spooky and ghostly reside. A former slave never left the William Seward House in Auburn, and eerie guests reside alongside live ones at Adams Basin Inn. When the Genesee Country Village and Museum’s buildings were moved there, they brought their former residents along. And it is no wonder that some souls never left the Civil War POW camp in Elmira known as “Hellmira.” Join local paranormal investigator Patti Unvericht as she relates these and other stories of the Finger Lakes’ most haunted sites.

ghosts and hauntings of the finger lakes

Patti Unvericht

978.1.60949.603.6 * 6 x 9 * 96 pp * 29 iMages * $14.99

The people of Central New York know there’s something different—perhaps strange—in the air. Across this vast and often wild region, history and lore are remarkably and markedly unusual. Ancient Iroquois mystical traditions still infuse the landscape with a sense of the otherworldly, and for some, witchcraft was a constant fear throughout the nineteenth century. Monsters and even fairies roam the region, frightening or delighting those who say they have encountered them. Visit the world’s smallest church in Oneida and North America’s only Tibetan monastery, Namgyal, in Ithaca. Join local folklorist Melanie Zimmer as she explores the curiosities of Central New York.

Curiosities of Central new york

Melanie Zimmer

978.1.60949.666.1 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 94 iMages * $19.99

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Easternmost of the Great Lakes, Lake Ontario is bordered by both New York and Ontario. Upon its pristine surface, countless vessels have sailed, but its bottom depths are littered with the skeletons of shipwrecks, including HMS Ontario, caught and destroyed in one of the sudden storms that often turn this sea-like lake deadly. Daring mariners, male and female, have seen their share of peril, and battles during wars between Britain and the United States and Canada have also been waged here. From Huron canoes to today’s “Sunday sailors” who venture from shore only during warmer months, local author Susan Gateley tells some of the lake’s most exciting stories.

MaritiMe tales of lake ontario

Susan Peterson Gateley

978.1.60949.684.5 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 51 iMages * $19.99

Stories abound about legendary New York City gangsters like “Lucky” Luciano, but Buffalo has housed its fair share of thugs and mobsters too. While many were nothing more than common criminals or bank robbers, a powerful crime family headed by local boss Stefano Magaddino emerged in the 1920s. Close to Canada, Niagara Falls and Buffalo were perfect avenues through which to transport booze, and Magaddino and his Mafiosi maintained a stranglehold on the city until his death in 1974. Local mob expert Michael Rizzo takes a tour of Buffalo’s mafia exploits—everything from these brutal gangsters’ favorite hangouts to secret underground tunnels to murder.

gangsters and organized CriMe in Buffalo: history, hits and headquarters

Michael F. Rizzo

978.1.60949.564.0 * 6 x 9 * 256 pp * 78 iMages * $19.99

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Since the eager stallion Messenger trotted off a boat from Europe in 1788, harness racing in America has been a popular sport, and nowhere is this truer than New York State. In the nineteenth century, harness racing attracted spectators from all walks of life. An 1823 race was so popular that businesses adjourned for the day to watch it. The sport reached its peak when the spectacular Roosevelt Raceway opened in 1957. Dean Hoffman offers an in-depth history of the sport’s evolution in the Empire State, from the drivers and breeding to betting, legislation and accounts of the most exciting races. Join Hoffman as he sheds light on one of New York’s most venerable sports traditions.

harness raCing in new york state: a history of trotters, traCks and horseMen

Dean A. Hoffman

978.1.60949.604.3 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 68 iMages * $19.99

The New York railroad wars began as soon as the first line was chartered between Albany and Schenectady when supporters of the Erie Canal tried to block the new technology that would render their waterway obsolete. After the first primitive railroads overcame that hurdle, they began battling with one another in a series of rate wars to gain market share. Attracted by the success of the rails, the most powerful and cunning capitalists in the country joined the fray. Timothy Starr’s account of New York’s railroad wars steams through the nineteenth century with stories of rate pools, labor strikes, stock corners, legislative bribery and treasury plundering the likes of which the world had never seen.

railroad wars of new york state

Timothy Starr

978.1.60949.727.9 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 61 iMages * $19.99

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No trip to the Jersey Shore would be complete without indulging in the cuisine that helps make it famous. These foods we enjoy today are part of a long tradition beginning in the Victorian era, when big oceanfront hotels served elaborate meals. Diverse dishes and restaurants emerged during Prohibition and the Great Depression, when fast food appeared and iconic boardwalk treats developed. Predating the farm-to-table movement, fancy and fast eateries have been supplied by local fishermen and farmers for decades. So whether you indulge in a tomato pie, a pork roll or salt-water taffy, take a mouth-watering and historical tour and discover timeless treats from Sandy Hook to Cape May.

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froM viCtorian feasts to Boardwalk treats

Karen L. Schnitzspahn

978.1.60949.507.7 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 69 iMages * $19.99

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Northern New Jersey is one of the most densely populated places in the nation, but it is constantly defined by its relationship to New York City. In this insightful study, long-time North Jersey resident James Marcum asks why, looking well past the false stereotypes to a distinct regional culture and fascinating history. How did North Jersey become what it is today, and even more fundamentally, can we define its boundaries? Is it essentially suburban? What characterizes the region and its people? Join Marcum as he explores these and other issues to come to a better understanding of one of the most intriguing and diverse corners of the Garden State.

finding north Jersey: plaCe, passage, experienCe

James W. Marcum

978.1.60949.811.5 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 55 iMages * $19.99

The story of Paterson is the story of its Great Falls. European settlers were awed by the natural wonder that the Lenni-Lenape called Acquackanonk. Fulfilling Alexander Hamilton’s vision, the Falls fueled Paterson’s development into the leader of the nation’s Industrial Revolution, powering mills and factories into the twentieth century. In 1967, the Great Falls became a National Natural Landmark and then a National Historic Landmark District in 1976. Finally, in 2011, the Falls was designated a National Historic Park. Join Patersonian Marcia Dente as she explores the beauty and industry of Paterson’s Great Falls.

paterson great falls: froM loCal landMark to national historiCal park

Marcia Dente, Foreword by Mayor Lawrence F. Kramer

978.1.60949.725.5 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 73 iMages * $19.99

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In the late nineteenth century, many Italian immigrants settled in Newark. For these newcomers, the church became a source of community and strength. Feasts for patron saints from back home were a tradition that helped make the new country feel more like the old. At St. Lucy’s Church, congregants held the first Feast of St. Gerard Maiella—the unofficial patron of mothers, children and the unborn—in October 1899, and it has been held every year since. As the decades have passed, generation after generation of Italians returns annually to celebrate their heritage and Catholic faith and express their gratitude for St. Gerard’s blessings.

the feast of st. gerard Maiella, Cssr: a Century of devotion at st. luCy’s, newark

Reverend Thomas D. Nicastro

978.1.60949.807.8 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 92 iMages * $19.99

Since its establishment in 1683, Perth Amboy has been a progressive and welcoming community. Residents have consistently made a stand for equality—in the 1920s, riots at a local KKK meeting ousted the Klan for good, and the nation’s first African American vote was cast here by Thomas Mundy Peterson. Another Perth Amboy first was Dr. Solomon Andrews’s flight over the town in 1863. Since 1853, the Eagleswood School has hosted lectures from figures like Henry David Thoreau. In 1968, the Perth Amboy basketball team swept the state championship. These and Perth Amboy’s other fascinating stories and characters are chronicled by local author Katherine Massopust.

stories froM perth aMBoy

Katherine Massopust

978.1.60949.696.8 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 74 iMages * $19.99

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Asbury Park’s diverse array of landmarks tell the story of its past, present and even future. The elegant, Art Deco–inspired Convention Hall captures the resort’s glittering heyday in the 1920s and ’30s, while structures like the Upstage seem to echo with the voices of aspiring musicians when they played at intimate venues, defining Asbury’s world-renowned music scene. As the city forges ahead with ambitious redevelopment plans, many neglected buildings have been rehabilitated, but others continue to deteriorate. From opulent movie houses to down-and-dirty rock-and-roll clubs, these landmarks trace the evolution of Asbury Park from a tiny nineteenth-century resort town to the world-famous playground of today.

asBury park reBorn: lost to tiMe and restored to glory

Joseph G. Bilby & Harry Ziegler

978.1.60949.680.7 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 58 iMages * $19.99

The Historic Highlands are known as “where the Jersey Shore begins,” and in its long life, its residents and visitors have contributed to a rich, vibrant past. In this book, local historian John King compiles over eighty stories authored by more than forty Highlands residents who have experienced life here and embrace its heritage. Some of their tales deal with aspects intrinsic to the region, such as clamming and vacationing summer tourists. Some are thrilling accounts from the days of Prohibition, when rumrunners used the shores as ports for illicit booze. From everyday life, to World War II, to sailing and famous residents, discover the history of Highlands, New Jersey.

stories froM highlands, new Jersey: a sea of MeMories

Edited by John P. King

978.1.60949.707.1 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 56 iMages * $19.99

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On June 10, 1779, a Loyalist raiding party landed on the shore of Monmouth County, New Jersey, and advanced unnoticed on the town of Tinton Falls. It captured five leading Patriots and plundered many others. Homes and barns were burned to the ground; stores were looted and livestock driven off. The local militia scattered. That afternoon, as the raiders loaded their barges, a reinforced militia engaged the Loyalists in a battle that climaxed with vicious hand-to-hand combat. Historian Michael Adelberg brings the Tinton Falls raid to life, re-creating the day in the voices of ten narrators based on real people—a child of a Revolutionary leader, a Loyalist officer, a militiaman and many others—each of whom experienced the day very differently.

the razing of tinton falls: voiCes froM the aMeriCan revolution

Michael S. Adelberg

978.1.60949.433.9 * 5.5 x 8.5 * 160 pp * $16.99

Spring Lake Heights was created from two unique villages—Villa Park was founded as a summer resort, and Lake Como was a farming community with close ties to the Revolution. From these humble beginnings, the borough has blossomed since its incorporation in 1927. History is found here along State Highway 71, where horse-drawn carriages were once a common sight. The borough is a blend of the old and new, with certain parts of its past having been reinvented to fit the present and future. As the borough’s story has unfolded throughout the years, one point has remained consistent and clear: its residents have nurtured a caring community with a proud heritage.

spring lake heights: a Brief history

Lissa Wickham McGrath

978.1.60949.045.4 * 5.5 x 8.5 * 112 pp * 50 iMages * $17.99

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Bridgeton, New Jersey, is home to the state’s largest historic district, and its past is full of exciting events and remarkable people. The Lenni-Lenape first populated this region, and during the Revolutionary War, the city sent Patriots like Dr. Jonathan Elmer to lead the struggle for the young republic. The town continued to grow in size and importance through the Victorian era, building everything from roads to taverns to industries. Bridgeton has always produced concerned, community-oriented citizens who through the years have come together to build the hospital, save the library, rebuild a football stadium and perform countless other civic deeds. Local writer Sharron Morita recounts these and other stories in her chronicle of Bridgeton.

Bridgeton, new Jersey: City on the Cohansey

Sharron Morita

978.1.60949.527.5 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 49 iMages * $19.99

The phrase “New Jersey Pine Barrens” often conjures images of desolate forests and even the piercing red eyes of the Jersey Devil. While those just might be true, there are over one million acres in southern New Jersey filled with remarkable people, charming communities, natural wonders and man-made marvels. Conservationists from around the state strive to protect the region from overpopulation and preserve the pristine wilds. From sweetly scented pines, blueberry and cranberry farms and family businesses to the proud inhabitants who welcome thousands of visitors every year, discover what makes the Pine Barrens one of the most beautiful regions in the Northeast.

disCovering new Jersey’s pine Barrens

Cathy Antener

978.1.60949.557.2 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 70 iMages * $19.99

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Pennsylvania, first home of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, has a tradition of political progress. However, along with the good, the political playground of Pennsylvania has also seen the brazenly bad behavior of its political leaders. For over twenty-five years, political columnist John Baer has had a front-row seat to the foibles and follies of the Keystone State’s political system. Baer takes readers through the last quarter century, highlighting some of the game-changing campaign missteps and maneuvers that moved administrations in and out of the capital. With a delightfully gruff wit, Baer gives readers a behind-the-scenes view of the politics and personalities that have passed through Harrisburg.

on the front lines of pennsylvania politiCs: twenty-five years of keystone reporting

John M. Baer

978.1.60949.715.6 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 31 iMages * $19.99

From the banks of the Delaware River to the shores of Lake Erie, the fields and hillsides of Pennsylvania are home to a rich tradition of winemaking. Though both William Penn and Benjamin Franklin advocated for the production of wine, it was not until 1787 that Pierre Legaux founded the first commercial vineyard in the state and the nation. Veteran wine journalists Hudson Cattell and Linda Jones McKee offer more than just a taste of the complex story of the Pennsylvania wine industry—from the discovery of the Alexander grape and the boom of Erie County wineries in the nineteenth century to the challenges of Prohibition and the first farm wineries that opened in the 1970s.

pennsylvania wine: a history

Hudson Cattell & Linda Jones McKee

978.1.60949.427.8 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp + 16 pp Color * 86 iMages * $19.99

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Pittsburgh has been part of the film industry since the days of silent film. Yet, it was not until the 1951 classic Angels in the Outfield—set at Forbes Field—that the Steel City had its first major role on the silver screen. Greater Pittsburgh’s film and television industry has since produced everything from the beloved children’s program Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood to the cult classic Night of the Living Dead. Most recently, Christopher Nolan has chosen to set the conclusion to his Batman trilogy in the city. From the first nickelodeon and “film row” of those early days to the locations and cutting-edge sets of today, local author John Tiech takes a behind-the-scenes tour of Pittsburgh cinema.

