Pequot Press: 696 books
by Judy Colbert
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
It Happened in Delaware takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the First State's storied past. Including both famous tales, and famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings.
by Marlo Carter Kirkpatrick
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
It Happened in Mississippi takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the Magnolia State's storied past. Including both famous tales, and famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings.
Hidden Treasures
What Museums Can't or Won't Show You
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
While there are more than 15,000 museums in our country**,** visitors get to see only about five percent of any institution’s collections. Most museums simply don’t have room to display everything they’ve got. However, there are a wide variety of surprising and intriguing reasons that, for example,...
Haunted Old West
Phantom Cowboys, Spirit-Filled Saloons, Mystical Mine Camps, and Spectral Indians
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Howling hauntings from the raw mountain passes and wind-stripped plains of the Old West
The Old West is filled with enough phenomenal happenings, curious mysteries, and ghastly ghosts to send chills up and down any spine. Haunted Old West is the petrifyingly perfect collection for campfire...
Manhattan's Little Secrets
Uncovering Mysteries in Brick and Mortar, Glass and Stone
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Discover the whos, the whats, the whys and hows of social history that make the city come alive.
A sarcophagus sits in a public park
Stones from the dungeon that imprisoned Joan of Arc support a statue of her
A Star of David adorns a Baptist church
A fire-breathing salamander decorates a firehouse
A...
by Gayle Shirley
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
More than Petticoats: Remarkable Colorado Women, 2nd Edition celebrates the women who shaped the Centennial State. Short, illuminating biographies and archival photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state who served as teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists.
Hometown Hardball
A Minor League Baseball Road Trip from the Rocky Shores of Maine to the Bright Lights of New York City
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Grab a Zweigle's White Hot at Dwyer Stadium (built in 1939) and cheer on the Batavia Muckdogs. Join B.B. the Bluefish as he warms up the crowd at Bridgeport's Ballpark at Harbor Yard. Take in the view of Coney Island from the upper deck of MCU Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones. Watch from a box...
Discovering Vintage New York
A Guide to the City's Timeless Shops, Bars, Delis & More
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
As Manhattan succumbs to the big chain stores and tourist traps that come with the modern age, it struggles to maintain its storied identity. Fortunately for locals and visitors alike, a number of classic restaurants, shops and other establishments still thrive today that evoke the unique charm of...
A Home Called New England
A Celebration of Hearth and History
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
New England is the oldest and most influential region of America. Although it has changed much through the centuries, it remains a place that even the Colonials may still recognize. Through a collection of photos, illustrations, history, and stories, this book explores the architectural history of...
Connecticut: Mapping the Nutmeg State through History
Rare and Unusual Maps from the Library of Congress
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2010
These books, produced from the archives of the Library of Congress and edited by Vincent Virga, offer a glimpse into the history of the United States through rare historical full-color maps, narrative captions, and short essays. Combining 50 rare, beautiful, and diverse maps of the Nutmeg State from...
by David O. White
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Black soldiers of the American Revolution? Not a credible statement in light of what most Americans have read about the Revolutionary War. We have heard of Casimir Pulaski the Pole, Marquis de Lafayette the Frenchman, and Baron von Steuben the German, but not black participants. Yet, close to 5,000...
Georgia Myths and Legends
The True Stories Behind History’s Mysteries
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Georgia Myths and Legends explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Georgia’s history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in Georgia history.
From the...
Death in Salem
The Private Lives behind the 1692 Witch Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Salem witchcraft will always have a magnetic pull on the American psyche. During the 1692 witch trials, more than 150 people were arrested. An estimated 25 million Americans—including author Diane Foulds—are descended from the twenty individuals executed. What happened to our ancestors? Death...
by Tricia Martineau Wagner
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Many of the events that took place along the Oregon Trail are well known--the perils the Applegate family faced as they rafted down the raging Columbia River, the plight of the Donner Party as they found themselves snowbound and starving at Truckee Lake. But do you know the whole story?
It...