From radical abolitionist John Brown to presidential candidate Bob Dole to visionary environmentalist Wes Jackson, Kansas history is bursting with fascinating stories of individuals who made a difference to the nation and whose lives reveal much about our collective past.Prominent...

Navajo Oshley's oral memoir is set on the northern frontier of Navajo land, principally in the San Juan River basin in southeastern Utah and northeastern Arizona. Born sometime between 1879 and 1893, he tells of his early life near Dennehotso,...

The enigmatic hills and woodlands of the Chattanooga area are a sanctuary of history, and the hometown of author Alexandra Walker Clark. Clark has chronicled the history of her hometown for the Chattanooga Times and the Chattanooga History Journal, and...

This useful offprint contains biographical sketches of approximately 800 southwestern Pennsylvania residents. The sketches are of Greene County families predominantly, though unavoidably some sketches concern families of Washington or Fayette County provenance. The biographies are conveniently arranged in alphabetical order...

From the author of the bestselling Caucasia, a sad, revealing memoir of the mixed-race marriage of her parents, and the very different American origins that brought them together and pulled them apart. The New York Times - David Matthews [Senna's]...

Women have long made significant contributions to Texas history. Only in recent years, however, has their part in that history begun to be told. The great strides made in Texas women's studies are reflected in this important new book of...

Renowned historian Annette Atkins presents a fresh understanding of how a complex and modern Minnesota came into being in Creating Minnesota. Each chapter of this innovative state history focuses on a telling detail, a revealing incident, or a meaningful issue...

Part personal narrative, part cultural history—the true story of the man behind ¡Ask a Mexican! and the incredible place that bore him. Publishers Weekly Readers get two stories for the price of one in this witty and informative memoir. Journalist...

Remo Jacuzzi has spent fifteen years interviewing family members, friends and employees of the Jacuzzi Brothers in order to compile this definitive history. Although this immigrant family name has become a brand name, the Jacuzzis were prolific innovators in several...

In Mill City: A Visual History of the Minneapolis Mill District, explorers, excursionists, early settlers, entrepreneurs, and employees tell the story of St. Anthony Falls in their own words. Their vivid accounts are paired with historic photographs and artworks that...