Assassination Vacation more books like this

by Sarah Vowell

Quirky essayist Sarah Vowell, known both for her pieces on NPR's "This American Life" and her star turn voicing teen superhero Violet in the animated Pixar blockbuster THE INCREDIBLES, waxes both witty and rhapsodic in this monumentally obsessive travelogue chronicling her so-called pilgrimage to various places related to the first three ...

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State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America more books like this

by Matt Weiland (Editor), Sean Wilsey (Editor)

Editors Sean Wilsey and Matt Weiland have turned to 50 of the finest, funniest, and foremost writers in America to create a state by state celebration of their country: Jonathan Franzen on New York, Louise Erdrich on North Dakota, Dave Eggers on Illinois, Ann Patchett on Tennessee, Jhumpa Lahiri on Rhode Island-the list goes on. At turns poignant ...

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Narrow Dog to Indian River more books like this

by Terry Darlington

Having survived their voyage to Carcassonne, you would expect pensioners Terry and Monica Darlington and their whippet, Jim, to retire to a comfortable corner of their favourite public house. But no, they looked to the New World for their extraordinary new adventure...No-one has ever sailed an English narrowboat in the US before, for reasons that ...

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Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans more books like this

by Jean Pfaelzer

"Driven Out" exposes a shocking story of ethnic cleansing in California and the Pacific Northwest when the first Chinese Americans were rounded up and purged from more than three hundred communities by lawless citizens and duplicitous politicians. From 1848 into the twentieth century, Chinatowns burned across the West as Chinese miners and ...

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Our 50 States: A Family Adventure Across America more books like this

by Lynne Cheney, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator)

Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, and artist Robin Preiss Glasser inspired children and their families with their "New York Times" bestsellers "America" and "A is for Abigail." Now they guide younger readers on an unforgettable tour of this great country. Full-color illustrations with gatefold.

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Houses of the Founding Fathers more books like this

by Hugh Howard, Roger Straus, III (Photographer)

A grand tour of 40 Founding Fathers stately 18th-century houses: the private residences of such legendary figures as Jefferson, Washington, Adams, and Hamilton. Learn intimate, historical details in this penetrating look at the private lives of the men whose ideas helped create the modern world.

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Way Off the Road: Discovering the Peculiar Charms of Small Town America more books like this

by Bill Geist

Writing in the deadpan style that has endeared him to millions, Geist shares tales of eccentric individuals, and shows firsthand how life in fly-over America can be odd, strangely fascinating, hysterical, and anything but boring.

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Prairyerth CL more books like this

by William Least Heat Moon

The author of BLUE HIGHWAYS takes the reader on a unique journey of mind and body through the plains of Kansas.

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Journey Through Hallowed Ground: Birthplace of the American Ideal more books like this

by Andrew Cockburn, Kenneth Garrett (Photographer), Geraldine Brooks (Foreword by)

"Journey Through Hallowed Ground" is a unique story of the founding of America, as told through the 175-mile corridor from Monticello to Gettysburg, designated in 2005 by Congress as the official birthplace of America. Former "LA Time"s Washington Correspondent Rudy Abramson joins noted National Geographic photographer Kenneth Garrett, and ...

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Looking for Alaska more books like this

by Peter Jenkins

For 18 months, Jenkins toured the countryside of Alaska from a home base in Seward and, with rapt attention, sought out the state's unique spirit. This book is a diary of his discoveries, encounters, and adventures.

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Around America: A Tour of Our Magnificent Coastline more books like this

by Walter Cronkite

Based on Walter Cronkite's many sailing trips along America's coasts and waterways, this travelogue describes the historic sites at which he stopped along the way. Cronkite also shares pieces of lesser-known local history and imparts some sailing wisdom.

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Our Fifty States more books like this

by Mark H Bockenhauer

Filled with beautiful illustrations, specially designed maps, and concise essays written by members of the Society's Geographic Alliance Program, this authoritative guide reveals fascinating details behind each state's unique history, climate, resources, and more. Full color.