pittsBurgh filM history: on set in the steel City

John Tiech

978.1.60949.709.5 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp + 16 pp Color * 60 iMages * $19.99

On September 10, 1813, the hot, still air that hung over Lake Erie was broken by the sounds of sharp conflict. Led by Oliver Hazard Perry, the American fleet met the British, and though they sustained heavy losses, Perry and his men achieved one of the most stunning victories in the War of 1812. Author Walter Rybka traces the Lake Erie Campaign from the struggle to build the fleet in Erie, Pennsylvania, during the dead of winter and the conflict between rival egos of Perry and his second in command, Jesse Duncan Elliott, through the exceptionally bloody battle that was the first U.S. victory in a fleet action. Rybka brings the knowledge of a shipmaster to the story of the Lake Erie Campaign and the culminating Battle of Lake Erie.

the lake erie CaMpaign of 1813: i shall fight theM this day

Walter P. Rybka

978.1.60949.714.9 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 40 iMages * $19.99

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Powwow practitioners of York County, the headless ghost of a murdered girl that roams the back roads of Schuylkill County and the Hummelstown Hermit who still lingers in Indian Echo Caverns—these tales are all part of the lore of South Central Pennsylvania. Such legends offer a fuller history of the region, from the folkways of the Pennsylvania Dutch to stories of the rocky relations among German and English settlers and local tribes. Folklorist David Puglia reveals this lore to a new audience and explores the region’s more recent legends. Join Puglia as he tracks through the homes, hollows and fields of South Central Pennsylvania in search of its legends and lore.

south Central pennsylvania legends and lore

David Puglia

978.1.60949.453.7 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 43 iMages * $19.99

Violent bank heists, bold train robberies and hardened gangs all tear across the history of the wild west—western Pennsylvania, that is. The region played reluctant host to the likes of the infamous Biddle Boys, who escaped jail by romancing the warden’s wife, and the Cooley Gang, which held Fayette County in its violent grip at the close of the nineteenth century. Then there was Pennsylvania’s own Bonnie and Clyde—Irene and Glenn—whose murderous misadventures earned them the electric chair in 1931. From the perilous train tracks of Erie to the gritty streets of Pittsburgh, authors Thomas White and Michael Hassett trace the dark history of the crooks, murderers and outlaws who both terrorized and fascinated the citizenry of western Pennsylvania.

gangs and outlaws of western pennsylvania

Thomas White and Michael Hassett

978.1.60949.550.3 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 29 iMages * $19.99

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At the heart of the Lackawanna Valley, Scranton is haunted by those who once walked its streets and worked its mines and rail lines. From the woman in white who lingers in Courthouse Square to the passenger of trolley car #46 who never reached her destination, the specters of Scranton make their presence known. Supernatural investigator A.C. Bernardi chronicles chilling tales of the city’s landmarks, from the mysterious happenings on the sixth floor of the Lackawanna Station Hotel to stories of the angry spirits of victims of the Spanish influenza epidemic who lurk in the basement of the Banshee Pub. Join Bernardi as he traverses the dark side of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

haunted sCranton: after dark in the eleCtriC City

A.C. Bernardi

978.1.60949.585.5 * 6 x 9 * 112 pp * 32 iMages * $19.99

Carlisle, Pennsylvania, never hosted a more endearing rogue than David Lewis, who, in the nineteenth century, robbed the rich and gave to the poor. And then there was the town drunk and famed woodcarver who was a favorite of the local children. The mischief-makers of Carlisle have disturbed the peace in the Cumberland Valley for nearly two hundred years. Some misdeeds were mild, such as a series of pranks at Dickinson College in 1849 that ended in the president’s erroneous commitment to a mental asylum. Others were far more dastardly, like an act of arson in 1972 that destroyed the Strand Theatre. From colonial counterfeiting rings to a family-owned brothel, Joseph Cress uncovers the deliciously sinful side of Carlisle.

wiCked Carlisle: the dark side of the CuMBerland valley

Joseph David Cress

978.1.60949.525.1 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 39 iMages * $19.99

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In the years preceding the Civil War, Delaware was essentially divided—as a slave state, it had many ties to the South, but as the first state to ratify the federal Constitution, it was fiercely loyal to the Union. With the outbreak of war, the First State rallied to Lincoln’s call and sent proportionally more troops to fight for the Union than any free state. Yet even as the renowned Du Pont mills provided half of the Union gunpowder, Southern sympathizers transported war materiel to the Confederacy via the Nanticoke River. Author Michael Morgan deftly navigates this complex history. From Wilmington abolitionist Thomas Garrett, who helped 2,700 fugitive slaves flee north, to the prison camp at Fort Delaware that held thousands of captured Confederates and political prisoners, Morgan reveals the remarkable stories of the heroes and scoundrels of Civil War Delaware.

Civil war delaware:the first state divided

Michael Morgan

978.1.60949.445.2 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 60 iMages * $19.99

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Baltimore is the cultural hub of Maryland’s Jewish community, and for three decades, local legend Gilbert Sandler has chronicled its stories. With this collection of the best of his columns from the Baltimore Jewish Times, Sandler crafts a brilliant portrait of Jewish Baltimore. Join Sandler as he evokes memories of the corner drugstore, rides at Carlin’s Park and freshly fried coddies. From these warmly familiar scenes of neighborhood life, Sandler moves to stories of the community banding together during the Great Depression and the extraordinary courage of rabbis and their congregations during the civil rights protests of the 1960s. Recall the halcyon days and share the joys and sorrows of Charm City’s Jewish community.

gliMpses of Jewish BaltiMore

Gilbert Sandler

978.1.60949.653.1 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 61 iMages * $19.99

When Bel Air was chosen as the seat of Harford County in 1782, it was a small commercial hub surrounded by green pastures and farms. With industrialization and the advent of the Ma & Pa Railroad and nearby Aberdeen Proving Ground, the quiet town was transformed into a bustling urban center. Author Carol Deibel renders a portrait of a proud community that rallied around its own when hard hit by the Great Depression and one that gave tirelessly on the homefront and abroad during the wars of the twentieth century. From Friday night dances at the armory to the pounding of the turf at the Bel Air Racetrack, join Deibel as she recalls readers to hazy, cicada-filled summers and the glow of the hometown lights.

Bel air ChroniCles

Carol Deibel, Foreword by Maryanna Skowronski

978.1.60949.652.4 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 48 iMages * $19.99

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Beneath the statehouse dome and from the banks of the Severn River, the ghosts of Annapolis rise to roam the red-bricked streets of the old city. The capital city hosts the restless dead who never left the narrow alleys, taverns and homes where they met their ends. Come dine with Mary Reynolds at the tavern she’s been keeping since the 1760s, stand vigil at the sarcophagus of Admiral John Paul Jones and search for the figure of Thomas Dance, who plummeted from the heights of the statehouse dome in 1793. From headless men and ghostly soldiers to unlucky bootleggers and ominous gravediggers, Annapolis Ghost Tour founder Mike Carter and tour guide Julia Dray narrate the eerie tales of these and other supernatural residents of Annapolis.

haunted annapolis: ghosts of the Capital City

Mike Carter and Julia Dray

978.1.60949.772.9 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 37 iMages * $14.99

Hutzler’s. Hecht’s. Hochschild’s. Stewart’s. These were the four grand department stores for loyal Charm City shoppers for over one hundred years. Though these giants of the retail scene have been lost, the memories remain. Generations of local children were enchanted by the Toytown Parade at Hochschild’s and the Christmas displays at Stewart’s—and who can forget Hecht’s Festival of Flowers or Hutzler’s delectable Wellesley Fudge Cake? While local author and retail historian Michael J. Lisicky recalls readers to fonder days, he also explores this bustling scene as a barometer for Baltimore society. Through meticulous research and interviews with management insiders, former employees and shoppers, Lisicky renders a stunning portrait of Baltimore in days gone by.

BaltiMore’s Bygone departMent stores: Many happy returns

Michael J. Lisicky, Foreword by Rebecca A. Hoffberger

978.1.60949.667.8 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 88 iMages * $19.99

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Even before John Smith’s crew weathered its first squall, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries had been ravaged by every type of storm imaginable. A 1769 hurricane altered the course of history, demolishing the shipping channels of Charlestown and making Baltimore the dominant port. A once-in-five-hundred-years storm, Tropical Storm Agnes, left more than seventy people dead and devastated the ecology of the bay. Before the blizzards of 2009 and 2010, the snowfall record was held by the combination of the Great Eastern Blizzard of 1899, which blew the water out of the bay, and the Great White Hurricane, which stranded the oyster fleet of Baltimore in feet of ice. Join author David Healey as he keeps an eye to the red horizon and chronicles the most remarkable storms to churn the waters of the Chesapeake Bay.

great storMs of the Chesapeake

David Healey, Foreword by Bernadette Woods

978.1.60949.404.9 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 69 iMages * $19.99

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The remarkable journey of Fredrick Douglass from fugitive slave to famed orator and author is well recorded. Yet little has been written about Douglass’s final years in Washington, D.C. Author John Muller explores how Douglass spent the last eighteen years of his life professionally and personally in his home, Cedar Hill, in Anacostia. The ever-active Douglass was involved in local politics, from aiding in the early formation of Howard University to serving as marshal of the district. Through meticulous research, Muller has created a fresh and intimate portrait of Frederick Douglass of Anacostia.

frederiCk douglass in washington, d.C.: the lion of anaCostia

John Muller

978.1.60949.577.0 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 41 iMages * $19.99

In 1938, the FDR administration created a small agency called Fannie Mae, intended to make home loans more accessible. Over the next seventy years, Fannie Mae evolved into one of the largest financial companies in the world, owned by private shareholders but with its nearly $1 trillion of debt effectively guaranteed by the government. Almost from the beginning, critics repeatedly warned that Fannie was an accident waiting to happen. Then, in 2008, the housing market collapsed. Based on his reporting for the Wall Street Journal, personal research and interviews with executives, regulators and congressional leaders, author James R. Hagerty charts the course of Fannie Mae and explains this fascinating but little-understood saga.

the fateful history of fannie Mae: new deal Birth to Mortgage Crisis fall

James R. Hagerty

978.1.60949.769.9 * 6 x 9 * 224 pp * 31 iMages * $21.99 * hardCover

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From the Demon Cat that stalks the Washington crypt to the restless spirit of John Quincy Adams in Statuary Hall, it is no wonder that in 1898 the Philadelphia Press declared the Capitol to be the most thoroughly haunted building in the world. Yet there are as many ghosts in the neighborhood as there are beneath the dome. Local writer and guide Tim Krepp intrepidly takes on the best-known haunted tales while also exploring the lesser-known specters. From the weeping lady of the Maples to Commodore Tingey, who still stands watch in the Navy Yard, to the dozens of famous ghosts hosted by Congressional Cemetery, many former residents seem bound to their old home.

Capitol hill haunts

Tim Krepp

978.1.60949.586.2 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 52 iMages * $19.99

In 1864, residents of Washington, D.C., mourned together at the largest funeral the district had ever seen. In the midst of the Civil War, the poor Irish neighborhood of the Island lost twenty-one mothers, sisters and daughters. On June 17, poor working conditions and a series of unfortunate events led to the deadly explosion of a Federal arsenal at Fort McNair, where the young women made cartridges to assist the war effort. Author Brian Bergin memorializes these women through his book, detailing the dangerous working conditions, the investigation into the avoidable events leading to the tragedy and the reaction of a community already battered by the Civil War.

the washington arsenal explosion: Civil war disaster in the Capital

Brian Bergin, Edited by Erin Bergin Voorheis, Foreword by Steve Hammond

978.1.60949.793.4 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 36 iMages * $19.99

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deviated from the design of legendary architect Cass Gilbert, the iconic building is still considered a masterpiece. The full story of the Capitol is filled with twists and turns, from the fortunate fire that burned its predecessor to the tug of war between Wheeling and Charleston for the designation of state capital. Revisit the to-gild-or-not-to-gild debate that raged around the construction of the Capitol’s signature crown, which once was in danger of collapsing on itself or toppling in heavy winds. Join Charleston author Jim Wallace for this captivating account of West Virginia’s architectural jewel.

a history of the west virginia Capitol:

the house of state

Jim Wallace

978.1.60949.691.3 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 72 iMages * $14.99

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The course of Richmond’s history as it emerged from the Civil War as a bustling economic powerhouse is well recorded. Yet there are some stories that have all but vanished from recollection. These lesser-known tales of the personalities who shaped the capital’s past are unearthed from the archives by Richmond Guide writer Walter S. Griggs Jr. From the hushed whispers of an entire congregation as Robert E. Lee prayed with a slave at communion to the donation of over two hundred pigeons by fellow Richmonders to serve the war effort, these are lost vignettes of Richmond. Hidden History of Richmond is a fascinating collection that reveals the city’s forgotten but most remarkable histories.

hidden history of riChMond

Walter S. Griggs Jr.

