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Assassination Vacation

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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Narrow Dog to Indian River

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

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 Fifty States

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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State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America

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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Our 50 States: A Family Adventure Across America

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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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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Around America: A Tour of Our Magnificent Coastline

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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Way Off the Road: Discovering the Peculiar Charms of Small Town America

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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Looking for Alaska

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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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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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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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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Ghost Towns of Texas more books like this

by T Lindsay Baker

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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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Old Virginia houses. more books like this

by Emmie Ferguson Farrar, Emilee Hines

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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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Going Back to Bisbee more books like this

by Richard Shelton

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Ghost Hunting in Montana: A Search for Roots in the Old West more books like this

by Barnaby Conrad

An unforgettable tour through Montana's past and present.

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Alaska: Tales of Adventure from the Last Frontier more books like this

by Spike Walker (Introduction by), Denise Little (Preface by)

Spike Walker knows Alaska intimately and has carefully selected the most thrilling stories of America's last frontier to stir readers' souls. With categories including The Early Explorers, The Great Gold Rush, Mount McKinley, Walking with Wildlife, The Iditarod, and Survival, these tales provide a portrait of a land larger than life itself.

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Very New Orleans: A Celebration of History, Culture, and Cajun Country Charm more books like this

by Diana Hollingsworth Gessler

In vibrant watercolors and detailed sketches, artist Diana Gessler captures the unique charm that makes New Orleans alluring: Mardi Gras, the Cabildo, Jackson Square, the Court of the Two Sisters, St. Louis Cemetery, the Jazz Festival, the River Road Plantations, the Cajun country, sumptuous Creole cuisine, and Audubon's Aquarium of the Americas.

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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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Seven Fires: The Urban Infernos That Reshaped America more books like this

by Professor Peter Charles Hoffer

This work presents an inspiring history of seven devastating and pivotal US city fires, and of the men and women who fought them, learned the lessons of them, and rebuilt a new America from their ashes. This resonant and fascinating book by a renowned historian examines how seven fires shaped the larger course of American history. The Boston fire ...

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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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Historical collections of Ohio ... more books like this

by Henry Howe

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