Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...

State & Local eBooks

If you like State & Local eBooks, then you'll love these top picks.
Showing 1 - 24 of 3487 Results
Skip side bar filters
  • Boys Will Be Boys

    The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty

    by Jeff Pearlman ...
    New York Times bestsellerFrom celebrated sports writer Jeff Pearlman, author of The Bad Guys Won, a rollicking, completely unabashed account of the glory days of the legendary Dallas Cowboys 1990s dynasty.They were called America's Team. Led by Emmitt Smith, the charismatic Deion "Prime Time" Sanders, Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin—and lorded over by swashbuckling, power-hungry owner ... Read more

    PHP739.29

  • CHANT OF AGES; CRY OF COTTON

    THE BIOGRAPHY OF A SOUTH GEORGIA JEWISH COMMUNITY'S BEGINNINGS, 1865-1908

    by Louis Schmier ...
    The beginnings of the contemporary Jewish community in Valdosta starts with the arrival of two Jewish confederate veterans, Abraham Ehrlich and Benjamin Kaul, in 1866 and ends with the formal establishment of the present-day congregation in 1908.  It is a very warm, personal tale of real people that fleshes out  the sterile charts, statistics, and sweeping generalizations found in history books. ... Read more

    PHP336.78

  • Women Marked for History

    New Mexico's Women Leaders in Community and Government, Education, Military, Business, Healing Arts and Medicine, Entertainment, Cultural Preservation and the Arts

    New Mexico's Historical Marker Project has served an important part in the way New Mexico tells its story to visitors, residents, and future generations. Lining the miles of highways and roads across its beautiful countryside, each marker has a unique story that provides those passing by with information about an intriguing historical moment or influential individual in the area. Thanks to the New ... Read more

    PHP279.29

  • Sunshine on the Prairie

    The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker

    by Jack C Ramsay ...
    SUNSHINE ON THE PRAIRIE is the story of CYNTHIA ANN PARKER, captured by a band of Comanches as a nine-year-old while living in Fort Parker with her family. It was 24 years before she was "re-captured" by her "white family". This is the intriguing story of why she did not want to be rescued from her Comanche family. During her 24-year captivity, she had become a wife to Nocona, the most feared of ... Read more

    PHP359.49

  • Strangers Among Us

    This book is to give credit to those immigrants who contributed to the growth and economic development of Blackford County. Indiana when oil and gas were discovered here in the late 19th century. In the immigrants eyes this was the fulfillment of their dreams to come to a new hand and have the opportunity for a better life for themselves and their families.Truly, America was a Melting Pot and our ... Read more

    PHP418.79

  • Monumental Legacy

    The Rise and Fall of Hamburg, South Carolina

    Every town has its lore, and Hamburg, South Carolina, was no exception. In its early days, upstate farmers brought their crops to ship or sell and shop for supplies in this bustling waterfront town situated along the Savannah River. Although many accomplishments of historic proportions were achieved in the town, at least part of what we thought we knew about Hamburg may not really be what happened ... Read more

    PHP199.45

  • Texas Warbird Survivors 2003

    A Handbook on Where to Find Them

    Many examples of aircraft that saw service in the various armed forces of the United States are currently being restored to flying status or preserved in museums in the state of Texas. Some of them have significant war records, and a few are currently standing as gate guardians outside their former airbases. These Warbirds are a permanent part of our modern history, and they deserve to be remarked ... Read more

    PHP192.24

  • Antes

    Stories from the Past, Rural Cuba, New Mexico, 1769-1949

    Cuba, New Mexico, was first settled in 1769. Originally known as Nacimiento, it was located on the northwestern edge of the Spanish Colonial Empire. It was very isolated and the people who settled Cuba seldom travelled to other areas due to the lack of roads and long distances between settlements. As a consequence, Cuba retained many of the traditions, practices and archaic language of the early ... Read more

    PHP240.42

  • Disaster By the Bay: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

    Over 3,000 dead. Buildings shaken to the ground. A city, surrounded by water, burnt to the ground. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was one of the most destructive natural disasters the world has ever known.In the aftermath of the Earthquake, authorities learned the hard way that the city was vastly unprepared for any disaster. Find out what happened and how the city was repaired in this ... Read more

    PHP288.60

  • Ghosts of Time

    by Don Goodman ...
    Based on the multiple lives and tumultuous times of Vance Moran, Ghosts of Time takes the reader on an extraordinary, often unbelievable real-life adventure. An abusive childhood in the swamps of Louisiana, a family breadwinner at age six, alone by the age of twelve and being a professional boxer does not prepare Vance for what he faces as a US Military pilot at eighteen on a secret mission behind ... Read more