978.1.60949.689.0 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 34 iMages * $19.99

On 4 April 1862, Major General George McClellan marched his Army of the Potomac from Fort Monroe toward Richmond. Blocking his path were Major General John B. Magruder’s Warwick-Yorktown Line fortifications and the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia. Despite outnumbering Magruder almost four to one, McClellan was tricked by Magruder’s bluff of strength and halted his advance. Yorktown, the scene of Washington’s 1781 victory over Cornwallis, was once again besieged. It was the Civil War’s first siege and lasted for twenty-nine terrible days. Historians John V. Quarstein and J. Michael Moore chronicle the Siege of Yorktown and explore its role in the 1862 Peninsula Campaign and the final battles surrounding Richmond.

yorktown’s Civil war siege: druMs along the warwiCk

John V. Quarstein and J. Michael Moore

978.1.60949.656.2 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 79 iMages * $19.99

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Designed by Richmond visionary Lewis Ginter, The Jefferson Hotel has been an icon in the community since 1895. From the alligators that used to roam the elegant lobby to the speakeasy housed within during Prohibition, the hotel has a fascinating and unparalleled history. Playing host to cultural icons like Charles Lindbergh and F. Scott Fitzgerald and surviving the Great Depression and catastrophic fires, the hotel has remained an important landmark throughout Richmond’s history. Join local historian Paul Herbert as he recounts stories of heiresses, actors, musicians and celebrities in this all-encompassing history of The Jefferson, a volume bound to delight anyone who has ever stayed within its treasured walls.

the Jefferson hotel: the history of a riChMond landMark

Paul N. Herbert

978.1.60949.687.6 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 36 iMages * $24.99 * hardCover

The 1930s was a tough decade, one made even tougher by Prohibition. During this lawless time in American history, a group of criminals called the Tri-State Gang emerged from Philadelphia and spread their operations south, through Baltimore to Richmond, wreaking bloody havoc and brutally eliminating those who knew too much about their heists. Once termed the “Dillingers of the East,” Robert Mais and Walter Legenza led their men and molls on a violent journey of robberies, murders, and escapes up and down the East Coast. Join historian Selden Richardson as he recounts the story of this whirlwind of crime and how it finally reached its climax in Richmond.

the tri-state gang in riChMond: Murder and roBBery in the great depression

Selden Richardson

978.1.60949.689.0 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 34 iMages * $19.99

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The relationship between Stonewall Jackson and the town of Winchester, Virginia, began in June 1861 and lasted until his untimely death on May 10, 1863. Jackson’s values and beliefs reflected sentiments of the vast majority of the people of the Shenandoah Valley. This, coupled with his spectacular successes on the battlefield, endeared Jackson to the people of Winchester, helping to form a remarkable bond between the general and the townspeople that is still remembered today. Local historian Jerry Holsworth chronicles the relationship between Jackson and the soldiers and townspeople of Winchester with information gathered from diaries, letters, journals and newspaper articles.

stonewall JaCkson and winChester, virginia

Jerry Holsworth

978.1.60949.530.5 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 64 iMages * $19.99

Shenandoah County, in the years prior to the Civil War, was a prosperous place. Nestled in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, it was an agricultural haven with both small family farms and plantations worked by slave labor. The railroad and the Valley Pike fueled the local economy and helped Shenandoah County thrive. With the outbreak of the Civil War, all of that would change. Four major battles took place in and around Shenandoah County. Although these historic battles have been well documented, their effects on the lives of the people involved have been largely forgotten. Author Hal Sharpe brings the history of county residents into focus, recounting how their spirits were tested during this dark hour of American history.

shenandoah County in the Civil war: four dark years

Hal F. Sharpe

978.1.59629.760.9 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 45 iMages * $19.99

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Drinking local harks back to the founding of Asheville in 1798. Whether it be moonshine or craft beer, the culture of local hooch is deeply ingrained in the mountain dwellers of Western North Carolina. Both residents and visitors alike enjoy Asheville’s wealth of breweries, brewpubs, beer festivals and dedicated retailers. That enthusiasm earned the city the coveted Beer City, USA title year after year and prompted West Coast beer giants Sierra Nevada, New Belgium and Oskar Blues to establish production facilities here. Beer writer and educator Anne Fitten Glenn recounts this intoxicating history, from the suds-soaked saloons of “Hell’s Half Acre” to the region’s explosion into a beer Mecca.

asheville Beer: an intoxiCating history of Mountain Brewing

Anne Fitten Glenn, Foreword by Zane Lamprey

978.1.60949.631.9 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp + 16 pp Color * 90 iMages * $16.99

Walking west of Bryson City, North Carolina, on July 1, 1976, George and Elizabeth Ellison happened upon a magical cove tucked into Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It held a small house of many windows, a shining creek, a tree-lined meadow and a pathway into a dark forest. They moved in for the summer and never left, defying Kephart’s notion that all camps are temporary. For nearly forty years, this secluded spot has been the touchstone of their work as author and artist. These interrelated poems, narratives, renderings, notes and paintings form an artistic whole in praise of the outer and inner landscapes within which we all reside.

perManent CaMp: poeMs, narratives and renderings froM the sMokies

George Ellison, Artwork by Elizabeth Ellison

978.1.60949.685.2 * 7 x 10 * 160 pp, full Color * 50 iMages * $21.99

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During the Civil War, Charlotte’s factories produced gunpowder, percussion caps and medicine for the Confederate cause. Perhaps most importantly, Charlotte housed the Confederate Naval Ordnance Depot and Naval Works, manufacturing iron for ironclad vessels and artillery projectiles and providing valuable ammunition for the South. Charlotte also sent over 2,500 men into the Confederate army and served as home to a military hospital, a Ladies Aid Society, a prison and even the mysterious Confederate gold. When Richmond fell, Jefferson Davis set up his headquarters in Charlotte, making it the unofficial capital. Join historian Michael C. Hardy as he recounts the triumphs and struggles of Queen City civilians and soldiers in the Civil War.

Civil war Charlotte: last Capital of the ConfederaCy

Michael C. Hardy

978.1.60949.480.3 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 37 iMages * $19.99

People called Currituck County a sportsman’s paradise back when the skies clouded over with ducks and the waters teemed with fish. The game is more elusive these days and the hunting methods more sophisticated, but native Travis Morris shows through these stories that the thrill of it all is just as intense. From a four-year-old boy on his first hunt with his grandfather to an eighty-two-year-old woman who still loves to shoot her supper, Morris highlights both the heart and humor of the sportsman. There’s a three-strand cord that will forever bind Currituck gunners: passion for the hunt, love of the outdoors and respect for the dangers of open, shallow waters.

another Breed of CurrituCk duCk hunters: fresh tales froM a native gunner

Travis Morris

978.1.60949.749.1 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 81 iMages * $19.99

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The last time Danny Ford spit tobacco juice on a Clemson sideline was December 30, 1989. Yet Ford has become more beloved as time has distanced the Tigers from the glory he orchestrated in eleven years as the team’s football coach. It began in December 1978, when a young, obscure offensive line coach took over a heartbroken fan base. It ended in January 1990 under a cloud of controversy and mystery that has not yet been completely resolved. In between, Ford led Clemson on a wild and unforgettable ride. Award-winning sportswriter Larry Williams presents, for the first time in book form, the definitive story of Ford’s complicated, compelling Clemson tenure.

the danny ford years at CleMson: roMping and stoMping

Larry Williams

978.1.60949.705.7 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 31 iMages * $19.99

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The civil rights movement in South Carolina has an epic and tumultuous history, beginning with the very first statewide meeting of the NAACP in 1939. With stories of sit-ins, movements and the integration of state universities, this is the first comprehensive history of South Carolina’s civil rights struggles. And behind every achievement are the major legal rulings that protected them, interspersed with the familiar names of Thurgood Marshall, Matthew Perry, Ernest A. Finney and Judge Waties Waring. Join former South Carolina NAACP president and activist James L. Felder as he recounts the epic struggle African Americans have faced, from fighting for the right to vote to the desegregation of public spaces.

Civil rights in south Carolina: froM peaCeful protests to groundBreaking rulings

James L. Felder

978.1.60949.686.9 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 30 iMages * $19.99

During the fateful winter of 1865, General William T. Sherman led an army of over sixty thousand troops on a destructive march through the Palmetto State. Hundreds of the affected residents recorded their harrowing experiences in letters, diaries, memoirs and newspaper accounts, much of which is corroborated by the testimony of Sherman’s own officers and soldiers. Join South Carolina historian and archivist Karen Stokes as she brings together these stories from around the state. Stokes delves deep, including graphic accounts by civilians who were also affected by two lesser-known military operations that followed Sherman’s raid in the spring of 1865.

south Carolina Civilians in sherMan’s path: stories of Courage aMid Civil war destruCtion

Karen Stokes

978.1.60949.704.0 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 31 iMages * $19.99

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This new collection of eighty strange and unusual South Carolina legends is rooted in the state’s deep history. Certain places hold secrets from different eras, including White Wolf Road in Blacksburg and the state’s numerous historic cemeteries like the one at Salem Black River Church in Mayesville. These pages also contain simple explanations for local lore, like the Gullah tradition behind blue bottle trees that still decorate Carolina gardens today. These and many more crowd-pleasing yarns can be found in this volume from the desk of master storyteller, author and researcher Sherman Carmichael.

legends and lore of south Carolina

Sherman Carmichael

978.1.60949.748.4 * 6 x 9 * 112 pp * 15 illustrations * $16.99

Even the most weathered and experienced surfcaster will tell you that there are always innovative ways to fish the mighty Atlantic. This fresh and original field guide, from veteran surfcaster Cameron Wright, offers valuable techniques that will develop any fisherman into a more confident saltwater angler. From rigs and tackle to baits and lures, this comprehensive companion has advice for surfcasters of every skill level. With preferential attention to the Carolina coasts, The Southern Surfcaster identifies fish indigenous to these waters, examines beach and weather conditions and explores some of the rich heritage that has helped define the southern Atlantic as the country’s most historic seaboard.

the southern surfCaster: saltwater strategies for the Carolina BeaChes & Beyond

S. Cameron Wright

978.1.60949.677.7 * 6 x 9 * 176 pp * 66 iMages * $16.99

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Most visitors to Charleston never venture far enough north to discover what residents claim as the most appealing public open space on the peninsula. Hampton Park is completely unexpected in this city famous for highly manicured gardens with clipped lawns, sculpted shrubs and precise designs hidden behind massive walls and iron gates. Hampton Park’s naturalistic character was created as an antidote to the cramped conditions of the lower peninsula, and it still offers open fields of grass, walking trails, shade trees and overflowing flower beds. But the story began more than three hundred years ago with Native Americans and involves early plantation life, Revolutionary War battles, horse racing, the Civil War, industrial development, civic spectacle, professional baseball, a zoo and disco.

a history of Charleston’s haMpton park

Kevin R. Eberle

978.1.60949.624.1 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 62 iMages * $19.99

Kiawah first came to the public’s consciousness back in 1991, when its bellwether Ocean Course served as host venue for the Ryder Cup Matches, still remembered as among the most thrilling golf competitions ever played. Now, a generation later, Kiawah and the Ocean Course return to the spotlight as the host of the 2012 PGA Championship, the first Major Championship to ever be contested in the golf-mad, golf-rich state of South Carolina. Veteran golf and travel writer Joel Zuckerman shines the spotlight not only on the incredible Ocean Course but also on the remaining quartet of wonderful courses at the Kiawah Resort and the pair of aces at the Kiawah Island Club, among others.

kiawah golf: the gaMe’s elegant island

Joel Zuckerman, Foreword by Pete Dye

978.1.60949.494.0 * 7.5 x 9 * 240 pp, full Color * 53 iMages * $34.99 * hardCover

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Hundreds of pirates traversed the waters of the Atlantic during America’s colonial period, but few had a more adventurous tale than Stede Bonnet. Originally a wealthy plantation owner from Barbados, Bonnet abandoned his wife and children in 1717 to set sail on the pirate ship Revenge. He soon fell into company with Blackbeard in the Bahamas and headed for America. In May 1718, they arrived in Charleston and held the entire city hostage in a daring siege. Join local pirate tour guide Captain Christopher Byrd Downey as he recounts the swashbuckling life of the most infamous pirate to ever darken the Holy City’s waters.

stede Bonnet: Charleston’s gentleMan pirate

Christopher Byrd Downey

978.1.60949.540.4 * 6 x 9 * 96 pp * 37 iMages * $14.99

hidden history of Civil war Charleston

Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman

978.1.60949.574.9 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 77 iMages * $19.99

So many amazing Charleston Civil War stories have faded over time. Most people don’t know of the elite 1860 Association that conspired to push South Carolina toward secession. Or about the Stone Fleet of old whaling ships sunk in Charleston Harbor in an attempt to choke out Confederate blockade runners. The Swamp Angel, “Greek fire” and heroism on both sides were common knowledge that faded in the memories of previous generations. The philanthropic deeds of Amarinthia Yates Snowden, William Richard Catheart’s telegraphing tongue, the brazen blockade runner Tom Lockwood and dozens of other forgotten footnotes appear in this volume for a new audience to enjoy.

