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  • Maritime Cecil County

    by Christopher Knauss ...
    Series series Images of America
    Virgin forests dominated the landscape when white settlers first explored the land now known as Cecil County. The only trails within the thick vegetation were thin Native American paths known only to the native people. The best way for settlers to travel the new land was by water. Soon after the pioneers arrived, trading posts and crude lodges were built near the shore. Ferries were then ... Read more

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  • Night Stalks the Mansion

    A True Story of One Family's Ghostly Adventure

    by Constance Westbie, Harold Cameron ...
    Back by popular demand, a supernatural detective story revealing the true account of a house haunted by ghosts lingering after a nineteenth century murder.This true story recounts a Philadelphia family's encounter with a spectral presence in their eighteenth-century mansion. After experiencing footsteps at night, opening doors, strange sounds and activity that centered around the library, the ... Read more

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  • When the Astors Owned New York

    Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age

    by Justin Kaplan ...
    In this marvelous anecdotal history, Justin Kaplan––Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Mark Twain––vividly brings to life a glittering, bygone age.Endowed with the largest private fortunes of their day, cousins John Jacob Astor IV and William Waldorf Astor vied for primacy in New York society, producing the grandest hotels ever seen in a marriage of ostentation and efficiency that transformed ... Read more

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  • The Unsinkable Titanic

    The Triumph Behind a Disaster

    by Allen Gibson ...
    Delving deep into Titanic's legacy, Allen Gibson presents a comprehensive history with a refreshing argument, that Titanic represented a considerable achievement in maritime architecture. He determines the true causes of the disaster, telling the story of the 'unsinkable' ship against a backdrop of a tumultuous and rapidly emerging technological world. The book exposes the true interests of the ... Read more

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  • Heaven's Ditch

    God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal

    by Jack Kelly ...
    A page-turning narrative, Heaven's Ditch offers an excitingly fresh look at a heady, foundational moment in American history.The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand and largely through wilderness. As excitement crackled down its length, the canal became the scene of ... Read more

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  • The Artificial River

    The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817–1862

    by Carol Sheriff ...
    This "enlightening" social history of the construction of the Erie canal explores "19th-century perceptions of progress, politics, and the common good" ( Kirkus Reviews).Woven from a rich tapestry of research, The Artificial River is more than just a historical account of the Erie Canal—it encapsulates a pivotal era in United States history, especially the monumental strides in engineering, ... Read more

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  • From Slave Ship to Harvard

    Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family

    by James H. Johnston ...
    "Part historical narrative, part genealogical detective work," this is t he true story of an African American family in Maryland over six generations ( Library Journal).Using diaries, court records, legal documents, books, paintings, photographs, and oral histories, From Slave Ship to Harvard traces a family—from the colonial period and the American Revolution through the Civil War to Harvard and ... Read more

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  • Greater than Ever

    New York's Big Comeback

    by Daniel Doctoroff ...
    The former deputy mayor of New York City tells the story of the city's comeback after 9/11, offering lessons in resiliency under the most trying of circumstances, and a model for the rejuvenation of any city.Deputy Mayor Daniel L. Doctoroff led New York's dramatic and unexpected economic resurgence after the September 11 terrorist attacks. With Mayor Michael Bloomberg, he developed a remarkably ... Read more

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  • Clinton, Flemington, and Lambertville

    Edited by Sally A. Freedman ...
    Series series Images of America
    The rich heritage of descendants of English, Dutch, and German settlers in the Hunterdon County population centers of Clinton, Flemington, and Lambertville is presented here. Life among the rolling hills of northwest New Jersey and in the three small towns that became centers of that area's population has been faithfully recorded by residents since the Civil War, capturing the rural character of ... Read more

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  • The C&O Canal Companion

    A Journey through Potomac History

    by Mike High ...
    An indispensable guide to a regional treasure—now thoroughly updated and expanded.A comprehensive guide to one of America's unique national parks, The C&O Canal Companion takes readers on a mile-by-mile, lock-by-lock tour of the 184-mile Potomac River waterway and towpath that stretches from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland, and the Allegheny Mountains. Making extensive use of records at ... Read more

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  • Shipwrecks of Lake Erie

    Tragedy in the Quadrangle

    by David Frew ...
    A history of Lake Erie's most mysterious and notorious wrecks and disappearances.The great lakes have seen many ships meet their end, but none so much as Lake Erie. As the shallowest of the Great Lakes, Lake Erie is prone to sudden waves and wildly shifting sandbars. The steamer Atlantic succumbed to these conditions when, in 1852, a late-night collision brought sixty-eight of its weary immigrant ... Read more

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  • New York's Liners

    by John A. Fostik MBA ...
    Series series Images of America
    For 175 years, passenger ships have crossed the Atlantic, linking the Old World with the New World. Between 1892 and 1954, more than 12 million immigrants passed through the port of New York. National rivalries caused ships to grow in size, speed, and a comfort that had once been unimaginable. The advent of the passenger jet in 1958 changed how people travel. New York's harbor is now quieter, and ... Read more

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