Images of America

This book gives a glimpse into the hotels of the super rich, the not-so-rich, the middle class, the Bohemians, and the workers. In a city as dynamic as New York, it should come as no surprise that so many hotels have a juicy tidbit or two of historical gossip attached to them. Manhattan Hotels: 1880?1920 may well be the most extensive work in print on the subject of the city?s hotels in this period.

Collects black-and-white, annotated photographs that provide an overview of the history and services of Hull-House, the first settlement house in the United States.

Archival photographs and text describe the history of the Appalachian Trail, focusing on where the trail winds its way through New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.

A visual history of the Latino community of Rochester, New York, portraying the people and events that have shaped the community and its people from the late-nineteenth century to the present.

Presents a photographic exploration of the history of organized crime in Philadelphia in the 1920s and 1930s, the Prohibition Era. Discusses the lives of Mickey Duffy, known as "Prohibition's Mr. Big;" Max "Boo Boo" Hoff, who was called king of the bootleggers; the violent Lanzetti brothers; and the arsenic widows poison ring.

Explores Mafia crime families of New York City through a collection of archival photographs and informational text.