When most people think of the War of 1812, they think of the Niagara frontier, the British burning of the White House, the harrowing tale of Laura ...

The first and only comprehensive illustrated history of dynamite in the United States.While everyone can mentally visualize a stick or bundle of dy...

A 117-page hardcover pictorial, in handy 6 x 7 format, with 101 colour photos of above-ground graves and monuments in 11 New Orleans cemeteries. Br...

From John Adams’s 1774 diary entries on debates in the Continental Congress to the first ouster of a seated Speaker of the House in U.S. history in...

A photo book profiling the history, architecture, conservation status, and visit details of every covered bridge in Chester County, Pennsylvania, a...

George Washington speaks for himself on behalf of liberty and the emerging American republic in this book, the only one-volume compilation in print...

George Washington speaks for himself on behalf of liberty and the emerging American republic in this book, the only one-volume compilation in print...

Gettysburg is a paradox: Today it is beautiful, still, and filled with visitors, yet this national military park serves as a powerful reminder of t...

On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson issued a national call to arms against Imperial Germany. What followed in the United States was a frenzi...

The Old South has a rich and fascinating history, filled with extravagant personalities. This collection from ghost researcher Edrick Thay explores...

The ghosts of the past still haunt the dusty gold rush towns and frontier outposts where the legendary West was born and died. Dan Asfar explores t...

The Red Coat Trail of southern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta runs near the route of the North West Mounted Police's famous 1874 March West....

Arrowhead, Beaton, and Needles are among the drowned; Waneta is a power dam; Jersey City was auctioned; Comaplix died one fiery night; Cody, Three ...

Explore over 18 beloved ghost towns in New Jersey through over 200 black and white and color photographs, historic vignettes, and touring informati...

Rocky Mountain ghost towns are filled with chilling, but captivating stories. Horace Tabor (in 1879) was said to be the fifth richest man in the Un...

The famous Victoria ghost who appeared to a tour group listening to her story, the little boy playing with a red ball in Nanaimo, the phantom "help...

Many stories involved fearsome creatures with supernatural powers. One of these creatures, now known as Bigfoot, passed beyond the realm of native ...

Welcome to gold creek and ghost town country where towns stand in another century, the echoes of history are audible, and the wilderness is still j...

When Josephine Knowles left for the Klondike gold fields with her husband in 1898, she didn’t know she would be facing a constant battle with cold,...

'Gold, or I'm a Dutchman!' Ernest Mansfield exclaimed as he pored over specimens of rock and sand that the local rector had brought back from Svalb...

When local author Dane Starbuck set out several years ago to write the biography of Pierre Goodrich, scion of one of Indianas most prominent twenti...

From the Confederacy's first call to arms, to the Appomattox surrender, Robert E Lee forged his reputation as perhaps the most daring soldier in Am...

A tribute to the courageous chiefs and warriors who fought to protect their people and preserve the Native way of life in the face of European expa...

More chronicles of renowned Native leaders who grappled with the catastrophic arrival of foreigners on their soil, and the measures they took to pr...

Over the years, the Great Lakes - Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario - have carried Native Americans, explorers, immigrants, bandits, min...

This book brings together a sampling of the best of the gold rush stories. From realism to romance, from true-life adventure to droll reminiscence,...

Don DeNevi tells the stories of some of the most daring desperados ever to set dynamite to strong box or safe.

Former Sen. Howard Baker aptly descibes the book in his Foreword:"The Greatest Speech, Ever was written to be more than a specialized monograph abo...

Explore the popular sights the rich and famous once enjoyed at Bar Harbor, Maine, and discover today's lesser-known treasures. 147 color images cap...

Nicknamed "Paris on the Platte," Denver, Colorado combines the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Eastern cities with the rugged spirit of miners and pione...

Travel into historic Ohio with delightful original postcards from the first half of the 20th century. Many of the locations have grown in prominenc...

Tour this winter playground rich in history and tropical allure. The resort city's amenities are illustrated in beautiful, hand-tinted picture post...

Growth of the American Revolution covers the period from the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766 to the outbreak of hostilities at Lexington and Concor...

Growth of the American Revolution covers the period from the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766 to the outbreak of hostilities at Lexington and Concor...

El estudio de las guerras civiles en el proceso de formación de los estados iberoamericanos es un hito de la historia política del siglo XIX. Repen...

No matter where you are in California, there's a lot to see and do. This book offers insight into the popular (and some of the hidden) museums, tou...

Guide to herbs used by North American Indians. This well-illustrated handbook describes 52 of the best-known herbs used by the Indians of North Ame...

This guide is intended to show some of the much-prized rocks and minerals of the Northwest. This guide is intended to show some of the much-prized ...

This second, revised and expanded, edition of this popular collection, including 233 photos and sketches, represents the most comprehensive study o...

After receiving a bundle of worn letters written by her late grandfather George Black Jack Vowel during the First World War, journalist J...

According to the American Camp Association, each summer over 11 million lucky individuals attend summer camp. This book recognizes the tremendous i...

George Case is a writer on ideas and popular culture, and an acknowledged authority on the band Led Zeppelin. He is the author of Jimmy Page: Magus...

"Before it was a modern freeway, California’s State Highway 99 was the main street of California, a simple two-lane road that passed through the do...

En este libro se estudia la obra de cuatro hombres excepcionales del México colonial,que quisieron cambiar el rumbo de la Historia por medio de la ...

Catherine Julien's new translation of Titu Cusi Yupanqui's Relasçion de como los Españoles Entraron en el Peru --an account of the Spanish conque...

Catherine Julien's new translation of Titu Cusi Yupanqui's Relasçion de como los Españoles Entraron en el Peru --an account of the Spanish conque...

Originally published in 1895, A History of Newfoundland is recognised as one of the best histories to be written during the colonial era. It is als...

David Ramsay's "History of the American Revolution" appeared in 1789 during an enthusiastic celebration of nationhood. It is the first American nat...