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  • The Erie Canal Sings

    A Musical History of New York's Grand Waterway

    Life working along the banks of the Erie Canal is preserved in the songs of America's rich musical history. Thomas Allen's "Low Bridge, Everybody Down" has achieved iconic status in the American songbook, but its true story has never been told until now. Erie songs such as "The E-ri-e Is a-Risin'" would transform into "The C&O Is a-Risin'" as the song culture spread among a network of other canals ... Leer más

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  • The Brockport Murder Dog Trial

    Bizarre Tragedy and Spectacle on the Erie Canal

    In the summer of 1936, fourteen-year-old Maxwell Breeze was playing in the waters of the Erie Canal in Brockport when a dog jumped into the canal and climbed his back, and the boy drowned. The owner of the dog was served notice to appear at a hearing, at which time a trial was set to determine if the dog should be put down. The unusual case captivated the nation as newspapers from coast to coast ... Leer más

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  • Hidden History of the Lower Hudson Valley

    Stories from the Albany Post Road

    Series series Hidden History
    Today's travelers between New York City and Albany are more familiar with the Thruway than with the old Albany Post Road. But for centuries, this was the main highway between the Big Apple and the capital, and many exciting events occurred along its path in the Lower Hudson Valley. The Dutch Philipse family of Sleepy Hollow engaged in piracy, and tales of such misdeeds from the region inspired ... Leer más

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  • Killers of the Flower Moon

    The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

    de David Grann ...
    **#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE“A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime ... Leer más

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  • Curiosities of Hampton Roads

    Ghostly Colonists, Hidden Crypts, the Black Swan of Westover, and More

    Facts and photos highlighting the haunting side of Virginia's Tidewater . . .The history of Hampton Roads is as deep as the waters that surround it. From some of the first settlers in the New World to the formation of the nation, Virginia's Tidewater is rich in curious tales of legends and lore.In the Southside, the famed pirate Blackbeard was beheaded by Captain Maynard of Hampton. Captain John ... Leer más

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  • Western New York and the Gilded Age

    Born from the success of the Erie Canal, the communities of Western New York enjoyed a century of growth and prosperity during America's Gilded Age. Buffalo was one of the richest cities in America and dominated industry and politics, producing two presidents. Wealth and architectural opportunity enticed figures like Frank Lloyd Wright, while the events of the Pan-American Exposition and a ... Leer más

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  • In the Spirit of Crazy Horse

    The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's War on the American Indian Movement

    An “indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) chronicle of a fatal gun-battle between FBI agents and American Indian Movement activists by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the novel In ParadiseOn a hot June morning in 1975, a desperate shoot-out between FBI agents and Native ... Leer más

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  • This America of Ours

    Bernard and Avis DeVoto and the Forgotten Fight to Save the Wild

    de Nate Schweber ...
    Winner of the High Plains Book Award | Best Book of the Year - Outdoor Writers Association of America"How could we have missed the swashbuckling story of Avis and Bernard DeVoto, tribunes of public lands, free speech and liberty itself? Thankfully we have it now from Nate Schweber, in telling and rich details that make clear its ties to Joe McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, and today's demagogue-ridden ... Leer más

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  • Jonesboro and Arkansas's Historic Northeast Corner

    Series series Images of America
    Join Ray and Diane Hadley as they retell the history of the communities that make up Jonesboro and Arkansas's Northeast Corner in vintage images. When Union soldiers returned North after the Civil War, they brought home stories of a sparsely populated area with bountiful timber and potential for homes and farms. Over the next 50 years, first by wagon train and then by railroads, settlers came to ... Leer más

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  • New Hampshire Book of the Dead

    Graveyard Legends and Lore

    A historical journey through the headstones and hauntings of the Granite State—includes photos.New Hampshire's historic graveyards, from Portsmouth to North Conway, have bizarre and eerie stories to offer their visitors. Graveyards often invoke fear and superstition among the living, but the dead who rest within them may have more to communicate to the world they left behind.The sands of Pine ... Leer más

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  • Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush

    A Secret History of the Far North

    de Lael Morgan ...
    In the boomtowns of the Alaska-Yukon stampedes, where gold dust was common currency, the rarest commodity was an attractive woman, and her company could be costly. Author Lael Morgan takes you into the heart of the gold rush demimonde, that "half world" of prostitutes, dance hall girls, and entertainers who lived on the outskirts of polite society. Meet "Dutch Kate" Wilson, who pioneered many ... Leer más

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  • Historic Streets of Salem, Massachusetts

    de Jeanne Stella ...
    With this informative and easy-to-use guide, the streets of Salem come alive with history at every turn.When most people think of Salem, they think of witchcraft, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Samuel McIntire. But there is far more to this coastal city's rich history. Echoes of lesser-known tales linger along its lanes and avenues, from the mysteries of Chestnut Street to the founding Quakers of Buffum ... Leer más

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