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Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman - Book
MPS270
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER A memoir of the author's journey from an office job to restoring a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, based on his wildly popular Outside Magazine piece.Wit’s End isn’t just a state of mind. It’s the name of a gravel road, the address of a run-down off-the-grid cabin, 120 shabby square feet of fixer-upper Patrick Hutchison purchased on a whim in the mossy woods of the Cascade Mountains in Washington state. To say Hutchison didn’t know what he was getting into is no more an exaggeration than to say he’s a man with nearly zero carpentry skills. Well, used to be. You can learn a lot over six years of renovations.CABIN is...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 8.6 x 5.9
Author: Patrick, Hutchison
ISBN: 9781250285706
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Mills of Humboldt County - Book
ARC135
Humboldt County was at the forefront of the massive redwood logging industry. The impressive size of the trees necessitated drastic technological advances. Many innovations were invented by Humboldt mill owners like John Dolbeer, whose steam donkey engine mechanized and revolutionized logging all along the West Coast. In 1896, there were 13 mills devoted to sawing redwood lumber and 26 mills making redwood shingles operating in Humboldt County. Other related industries, such as shipbuilding, boiler works, tanbark, and split products, further shaped the economic vitality of the county. Most of these industries no longer exist, and the...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
ISBN: 9781467134736
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The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America - Book
HMC342
“Long-awaited and important . . . No other book before has so thoroughly related the broad history of Indian slavery in the Americas.”— San Francisco Chronicle “A necessary work . . . [Reséndez’s] reportage will likely surprise you.”—NPR “One of the most profound contributions to North American history.”— Los Angeles Times Since the time of Columbus, Indian slavery was illegal in much of the American continent. Yet, as Andrés Reséndez illuminates in his myth-shattering  The Other Slavery,  it was practiced for centuries as an open secret. There was no abolitionist movement to protect the tens of thousands of Natives who were...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Andrés Reséndez
ISBN: Andrés Reséndez
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Chainsaws: A History - Book
HPC162
With hundreds of full-colour photographs and fascinating ephemera, combined with an authoritative text listing hundreds of chainsaw models from the 1800s to the present,   Chainsaws   carefully traces the evolutionary threads of countless pioneer devices―from six-hundred-pound steam-powered behemoths, to gas chainsaws mounted on wheeled carriages, to diesel chainsaws. The meticulous text examines Andreas Stihl’s Black Forest experiments, Vancouver’s booming WWII chainsaw industry and the postwar race to develop one-man saws, the rise and fall of Canada’s proud Pioneer brand, and the late entry into the field of the centuries-old arms...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 11x10
Author: David Lee
ISBN: 9781550179118
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Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-2000, Revised Edition - Book
PGN282
From the author of  How the World Moves --the classic collection of more than 500 years of Native American History In a series of powerful and moving documents, anthropologist  Peter Nabokov  presents a history of Native American and white relations as seen though Indian eyes and told through Indian voices. Beginning with the Indians' first encounters with European explorers, traders, missionaries, settlers, and soldiers to the challenges confronting Native American culture today,  Native American Testimony  spans five hundred years of interchange between the two peoples. Drawing from a wide range of sources--traditional narratives,...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Peter Nabokov
ISBN: 9780140281590
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Portland's Maritime History - Book
ARC093
Portland is not only the site of numerous marine terminals along the Willamette and Columbia Rivers but also home to much of our American maritime history. Portland shipbuilding started in 1840 with construction of the schooner Star of Oregon. Over 100 years later, three Portland shipyards would build 621 ships for the war effort. Both before and after World War II, several steel and iron companies used the harbors in Portland for their manufacturing. Aside from production, Portland ships over 13 million tons of cargo every year and is the biggest shipper of wheat in the United States.The city displays this maritime history along its...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
ISBN: 9781467130844
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Along the Trail with Lewis and Clark (Third Edition): A Guide to the Trail Today - Book
FAR031
Take Your Own Journey through History on the Lewis & Clark Trail! Follow the journey of the Corps of Discovery from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello through the Midwest and the Rockies, to the Pacific Ocean and back with this detailed chronicle of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. This third edition of the classic guidebook features accessible text that combines the historical sites and color maps that merge the past and present in a user-friendly and entertaining way.
