Museums category: 1997 books
by Amanda Bretz
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2010
The Tulsa State Fair is the city�s largest family event, providing educational experiences and entertainment for over 800,000 visitors during an 11-day span. Annually held the fourth Thursday after Labor Day, this historical event is based upon heritage, family values, and quality entertainment for...
by Martin Biniasz, Erie County Agricultural Society
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
During the mid-20th century, the Erie County Fair in Hamburg, New York, began a journey that transformed a traditional, agriculturally based fair into the largest independent county fair and exposition in the United States. As the number of fair days and exhibits expanded, so did the number of fairgoers,...
Togus, Down in Maine
The First National Veterans Home
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 1998
Togus, located 4.5 miles east of Augusta, Maine, was formerly part of the town of Chelsea. After the Civil War, Congress enacted laws and established a system of facilities that collectively became known as �National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.� The critical need to establish an eastern...
Ghost Towns of the Mountain West
Your Guide to the Hidden History and Old West Haunts of Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2010
The Rocky Mountain and Great Basin states are the heart of ghost-town country. Once-bustling pioneer outposts, mining camps, lumber towns, and railroad villages stand today as reminders of the glory days of gold rushes, industrial progress, and that pioneering spirit of the Old West. This book guides...
A Guide to Civil War Washington, D.C.
The Capital of the Union
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
An in-depth account of the Civil War people and events that left their mark on the city at the heart of the Union, shaping its historic legacy.
When the first shots of the Civil War were fired in 1861, Washington, DC, was a small, essentially Southern city. The capital rapidly transformed as it...
Tar Heel History on Foot
Great Walks through 400 Years of North Carolina's Fascinating Past
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This lively collection of 34 of the best history walks in North Carolina highlights the richness and diversity of the state's history, from the time of its first settlement to the present. Veteran guidebook author Lynn Setzer leads readers on short walks in state parks and natural areas, state historic...
by Gary L. McCollough
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
Blackbeard the Pirate. Thomas Wolfe. Tobacco king Washington Duke. President James K. Polk. Joseph E. Johnston and William T. Sherman together in the same room. You never know whom you might meet at North Carolina’s state historic sites. Or what you might find. Town Creek Indian Mound was formerly...
by Mark Lardas
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
The USS Texas was built when dreadnought battleships were kings of the seas. It was the world's most powerful battleship when first commissioned in 1914, and for over a century it fought many battles. Some took place while the Texas served as a warship in the US Navy in World Wars I and II. Since becoming...
Salem's Witch House
A Touchstone to Antiquity
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2009
A close-up look at this historic Massachusetts landmark, including photos and illustrations.
Though Salem is located on Massachusetts’s scenic North Shore, its history has not always been picturesque. The “Witch City,” as it is internationally known, is home to numerous landmarks dedicated...
Lake Forest Day
100 Years of Celebration
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2008
The first Lake Forest Day in 1908 included a hot air balloon ascension, a cutest baby contest, a mind-reading dog, and a vaudeville show. Proceeds from this event, organized by the Lake Forest Woman�s Club, funded the Contagious Hospital, which eventually merged into Lake Forest Hospital. American...
Elvis Presley Boulevard
From Sea to Shining Sea, Almost
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
A memoir of a cross-country road trip, the tourist experience, and the cultural touchstones that bring Americans together: “A great story” (Publishers Weekly).
As a boy in Ohio, Mark Winegardner spent the formative summers of his wonder years touring the States with his family in a succession...
Planet Explorers London
A Travel Guide for Kids
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Your kids will love this fun and informative guide to one of the world's great cities. London's two thousand-year history means it is packed full of amazing sights, sounds and tastes. You can see antiquities from around the world at the British Museum, visit the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London,...
Montmartre
Paris's Village of Art and Sin
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
In the second portrait of his series Great Parisian Neighborhoods, award-winning raconteur John Baxter leads us on a whirlwind tour of Montmartre, the hill-top village that fired the greatest achievements of modern art while also provoking bloody revolution and the sexual misbehavior that made Paris...
by Robert Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore.
In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries;...