The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness
by James Campbell


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Hundreds of hardy people have tried to carve out a living in the Alaskan bush, but few have succeeded as consistently as Heimo Korth. In The Final Frontiersman, Heimo's cousin James Campbell chronicles Korth's amazing life and adventures, creating a... (read more)

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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
by Bill Bryson


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Following an urge to rediscover his youth, Bill Bryson left his native Des Moines, Iowa, in a journey that would take him across 38 states. Lucky for us, he brought a notebook. With a razor wit and a kind heart, Bryson serves up a colorful tale of... (read more)

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The Children's Blizzard (P.S.)
by David Laskin


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The gripping story of an epic prairie snowstorm that killed hundreds of newly arrived settlers and cast a shadow on the promise of the American frontier. January 12, 1888, began as an unseasonably warm morning across Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota,... (read more)

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The Great American Road Trip: U.S. 1, Maine to Florida
by Peter Genovese


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Take an unforgettable trip down one of America's most fascinating highways, U.S. 1, which runs from Fort Kent, Maine to Key West, Florida, through such inviting locales as Boston, New York City, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Miami. 311 photos, 51 in... (read more)

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Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
by John M Barry




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"An account of the Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America. When the river flooded, it was possible to travel in a boat, east to west in the South, two hundred miles. The book is an account of how engineers had tried to control the... (read more)

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Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone National Park (Crown Journeys Series)
by Tim Cahill


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“Let’s get lost together . . . ” Lost in My Own Backyard brings acclaimed author Tim Cahill together with one of his—and America’s—favorite destinations: Yellowstone, the world’s first national park. Cahill has... (read more)

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West of Then: A Mother, a Daughter, and a Journey Past Paradise
by Tara Bray Smith


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This literary debut is a devastating memoir about one young woman's search for her homeless mother, whose past is inextricably linked with the bittersweet history of the paradise from which she hails: Hawaii.... (read more)

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The Timeline History of New York City
by David Playne


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New York City is more than just a city and The Timeline History of New York City is more than just a book. It's a hands-on presentation of New York's history. It features: * a 14 ft. timeline that folds out to show the history of NY since the early 16th... (read more)

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The Legend of Colton H. Bryant
by Alexandra Fuller


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From the bestselling author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight and Scribbling the Cat, the unforgettable true story of a boy who comes of age in the oil-fields and open plains of Wyoming; a heartrending story of the human spirit that lays bare where... (read more)

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1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina
by Chris Rose




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1 Dead in Attic is a collection of stories by Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose, recounting the first harrowing year and a half of life in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Celebrated as a local treasure and heaped with national praise, Rose... (read more)

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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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In this intimate and poignant history of a sprawling century-old summer house on Cape Cod, George Howe Colt reveals not just one family's fascinating story but a vanishing way of life. Faced with the sale of the treasured house where he had spent forty... (read more)

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American Nomads: Travels with Lost Conquistadors, Mountain Men, Cowboys, Indians, Hoboes, Truckers, and Bullriders
by Richard Grant


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Fascinated by the land of endless horizons, sunshine, and the open road, Richard Grant spent fifteen years wandering throughout the United States, never spending more than three weeks in one place and getting to know America's nomads, truckers, tramps... (read more)

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Population: 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time
by Michael Perry




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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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From northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River runs its course along the borders of ten states and cleanly bisects the nation. But the Mississippi is more than an imposing natural landmark; it is embedded in every facet of America... (read more)

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The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
by Douglas Brinkley


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A New Orleans resident and history professor at Tulane University, Brinkley rips the story of Hurricane Katrina apart and exposes the failures, ulterior motives, and inexperience that allowed the Katrina disaster to devastate the Gulf Coast. 16-page... (read more)

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Dixie Betrayed: How the South Really Lost the Civil War
by David Eicher


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Blasting away at old theories, a brilliant, young Civil War historian offers a radical new way of understanding the South's defeat: the Confederacy was killed by self-inflicted wounds. of photos & maps.... (read more)

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Hoshino's Alaska
by Michio Hoshino


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Michio Hoshino traveled from his native Japan to Alaska in 1972 for what was to be a two-week trip. Enchanted, he stayed for three months, then returned to live there in 1978, undertaking a lifelong career as a naturalist and photographer driven by a... (read more)

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A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 (P.S.)
by Simon Winchester




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"If you liked Krakatoa, The Professor and the Madman, or any of Winchester's other works, you'll like this one. He explains geological ideas well, and is well on his way to being the new ambassador of geology's influence on human history. He places... (read more)

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