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As the saying goes, "dead men tell no tales." Or do they? From its
humble beginnings as a Spanish settlement in 1691 to the bloody
battle at the Alamo, San Antonio's history is rich in haunting
tales. Discover Old San Antonio's most haunted places and uncover
the history that lies waiting for those who dare to enter their
doorways. Take a peek inside the Menger Hotel, the "Most Haunted
Hotel in Texas," and just a block away, peer into the Emily Morgan
Hotel, one of the city's first hospitals and where many men and
women lost their lives. Explore the San Fernando Cathedral, where
people are buried within the walls and visitors claim to see faces
mysteriously appear. Uncover the legends behind Bexar County Jail.
Join authors James and Lauren Swartz and decide for yourself what
truly lurks behind the Alamo City's fabled past.
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.
More than one million immigrants fled the Irish famine for North
America--and more than one hundred thousand of them perished aboard
the "coffin ships" that crossed the Atlantic. But one small ship
never lost a passenger.
"All Standing" recounts the remarkable tale of the "Jeanie
Johnston" and her ingenious crew, whose eleven voyages are the
stuff of legend. Why did these individuals succeed while so many
others failed? And what new lives in America were the ship's
passengers seeking?
In this deeply researched and powerfully told story, acclaimed
author Kathryn Miles re-creates life aboard this amazing vessel,
richly depicting the bravery and defiance of its shipwright,
captain, and doctor--and one Irish family's search for the American
dream.
Explore Fairplay from the beginning with local historian Linda
Bjorklund as she traces the town s story through Spanish settlers,
early American government, Union-Confederate tensions and modern
development. Even though Fairplay s remarkable gold and silver boom
was reduced to ash overnight in 1873, a strong community overcame
history s challenges and preserved its treasures. From the popular
annual Burro Days to the Way of Life Museum, Fairplay gives folks a
chance to celebrate and relive its rich mining history through
festivities and time-capsule buildings such as the general store,
drugstore, bank, Summer Brewery and Summer Saloon.
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 Allegheny County 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 the "trigger
blonde" and her beau 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.
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Galesburg
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Patty Mosher
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The six-month siege of Khe Sanh in 1968 was the largest, most
intense battle of the Vietnam War. For six thousand trapped U.S.
Marines, it was a nightmare; for President Johnson, an obsession.
For General Westmoreland, it was to be the final vindication of
technological weaponry; for General Giap, architect of the French
defeat at Dien Bien Phu, it was a spectacular ruse masking troops
moving south for the Tet offensive. With a new introduction by Mark
Bowden-best-selling author of Hu? 1968-Robert Pisor's immersive
narrative of the action at Khe Sanh is a timely reminder of the
human cost of war, and a visceral portrait of Vietnam's fiercest
and most epic close-quarters battle. Readers may find the politics
and the tactics of the Vietnam War, as they played out at Khe Sahn
fifty years ago, echoed in our nation's global incursions today.
Robert Pisor sets forth the history, the politics, the strategies,
and, above all, the desperate reality of the battle that became the
turning point of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
In this book Wick Griswold will focus on the key events, places and
people relevant to the Connecticut River. The narrative will begin
in the colonial era spanning to the post-industrial age, beginning
with Dutch traders and their defeat in a bloodless war by the
English agriculturalists. Wick will chronicle the history of this
multifaceted river, from canals, to the fishing industry, to
transportation.
In Dead Presidents, public radio host and reporter Brady Carlson
takes readers on an epic trip to presidential gravesites,
monuments, and memorials from sea to shining sea. With an engaging
mix of history and contemporary reporting, Carlson explores the
death stories of our greatest leaders, and shows that the ways we
memorialize our presidents reveal as much about us as they do about
the men themselves.
The story of the Scots who went to Canada, from the 17th century
onwards. In Canada there are nearly as many descendants of Scots as
there are people living in Scotland; almost 5 million Canadians
ticked the "Scottish origin" box in the most recent Canadian
Census. Many Scottish families have friends or relatives in Canada.
Who left Scotland? Why did they leave? What did they do when they
got there? What was their impact on the developing nation?
Thousands of Scots were forced from their homeland, while others
chose to leave, seeking a better life. As individuals, families and
communities, they braved the wild Atlantic Ocean, many crossing in
cramped under-rationed ships, unprepared for the fierce Canadian
winter. And yet Scots went on to lay railroads, found banks and
exploit the fur trade, and helped form the political infrastructure
of modern day Canada. This work follows the pioneers west from Nova
Scotia to the prairie frontier and on to the Pacific coast. It
examines the reasons why so many Scots left their land and
families. The legacy of centuries of trade and communication still
binds the two countries, and Scottish Canadians keep alive the
traditions that crossed the Atlantic with their ancestors.
"Fascinating and alarmingly true."-Time Magazine. The true story of
a plot to overthrow Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the nearly
forgotten Marine who saved American Democracy. Many simply don't
know that in 1933, a group of wealthy industrialists-working
closely with groups like the K.K.K. and the American Liberty
League-planned to overthrow the U.S. government and run F.D.R. out
of office in a fascist coup. Americans may be shocked to learn of
the plan to turn unhappy war veterans into American "brown shirts,"
depose F.D.R., and stop the New Deal. They asked Medal of Honor
recipient and Marine Major General Smedley Darlington Butler to
work with them and become the "first American Caesar." Fortunately,
Butler was a true patriot. Instead of working for the fascist coup,
he revealed the plot to journalists and to Congress. Historian
Julies Archer here offers a compelling account of a plot that would
have turned FDR into fascist puppet, threatened American democracy
and changed the course of history. This book not only reveals the
truth behind this shocking episode in history, but also tells the
story of the man whose courage and bravery prevented it from
happening. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are
proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in
history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his
henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil
War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome,
medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title
we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national
bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are
sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise
find a home.
A strike gripped Winnipeg from May 15 to June 26, 1919. Some
twenty-five thousand workers walked out, demanding better wages and
union recognition. Red-fearing opponents insisted labour radicals
were attempting to usurp constitutional authority and replace it
with Bolshevism. Newspapers like the "Manitoba Free Press" claimed
themselves political victims and warned of Soviet infiltration.
Supporters of the general sympathetic strike like the "Toronto
Daily Star" maintained that strikers were not Reds; they were
workers fighting for their fair rights. What was really happening
in Winnipeg? In an information age dominated by newspapers and
magazines, the public turned to reporters and editors for answers.
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Nolensville
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Beth Lothers, Vicky Travis
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In Paradise of the Pacific, Susanna Moore, the award-winning author
of In the Cut and The Life of Objects, pieces together the elusive,
dramatic story of Hawai'i - a place of kings and queens, gods and
goddesses, missionaries and explorers - a not-so-distant time of
abrupt transition, in which an isolated pagan world of human
sacrifice and strict taboo, without a currency or a written
language, was confronted with the equally ritualised world of
capitalism, Western education, and Christian values.
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