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Baltimore, Annapolis & the Chesapeake Bay
• Allison Blake
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 317 PAGES
An intimate guidebook to the Bay, lovingly written by a local newspaper reporter. The book covers sites all along the eastern and western shores of the bay, with lots of history and practical information.
(USE17, $19.95) |
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The Civil War, An Illustrated History
• Geoffrey C. Ward
• Ken Burns
HISTORY •
1992 •
PAPER
• 448 PAGES
An illustrated, comprehensive social history of the Civil War by the now-famous team of Ward and Burns. With 500 photographs and maps, extensive text and original essays by contributing experts. This edition includes a separate full color map.
(USS27, $29.95) |
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Confederate Charleston, An Illustrated History of the City and the People During the Civil War
• Robert Rosen
HISTORY •
1994 •
HARD COVER
• 181 PAGES
A lavishly illustrated history of Charleston during the civil war, this is an illuminating portrait of the times, the war, and, of course, the great city.
(USS11, $39.95) |
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Eyewitness Guide New England
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 416 PAGES
This superb guide to Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a synopsis of the region's attractions. It also devotes a section to Boston. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(USE294, $25.00) |
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N.C. Wyeth, A Biography
• David Michaelis
• N. C. Wyeth
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2003 •
PAPER
• 560 PAGES
An enthralling biography of the patriarch of the Wyeth clan that examines his career as illustrator of popular adventure novels, including Treasure Island, The Last of the Mohicans, and Robin Hood, among others. Michaelis also reveals the artist's dark side and the almost gothic quality that overshadowed his family life.
(USE90, $27.95) |
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Palmetto Leaves
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1999 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
A collection of literary sketches celebrating Northern Florida. The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin moved to Florida in 1867 and was inspired by the land and its idyllic lifestyle. Originally published in 1872.
(FLA44, $19.95) |
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Savannah in the Old South
• Walter Fraser
HISTORY •
2005 •
PAPER
• 423 PAGES
A comprehensive history of Savannah from its early days as an Indian trading center to the end of the Civil War. The author is professor of history at Georgia Southern University. Fraser has also written Charleston! Charleston! and Patriots, Pistols, and Petticoats, about Charleston during the revolutionary war era.
(USS366, $22.95) |
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Shadow Country
• Peter Matthiessen
LITERATURE •
2008 •
PAPER
• 892 PAGES
Winner of the 2008 National Book Award. Matthiessen revisits and reworks his tale of Florida sugarcane farmer and infamous murderer Edgar J. Watson in this reprise of his classic trilogy Killing Mister Watson, Lost Man's River and Bone by Bone.
(FLA72, $17.00) |
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