History > American History

From the mountains of Wyoming, a river flows across Montana, scattering seeds along the way. Somewhere on the eastern plateau of the Great Northern Plains, the last of the seeds wash up onto the river bank. There, in a foreign habitat, they take root and grow into tall, white-barked trees crowned by yellow leaves. Indian legend calls it the Spirit Grove. In 1879, homesteader Silas Rye, discovers the unlikely grove and claims the land on which they stand. Weathering years of drought and hardship, he creates Aspen Grove Ranch. His granddaughter, Fanny, struggles to hold onto the ranch through two World Wars, the Vietnam conflict, and the attack on 9/11. Drawing her strength from the mystic ...

You've read "A Small Town Life"... Now hear the true story! Author Cedric Derecho takes you through a journey of Lakehurst history as he distinguishes the truth from the fiction in his book "A Small Town Life". With over 80 historical photos inside, see what it was really like to live in Lakehurst when "Wise Old Bill" did.

"Jungle Mysteries" is an alternative postcard history of the gonzo adventureland that is Florida, and presents little-known facts and features of the Sunshine State left unaddressed by more conventional, boring pop culture picture books. Many scenes are ones featured in other books of The Whisanant Mythos, of which this is volume twenty-five.

Deer. Bears. Boo-Boos. And a big brown dawg. Fifty years after the original manuscript was typed, this memoir of life in the old Oneida Post Office in Washington state finally comes to light, with all the humor, zest for life and love of animals that Arlie Fauver brought with her to Oneida in the early 1950s. “Who in the hell would buy that place?” was Arlie’s first reaction to the ramshackle old building that would later become her family’s home – a home full of fun, friends and laughter; heartache, loss and trouble; and critters of all descriptions. When it came time to leave Oneida, the only way to keep it in her heart was to write it all down, and these are the resulting ...