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Edward L Ayers
American Visions

With so many of our histories falling into dour critique or blatant celebration, here is a welcome departure: a book that offers hope as well as honesty about the American past. The early decades of the n…

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John Quincy Adams,
John Quincy Adams: Speeches & Writings (Loa #390)

21 essential works trace a great statesman's lifelong engagement with the promise of America and the legacy of the Founding Fathers"Few presidents ever thought about words as carefully as John Quincy…

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Michelle Adams
The Containment

A New York Times Best Book of the Year"Passionate and well researched." -Louis Menand, The New Yorker The epic story of Detroit's struggle to integrate schools in its suburbs-and the defeat of d…

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Michelle Adams
The Containment

"A history of post-Brown school desegregation in Detroit, with a focus on Milliken v. Bradley"--

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Joseph P Alessi
Settling the Frontier

The Role of Indigenous People in the Founding of America's First Major Border Towns In 1811, while escorting members of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company up the Columbia River, their Chinookan guide …

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Benjamin F. Alexander
Ararat in America

How has the distinctive Armenian-American community expressed its identity as an ethnic minority while 'assimilating' to life in the United States? This book examines the role of community leaders and inf…

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Sylvester Allen, Belle Boggs
The Legend of Wyatt Outlaw

Wyatt Outlaw's story was one of Black success: He was a Union League leader, business owner, and the first Black town constable and commissioner in Graham, a small town located in North Carolina's Alamanc…

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Eddy Starr Ancinas
Olympic Valley & Alpine Meadows

Since the 1930s, two valleys nestled amid California's High Sierra peaks have enraptured explorers, skiers and winter sport enthusiasts worldwide.Olympic Valley made a name for itself as the host of the 1…

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Gregg Andrews
Hard Times in an American Workhouse, 1853-1920

The first comprehensive examination of a workhouse in the United States, offering a critical history of the institution in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Using the Old St. Louis Workhouse as a repres…

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Bench Ansfield
Born in Flames

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning!" Supposedly uttered by announcers during the 1977 World Series as flames rose above Yankee Stadium, the phrase encapsulated a chaotic era in US histo…

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Mark Archuleta
The Reel Thrilling Events of Bank Robber Henry Starr

In 1921 headlines across the country announced the death of Henry Starr, a burgeoning silent film star who was killed while attempting to rob a bank in Harrison, Arkansas. Cynics who knew the real Starr w…

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Stephanie Azzarone,
Fabulous Fountains of New York

A Stunning Exploration of New York's Most Enchanting FountainsNew York City's fountains are more than just decorative features - they are historical landmarks, cultural icons, and dynamic works of art tha…

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Kathleen D Bailey, Sheila R Bailey
A History Lover's Guide to New Hampshire

"New Hampshire has always been fiercely independent, and its history, museums and festivals reflect that trait. Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe broke baseball's color barrier with the Nashua Dodgers …

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Kenneth C. Barnes
Mob Rule in the Ozarks

On January 15, 1923, a crowd of more than a thousand angry men assembled in Harrison, Arkansas, near the headquarters of the M&NA Railroad, which ran through the heart of the Ozark Mountains. The mob …

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Robert Bowling
Hoosier Vigilantes

The story of the intersection between vigilantism and law enforcementIn frontier Indiana, vigilantism was a grim necessity. Beginning with the vigilance committees of the 1860s that lynched the Reno Gang …

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Debe Branning
Haunted Arizona Tri-Cities

Terror in the Tri-CitiesBuilt along the 33rd Parallel, rumor has it that the cities of Chandler, Mesa, and Tempe are magnets for the unexplained. Mysterious tales of a cursed Ouija Board, restless pioneer…

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Clay Bryant
Solving the Murder of Vieng Phovixay

"After a daring escape from certain death in a North Vietnamese prison, followed by years in a refugee camp in Thailand, Savang Phovixay and his family sought safety and a better life in the United S…

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Jonathan Bach
High Desert, Higher Costs

"Nestled against the Cascade Mountains, former lumber town Bend, Oregon, entices residents who long to live in a wonderland of sagebrush and forests. But like so many other communities across the Wes…

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John U Bacon
The Gales of November

For three decades following World War II, the Great Lakes overtook Europe as the epicenter of global economic strength. The region was the beating heart of the world economy, possessing all the power and …

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Deborah Baker
Charlottesville

Now in paperback, the story of the torch march and rally that shocked the nation

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