    PHP192.24

  • A History of Culver and The Culver Military Academy

    Did you know that:- Buffalo Bill, Will Rogers, and Jesse Owen have visited Culver?- Culver has been home to some three dozen hotels?- Jesse James once robbed Mr. Culver?- A five year old attempted to hold up the Culver Bank?- Culver is the sixth name of our town?These facts and a wealth of other material are to be found in A History of Culver and The Culver Military Academy.Culver, Indiana has a ... Read more

    PHP349.41

  • Chattanooga and How the Union Held It, Illustrated

    by W F G Shanks ...
    This is a brief description of Chattanooga how the Union forces managed to hold out in during the siege of the beleaguered city during the Confederate push on the City. Illustrated. ... Read more

    PHP144.06

  • Sawners of Chandler

    A Pioneering Power Couple in Pre-Civil Rights Oklahoma

    Black Wall Street 100: An American City Grapples with its Historical Racial Trauma, endorsed by the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission and the 400 Years of African American History Commission, furthers the educational mission of both bodies. The book offers updates on developments in Tulsa generally and in Tulsa's Greenwood District specifically since the publication of Hannibal B. ... Read more

    PHP434.49

  • Wild Horses in My Blood

    An 1890s Girlhood in New Mexico

    Eva Pendleton Henderson, a member of the historical Chisum family, recounts her life on the windy border country of southern New Mexico in the 1890s when it was still a territory. Growing up in a time of legends—Pancho Villa afoot, the rumblings of the first automobile terrifying horses as well as men, drought and fate walking hand in hand, the end of the old West and the beginning of the new. An ... Read more

    PHP240.42

  • From Crockett to Custer

    by Mike Martin ...
    Two legendary battles which sprang from the depths of history to shine as symbols of self sacrifice, heroism and glorious defeat. Encounters which took the lives of two of America's most famous figures: Davy Crockett and General Custer.What is the essential link between the battles of the Alamo and the Little Bighorn? Why did Crockett choose to leave a safe political career to throw in his lot ... Read more

    PHP192.24

  • The Outlet

    by Adams Andy ...
    The Civil War brought destruction and disaster to all walks of life in America. Adams has here touched upon one aspect rarely considered by other authors. The great cattle of Texas that was left uncared for and became a hazard to the owners and the government is the theme of this novel. He has dwelled on the heroic efforts made by many to solve this problem. Motivating! ... Read more

    PHP240.42

  • A Brief History of the Legal Profession in New York to 1900, Illustrated

    by Henry Howland ...
    A Brief look at the history of the practice of Law in New York to 1900. ... Read more

    PHP144.06

  • The Sea Island Hurricanes of 1893, Illustrated

    The Sea Island Hurricanes tells of the destruction and relief efforts after the devastation of the Hurricanes of 1893 on the Sea Islands between Savannah and Charleston, on the Atlantic Coast of the United States. ... Read more

    PHP144.06

  • To Live Again

    Archeology and History of the Robinson-West River Plantation 1857-2011

    by Bill D. West ...
    The reader of this book will be taken on a fascinating journey from the earliest days of the historic Robinson plantation of 150 years ago, to its present day name of the West River Plantation. Carved out of the wilderness of east Texas , the estate rose to immense prosperity during the industrial revolution, only to fall into inevitable decline and tragedy. Reduced to a few acres, and the home in ... Read more

    PHP389.89

  • In the Shadow of Wrath

    A Veteran’S Journey

    I am amazed at the story of the authors struggles and his overcoming. I was not able to put the story down.Arnold Gomez, Friend and Business OwnerIn order to escape the disaster of the 1939 Dust Bowl in Oklahoma, author Jerry Mitchells parents had to make a difficult decision that would affect the family for the rest of their lives. His parents and four older sisters became a part of the massive ... Read more

    PHP418.79

  • Silver Mining in 19th Century Nevada: Reese River Country, Illustrated.

    A contemporaneous account of the silver mining boom in the ghost town of Austin Nevada during the mid nineteenth century. ... Read more

    PHP149.46

  • The Cradle of Texas Road

    A Model of Cultural Integration for the Nation

    The region north of Houston, Texas, is a cultural enclave of communities and sites distinctive in Texas history. Here, significant contributions to the history of the great state of Texas emerged, along with some of its most noted and distinctive personalities, communities, and historical sites.Thoroughly researched and ambitious in scope, The Cradle of Texas Road explores this region of Texas to ... Read more

    PHP192.24

  • History Scavenger Hunt – San Francisco

    by SleuthQuests ...
    If you are looking for a quirky to learn about San Francisco history while on vacation, then this book is perfect for you! This book contains 50 clue-based questions that will send you on a scavenger hunt throughout the city. If you want to add a little bit of history into your relationship, then you won’t want to miss this book! ... Read more

    PHP144.06

  • The Investment and Surrender of Port Hudson, Illustrated.

    by John Abbott ...
    A contemporaneous account of the events leading up to the investment and finally the capture of Port Hudson. Illustrated. ... Read more

    PHP71.79