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Born at sea on his father’s whaling ship in 1861, Captain Abram Jones Slocum learned the seafaring life in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as part of the last generation of iron men aboard commercial wooden sailing ships in the Atlantic. His voyages often took him around Cape Hatteras to Georgetown, South Carolina, to load lumber bound for northern cities. He sailed in all seasons, through storms and hurricanes, for twenty years as captain of two schooners. His ship sank in a collision with an ocean liner in 1913, but he survived, only to be lost at sea a year later as captain of another schooner. Local author and wooden boat enthusiast Robert McAlister recounts Slocum’s epic life through the end of the Age of Sail.

the life & tiMes of georgetown sea Captain aBraM Jones sloCuM, 1861–1914

Robert McAlister

978.1.60949.787.3 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 35 iMages * $19.99

More than four decades after the great aircraft carrier USS Yorktown last served her country, the echoes of battle are still heard and felt on her decks. Staff members and visitors claim to have experienced disembodied voices, uniformed apparitions, shadowy masse, and other unexplainable occurrences since the “Fighting Lady” first docked at Patriots Point. Join local author, investigator and “Ghostorian” Bruce Orr as he examines the history, haunting and heritage of the National Historic Landmark and home of Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum.

ghosts of the uss yorktown: the phantoMs of patriots point

Bruce Orr

978.1.60949.781.1 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 56 iMages * $14.99

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In 1867, less than three years after the Civil War left the city in ruins, Hungarian Jewish immigrant Morris Rich opened a small dry goods store on what is now Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta. Over time, his brothers Emanuel and Daniel joined the business; within a century, it became a retailing dynasty. Join historian Jeff Clemmons as he traces Rich’s 137-year history. For the first time, learn the true stories behind Penelope Penn, Fashionata, The Great Tree, the Pink Pig, Rich’s famous coconut cake and much more, including how events at the downtown Atlanta store helped John F. Kennedy become America’s thirty-fifth president. With an eye for accuracy and exacting detail, Clemmons recounts the complete history of this treasured southern institution.

riCh’s: a southern institution

Jeff Clemmons

978.1.60949.191.8 * 6 x 9 * 224 pp * 72 iMages * $19.99

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Few teams in Georgia high school football can document their history as far back as the Bulldogs. Cedartown High School played its first game at the turn of the century, kicking off a historic tradition that endures today. Join author William Austin, born and raised in Cedartown, as he recounts the history of this proud football program. Austin covers the careers of expert coaches like Doc Ayers and John Hill and highlights the star players and crucial games that helped shape Cedartown’s legacy of tough play on the gridiron. From that first game in 1900 to the 1946 conference champions, through the 1963 state champion team and all the way to the 2001 state championship game, here for the first time is the history of Bulldogs football.

the Cedartown high sChool Bulldogs: the history of a georgia footBall tradition

William Austin

978.1.60949.706.4 * 6 x 9 * 176 pp * 30 iMages * $19.99

When teams meet on football fields across Georgia, it’s more than a game—it’s a battle for bragging rights and dominance in a state that prizes football above all other sports. Join seasoned Georgia sports journalist Jon Nelson as he tracks the history of college football statewide. Whether it’s Georgia Southern’s glory days with legendary coach Erk Russell, the bitter rivalry between Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia, the Mercer College team’s historic beginnings or Shorter University’s up-and-coming program, every team in Georgia makes the cut in this hard-hitting history. Enhanced by an appendix with each school’s records, championship statistics and coaching accomplishments, this is a book no Peach State football fan can do without.

a history of College footBall in georgia: glory on the gridiron

Jon Nelson, Foreword by Loran Smith, Wes Durham and Nate Hirsch

978.1.60949.694.4 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 43 iMages * $19.99

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On Fridays in the fall, a fog rises from Nancy Creek behind Marist School’s Hughes Spalding Stadium and floats across the football field. The apparition, called “the Ghosts of Marist Football,” represents the Great Spirit of Marist High School, a school Sports Illustrated ranked number fifteen in its list of top athletic programs in the country. The War Eagle tradition boasts more than six hundred victories, a trophy case filled with championships and thirty straight years of playoff appearances in Georgia high school football, all while playing much larger schools. Join author and Marist alumnus Franklin Cox for three years inside the Spartan-esque tradition and learn why no team dares allow itself to dishonor the glorious roll call of War Eagle history.

Marist footBall: inside the war eagle tradition

Franklin Cox

978.1.60949.809.2 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp + 16 pp Color * 62 iMages * $21.99

Located on the banks of the Chattahoochee, Columbus boasts a historic past that runs as deep as the river itself. But peer closely into the murkier parts of Columbus’s history, and frightening stories begin to emerge. Join author and ghost hunter Faith Serafin for a chilling look into Columbus’s haunted past. There’s the regal Springer Opera House, where ghosts creep in the shadows of elaborate balconies. Visit the historic home of Columbus native and blues legend Ma Rainey, where some say the songstress can still be seen playing her original piano. Then there’s the Phantom of Eubanks Field, whose ghastly apparition frightens even the most grizzled soldiers at Fort Benning. These terrifying tales, and more, await in this collection of haunting stories.

haunted ColuMBus, georgia: phantoMs of the fountain City

Faith Serafin

978.1.60949.552.7 * 6 x 9 * 18 pp * 25 iMages * $19.99

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Once known as the “Wanamaker of the South,” Cohen Brothers department store captured the hearts of thousands of Jacksonville residents. Metro Jacksonville writers Ennis Davis and Sarah Gojekian take a wonderful trip through the store, from its beginnings as a dry goods enterprise in a small log cabin to its growth into a trend-setting retail institution and the final poignant closing of its doors. Davis and Gojekian brilliantly combine interviews with former employees, stories from the vibrant atmosphere the store created and memories from longtime residents to bring readers back to the bright glow and elegance of one of the South’s most distinctive enterprises.

Cohen Brothers: the Big store

Ennis Davis and Sarah Gojekian

978.1.60949.854.2 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 63 iMages * $19.99

Ponte Vedra is well known for its beaches and world renowned for its PGA dream course, Sawgrass, but what did it look like before tourists flocked to the shores? How did Native Americans interact with the area before Spain’s Ponce de Leon made his first landfall? How did Spanish rule shape the city? Join author Maurice Robinson on his journey through the hidden pages of Ponte Vedra history. Learn of America’s first African fort, the community’s first newspapers and the history of the city’s unique Vicar’s Landing. From pre-colonial beginnings to the development of Nocatee, these stories will show a side of Ponte Vedra rarely seen before.

hidden history of ponte vedra

Maurice J. Robinson

978.1.60949.815.3 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 42 iMages * $19.99

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Entrenched on Florida’s Atlantic Coast since the sixteenth century, the Spanish presidio of St. Augustine was a prime target for piracy. For the colonial governors of Great Britain, France and Spain, privateering—and its rogue form, piracy—was a type of warfare used to enhance the limited resources of their colonies. While the citizens of St. Augustine were victims of this guerrilla war, they also struck back at their enemies using privateers. Historian Theodore Corbett recounts this dark and turbulent history, from the first sacking of the city by Francis Drake, through the pirate raids of the 1680s to the height of St. Augustine’s privateering in the eighteenth century.

st. augustine pirates and privateers

Theodore Corbett

978.1.60949.721.7 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 59 iMages * $16.99

Once sought after by French Huguenots, Spanish invaders, English privateers and indigenous tribes, St. Augustine is a melting pot of cultural conquests. Anyone who traces its cobblestone streets, sails its vast shoreline or explores its unique architecture senses those who came before. Paranormal researcher and author Dr. Greg Jenkins examines ghostly happenings in the city’s charming inns, pubs and eateries that keep guests looking over their shoulders. There’s the lady with the lantern perched atop the Casablanca Inn and the spirit “Catalina” who peers through the window at hungry diners in Harry’s Seafood Bar & Grille. Enjoy these stories and more, with personal interviews and documented visitor logs from the featured establishments.

haunted inns, puBs and eateries of st. augustine

Greg Jenkins

978.1.60949.408.7 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 43 iMages * $14.99

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Palm Beach’s sunny and idyllic shores had humble beginnings as a wilderness of sawgrass and swamps only braved by the hardiest of souls. Two such adventurers were Fred and Byrd “Birdie” Spilman Dewey, who pioneered in central Florida before discovering the tropical beauty of Palm Beach in 1887. This dynamic couple was vital in transforming the region from a rough backcountry into a paradise poised for progress. Authors Ginger Pedersen and Janet DeVries trace the remarkable history, using Birdie’s autobiographical writings, of the Deweys in South Florida from their beginnings on the isolated frontier to entertaining the likes of the Flaglers, Vanderbilts, Phippses, Cluetts, Clarkes and other Palm Beach elite.

pioneering palM BeaCh: the deweys and the south florida frontier

Ginger L. Pedersen & Janet M. DeVries

978.1.60949.657.9 * 6 x 9 * 129 pp * 53 iMages * $19.99

Egmont Key has been a sentinel for ships entering Tampa Bay from the Gulf of Mexico for hundreds of years. Early European explorers recognized the island’s strategic location. Its story reflects major events in the history of the United States and Florida, as the island played a role in the Seminole Wars, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and World Wars I and II. Its lighthouse, now automated, is still a beacon for ships. For many years, people have enjoyed the beaches of Egmont Key, walked the red brick “roads to nowhere” and explored the ruins of Fort Dade. Authors Don and Carol Thompson aim to foster an appreciation of the uniqueness and beauty of Egmont Key, as well as an understanding of its place in history.

egMont key: a history

Donald H. Thompson & Carol Thompson

978.1.60949.708.8 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 69 iMages * $19.99

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The Crimson Tide’s winning history is packed with fascinating stories of players and coaches who made the program the envy of every school in the nation. Now, author and sports historian Lewis Bowling presents a collection of tales that span the entirety of Alabama’s history of hard-won glory. Blending humor, drama and historical accuracy, Bowling shares stories every Bama fan will love. Discover the Alabama team that pioneered innovations in forward passing, learn about Bear Bryant’s stint as an assistant coach, relive the year that World War II forced Alabama to put its football season on hold and read the story of the soldier who credited his experience on the football field for his survival in battle. These stories, and many more, make Alabama Football Tales required reading for every fan.

alaBaMa footBall tales: More than a Century of

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Lewis Bowling

978.1.60949.722.4 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 45 iMages * $16.99

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Tuscaloosa was first inhabited by ancient native tribes tied to the land by centuries-old traditions. Pioneering settlers later moved in, establishing a town and a university that would prove vital to the state. Some say these early inhabitants never truly left. Voices from the Civil War to the civil rights movement still echo in Tuscaloosa, where the past refuses to lie dormant. Now, take a terrifying trek through Tuscaloosa with authors David Higdon and Brett Talley as they delve into the city’s shadowy history with tales of the jettisoned insane asylum, lingering antebellum mansions housing the ghosts of the original dwellers and haunted cemeteries where the specters of Confederate soldiers still march.

haunted tusCaloosa

David Higdon and Brett J. Talley

978.1.60949.573.2 * 6 x 9 * 96 pp * 29 iMages * $16.99

In an era when local department stores still thrived, Birmingham shoppers had many stores from which to choose. But when customers sought more than bargain prices, when they demanded unparalleled quality and outright luxury, they chose Loveman’s. The first store opened in Birmingham in 1887, and the chain eventually grew to include locations in Huntsville and Montgomery, embracing those from throughout the state who valued an upscale shopping experience. Weathering the Great Depression, a devastating fire that destroyed the original location in 1934 and historic civil rights protests in the early 1960s, Loveman’s proved to be an enduring name through many eras of change until finally closing its doors in 1980.

loveMan’s: Meet Me under the CloCk

Tim Hollis

978.1.60949.342.4 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 71 iMages * $19.99

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Vanderbilt basketball has come a long way since hosting the very first organized college basketball game in 1893. Vanderbilt athletic historian Bill Traughber leads the charge through Commodore history, from the Old Gym to the 2012 NCAA Tournament, complete with memories from players and coaches. Experience the program’s turning point from the court of the 1947 98–29 loss to Kentucky that sent a clear message: time to put up or shut up. The first full-time head coach, Bob Polk, soon arrived and built Vanderbilt basketball into the national contender it is today. Feel the magic of Memorial Gym and get on your feet to cheer for impossible buzzer-beaters and thrilling victories.

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Bill Traughber

978.1.60949.688.3 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 46 iMages * $19.99

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Irish-bred Noor dominated the 1950 racing season, setting world records in victories over Citation and winning the Hollywood Gold Cup by defeating a Triple Crown winner, the Horse of the Year and the previous year’s Kentucky Derby winner. Sadly, that fame faded as he failed to sire champions, and Noor was buried in an unmarked grave in Northern California decades later. Veteran turf writer Milt Toby recounts Noor’s colorful career and the inspiring story of racing enthusiast Charlotte Farmer’s personal mission to exhume the Thoroughbred’s remains for reburial in central Kentucky years after the horse was inducted into the hall of fame.

noor: a ChaMpion thoroughBred’s unlikely Journey froM California to kentuCky

Milton C. Toby

978.1.60949.561.9 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 39 iMages * $19.99

Andrew Jackson fought a duel in rural Logan County, Kentucky. Jesse James robbed a bank there, and frontier lawyers began political careers. But a resentful Al Smith knew none of this when he got off the bus at Russellville, rented a room at a shabby hotel and asked for the nearest bootlegger. After losing two newspaper jobs in New Orleans, he was the new tramp editor of Russellville’s little country weekly. He was thirty-one, and his life was in shambles. Fifty sober years later, his stories tell what happened after he was cured of his negative obsessions and discovered Kentucky was a land of the second chance. From county courthouse to the White House, read all about it.

kentuCky Cured: fifty years in kentuCky JournalisM

Al Smith, Foreword by O. Leonard Press, Founding Director of KET

978.1.60949.790.3 * 6 x 9 * 224 pp * 37 iMages * $19.99

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Folks gave this small town its peculiar moniker as early as 1847, and they’ve been doing things their own way ever since. Beginning as an important stop for commerce along the Ohio River, the tiny town has endured floods, ice, economic upheaval and all manner of modernization, remaining a beacon of bygone ways in the present day. Always bucking trends, people here elected their first dog for mayor in 1998, sparking a tradition that led to three more successful canine campaigns. So pull up a chair at the general store and join local historian Donald Clare as he presents the first book-length history of Boone County’s most celebrated river town.

raBBit hash, kentuCky: river Born, kentuCky Bred

Donald Clare

978.1.60949.435.3 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 70 iMages * $19.99

For over forty years, Dr. Fred A. Engle Jr. and Dr. Robert N. Grise have devoted themselves to researching and preserving Madison County’s history and cultural legacy through their weekly newspaper column, “Madison’s Heritage,” in the Richmond Register. Now, Kathryn Engle has sifted through the breadth of their impressive body of work, compiling a fascinating collection of historical tales from this remarkable Kentucky county. Beginning with stories of the hardscrabble pioneers who first settled the area and continuing with tales of Madison County’s local legends, important places and pivotal events, these diverse stories embody the essence of this historically rich area.

