local history

A photographic anthology of the landscape and scenic views found in New York state including Niagara Falls, Hudson Valley, the Adirondack tree line, Mount Marcy, and the inland seas of Lakes Erie and Ontario.

Saidiya Hartman traces the history of the Atlantic slave trade, recounting her journey along a slave route in Ghana and what she learned about the plight of slaves and her own heritage.

Provides historical information about U.S. states and territories, covering names and nicknames, mottos, flags, capitols, flowers, trees, songs, legal holidays, license plates, postage stamps, fairs and festivals, universities, governors, sports teams, and other symbols.

More than ninety articles describe monuments and memorials that commemorate people and events from our nation's history as well as battlefields, forts, factories, homes, churches, cemeteries, and laboratories.

Color illustrations show readers the inside and outside of several places in Texas, including museums, stores, the Lyndon. B. Johnson Space Center, and many others; also includes a fact section on Texas.

A compendium of useful information on the fifty states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., with special sections on the environment and unusual state facts.

Provides facts, statistics, and photographs of one hundred of the most notable natural features and landmarks in America, including bridges, cities, construction wonders, curiosities, mountains, rivers, national parks, national monuments, skyscrapers, and natural wonders.

A compendium of useful information on the fifty states, including facts about Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.

Highlights major landmarks in each of the fifty states and the nation's capital and lists other important historic sites in each.

Presents the author's first-hand narrative account of his journey tracing the footsteps of Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado's sixteenth century expedition across New Mexico.