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Mystery on the Vineyard: Politics, Passion and Scandal on East Chop
Tom Dresser
In the pre-World War II innocence of small-town America, a dapper off-Islander impresses the locals. Drawn to the prettiest girl, he is upset when an elderly woman tries to break off their romance. In a drunken stupor he murders the troublesome woman. Through an amazing confluence of circumstances, he avoids prosecution. |
978-1-59629-423-3
160 pp.
$19.99
Over 35 Black & White Photographs
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Date:
April 2008
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Mid-Maryland History: Conflict, Growth and Change
Edited by Barbara M. Powell
Edited by Michael A. Powell
Threading a path through the ravages of the Civil War, the rails of industrialization and the soul-searching of the protest movement, editors Michael and Barbara Powell have chosen essays by local historians that paint a provocative portrait of mid-Maryland's history. |
978-1-59629-456-1
224 pp.
$21.99
Over 30 Black & White Photographs
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Date:
April 2008
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Druid Hill Park: The Heart of Historic Baltimore
Eden Unger Bowditch
Anne Draddy
This beautifully illustrated history tells the story of Druid Hill from the seventeenth century until today, and celebrates this natural refuge for fun and relaxation in urban Baltimore. |
978-1-59629-209-3
160 pp.
$19.99
Over 90 Black & White Photographs
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Date:
April 2008
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True Stories of Maine Fly Fishermen
J.H. Hall
J.H. Hall uses his fishing trips as the platform to introduce the reader to the people and the rivers that color his life and Maine, bringing all of us engaging life lessons and new experiences. |
978-1-59629-460-8
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 35 Black & White Photographs
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Date:
April 2008
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The Great Hurricanes of North Carolina
John Hairr
Engagingly written and illustrated with historical photos that gracefully depict the disastrous effects of these mighty storms, this book is a gripping read! |
978-1-59629-391-5
160 pp.
$12.99
Over 35 Black & White Photographs
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Date:
April 2008
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Remembering North Carolina Tobacco
Billy Yeargin
In this collection of nostalgic memories, Yeargin and others reminisce about the frustrations of
slugs and tar, the cropping of dew-drenched
leaves, the aching beauty of a tobacco bloom
and the ultimate connection of man with
earth— a connection that is slowly fading with each new generation. |
978-1-59629-433-2
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 50 Black & White Photographs
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Date:
April 2008
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Ghosts of Mount Holly: A History of Haunted Happenings
Jan Lynn Bastien
Bringing a whole new meaning to the term
“historical interaction,” Bastien visits firehouses, taverns and cemeteries to exhume those bits of the past whose clammy fingers still cling to the present. The vividness of her spellbinding accounts will have you smelling the sulfur of dead-but-not-departed Hessian mercenaries in less time than it takes to shiver. |
978-1-59629-372-4
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 30 Black & White Photographs
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Date:
April 2008
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Remembering Niagara: Tales from Beyond the Falls
Bob Kostoff
In Remembering Niagara, local journalist Bob Kostoff has collected the best of his Nuggets of Niagara County History column, first published in the Niagara Falls Reporter, documenting the county's history from its early settlers through later engineering marvels. |
978-1-59629-451-6
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 25 Black & White Photographs
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Date:
April 2008
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Beaufort, South Carolina: Pages fom the Past
Gerhard Spieler
For more than forty years, Gerhard Spieler has collected the captivating history of Beaufort, SC, and shared it with others in a weekly column in the Beaufort Gazette. |
978-1-59629-428-8
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 30 Black & White Photographs
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Date:
April 2008
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The Morris Island Lighthouse: Charleston's Maritime Beacon
Douglas W. Bostick
Foreword by Richard L. Beck
Douglas Bostick, historian and former director
of Save the Light, Inc., recounts the stories of
the many lightkeepers and their families who
braved meager provisions, low pay and grueling
conditions living on a small island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor. |
978-1-59629-470-7
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 55 Black & White Photographs
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Date:
April 2008
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Built by Blacks: African American Architecture & Neighborhoods in Richmond, VA
Edited by Selden Richardson
Photographed by Maurice Duke
Author Selden Richardson explains how iconic symbols of old Richmond and the generations of black laborers who helped assemble it are embodied in both the preserved and the forgotten architecture of the city. |
978-1-59629-459-2
160 pp.
$19.99
Over 60 Black & White Photographs
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Date:
April 2008
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