Local History

Few people today know that the forty-sixth state could have been Sequoyah, not Oklahoma. The Five Tribes of Indian Territory gathered in 1905 to fo...

Worcester is one of Englands great historic cities, with a history of occupation that goes back to the Iron Age. It was a Roman ironworking and ind...

Enthralling; it is well worth the trip. --New York Journal of Books Conceived as the most modern, humane incarceration facility the world had ever ...

Witchcraft holds a continued fascination for readers around the world, and the Scottish witch hunts have recently received renewed media attention,...

Longstanding Mexican and Puerto Rican populations have helped make people of mixed nationalitiesMexiGuatamalans, CubanRicans, and othersan importan...

By turns entertaining and tragic, this beautifully crafted history reveals the origins of a great university in the dilemmas of Virginia slavery. T...

An examination of the career of Texas Ranger and immigration official William Hanson illustrating the intersections of corruption, state-building, ...

The story of Texass impact on American sports culture during the civil rights and second-wave feminist movements, this book offers a new understand...

Longstanding Mexican and Puerto Rican populations have helped make people of mixed nationalitiesMexiGuatamalans, CubanRicans, and othersan importan...

Finalist, 2021 Writers League of Texas Book Award For John Nance Cactus Jack Garner, there was one simple rule in politics: Youve got to bloody you...

A pioneer of architecture education in the United States, N. Clifford Ricker notably taught with an emphasis on construction and shop practice in h...

Derbyshire is one of the most fascinating and varied counties in England, containing everything from rugged uplands to gentle lowlands; grand count...

In 2003-04, the Saint Josephs Hawks became the most unlikely and most captivating story in college basketball. Led by two compelling leading charac...

'Many of you will already be familiar with Sues excellent books ... Solihull Past is no exception.' - Solihull NewsFounded as a new town in the 12t...

This fantastic collection of true tales celebrates the strange and curious secrets of Merseysides history. The fifty stories inside from the lion ...

Jarrows early history is associated with its mediaeval monastery, home of the Anglo-Saxon scholar Bede, but much of the town developed later, durin...

In the Middle Ages, Barrow was a small settlement close to Furness Abbey. The Furness peninsula is still a largely rural area, and Furness Abbey is...

Southampton has been a major port on Englands South Coast since the mediaeval era and sections of the ancient city walls remain today. In the ninet...

East Anglia has provided inspiration for writers for centuries. Whether the writers were natives of the region itself or came as visitors, the land...

Since the 1890s, New Jersey has attracted hundreds of thousands of Caribbean and Latin American migrants. The states rich economic history, high-in...

Since the 1890s, New Jersey has attracted hundreds of thousands of Caribbean and Latin American migrants. The states rich economic history, high-in...

For nearly seven years, from 1967 to 1974, many hundreds of bright, college-going youthmost of whom had previously been labeled as high school drop...