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Where We Lived: Discovering the Places We Once Called Home more books like this

by Jack Larkin

Tracing the evolution of the American home from the American Revolution to the Industrial Revolution, this book includes more than 400 photos of old houses from the Library of Congress Historic American Building Survey (HABS) collection, supplemented with period woodcuts, engravings, drawings, paintings, artifacts, and maps.

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Route 66 Adventure Handbook more books like this

by Drew Knowles

A guide to all the exuberance, splendor, and absurdity of Route 66, this reference includes details on the magnificent architecture, natural wonders, vintage motels and cafes, unique museums, offbeat attractions, fascinating artifacts and icons, and kitschy tourist traps that dot this famous stretch of road.

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Lost Treasures of American History more books like this

by W C Jameson

To promote the movie "National Treasure" starring Nicolas Cage, Walt Disney Pictures identified W.C. Jameson as one of the three experts in the U.S. on finding lost treasures. Disney representatives interviewed him for publicity of the film and then spent two days with him in the mountains filming what will become part of the trailer for the film ...

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Names on the land; a historical account of place-naming in the United States more books like this

by George Rippey Stewart

George R. Stewart's classic study of place-naming in the United States was written during World War II as a tribute to the varied heritage of the nation's peoples. More than half a century later, "Names on the Land" remains the authoritative source on its subject, while Stewart's intimate knowledge of America and love of anecdote make his book a ...

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Sundown Towns more books like this

by James W Loewen

"Don't let the sun go down on you in this town" are words equated with the Jim Crow South, but in a sweeping analysis of American residential patterns, award-winning and bestselling historian Loewen demonstrates that strict racial exclusion was the whole country's norm for much of the 20th century.

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Our Texas more books like this

by Kari Cornell (Editor)

Texas is the only state in the union that was once an independent nation. Perhaps it's this independent spirit -- and the state's vast size -- that has created the grand diversity that is Texas. From the big skies of the panhandle to the inviting beaches of the Gulf Coast, from the forests of the Piney Woods region to the wildflowers of the Hill ...

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Roadside History of Nevada more books like this

by Richard Moreno

The roadside history series charts a course to the present through carefully selected and researched stories that relate what we see today with what happened before. Narrated through charming anecdotes, old photographs, and maps. Entertaining insight into Nevada. Divided by geographical location in context with the highways that pass through it.

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Going Back to Bisbee more books like this

by Richard Shelton

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Historic Spots in California more books like this

by Mildred Brooke Hoover

The only complete guide to the historical landmarks of California, this standard work has now been thoroughly revised and updated. The edition is enriched by some 225 photographs, all taken by the reviser and new to this edition. Since the last revision in 1990, enormous changes have taken place within the state: many landscapes and buildings have ...

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Irish Records: Sources for Family and Local History more books like this

by James G Ryan

A guide to the records of all Irish counties and how to use them for those researching their Irish family history.

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Ghosts Along the Mississippi more books like this

by Clarence John Laughlin

Absorbing history of the rise and fall of Louisiana plantation architecture, showing how native tastes and building materials resulted in a style found nowhere else in the world.

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States of Mind: A Search for Faith, Hope, Inspiration, Harmony, Unity, Friendship, Love, Pride, Wisdom, Honor, Comfort, Joy, Bliss, Freedom, Justice, Glory, Triumph, and Truth or Consequences in America more books like this

by Brad Herzog

Peppered between the bustle of Newark, Miami, and San Diego are the sentimental small towns that seem so out of place on a map: Harmony, CA; Inspiration AZ; Comfort TX. With his wife, Herzog travels across the country to these "states of mind" and tells readers what he finds there.

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Up and Down California in 1860-1864: The Journal of William H. Brewer more books like this

by William Henry Brewer, Francis P Farquhar (Editor), William Bright (Foreword by)

In 1860 William Brewer, a young Yale-educated teacher of the natural sciences and a recent widower, eagerly accepted an offer from Josiah Whitney to assist in the first geological survey of the state of California. This is a collection of his letters at the time describing the new state.

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