Americana
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Worst Hard Time: Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (07 Edition)
by Timothy Egan  
Powells.com Staff Pick A fresh, stirring look at the Dust Bowl and Depression, Timothy Egan follows the personal dramas of a handful of families, allowing their voices to reveal the environmental and human tragedies that rocked the nation. Grippingly detailed, this exciting...
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by Erik Larson
Powells.com Staff Pick An amazing history that recounts the inconceivable events surrounding the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, Larson's tale captures a time and place that vividly come to life. The central characters in this tale are Daniel H. Burnham, the architect...
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Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
by John M Barry
Powells.com Staff Pick "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...
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
by Bill Bryson
Powells.com Staff Pick I grew up in Minnesota, just north of Iowa where Bill Bryson's memoir is set. I laughed out loud at his descriptions of bundling up the children to face the Midwestern winters and other passages. He also beautifully captures the innocence and security...
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Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West
by Hampton Sides
Powells.com Staff Pick Hampton Sides's accounts of Kit Carson and the destruction of the Navajo nation are as gripping as fiction, but are horrifyingly true. This is a must-read for Southwest-history lovers. Recommended by Jeff F., Powells.com...
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Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916
by Michael Capuzzo
Powells.com Staff Pick Michael Capuzzo has skillfully recreated the summer of 1916, when a rogue great white shark attacked swimmers along the New Jersey shore. Recounting in chilling detail the terrifying attacks, the ensuing panic, and the incredible hunt for the...
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Colony : Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai (06 Edition)
by John Tayman
Powells.com Staff Pick A fascinating work of history about a cruel response to a misunderstood disease, The Colony vividly recounts the saga of the leprosy colony on Molokai and the community once forcibly interred there. Tayman crafts a gripping, and at times horrifying...
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Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
by Karen Abbott
Powells.com Staff Pick Take one bordello. Muddle it with a bit of turn-of-the-century Chicago. Add a few characters to the mix, including the Everleigh sisters, John Barrymore, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., William Howard Taft, and Al Capone, and you serve up quite a cocktail...
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by Erik Larson
Powells.com Staff Pick An amazing history that recounts the inconceivable events surrounding the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, Larson's tale captures a time and place that vividly come to life. The central characters in this tale are Daniel H. Burnham, the architect...
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Queen of the Turtle Derby and Other Southern Phenomena
by Julia Reed
Powells.com Staff Pick This endearing book is a wonderful instruction manual for understanding the unusual customs of Southerners. Because you may never have the opportunity to meet my parents, this wise and witty collection of essays will suffice in giving you insights...
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The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
by John Tayman
Powells.com Staff Pick A fascinating work of history about a cruel response to a misunderstood disease, The Colony vividly recounts the saga of the leprosy colony on Molokai and the community once forcibly interred there. Tayman crafts a gripping, and at times horrifying...
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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
Powells.com Staff Pick "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...
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A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
by Simon Winchester
Powells.com Staff Pick "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...
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Pig Boy's Wicked Bird: A Memoir
by Doug Crandell
Powells.com Staff Pick Doug Crandall writes a funny and heartbreaking story about his summer of 1976 on the family's cash-rented farm in Indiana. A story where the love of family and baby pigs, a farming accident, admiration for Jimmy Carter, and the desire to be a real Hog...
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A Road of Her Own
by Marlene Blessing
Powells.com Staff Pick The expanse of the western landscape shines through in these twenty stories. This clear and crisp view refracted inside a woman's eye spills out to the page, opening the wide range of your happenstance heart. Donna, Powells...
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The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
by Mark Kurlansky
Powells.com Staff Pick Mark Kurlansky is King of the microhistory. Much like his previous books Cod and Salt, The Big Oyster goes way beyond the usual scope of food history, this time detailing the oyster's broader influence on the development of New York. A fascinating...
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Braving Home: Dispatches from the Underwater Town, the Lava-Side Inn, and Other Extreme Locales
by Jake Halpern
Powells.com Staff Pick Ever ride out a hurricane? Or two? Cub reporter Jake Halpern was dubbed the "Bad Home Correspondent" after exploring some of the worst places to live in America. With thoughtful insight and integrity, Halpern opens the door to wild locations (from...
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The Sky's the Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan
by Steven S. Gaines
Powells.com Staff Pick Delightfully wicked and painfully true, The Sky's the Limit is the platinum-card tell-all from New York magazine's Steven Gaines. Having already tackled the Hamptons (Philistines at the Hedgerow), Gaines is in familiar territory examining real estate in...
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Out West: American Journey Along the Lewis and Clark Trail
by Dayton Duncan
Powells.com Staff Pick In the mid eighties, writer Dayton Duncan's interest in the Lewis and Clark expedition got the better of him. With a good map and a copy of the original Lewis and Clark journals he hopped in his car and set out to retrace the path of the...
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