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: Barbara Fifer
ISBN: 9781560378037
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A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II - Book
RAN641
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: “Beautifully told.” —CNN •  “A remarkable story...worth retelling and celebrating.”— USA Today •  “Oh, it’s a good one!” —Fox News   A “beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies” emerges from the horrors of World War II in this   New York Times  bestseller by the author of   Spearhead .  December, 1943 : A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany. At the controls is twenty-one-year-old Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown. Half his crew lay wounded or dead on this, their first mission. Suddenly, a Messerschmitt fighter pulls up on the bomber’s tail. The pilot is German...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Adam Makos
ISBN: 9780425255735
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The Columbia: America's Great Highway Through the Cascade Mountains to the Sea
The Columbia: America's Great Highway Through the Cascade Mountains to the Sea - Book
SPC057
Books have been written about the highway that Samuel C. Lancaster built. This is the book that he wrote. Lancaster is known to all who have studied highway engineering. His work directing construction of the Columbia River Highway made history. Lancaster's work followed the pioneering trail of explorers Lewis and Clark. In plotting the route of the first paved road inland from Portland, Lancaster took advantage of every viewpoint the magnificent river gorge offered. This book is a faithful reprint of his 1915 book. It is Lancaster's story of the valley; a wonderful collection of essays about the region's natives, early missionaries, fur...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 0.5 x 6 x 9
Author: Samuel Christopher Lancaster
ISBN: 9780764320033
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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race - Book
HRW169
The #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space-a powerful, revelatory history essential to our understanding of race, discrimination, and achievement in modern America. The basis for the smash Academy Award-nominated film starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner. Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8 x 5.31
Author: Margot Lee, Shetterly
ISBN: 9780062363602
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California Disasters: True Stories of Golden State Tragedies and Triumphs - Book
FAR030
CALIFORNIA DISASTERS highlights some of the major catastrophic events from pre-statehood to the 21st Century. It is said that California has four seasons: drought, flood, fire, and earthquakes. California Disasters covers all these categories and many more. Readers will discover the stories behind some of the most dramatic disasters in the state's history, along with a "near miss.<P>Phyllis Perry's book will captivate fans of disaster literature as they read of the well-known (the Donner Party fiasco of 1846 and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire) and the obscure (the wreck of the paddle ship Brother Jonathan in 1865 and the...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Phyllis Perry
ISBN: 9781560377757
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Fortune's A River: The Collision of Empires in Northwest America - Book
HPC171
Winner of the John Lyman Book Award for best Canadian naval and maritime history Finalist for the Nereus Writers' Trust Non-fiction Award Finalist for the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, BC Book Prize Longlisted for the 2007 Victoria Butler Book Prize Honourable Mention for the Canadian Nautical Research Society's Keith Matthews Award Fortune's a River  is the most authoritative and readable account to date of just how British Columbia became British and how Oregon, Washington and Alaska became American. By the closing years of the 18th century, the stage was set for a major international confrontation over the Northwest...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Barry Gough
ISBN: 9781550174595
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Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway - Book
HRW159
Hailed as "t he single most effective pilot at Midway" ( World War II   magazine),   Dusty Kleiss struck and sank three Japanese warships at the Battle of Midway, including two aircraft carriers, helping turn the tide of the Second World War. This is his extraordinary memoir.  NATIONAL BESTSELLER •   "AN INSTANT CLASSIC" — Dallas Morning News On the morning of June 4, 1942, high above the tiny Pacific atoll of Midway, Lt. (j.g.) "Dusty" Kleiss burst out of the clouds and piloted his SBD Dauntless into a near-vertical dive aimed at the heart of Japan’s Imperial Navy, which six months earlier had ruthlessly struck...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss, Timothy Orr, Laura Orr
ISBN: 9780062692351
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Heaven On The Half Shell: The Story Of The Oyster In The Pacific Northwest - Book
UWP014
Heaven on the Half Shell offers a thoroughly researched and richly illustrated history of the Pacific Northwest's beloved bivalve, the oyster. Starting with the earliest evidence of sea gardens and clam beds from 11,500 years ago, this book covers the history of oyster cultivation through contemporary aquaculture in coastal Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, northern California, and southeastern Alaska. Generations of oyster farmers, Native and non-Native, have weathered many challenges to continue the harvest. Their vivid individual accounts are braided together with significant history, such as the major contributions of Japanese...