Madison’s heritage redisCovered: stories froM a historiC kentuCky County

Dr. Fred A. Engle Jr. and Dr. Robert N. Grise, Edited by Kathryn Engle

978.1.60949.627.2 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 50 iMages * $19.99

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After Senator Marcus Hanna—a presidential hopeful at the turn of the twentieth century—contracted typhoid from Columbus tap water and died soon after, the embarrassed city rushed into action. The Columbus Experiment was born. Scientists and a group of nationally renowned men who were taught the science of sanitary engineering at MIT by a forgotten and uncredited female chemist devised a plan and mobilized an army of workers into action, in spite of the ceaseless internal strife of city politicians. The result was a water-treatment system that virtually eliminated the scourge of typhoid, cholera and many other waterborne diseases from the civilized world, saving millions of lives.

the great ColuMBus experiMent of 1908: waterworks that Changed the world

Conrade C. Hinds

978.1.60949.779.8 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 74 iMages * $19.99

Taverns came early to Columbus, refreshing settlers and travelers as far back as the 1790s. Tom Betti and Doreen Uhas Sauer, from Columbus Landmarks Foundation, go barhopping through some of the historic public houses from the frontier era through Prohibition. Along the way, the stories of historic taverns in Columbus include Native American captivity stories, live bears, German “vinegar” brewers, Catholic Masses set against the backdrop of a tavern, cholera, typhoid, land speculation and political dealings, underground tunnels, a scandalous divorce and even a bordello (imagine that). Columbus has a lot of tavern history. Drink it in.

historiC ColuMBus taverns: the Capital City’s Most storied saloons

Betti & Doreen Uhas Sauer

978.1.60949.670.8 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 87 iMages * $19.99

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The history of jazz is largely the story of a few key cities—none in Ohio. As a result, most jazz historians give short shrift to the Buckeye State, regarding it as a go-through rather than a go-to place. However, the fact is that jazz has been practiced in Ohio and with a vengeance. For thirty years, these authors have been researching and documenting the history of music, particularly jazz in Ohio. Their 1999 “Jazz Ohio!” exhibit at the Ohio Historical Society ran for twelve months before portions of it were moved to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The exhibit inspired this book, and much of what you will read here has never before been brought together in one place—and it may well change the way you think about jazz. And Ohio.

ohio Jazz: a history of Jazz

in the BuCkeye state

David Meyers, Candice Watkins, Arnett Howard & James Loeffler

978.1.60949.575.6 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 81 iMages * $19.99

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Join local food aficionado Bill Loomis on a look back at the appetites, tastes, kitchens, parties, holidays and everyday meals that defined eating in Detroit, from the earliest days as a French village to the start of the twentieth century. Whether it’s at a frontier farmers’ market, a Victorian twelve-course children’s birthday party replete with tongue sandwiches or a five-cent-lunch diner, food is a main ingredient in a community’s identity and history. While showcasing favorite fare of the day, this book also explores historic foodways—how locals fished the Detroit River, banished flies from kitchens without screens and harvested frog legs with miniscule shotguns. Wedding feasts, pioneer grub, cooking classes and the thriftless ’20s are all on the menu, too.

detroit’s deleCtaBle past: two Centuries of frog legs, pigeon pie & drugstore whiskey

Bill Loomis

978.1.60949.636.4 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 52 iMages * $19.99

Who could have foreseen the impact of opening a summer camp in southwestern Michigan? Certainly not Louis and Florence Greenberg way back in 1935. Today, nearly eighty years later, people from around the world consider their summers spent at Lake of the Woods and Greenwoods Camps the very best times of their lives. A Camp Story is the tale of a legacy left by an orphan. It’s a story of boys and girls in bathing suits and bug spray as they sail about, sneak out, fall in love and find themselves, summer after summer. This is a poignant and hilarious account about the ultimate camp experience—how it touches so many people and how it continues to shape so many lives.

a CaMp story: the history of lake of the woods & greenwoods CaMps

David Himmel

978.1.60949.345.5 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 61 iMages * $19.99

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With a fresh perspective and rare images, this book tracks the evolution of thirteen of the Motor City’s finest female artists. From the romantic flourish of Patricia Hill Burnett’s mayoral portraits to Niagara’s biting pen-and-ink social commentary, gain new appreciation for the city’s art legacy with Detroiter and art collector Suzanne Bilek as your guide. Get privileged access to Letta Smith’s pastel portrait of Mrs. H.H.H. Smith and study the historically significant landscapes of Detroit’s first native-born artist, Catherine Reynolds. Pause before the work of Frida Kahlo, a giant in the art world, whose painful depictions of life in Detroit are the basis for her most moving paintings.

great feMale artists of detroit

Suzanne Bilek

978.1.60949.671.5 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp, full Color * 49 iMages * $21.99

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Beautifully preserved mid-nineteenth-century buildings grace the streets of Madison, Indiana, providing a concrete connection to the past. But a more ethereal, ghostly link flits about these streets when night descends. Restive spirits linger here, like the extra that may join you mid-slumber at Whitehall Bed-and-Breakfast, a residual from the Civil War hospital that was once nearby. Feel the ghostly chill of a mob bootlegger who stops by the Broadway Tavern around last call and learn of the myriad ghosts that flutter here in search of something. Dive into the shadows of Madison on this chilling journey with Virginia Jorgensen.

ghosts of Madison, indiana

Virginia Dyer Jorgensen

978.1.60949.744.6 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 31 iMages * $19.99

The Scribner House stands proudly on the banks of the Ohio River, a testament to the community it has seen through two centuries. Joel, Nathaniel and Abner Scribner founded New Albany when they arrived by flatboat from Pennsylvania in the early nineteenth century. Those pioneers built a thriving town—the largest in Indiana until after the Civil War. Join Piankeshaw Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution on a fascinating trip through the halls of the house they preserve. These expert stewards tell the stories of the Scribner House’s tenants and the history of New Albany that happened both in its halls and outside its front door.

the sCriBner house of new alBany: a BiCentennial CoMMeMoration

Anne Caudill, Amanda Dick, Pamela Peters and Carlene Price

978.1.60949.801.6 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 49 iMages * $19.99

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Chicago Heights was long the seat of one of the major street crews of the Chicago Outfit, but its importance has often been overlooked and misunderstood. The crew’s origins predate Prohibition, when Chicago Heights was a developing manufacturing center with a large Italian immigrant population. Its earliest bosses struggled for control until a violent gang war left the crew solidified under the auspices of Al Capone. For the remainder of the twentieth century, the boys from Chicago Heights generated large streams of revenue for the Outfit through its vast gambling enterprises, union infiltration and stolen auto rackets. For the first time, the history of the Chicago Heights street crew is traced from its inception through its last known boss.

the Boys in ChiCago heights: the forgotten Crew of the

ChiCago outfit

Matthew Luzi

978.1.60949.733.0 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 55 iMages * $19.99

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Nick Blase ruled the Chicago suburb of Niles for almost half a century, defeating every challenger and even facing down legendary Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley on occasion. Ultimately, Blase, the longest-sitting mayor in the country, resigned from office following an arrest on federal corruption charges the morning of his seventy-eighth birthday. He pled guilty and was sentenced to a year and a day in prison. Despite the cloud over his tenure, there is no doubt Blase made a huge impact on the sleepy suburb, turning the postwar bedroom community into an economic powerhouse that ranked with the largest cities in the state. After exhaustive research and hours of personal interviews, Andrew Schneider has put together a fascinating portrait of Blase’s political career.

niCk Blase: the prinCe of niles, illinois

Andrew Schneider

978.1.60949.549.7 * 6 x 9 * 256 pp * 40 iMages * $19.99

Check in on visits from Orville Wright, Casey Stengel, John Dillinger and JFK. Learn about the Aurora man who hired Abe Lincoln to defend his business and the police chief who solved the nation’s most gruesome crime. Discover what happened to the man who recorded a landmark blues song in Aurora’s tallest tower and how a boy born in the city’s poorest neighborhood went on to play for the Chicago Bears in Matt Hanley’s fascinating collection of stories from the City of Lights.

true tales of aurora, illinois: Mysterious Murders, presidential visits and Blues legends in the City of lights

Matt Hanley

978.1.60949.539.8 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 40 iMages * $19.99

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It’s well nigh impossible to break into Wisconsin’s history without picking up some respectable dirt in the way of farm lore, country wisdom and undisputed records of agricultural prowess. And when it comes to the Badger State, few people are as familiar with the soil of its stories as Martin Hintz. In his company, tramp across cranberry bogs, study centuries of beer and cheese pairings and give an affectionate thump to a 1,810.5-pound pumpkin. Discover variety beyond crops and livestock and share in the dedication that planted victory gardens during World War II and the unadulterated joy of sliding down a straw pile in threshing season.

wisConsin farM lore: kiCking Cows, giant puMpkins & other tales froM the BaCk forty

Martin Hintz

978.1.60949.538.1 * 5.5 x 8.5 * 160 pp * 42 iMages * $16.99

In 1925, the peaceful Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa found itself involved in mystery and horror. Eight-year-old Arthur “Buddy” Schumacher Jr. was last seen by three of his friends after they hopped off a freight train they’d jumped to get a ride to a nearby swimming hole. For seven weeks, the community and state searched desperately to find the boy until his body was found just a mile from his house with his clothing torn and a handkerchief shoved down his throat. The police pursued several promising leads, but to no avail. Paul Hoffman walks us back to the scene of the crime and through the reasons it was never solved.

Murder in wauwatosa: the Mysterious death of Buddy sChuMaCher

Paul Hoffman

978.1.60949. 673.9 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 25 iMages * $19.99

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Because Door County received its name from “Death’s Door,” the perilous strait with more freshwater shipwrecks than anywhere else in the world, it should be no surprise that the idyllic county has plenty of ghostly history. In the company of storyteller Gayle Soucek, meet lighthouse keepers whose sense of duty extends beyond the grave. Catch a glimpse of the phantom ship Le Griffon, never seen for more than a moment since it sailed through a crack in the ice in 1679. And it is not just the waters of Door County that carry the freight of haunted tales—Country Road T has its share of spooks, and there are whispered rumors that infamous gangster Al Capone added to the county’s stock of ghosts through a handful of brutal murders, including an ex-girlfriend and two unacknowledged children.

haunted door County

Gayle Soucek, Foreword by Bob Desh

978.1.60949.474.2 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 46 iMages * $16.99

It’s no surprise we feel a connection to our schools, where we learn to read, write and forge social bonds of all kinds. It is potentially the scene of our first crush (and the second and third…). It is where we learn to create ourselves. For more than a century, Milwaukee has taken its schoolhouses seriously, and it has a matchless variety of gorgeous landmarks to prove it. Bobby Tanzilo pays homage to some long-lost schools, salutes some veteran survivors and examines the roles they play in their neighborhoods. Learn a little about some remarkable Milwaukee architects and see what the future may hold for some of the city’s most beloved old buildings.

historiC Milwaukee puBliC sChoolhouses

Robert Tanzilo, Foreword by Gregory E. Thornton

978.1.60949.614.2 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 73 iMages * $19.99

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Stephen Wilbers has returned pen and paddle to the Boundary Waters narrative. While his first volume gathered the history of the region through his memories of expeditions with his father, this sequel witnesses the introduction of that legacy to his son. As with his first book, Wilbers steals readers away into the sublimity of the Canoe Area Wilderness and reminds them why its solitude is worth preserving. At the same, as young Eddy grows from toad-collecting child to portage-shouldering man, Wilbers demonstrates why that solitude is also worth sharing.

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Every city has a neighborhood that housed its earliest founders and their successors, an enclave of local power and financial success. For Rochester, Minnesota, this neighborhood is personified by a ten-block stretch of tree-shaded street originally platted in 1855 as West College Street, now designated as 4th Street Southwest. In the span of 150 years, two and sometimes three generations of remarkable buildings have come and gone in this neighborhood. Under the direction of movers and shakers like George Head and Dr. William J. Mayo, the street helped shape the city’s architectural legacy and define its purpose. Join architectural historian Ken Allsen on a stroll down this storied street.

old College street: the historiC heart of roChester, Minnesota

Ken Allsen

978.1.60949.614.2 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 48 iMages * $19.99

Canoeing the Boundary waters wilderness: a sawBill log

Stephen Wilbers

978.1.60949.732.3 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 55 iMages * $19.99

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It’s all here in black and white, from the catastrophic to the merely curious: A fire destroys the state capitol in 1881. A flu outbreak kills more than ten thousand Minnesotans in 1918. Frank Lloyd Wright is arrested at a Lake Minnetonka cottage in 1926. A jailed stripper blames a wardrobe malfunction in 1953. A Duluth heiress is smothered by a coldblooded killer in 1977. These fascinating stories and dozens more, culled from Minnesota newspaper archives, are presented in their original form, along with photos from the Star Tribune and other sources.

