United States -- History, Local
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United States -- History, Local
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United States
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- America's famous and historic trees, from George Washington's tulip poplar to Elvis Presley's pin oak, Jeffrey G. Meyer with Sharon Linnéa
- Our fifty states, by Mark H. Bockenhauer and Stephen F. Cunha ; foreword by former President Jimmy Carter
- The year of the goat, 40,000 miles and the quest for the perfect cheese, Margaret Hathaway ; photographs by Karl Schatz
- The American counties, origins of county names, dates of creation and organization, area, population including 1980 census figures, historical data, and published sources, by Joseph Nathan Kane
- From Mount Vernon to Crawford, a history of the presidents and their retreats, Kenneth T. Walsh
- Highway 61, a father-and-son journey through the middle of America, by William McKeen
- Historic places
- Monuments, America's history in art and memory, Judith Dupré
- Nearby history, exploring the past around you, David E. Kyvig, Myron A. Marty
- The pursuit of local history, readings on theory and practice, edited by Carol Kammen
- Sundown towns, a hidden dimension of American racism, James W. Loewen
- Houses of the founding fathers, Hugh Howard ; original photography by Roger Straus III
- Public places, exploring their history, Gerald A. Danzer
- What really happens in Vegas, true stories of the people who make Vegas, Vegas, James Patterson and Mark Seal
- Way off the road, discovering the peculiar charms of small-town America, Bill Geist
- Illustrated dictionary of place names, United States and Canada, edited by Kelsie B. Harder
- The American resting place, four hundred years of history through our cemeteries and burial grounds, Marilyn Yalom ; photographs by Reid Yalom
- Assassination vacation, Sarah Vowell
- County name origins of the United States, Michael A. Beatty
- Saving America's treasures, National Trust for Historic Preservation
- These United States, original essays by leading American writers on their state within the union, edited by John Leonard
- Passages to freedom, the Underground Railroad in history and memory, edited by David W. Blight
- Here is where, discovering America's great forgotten history, Andrew Carroll
- The national parks, America's best idea : an illustrated history, by Dayton Duncan ; with a preface by Ken Burns ; picture research by Susanna Steisel and Aileen Silverstone
- Where we lived, discovering the places we once called home : the American home from 1775 to 1840, Jack Larkin
- Along Martin Luther King, travels on Black America's main street, Jonathan Tilove ; photographs by Michael Falco
- Restored towns and historic districts of America, a tour guide, Alice Cromie
- The road headed west, a 6,000-mile cycling odyssey through North America, Leon McCarron
- America's battlegrounds, walk in the footsteps of America's bravest, by Richard Sauers
- Historic landmarks of Black America, by George Cantor ; foreword by Robert L. Harris, Jr
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