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Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States (New York Review Books Classics) by George R Stewart Publisher Comments George R. Stewart's classic study of place-naming in the United States was written during World War II as a tribute to the varied heritage of the nation's peoples. More than half a century later, Names on the Land remains the authoritative source on its... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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The National Parks: America's Best Idea by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns Staff Pick The dazzling companion volume to the acclaimed Ken Burns documentary, The National Parks: America's Best Idea chronicles the fascinating history of the world-renowned United States National Park system. Four hundred pages of richly composed text by... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $35.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin Publisher Comments One year ago, Sarah Palin burst onto the national political stage like a comet. Yet even now, few Americans know who this remarkable woman really is. On September 3, 2008 Alaska Governor and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin delivered a speech at the... (read more) Your price: $28.99 New - Hardcover
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Worst Hard Time: Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (06 Edition) by Timothy Egan Publisher Comments The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since. Timothy Egan's critically acclaimed account rescues this iconic chapter of American history from the shadows in a tour de... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of 400 Years of New York City's History by Eric Homberger Publisher Comments A New York Public Library Outstanding Reference Book <BR>The rich and eminently browsable visual guide to the history of New York, in an all-new <BR>second edition <BR>"The Historical Atlas of New York City," second edition, takes us... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West by Wallace Stegner Publisher Comments In this book Wallace Stegner recounts the successes and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. A... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City by John Buntin Publisher Comments Other cities have histories. Los Angeles has legends. Picture midcentury Los Angeles — a land of orange groves, sunshine, and Hollywood stars — protected by the world's most famous police force, the LAPD. But behind the image was a hidden... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $18.20 Sale - Hardcover
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Riding the White Horse Home: A Western Family Album (Vintage Departures) by Teresa Jordan Publisher Comments The daughter and granddaughter of Wyoming ranchers, Teresa Jordan gives us a lyrical and superbly evocative book that is at once a family chronicle and a eulogy for the land her people helped shape and in time were forced to leave.... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Praying for Sheetrock by Melissa Fay Greene Publisher Comments Somehow, the sweeping changes of the civil rights movement had bypassed rural McIntosh County, Georgia. In the 1970s, the white sheriff there still wielded all power; he controlled everyone and everything. It took one uneducated, unemployed black man... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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