Minnesota MayheM: a history of CalaMitous events, horrifiC aCCidents, dastardly CriMe & dreadful Behavior in

the land of ten thousand lakes

Ben Welter

978.1.60949.597.8 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 61 iMages * $19.99

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Two centuries ago, the fierce winds of change were sweeping through the Middle Missouri Valley. French, Spanish and then American traders and settlers had begun pouring in. In the midst of this time of tumult and transition, five chiefs rose up to lead their peoples: Omaha Chief Big Elk, the Pottawatamie/Ottawa/Chippewa Tribe’s Captain Billy Caldwell, Ioway Chief Wangewaha (called Hard Heart), Pawnee Brave Petalesharo and Ponca Chief Standing Bear. Historian Gail Holmes tells the story of their leadership as the land was redefined beneath them.

the Chiefs of CounCil Bluffs: five leaders of the Missouri valley triBes

Gail Geo. Holmes, Illustrations by Brent Fredrickson

978.1.60949.613.5 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 33 iMages * $19.99

Truth, after all, still remains stranger and more engaging than most legends. And Missouri, of course, leads every other place in truth. Hop aboard Long’s dragon boat or take advantage of 1846 wind wagon technology to plunge into the forgotten tales of this fascinating place. Hobnob cautiously with Stagger Lee, Mike Fink and Calamity Jane and view the chamber pot war from a safe distance. Trade witticisms with Alphonse Wetmore and Mark Twain, the frontier folk who keep us civilized today. If you keep company with storyteller Mary Collins Barile, you’ll even catch a glimpse of the Mississippi River running backward from an earthquake that was all Missouri’s fault.

forgotten tales of Missouri

Mary Collins Barile, Illustrations by Karleigh Hambrick

978.1.60949.473.5 * 5 x 7 * 192 pp * 16 iMages * $12.99

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Meet the folks who slip out of history books like they’re playing the Kansas City Shuffle. In this fascinating collection of stories, Paul Kirkman has dug up all sorts of head-scratchers: how did Jesse James rob a bank with John F. Kennedy, and how could a Beatles concert in the 1960s fail to make money? Watch a cow explode in a kitchen, frogs rain down from the sky and dogs pay for a public library system. Learn how Harry Houdini was trapped in a phone booth, why Clark Gable joined the circus and what kept Kansas City in Missouri.

forgotten tales of kansas City

Paul Kirkman, Illustrations by Kristen Solecki

978.1.60949.615.9 * 5 x 7 * 160 pp * 20 illustrations * $12.99

Waldo has taken quite a journey from a wide patch of the Santa Fe Trail to one of Kansas City’s preeminent neighborhood centers. Since 1841, it has been a battlefield, railroad hub, mill town, border town, suburb, urban hotspot—and always a place where anything could happen. Meet the Waldonians who carved their character into the land lying between Gregory Boulevard, Eighty-fifth Street, Troost Avenue and State Line Road. Author LaDene Morton follows the community from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century and discovers how it has shared in the trials and triumphs of its times.

the waldo story: the hoMe of friendly MerChants

LaDene Morton

978.1.60949.472.8 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 50 iMages * $19.99

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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 ghostly history. In her expert company, tour a hotel with a reputation made from equal parts opulence and tragedy. Visit that house of horrors, the Stefflebeck Bordello, where guests regularly got the axe and were disposed of in mine shafts. Navigate through angry lynch mobs and vengeful patrols of Civil War spirits. Catch a glimpse of Bonnie and Clyde. Keep your wits about you—it’s haunted Joplin.

haunted Joplin

Lisa Livingston-Martin

978.1.60949.632.6 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 74 iMages * $19.99

Missouri’s state capital groans beneath the burden of its haunted heritage, from the shadow people of Native American folklore to Boogie Man Bill, Missouri’s wild child. The muddy river waters hide the shifting graves of steamboat crews, like the one that went down with the Montana, and the savage scars of the Civil War still linger on the land. Join Janice Tremeear for the fascinating history behind Jefferson City’s most chilling tales, including a visit to the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, where the vicious festered for 170 years.

haunted Jefferson City: ghosts of Missouri’s state Capital

Janice Tremeear

978.1.60949.486.5 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 28 iMages * $19.99

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Take a journey through Arkansas’ forgotten past and find the colorful characters, unusual stories and strange occurrences left out of conventional history books. Author Edward Underwood weaves fact and fun in this offbeat, gripping and little-known history of the Natural State. Discover the Tantrabobus monster rumored to lurk in the hills of the Ozarks, meet the imposters who faked the state’s first history museum and learn the story behind Arkansas’ lost amusement park, Dogpatch USA. Truth really is stranger than fiction in Arkansas, and this one-of-a-kind state has the stories to prove it!

forgotten tales of arkansas

Edward L. Underwood

978.1.60949.638.8 * 5 x 7 * 192 pp * 50 iMages * $12.99

From the Quapaw tribe who first inhabited the land to the first French settlement in the early 1700s, Little Rock’s history predates the founding of America. Yet the people and events that shaped this historic legacy refuse to disappear into the pages of history books, and voices from the past still echo on Little Rock’s streets. Join author and tour guide Linda Howell as she recounts history that is as fascinating as it is frightening. From the harrowing tale of how Curran Hall came to be haunted to the story behind the spirits that linger in historic Mount Holly Cemetery and much more, this collection covers the breadth of Little Rock’s chilling history.

haunted little roCk

Linda Howell

978.1.60949.407.0 * 6 x 9 * 112 pp * 33 iMages * $14.99

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Mississippi State dominated Southeastern Conference basketball in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Starting in 1959, the team won four conference titles over five seasons. Yet despite earning their way, the Bulldogs remained routinely absent from NCAA tournaments. Amid a climate of fierce segregation, Mississippi refused to allow its collegiate teams to compete with integrated programs. In 1963, one team determined to compete on the national stage made state history. Led by beloved coach Babe McCarthy, and supported by university students and administration, the Bulldogs made a daring and furtive trip to play Loyola’s integrated team in the national tournament. Now, sports journalist Kyle Veazey vividly recounts the amazing journey of a team that refused to be hindered by the status quo.

ChaMpions for Change: how the Mississippi state

Bulldogs and their Bold CoaCh defied segregation

Kyle Veazey

978.1.60949.608.1 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 35 iMages * $19.99

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An insignificant crossroads in northeast Mississippi was an unlikely battleground for one of the most spectacular Confederate victories in the western theater of the Civil War. But that is where two generals determined destiny for their men. Union general Samuel D. Sturgis looked to redeem his past military record, while hard-fighting Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest aimed to drive the Union army out of Mississippi or die trying. In the hot June sun, their armies collided for control of north Mississippi in a story of courage, overwhelming odds and American spirit. Blue Mountain College professor Stewart Bennett retells the day’s saga through a wealth of first-person soldier accounts.

the Battle of BriCe’s Crossroads

Stewart L. Bennett

978.1.60949.502.2 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 35 iMages * $21.99

Mississippi’s gorgeous Gulf Coast is known for its sandy beaches, sunny weather and welcoming people. Not so welcoming, however, are the spirits that haunt the shores, lighthouses, canneries and historic sites in towns along the coast. Join author and ghost hunter Bud Steed as he leads a haunted journey with stops in Pascagoula, Biloxi, Gulfport, Waveland and all points in between. From the apparition seen lingering in the Bay St. Louis Train Depot, still waiting for his train to come, to the forceful spirits haunting the Old Biloxi Cemetery that refuse to be ignored, this collection offers the complete take on the haunted hot spots that add a touch of darkness and a hint of menace to Mississippi’s sunny Gulf Coast.

haunted Mississippi gulf Coast

Bud Steed

978.1.60949.639.5 * 6 x 9 * 112 pp * 36 iMages * $19.99

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The early days of Louisiana settlement brought with them a clandestine group of Jewish pioneers. Isaac Monsanto and other traders spited the rarely enforced Code Noir banning their occupancy, but it wasn’t until the Louisiana Purchase that larger numbers colonized the area. Immigrants like the Sartorius brothers and Samuel Zemurray made their way from Central and Eastern Europe to settle the bayou country along the Mississippi. They made their homes in and around New Orleans and the Mississippi River delta, establishing congregations like that of Tememe Derech and B’Nai Israel, with the mighty river serving as a mode of transportation and communication, connecting the communities on both sides of the riverbank.

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the Jews of new orleans and the Mississippi delta: a history of life and CoMMunity along the Bayou

Emily Ford & Barry Stiefel, Foreword by Michael Cohen

978.1.60949.681.4 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 60 iMages * $19.99

The capital of Louisiana is filled with an array of significant historical monuments and markers, each with a unique story to tell. Some, like the old and new capitols and the Louisiana State University Memorial Tower, are well-known, iconic pieces of Baton Rouge. Others, like De Boré’s Sugar Kettle and the nation’s only remaining Pentagon Barracks outside Washington, D.C., are lesser known yet no less important to the narrative of Baton Rouge. Discover historic treasures like the USS Louisiana figurehead and the Merci Train and learn the stories behind the Liberty Bell and the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk “Joy.” Join Dr. Hilda Krousel on this journey through the history of “Red Stick,” as told by its most storied landmarks.

landMarks & MonuMents of Baton rouge

Hilda S. Krousel, PhD

978.1.60949.640.1 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 43 iMages * $19.99

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These are the Texas Dames, women who sallied forth to run sprawling ranches, build towns, helm major banks and shape Lone Star history. These “Dames” broke gender and racial barriers in every facet of life. Some led the way as heroines, while others slid headlong into notoriety, but nearly all exhibited similar strands of courage and determination to wrest a country, a state and a region from the wilds. From Angelina of the Hasinai, interpreter for the Spanish, and sharpshooter Sally Scull to Dr. Claudia Potter, America’s first female anesthesiologist, and Birdie Harwood, Texas’s first female mayor, historian Carmen Goldthwaite has been profiling Texas women and their accomplishments in her popular “Texas Dames” column. Here are their stories, from early Tejas to the twentieth century.

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sassy and savvy woMen throughout lone star history

Carmen Goldthwaite

978.1.60949.812.2 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 47 iMages * $19.99

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Lawlessness in Texas did not end with the close of the cowboy era. It just evolved, swapping horses and pistols for cars and semiautomatics. From Patrolman “Newt” Stewart, killed by a group of servicemen in February 1900, to Whitesboro chief of police William Thomas “Will” Miller, run down by a vehicle in the line of duty in 1940, Ron DeLord and Cliff Caldwell present a comprehensive chronicle of the brave—and some not so brave—peace officers who laid down their lives in the service of the State of Texas in the first half of the twentieth century.

texas lawMen, 1900–1940: More of the good and the Bad

Clifford R. Caldwell & Ron DeLord

978.1.60949.452.0 * 6 x 9 * 528 pp * $29.99

From pioneering superstars like Tris Speaker and Rogers Hornsby and Negro League standouts Smokey Joe Williams and Willie Well to present-day luminaries like Nolan Ryan, Texas has played a crucial role in the evolution of the national pastime. What began as friendly town games led to the formation of the Texas League in 1888, though it would be almost eight decades before the arrival of the Colt .45s, Texas’s first major-league team, and another forty-three years until the Astros played in the World Series. From scrappers on the red dirt diamonds to the big-league stars of the Astros and Rangers, veteran sportswriter Clay Coppedge traces the state’s long love affair with the sport in this first-ever comprehensive look at Texas baseball.

texas BaseBall: a lone star diaMond history froM town teaMs to the Big leagues

Clay Coppedge

978.1.60949.598.5 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 77 iMages * $19.99

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Central Texas is an area as diverse culturally as it is geographically. Bordered by Hill Country in the west, green farmland in the east and Waco and New Braunfels in the north and south, this area has drawn settlers from around the globe for over two centuries, leaving their mark and their stories along the way. From a surprising story of nineteenth-century psych ops at Fort Mason and what really happened to Bevo, the UT longhorn, in 1920 to Mrs. Ross’s Croghan Cobbler recipe and rumors of a Lone Star visit by old Abe himself, historian Mike Cox regales readers with over fifty stories about the fascinating people, history and places of middle Texas.

Central texas tales

Mike Cox

978.1.60949.739.2 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 44 iMages * $19.99

The Texas Panhandle is like a whole ’nother country. The area stretching from just south of Lubbock all the way north to Oklahoma is filled with ranch land, oil fields, windy plains and some of the Lone Star State’s most unique history. Read about the duck that started a gun battle in Oldham County and find out how Kate Polly’s pancake flipping saved her life. Or witness Gene Autry’s days as a performer in Childress and a different sort of “gold rush” in Palo Duro Canyon as historian Mike Cox shares his favorite pieces of the Panhandle’s past.

texas panhandle tales

Mike Cox

978.1.60949.611.1 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 53 iMages * $19.99

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Bryan was incorporated in 1872, but it would take more than ten years before its African American population was offered schooling. Nothing would come easy for them, but they persevered through hard work, ingenuity and family support. The success of today’s generation is a direct result of determined, hardworking pioneers like Dr. Samuel J. Sealey Sr., Bryan’s “baby doctor” in the 1930s and ’40s, and Dr. William A. Hammond Sr., who opened Bryan’s first black hospital and employed many blacks through his business ventures. Dr. Oswell Person shares the story of this community’s achievements, successes and contributions in the face of incredible odds.

afriCan aMeriCan Bryan, texas: CeleBrating the past

Oswell Person, PhD

978.1.60949.698.2 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 70 iMages * $19.99

On the eve of the Civil War, Galveston was a jewel of the Gulf Coast—a booming city with a fine natural harbor and all the commerce, culture and improvements that attended it. It was also home to the largest slave market west of New Orleans and a hotbed of secessionist sentiment. Once the war started, Galveston became the focus of Union efforts to take Texas and Confederate efforts to defend it. Through the voice of its people, this lively book relates the interesting and important role the Island City played during the war, including the story of the Union naval blockade, the dramatic Battle of Galveston, Unionists, dreadful epidemics of yellow fever, the surrender of Galveston as the last major port still in Confederate hands and more.

galveston and the Civil war: an island City in the MaelstroM

James M. Schmidt

978.1.60949.283.0 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 47 iMages * $19.99

