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Crapalachia: A Biography of Place
Crapalachia: A Biography of Place
by Scott McClanahan
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Crapalachia is a portrait of Scott McClanahan's formative years, coming of age in rural West Virginia, during a stretch of time where he was deeply influenced by his Grandma Ruby and Uncle Nathan, who suffered from cerebral palsy. Peopled by colorful... (read more)

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Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas
Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas
by Kay Bailey Hutchison
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From New York Times bestselling author and groundbreaking politician Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison comes a history of the extraordinary women who shaped the state of Texas. The only woman ever to represent Texas in the United States Senate, Kay Bailey... (read more)

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The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues: A History of Greenwich Village
The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues: A History of Greenwich Village
by John Strausbaugh
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A lively anecdotal history of Greenwich Village, the prodigiously influential and infamous New York City neighborhood, from the 1600s to the present The most famous neighborhood in the world, Greenwich Village has been home to outcasts of diverse... (read more)

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Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods
Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods
by Christine Byl
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A lively and lyrical account of one woman's unlikely apprenticeship on a national-park trail crew and what she discovers about nature, gender, and the value of hard work. Christine Byl first encountered the national parks the way most of us do: on... (read more)

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Mapping Manhattan: A Love (and Sometimes Hate) Story in Maps by 75 New Yorkers
Mapping Manhattan: A Love (and Sometimes Hate) Story in Maps by 75 New Yorkers
by Becky Cooper
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  Armed with hundreds of blank maps she had painstakingly printed by hand, Becky Cooper walked Manhattan from end to end. Along her journey she met police officers, homeless people, fashion models, and senior citizens who had lived in Manhattan all... (read more)

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San Diego in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to America's Finest City
San Diego in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to America's Finest City
by Federal Writers Project Of The Works Pro
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San Diego in the 1930s offers a lively account of the city's culture, roadside attractions, and history--from the days of the Spanish missions to the pre-Second World War boom. The guide is revealing both in the opinions it embodies and in the juicy... (read more)

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Jesse James: The Life, Times, and Treacherous Death of the Most Infamous Outlaw of All Time
Jesse James: The Life, Times, and Treacherous Death of the Most Infamous Outlaw of All Time
by Frank Triplett
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There is no western outlaw more infamous and notorious than Jesse James. A Confederate guerilla during the Civil War, he and his brother, as the leaders of numerous gangs of the Wild West, turned to a life of crime and robbery that lasted more than a... (read more)

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A Long Day at the End of the World
A Long Day at the End of the World
by Brent Hendricks
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A chilling memoir of the Tri-State Crematory incident In February 2002, hundreds of abandoned and decayed bodies were discovered at the Tri-State Crematory in rural Georgia, making it the largest mass desecration in modern American history. The... (read more)

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California in the 1930s: The Wpa Guide to the Golden State
California in the 1930s: The Wpa Guide to the Golden State
by Federal Writers Project Of The Works Pro
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Alive with the exuberance, contradictions, and variety of the Golden State, this Depression-era guide to California is more than 700 pages of information that is, as David Kipen writes in his spirited introduction, "anecdotal, opinionated, and altogether... (read more)

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The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream
The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream
by Thomas Dyja
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Though today it can seem as if all American culture comes out of New York and Los Angeles, much of what defined the nation as it grew into a superpower was produced in Chicago. Before air travel overtook trains, nearly every coast-to coast journey... (read more)

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An American Betrayal: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears
An American Betrayal: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears
by Daniel Blake Smith
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Though the tragedy of the Trail of Tears is widely recognized today, the pervasive effects of the tribe's uprooting have never been examined in detail. Despite the Cherokees' efforts to assimilate with the dominant white culture—running their... (read more)

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Still Points North: One Alaskan Childhood, One Grown-Up World, One Long Journey Home
Still Points North: One Alaskan Childhood, One Grown-Up World, One Long Journey Home
by Leigh Newman
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Part adventure story, part love story, part homecoming, Still Points North is a page-turning memoir that explores the extremes of belonging and exile, and the difference between how to survive and knowing how to truly live. Growing up in the wilds of... (read more)

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Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp
Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp
by Ann Kirschner
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Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp by Ann Kirschner is the definitive biography of a Jewish girl from New York who won the heart of Wyatt Earp. For nearly fifty years, she was the common-law wife of Wyatt Earp: hero of the O.... (read more)

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Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State
Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State
by T. D. Allman
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Over its long history, Florida has been many things: an Edenic realm protected by geography; a wilderness that ruined Spanish conquistadors; a place to start over; and "god's waiting room." With a native population as high as 900,000 (who all died), it... (read more)

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City of Scoundrels: The Twelve Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
City of Scoundrels: The Twelve Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
by Gary Krist
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The masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder transfixed and roiled a city already on the brink of collapse. When 1919 began, the city of... (read more)

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The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life
The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life
by Rod Dreher
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"For author and Dallas Morning News columnist Dreher and his baby sister, Ruthie, their tiny Louisiana parish defined them as they grew up, bringing a sense of belonging to her and a need to escape for him. Family and community meant everything to the... (read more)

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Gun Guys: A Road Trip
Gun Guys: A Road Trip
by Dan Baum
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Here is armed America—a land of machine-gun gatherings in the desert, lederhosened German shooting societies, feral-hog hunts in Texas, and Hollywood gun armories. Whether they’re collecting antique weapons, practicing concealed carry, or... (read more)

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Born on a Mountaintop: On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier
Born on a Mountaintop: On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier
by Bob Thompson
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Combining the stories of the real hero and his Disney-enhanced afterlife, Born on a Mountaintop delves deep into our love for an American icon.   Pioneer. Congressman. Martyr of the Alamo. King of the Wild Frontier. As with all great legends... (read more)

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Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations
Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations
by Charlene Mires
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"A fascinating account of the enthusiastic effort to establish a home for the fledgling United Nations at the end of World War II. Mires creates a powerful sense of suspense as she describes the intense competition among boosters from New York, Boston... (read more)

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The New Mind of the South
The New Mind of the South
by Tracy Thompson
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There are those who say the South has disappeared. But in her groundbreaking, thought-provoking exploration of the region, Tracy Thompson, a Georgia native and Pulitzer Prize finalist, asserts that it has merely drawn on its oldest tradition: an ability... (read more)

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