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The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
by George Howe Colt
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Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West
by Dorothy Wickenden
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The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation: From the Louisiana Purchase to Today (National Geographic)
by Stephen E Ambrose
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Daniel Boone's Own Story & the Adventures of Daniel Boone
by Daniel Boone
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Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
by Philip Connors
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
by Bill Bryson
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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge (Touchstone Books)
by David McCullough
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Rush for Riches
by J S Holliday
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River-Horse: Across America by Boat
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The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960
by Douglas Brinkley
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Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt
by Edward P Kohn
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