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Spirits and specters linger, haunt and taunt locals and strangers alike throughout Bartlesville. Some of the city’s hottest tourist spots are host to chilling tales of otherworldly visitors. A fair share of the more than twelve thousand souls buried in White Rose Cemetery refuse to rest in peace. Gentleman diners may be distracted at Frank and Lola’s by the chilling shadow of Estelle, a ghostly holdover from the building’s brothel legacy. Jake Bartles gave his name to the town, and some say he left his soul for posterity as well, haunting the halls of the old Dewey Hotel. Oil tycoon Frank Phillips, loath to leave his riches, haunts Woolaroc and his mansion. It seems even those who have passed over do not pass on from this cosmopolitan gem.

haunted Bartlesville, oklahoMa

Rita Cook, Photography by Russell W. Dandridge

978.1.60949.506.0 * 6 x 9 * 112 pp * 42 iMages * $19.99

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Deadwood’s notorious past has not relinquished its hold on its corner of the Badlands or its place in popular imagination. And no wonder. If Wild Bill Hickok found its streets a little too rough, it should come as no surprise that the gamblers, gunslingers and general mischief-makers who put down roots at Deadwood’s saloons and brothels did so in a ferocious and unforgettable manner. Mark Shadley and Josh Wennes prospect for ghostly activity as industriously as the town’s former inhabitants dug for gold—and strike it just as rich. Greet Calamity Jane, Al Swearingen and a host of other characters as ready-made for haunting as they ever were for television.

haunted deadwood: a true wild west ghost town

Mark Shadley and Josh Wennes

978.1.60949.325.7 * 6 x 9 * 112 pp * 36 iMages * $19.99

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From its log cabin beginnings at a dusty crossroads in Montana Territory, the Missoula Mercantile grew to become the largest department store between Minneapolis and Seattle. Under the guidance of A.B. Hammond and C.H. McLeod and their policy of community involvement and customer satisfaction, the Merc became a household word in Montana, synonymous with square dealing. Join historian Minie Smith as she traces the story of a western institution, remembering everything from the Missoula Mercantile’s hardware department, with its creaky wooden floors and drawers of nuts and bolts, to its ladies’ apparel department, which offered a taste of the big city with silks, satins and velveteens. From horseshoes to hosieries, the Merc had what customers needed and knew what they wanted.

the Missoula MerCantile: the store that ran an eMpire

Minie Smith

978.1.60949.409.4 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 80 iMages * $19.99

From the stately Queen Anne mansions of the West Side to the hastily constructed shanties of Cabbage Patch, Lost Butte, Montana, traces the city’s history through its architectural heritage, including such highlights as the Grand Opera House, the infamous brothels protested by reformer Carrie Nation, wielding her hatchet and sharp tongue; and the Columbia Gardens, built by copper king William Clark as a respite from the smoke and toil of the mines and later destroyed by fire. Through the stories of these structures, lost to the march of time and urban renewal, historian Richard Gibson recalls the boom and bust of Butte, once a mining metropolis and now part of the largest National Historic Landmark District.

lost Butte, Montana

Richard I. Gibson

978.1.60949.594.7 * 6 x 9 * 114 pp * 71 iMages * $19.99

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From reports of a figure in the old firehouse bell tower to whispered rumors of apparitions seen in basements and tunnels underneath the city, Fort Collins is filled with disturbing and unnatural occurrences. In Old Town, pictures fly off walls, ghostly noises ring out through passageways and specters pass through brick walls. Tour guide Lori Juszak and her team take readers on a trip through the Choice City’s most chilling hauntings and legends. Meet the guest at the Antler’s Hotel who never checks out and dance along to the unexplained music in the Museum of Art. Watch out for the ghost at the Armadillo Garage and beware the spirits of the underground morgue!

ghosts of fort Collins

Lori Juszak, Photography by Chris Juszak

978.1.60949.519.0 * 112 pp * 24 iMages * $19.99

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Early promoters of Colorado’s Western Slope would have had settlers believe the area was one of proper behavior and upstanding morality. But this was not the case. Hot tempers led to quick trigger fingers and Main Street shootouts. Drinking, gambling and thieving were popular pursuits, and law breaking of all kinds thrived in this wild land. From Charles Graham, whose jealous rampage in Grand Junction is still talked about today, and the mysterious Friday the thirteenth murder of Jeanette Morris to Abe C. Ong, the mischievous pioneer bootlegger of De Beque, and Riverside’s Mrs. Barnes and her foul crime, “History Sleuth” D.A. Brockett reveals some of the most outrageous and remarkable crimes in Western Slope history.

wiCked western slope: MayheM, MisChief & Murder in Colorado

D.A. Brockett

978.1.60949.570.1 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 68 iMages * $19.99

Eerie tales have been part of the city’s history from the beginning: Pikes Peak and Cheyenne Mountain are the subjects of several spooky Native American legends, and Anasazi spirits are still seen at the ancient cliff dwellings outside town. In the Old North End neighborhood, the howls of hellhounds ring through the night, and visitors at the Cheyenne Canon Inn have spotted the spirit of Alex Riddle on the grounds for over a century. Henry Harkin has haunted Dead Mans’ Canyon since his gruesome murder in 1863, and Poor Bessie Bouton is said to linger on Cutler Mountain, hovering where her body was discovered more than a century ago. Ghost hunter and tour guide Stephanie Waters explores the stories behind the oldest and scariest tales.

ghosts of Colorado springs and pikes peak

Stephanie Waters

978.1.60949.467.4 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 29 iMages * $19.99

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In Denver, even the suburbs and outlying cities have the kind of history that could give quite a fright to the unsuspecting. Folks might be surprised to learn that a house in northwest Denver comes fully equipped with a basement theater—and spectral performers as well—and former phantom residents still roam their old homestead in what is now an Adams County open space. From Westminster’s Bowles House Museum, where even the ghosts were involved in renovations, to Littleton’s Melting Pot restaurant, a former Carnegie library that offers diners a side of the supernatural, accidental ghost hunter Kevin Pharris explores further tales of supernatural haunts and unexplained phenomena surrounding the Mile-High City.

historiC haunts around denver

Kevin Pharris

978.1.60949.738.5 * 6 x 9 * 112 pp * 26 iMages * $19.99

From the moment it sprang from the frontier, Denver was a hotbed of violent money disputes, acts of criminal insanity and every manner of wickedness associated with street and saloon life. Men posed as women while committing crimes, and murderous madams left trails of scarred girls and ruined lives. Some sordid tales are common Mile-High lore, like the case of the Denver Strangler, while others, like the Capitol Hill Slugger, who plagued the well-to-do neighborhood at the turn of the century, have disappeared from note…until now. Follow Sheila O’Hare and Alphild Dick through the tantalizing and wicked tales that undeniably sculpted the city.

wiCked denver: Mile-high Misdeeds and MalfeasanCe

Sheila O’Hare and Alphild Dick

978.1.60949.153.6 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 66 iMages * $19.99

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New Mexico’s Spanish legacy has informed the cultural traditions of one of the last states to join the union for more than four hundred years, or before the alluring capital of Santa Fé was founded in 1610. The fame the region gained from artist Georgia O’Keefe, writers Lew Wallace and D.H. Lawrence and pistolero Billy the Kid has made New Mexico an international tourist destination. But the Spanish annals also have enriched the Land of Enchantment with the factual stories of a superhero knight, the greatest queen in history, a saintly gent whose coffin periodically rises from the depths of the earth and a mysterious ancient map. Join author Ray John de Aragón as he reveals hidden treasure full of suspense and intrigue.

hidden history of spanish new MexiCo

Ray John de Aragón

978.1.60949.760.6 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 55 iMages * $19.99

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Old Town Plaza has been the center of Albuquerque community life since the city was founded in 1706 by Governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdez. Historically known as the crossroads of the Southwest, and reflecting an amalgamation of Spanish, Mexican and Native American cultures, Old Town Plaza has been home to many of New Mexico’s proud ancestors—and still is. Ghosts of Old Town Albuquerque presents the evidence of their specters wandering the shadows, gathered by author Cody Polston, president of the Southwest Ghost Hunter’s Association. Having tracked spirits for three decades, Polston vows that pragmatism still can’t explain away many of Old Town Plaza’s eerie wraiths.

ghosts of old town alBuquerque

Cody Polston

978.1.60949.662.3 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 57 iMages * $16.99

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad has operated for more than three decades as a tourist ride over the breathtaking Cumbres Pass, ten thousand feet above sea level in the Rocky Mountains. The sixty-four miles of the former San Juan Extension of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway were saved twice by volunteers from the railroad graveyard. In 1970, the States of Colorado and New Mexico bought the railroad, which runs from Chama, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, to Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado. New Mexico historian and C&TSRR commissioner and spokesman Spencer Wilson offers an insider’s account of this triumphant tale of historical preservationists succeeding on an impressive scale.

saving the CuMBres & tolteC sCeniC railroad

Spencer Wilson, with Wes Pfarner, Photo Archivist

978.1.60949.547.3 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 42 iMages * $16.99

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Experience southwestern heritage, culture and cuisine while learning to rope and herd cattle, trail ride through the wilderness or make prickly pear syrup. With roots dating back to the mid-1800s, southern Arizona’s historic guest ranches and farm stays include Spain’s first mission in the continental United States, a former World War II prison camp and boys’ boarding school and a Butterfield Stagecoach stop. Intimately connected to Arizona’s land and legacy, these unparalleled retreats have hosted countless artists, movie stars and politicians and continue to enrich their present-day communities through food, education and conservation. Pack your bags and join travel writer Lili DeBarbieri for a journey into the rural west south of the Gila River.

a guide to southern arizona’s historiC farMs & ranChes:

rustiC southwest retreats

Lili DeBarbieri

978.1.60949.460.5 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 41 iMages * $19.99

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Barking dogs, silent birds and a malodorous stench foretell encounters with the ghostly apparitions and strange creatures that stalk Magic Valley. Are these just fanciful notions and figments of the imagination? Not according to eyewitnesses who swear things really do go bump in the night in south central Idaho. Read about the Stricker Ranch caretaker awakened by the phantom of a pioneer woman, the piercing red eyes that frightened visitors at Albion’s normal school campus, the couple whose property is haunted by ancient spirits and the woman and her grandson who encountered Bigfoot’s foul stench in a local wilderness. Turn on the lights, get cozy and read on as author Andy Weeks investigates the phenomena and local lore of Idaho’s Magic Valley.

ghosts of idaho’s MagiC valley:

hauntings and lore

Andy Weeks

978.1.60949.601.2 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 32 iMages * $19.99

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In its youth, Portland combined rough-and-ready logging camp with gritty, hard-punching deep-water port. Lusty lads dallied with hard-eyed beauties in dark alleys, and crimps and captains bartered in blood money for the drunk and drugged. From the seedy waterfront to the notorious North End, Portland’s sin sector offered vices packaged in pint glasses and perfumed corsets. Nancy Boggs’s floating bordello and city police chief James Lappeus’s Oro Fino Saloon beckoned to the city’s wastrels and grifters, votes could be bought for the price of a pint and Bunco Kelly’s Mariner’s Rest fronted a shanghai operation. Join Finn J.D. John of the “Offbeat Oregon” column as he reveals the roughest, most colorful era of Portland history.

wiCked portland: the wild and lusty underworld of a frontier seaport town

Finn J.D. John

978.1.60949.578.7 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 46 iMages * $19.99

Oregon boasts coastal courses that mirror the terrain of golf ’s birthplace and tree-lined inland courses that rival any in the country. Walk the Oregon golf beat with veteran sportswriter Bob Robinson as he captures the finest tee-to-green moments. Peter Jacobsen makes a valiant charge in the PGA Championship. Bob Gilder, unsung but not unwanted, turns into a hero at the Ryder Cup. Bandon Dunes Resort, the dream of founder Mike Keiser, defies skeptics and becomes a smash hit. And tireless volunteers make Portland’s tournament one of the longest-running and most successful on the LPGA Tour. Golf in Oregon is a collection of unforgettable moments drawn from Robinson’s four decades of coverage showcasing the finest in Oregon talent.

golf in oregon: historiC tales froM the fairway

Bob Robinson, Foreword by Peter Jacobsen

978.1.60949.648.7 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 40 iMages * $16.99

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In 1968, Newsweek reported an imminent threat of twenty thousand hippies descending on Portland, Oregon. Although the numbers were exaggerated, Portland did boast a vibrant 1960s culture of disenchanted and disenfranchised individuals seeking social and political revolution. Barefoot and bell-bottomed, they hung out in Portland’s bohemian underground and devised a better world. What began in coffee shop conversations found its voice in the Willamette Bridge newspaper, KBOO radio station and the Portland State University student strike, resulting in social, artistic and political change in the Rose City. Through these stories from the counterculture, author Polina Olsen brings to life the beat-snapping Caffe Espresso, the incense and black light posters of the Psychedelic Supermarket and the spontaneous concerts and communal soups in Lair Hill Park.

portland in the 1960s: stories froM the CounterCulture

Polina Olsen, Foreword by Joe Uris

978.1.60949.471.1 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 71 iMages * $19.99

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The Kit Carson Trail in Carson City, Nevada, is haunted by history. The footsteps of Abe Curry, the first superintendent of the Nevada City Mint, still echo in the halls of the building. Mark Twain’s niece, Jennie Clemens, died of a fever when she was nine; her spirit peeks from the upstairs window of the family home and is said to visit the Lone Mountain Cemetery. In the 1800s, V&T Railroad baron Duane Bliss built his home on a burial ground. Today, the house occasionally chimes with laughter and music as spirits gather in the parlor in evening finery. Take a walk through Carson City’s haunted history with author Janet Jones and meet the spirits that linger in the city’s historic district.

haunted Carson City

Janet Jones

978.1.60949.764.4 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 31 iMages * $19.99

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Throughout California’s history, remarkable women have been at the core of change and innovation. In this unparalleled collection, Gloria Harris and Hannah Cohen relate the stories of forty women whose struggles and achievements have paved the way for generations. These women were strong and determined, overcoming prejudice, skepticism and injustice. Visionary architect Julia Morgan designed Hearst Castle; Dolores Huerta co-founded United Farm Workers; Donaldina Cameron, the angry angel of Chinatown, rescued brothel workers; and silent film actress Mary Pickford helped form United Artists Pictures. Harris and Cohen chronicle the triumphs and disappointments of diverse women who dared to take risks and break barriers.

woMen trailBlazers of California: pioneers to the present

Gloria G. Harris and Hannah S. Cohen

978.1.60949.675.3 * 6 x 9 * 192 pp * 52 iMages * $19.99

Winding through the rugged heartland of the American West, Route 66 has resonated for generations in hardscrabble stories of hopeful seekers of new homes and lives. The Mother Road has inspired books and shows by the dozens, exploring the mythology and anticipation of freedom road. But here is something new. Coauthors Claudia and Alan Heller, longtime residents of Duarte, California, along Route 66, hitched their trailer to a retirement dream and traveled the road again, in their home state and back to Chicago. They collected stories of the iconic highway, and what it means to the people who live along it.

life on route 66: personal aCCounts along the Mother road to California

Claudia & Alan Heller, Foreword by Jim Conkle, Publisher-Editor, Route 66 Pulse

978.1.60949.622.7 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 68 iMages * $19.99

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The picturesque vineyards of California’s Napa Valley disguise a tangled history of lawlessness, depravity and frontier justice. Some crimes were committed over debts, some for retribution and others in the name of love. Famed photographer Eadweard Muybridge killed a man for seducing his wife but was acquitted. Other criminals were not so lucky and met the gallows, like murderer William Roe, the state’s final public execution. From the Pomo massacre—the first criminal case heard by the California Supreme Court—to the cold cases that continue to haunt the region, Napa Police Detective Todd Shulman decants the crimes of the Napa Valley, memorializing the victims and honoring the efforts of local law enforcement.

