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  • Historic Photos of Texas Oil book cover
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    Historic Photos of Texas Oil

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    On January 10, 1901, near Beaumont, Texas, an unremarkable knoll of earth the world would soon call Spindletop shot a geyser of oil a hundred feet ...

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  • Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill book cover
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    Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill

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    A searing look at the human face of BP's disaster in the gulf It is the largest oil disaster in American history, and it could happen again. It is ...

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    Remembering Houston

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    By the mid nineteenth century, the city of Houston was becoming a vibrant cultural center of the South. From its birth to the present, Houston has ...

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  • The Way of the Ship: America's Maritime History Reenvisoned, 1600-2000 book cover
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    The Way of the Ship: America's Maritime History Reenvisoned, 1600-2000

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    AN ENLIGHTENING, EXPANDED VIEW OF AMERICAN MARITIME HISTORY From Native Americans with birch bark canoes and inventive colonists who took fishing ...

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    Historic Photos of Mississippi

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    Imagine a ride with the Mississippi mockingbird as it soars through the Mississippi skies. Beginning in the land of Elvis at Tupelo, one moves down...

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    The Healing Trail: Essential Oils of Madagascar

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    Essential oils, known for their healing properties as far back as ancient Mesopotamia and Babylonia, have reached their zenith in Madagascar, says ...

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    Historic Photos of Colorado Mining

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    In 1859, 100,000 folks started the journey to the Pikes Peak goldfields, but only 50,000 completed the trip. An additional 25,000 soon gave up and ...

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    Historic Photos of Omaha

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    From its beginnings as a frontier military post on the Missouri River, through its years as a transportation and meatpacking center, to its present...

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    Historic Photos of Corpus Christi

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    Corpus Christi, Texas, is one of the most pristine coastal cities on the Gulf of Mexico. Once a simple nineteenth-century trading post at the mouth...

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    The Evolution of the Bourbon Whiskey Industry in Kentucky

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    Think of Kentucky and there are several images which readily come to mind…Wildcat Basketball, blissful fields of bluegrass, crowds cheering thoroug...

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  • The Innovators, Trade: The Engineering Pioneers Who Transformed America book cover
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    The Innovators, Trade: The Engineering Pioneers Who Transformed America

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    Enter the workshops of America's early engineering geniuses and discover how they came up with their ideas and applied them to the marketplace. Dav...

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    Historic Photos of Chattanooga in the 50s, 60s and 70s

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    Nestled in a valley beside the Tennessee River and surrounded by the southern Appalachian mountains, Chattanooga is truly Tennessee’s most scenic c...

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    Historic Photos of Indiana

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    This is the land of Hoosiers. Of George Rogers Clark’s conquest at Vincennes, a key victory for the Revolution. Of covered bridges. A fledgling aut...

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    Remembering Corpus Christi

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    Bay breezes from the Gulf of Mexico sweep into this sparkling city by the sea. The sound of the wind, waves, and shore birds transport harmonic mus...

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    Historic Photos of the Hudson Line

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    For thousands of years prior to Henry Hudson’s voyage, the Hudson River was a vital commercial and strategic route for the indigenous peoples who s...

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    Known for its natural beauty, Oregon has a unique and remarkable history. During the sixteenth century, European explorers sighted the Oregon coast...

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    WBAI: The First 75 Years

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    A short history of the WBAI, as well as news clippings from the early 1900s. Biographies and photos of WBAI members. We earn a commission for purch...

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    Historic Photos of Tulsa

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    From its beginning as part of the relocation of five tribes to Indian Territory, to becoming the Oil Capitol of the World during the early 1900's, ...

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  • Gold!: Madness, Murder, and Mayhem in the Colorado Rockies book cover
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    Gold!: Madness, Murder, and Mayhem in the Colorado Rockies

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    "Uncovers a centuries-long story of obsession that often included murder, gun fights, deadly accidents, overnight fortunes and even cannibalism. ....

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    Bourbon: The Evolution of Kentucky Whiskey

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    Think of Kentucky and several images come to mind: sports, bluegrass, Churchill Downs, and yes, bourbon. There is a sobering reality in that bourbo...

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    Quantrill in Texas: The Forgotten Campaign

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    The second of a three-volume work that examines the life of one of the most controversial figures of the Civil War, Quantrill in Texas: The Forgott...

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    Carnegie

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    One of the major figures in American history, Andrew Carnegie was a ruthless businessman who made his fortune in the steel industry and ultimately ...

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    Historic Photos of West Virginia

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    West Virginia is a state of overwhelming beauty. Shared traditions, shared tragedies, and shared histories bind its people to the land and each oth...

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  • In Peace and War: A History of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point book cover
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    In Peace and War: A History of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point

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    Founded in 1937, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, has trained more than 20,000 professional mariners—and, in the process,...

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