Murder and MayheM in the napa valley

Todd L. Shulman, Foreword by John Boessenecker

978.1.60949.544.2 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 48 iMages * $19.99

In the late 1800s, the green gold of California’s inland timber belt included the sticky long-coned sugar pine and cinnamon-dusted ponderosa pine of Big Chico Creek Canyon. Tucked into the steep terrain of present-day Butte County, the bustling West Branch Mill employed hardy jackies to move logs from the foothills east of Chico to waiting markets in Sacramento, Marysville and San Francisco. Author Andy Mark recounts the lesser-known history of the West Branch Mill, recalling a time when resident physician Newton Enloe treated the reckless men who faced daily peril, John Bidwell’s bumpy Humboldt Wagon Road was the only route to town and Big Chico Creek was lined with elevated gravity flumes running logs and ambulance rafts.

the west BranCh Mill of the sierra luMBer CoMpany: early logging in northeastern California

Andy Mark

978.1.60949.741.5 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 60 iMages * $19.99

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In 1874, David Lubin hung a provocative sign over a ten by twelve-foot space on the corner of Fourth and K Streets in Sacramento: “D. Lubin: One Price.” Thus began the dry goods store that would evolve into Weinstock, Lubin, and Co., one of Sacramento’s landmark businesses and eventually a regional giant. While many Sacramentans will remember the spectacular Christmas displays, the signature children’s milk bar and the gala openings of suburban stores at Country Club Plaza and Sunrise Mall, historian Annette Kassis goes beyond the storefront to uncover the philosophy that placed Weinstock’s at the forefront of business innovation. More than a retail establishment, Weinstock’s one-hundred-year legacy brought high fashion, progressive politics and the leading edge of modernization to California’s Capital City.

weinstoCk’s: saCraMento’s finest departMent store

Annette Kassis

978.1.60949.444.5 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 71 iMages * $19.99

Initially the storefront for gold seekers trampling a path between the Sacramento River and Sutter’s Fort, K Street soon became the hub of California’s first stagecoach, railroad and riverboat networks. Over the years, K Street boasted saloons and vaudeville houses, the neon buzz of jazz clubs and movie theaters, as well as the finest hotels and department stores. For the postwar generation, K Street was synonymous with Christmas shopping and teenage cruising. From the Golden Eagle and Buddy Baer’s to Weinstock’s and the Alhambra Theatre, join historian William Burg as he chronicles the legacy of Sacramento’s K Street, once a boulevard of aspirations and bustling commerce and now home to a spirit of renewal.

saCraMento’s k street: where our City was Born

William Burg

978.1.60949.425.4 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 75 iMages * $19.99

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As Crescenta Valley residents gathered to ring in the 1934 New Year, a cloudburst broke over Southern California’s San Gabriel Mountains, unleashing a deluge on mountainsides denuded by recent fires. A roaring wall of rocks, mud and water crashed down the canyons, uprooting trees, tossing boulders and automobiles like toys and carving a path of destruction. Using painstaking research and heartrending firsthand accounts, historian Art Cobery paints a picture of survival and redemption in the face of natural disaster, including the heroic efforts of an eleven-year-old to save her father and younger brother, the devastating debris flow that claimed the lives of refugees and aid workers at the American Legion Hall and the selfless acts of neighbors caught in the storm of events.

the great CresCenta valley flood: new year’s day 1934Art Cobery, with Mike and Pam Lawler

978.1.60949.449.0 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 56 iMages * $19.99

In the 1800s, Tulare County, California, was a hotbed of desperate characters whose deadly gunplay and murderous inclinations left a trail of bodies across the region. Train bandits, coldblooded murders and callous outlaws armed with shotguns and butcher knives plagued Visalia, Porterville and other sleepy central California towns. Join historian and retired Visalia Police Caption Terry Ommen as he relates the transgressions of Tulare County’s roughest characters, including thrilling tales of the pistol-packing Mason-Henry Gang, a deadly duel between politically divided journalists and vigilante justice exacted by angry mobs.

wild tulare County: outlaws, rogues & reBels

Terry L. Ommen

978.1.60949.509.1 * 128 pp * 65 iMages * $19.99

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The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders—a horrible 1928 national news story that inspired the 2008 movie The Changeling from director Clint Eastwood—are only the most infamous despicable deeds that have bloodstained the rural countryside between Riverside City and the San Bernardino County line. Jurupa Valley has been a region of dark doings and scandalous misdeeds for generations. Buried in its landscape are salacious sagas of unchecked bootlegging, payday orgies and gruesome murders. Author Kim Jarrell Johnson digs deep to disinter the unsavory stories that have traditionally marked her home city as a resting place of enduring infamy.

wiCked Jurupa valley: Murder & Misdeeds in rural southern California

Kim Jarrell Johnson

978.1.60949.520.6 * 6 x 9 * 112 pp * 36 iMages * $19.99

Their names run deep through local history and lore, adorning street signs, canyons, historical buildings, homes and ranches in the swath of suburbia between Pasadena and Tujunga, where the towns of La Crescenta and La Cañada took shape, along with the unique community of Montrose. Profiled here by author Jo Anne Sadler, a researcher and frequent writer for the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley, are such singularly important local characters as Theodor Pickens, the first permanent settler; Dr. Benjamin B. Briggs, the founder of La Crescenta; Jacob L. Lanterman and Adolphus W. Williams, the original developers of Rancho La Cañada; and the Le Mesnager family, whose historic wine barn still stands in Deukmejian Wilderness Park.

CresCenta valley pioneers & their legaCies

Jo Anne Sadler

978.1.60949.562.6 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 54 iMages * $19.99

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Situated in the beautiful San Bernardino Range, Crestline is the gateway community to the famous mountain resorts of Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear Lake. Historically, the area was known for timber-cutting, hunting and fishing, fruit and nut harvesting and, later on, skiing and other winter sports. The first visitors to the area were Native Americans escaping the Mojave Desert summers; followed in the 1850s by Mormon lumberjacks who built San Bernardino Town at the base of the mountains; and then successors who bought the sawmills and settled into mountain living. Historian Rhea-Frances Tetley recalls some of the more intrepid and colorful characters to have trekked through the western San Bernardinos.

Crestline ChroniCles

Rhea-Frances Tetley, Foreword by Douglas W. Motley

978.1.60949.584.8 * 6 x 9 * 144 pp * 58 iMages * $19.99

By 1889, the newly established town of Redlands at the southern base of the San Bernardino Range offered mild winters and spectacular views of the nearby mountains. The sunny, dry climate enticed eastern industrialists, and Redlands became a place of annual escape, a millionaire mecca by the turn of the twentieth century. Early philanthropists set the tone for an active civic culture that has lasted throughout the city’s 125 years. These stories, researched and written by Joan Hedges McCall, tell how the town developed out of dusty, semi-arid lands into a green belt of orange groves, parks and Victorian homes. Find out where the water came from, how the navel oranges grew and who helped Redlands grow into the beloved city it is today.

redlands reMeMBered: stories froM the Jewel of the inland eMpire

Joan Hedges McCall

978.1.60949.618.0 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 55 iMages * $19.99

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The Los Angeles Dodgers have always fielded one of the best pitching staffs in the Major Leagues. With Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, Fernando Valenzuela and Orel Hershiser and closers Mike Marshall and Eric Gagne, it’s hard to imagine a more sterling roster. After their 1958 arrival from Brooklyn, the Dodgers won five World Series, competed in nine and made the playoffs in eleven other seasons—by leaning on their pitchers. The Dodgers have nine Cy Young Awards, more than any other franchise. In their fifty-three years in LA, the Dodgers have led the National League in team earned run average a staggering twenty times. Join author Don Lechman, a Los Angeles newspaperman for forty years, as he recounts the history of the team’s aces.

los angeles dodgers pitChers: seven deCades of diaMond doMinanCe

Don Lechman

978.1.60949.712.5 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 34 iMages * $19.99

When postwar movie directors went looking for a gritty location to shoot their psychological crime thrillers, they found Bunker Hill, a neighborhood of fading Victorians, flophouses, tough bars, stairways and dark alleys in downtown Los Angeles. Novelist Raymond Chandler had already been there drawing inspiration for his work, exploring the real-life “mean streets” that his hardboiled detective, Philip Marlowe, prowled in the writer’s exacting prose. But the biggest crime was going on behind the scenes, run by the city’s power elite. And Hollywood just happened to capture it on film. Using nearly eighty photos, writer Jim Dawson enlarges the record of L.A. history with this grass-roots investigation of a vanished place.

los angeles’s Bunker hill: pulp fiCtion’s Mean streets and filM noir’s ground zero!

Jim Dawson

978.1.40969.546.6 * 6 x 9 * 160 pp * 74 iMages * $19.99

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Los Angeles sprawled westward toward the sand and sea of Santa Monica Bay throughout the twentieth century as land-grant ranchos gave way to capitalists and promoters. Developers subdivided the coastal land into neighborhoods and communities: Santa Monica, Brentwood, Bel-Air, Westwood, Venice, Ocean Park, Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Marina del Rey. These became places known to the nation at large for the estates of movie stars, such as Will Rogers, and business tycoons, such as Henry Huntington. The Westside’s destinations included UCLA, amusement piers and surfing beaches. Join Jan Loomis, a former West L.A. magazine publisher and historian, as she tells the stories behind how it all came to be West Los Angeles.

westside ChroniCles: historiC stories of west los angeles

Jan Loomis

978.1.60949.623.4 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 54 iMages * $19.99

The roots of football run deep in Long Beach, where Long Beach Polytechnic High School has produced more players who have played in the National Football League than any other high school in the United States. Poly’s storied program has fed the NFL a wide variety of top players, including such receivers as Johnny Morris, Gene Washington, Tony Hill, Stephone Paige, Marcedes Lewis and DeSean Jackson. This authoritative citywide pigskin history by Mike Guardabascio includes the football sagas of other area high schools, as well as the legacies of Long Beach State and Long Beach City College, which have enjoyed their own brands of national recognition.

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Mike Guardabascio

978.1.60949.545.9 * 6 x 9 * 224 pp + 16 pp Color * 80 iMages * $19.99

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Since the 1930s heyday, when ski jumping competitions and winter carnivals converted Californians to the thrills of “wooden wings,” the snow-laden slopes of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains have beckoned Southland skiers. The popularity of winter sports brought the First International Pine Needle Ski Tournament to North Hollywood; the San Diego Ski Club boasted distinguished members such as Dorothy McClung Wullich, the first woman in the National Ski Patrol; and just a short drive from the sun and sand, places like Rebel Ridge and Kratka offered snowy escapes. Ingrid Wicken, founder of the California Ski Library, chronicles Southern California’s once-favored mountain getaways that introduced everything from rope tows to artificial snow.

lost ski areas of southern California

Ingrid P. Wicken, Foreword by Doug Pfeiffer

978.1.60949.387.5 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 68 iMages * $19.99

In one of the most inexplicable and practically unknown homefront tragedies of World War II, three separate but eerily linked events left sixteen people dead along the California coast. On July 4, 1943, a B-24 Liberator on maneuvers over the Pacific ran low on fuel. The U.S. Army Air Corps crew parachuted out and the unmanned heavy bomber crashed near Santa Barbara. A second B-24, assigned to the search-and-rescue mission over the ocean, literally vanished. That plane’s remains and those of its twelve airmen were found eight months later on San Miguel Island. In 1954, the Coast Guard cutter carrying Air Force investigators to wrap up details of the San Miguel disaster rammed a yacht, killing two others. Author Robert A. Burtness re-creates this tragic trilogy of errors in this painstakingly researched volume.

the santa BarBara B-24 disasters: a Chain of tragedies aCross air, land & sea

Robert A. Burtness

978.1.60949.571.8 * 6 x 9 * 128 pp * 51iMages * $19.99

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