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Dimensions (IN): 7.27 x 0.57 x 9.02"
Author: David George Gordon
ISBN: 9780295750781
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus - Book
PGN284
In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.   Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. The astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had running water and immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city. Mexican cultures created corn in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man’s...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Charles C. Mann
ISBN: 9781400032051
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Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation - Book
PGN239
From the bestselling author of  The Invention of Nature , a fascinating look at the Founding Fathers like none you've seen before. For the Founding Fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions: a conjoined interest as deeply ingrained in their characters as the battle for liberty and a belief in the greatness of their new nation.    Founding Gardeners  is an exploration of that obsession, telling the story of the revolutionary generation from the unique perspective of their lives as gardeners, plant hobbyists, and farmers. Acclaimed historian Andrea Wulf describes how George Washington wrote letters to his...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Andrea Wulf
ISBN: 9780307390684
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Bainbridge Island - Images of America - Book - Paracay
Bainbridge Island - Images of America - Book
ARC185
Bainbridge Island sits in the middle of Puget Sound in Washington State. Its unique history starts with the Native Americans and includes logging, farming, fishing, and shipbuilding from the late 1800s through the present. Early explorers included George Vancouver in 1792 and the Wilkes expedition of 1841. Ferry service and other means of water transport were the only ways onto the island until 1950, when a bridge was completed. Bainbridge Island is only a 30-minute ferry ride from Seattle, and its only bridge approaches the island from the west. The City of Bainbridge Island, which includes the entire 65-square-mile island, incorporated...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6.5 x 9.3 x 0.3"
Author: Donald R. Tjossem
ISBN: 9780738599922
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Mine to Mill: History of the Great Lakes Iron Trade: From the Iron Ranges to Sault Ste. Marie
Mine to Mill: History of the Great Lakes Iron Trade: From the Iron Ranges to Sault Ste. Marie - Book
SPC070
The history of the iron ore trade on the Great Lakes, from 1900 to 1980, is perhaps best related in visual form. Historians and enthusiasts alike can now learn about this important part of our country’s industrial heritage in nearly 300 views of the mines, railroads, loading docks, and ships of the Great Lakes. Through the medium of the picture postcard, discover the underground and huge open-pit mines on the iron ranges in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota, and ride the rails as the iron is moved from the mines to the giant loading docks at the Upper Lake ports. In calm seas and stormy weather, travel from these ports to the...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: Phillip J. Stager
ISBN: 9780764347672
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The Lost Journals of Sacajewea - Book - Paracay
The Lost Journals of Sacajewea - Book
IPS330
Winner of the Montana Book Award From the award-winning author of   Perma Red   comes a devastatingly beautiful novel that challenges prevailing historical narratives of Sacajewea. “In my seventh winter, when my head only reached my Appe’s rib, a White Man came into camp. Bare trees scratched sky. Cold was endless. He moved through trees like strikes of sunlight. My Bia said he came with bad intentions, like a Water Baby’s cry.” Among the most memorialized women in American history, Sacajewea served as interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery. In this visionary novel, acclaimed Indigenous...
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Dimensions (IN): 5.75 x 8.5
Author: Debra Magpie Earling
ISBN: 9781571311450
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Native American Wisdom - Book - Paracay
Native American Wisdom - Book
IPS261
We recognize the philosophy of the original Americans as coming from the earth we walk on, from those who preceded us. As we read the wisdom of these peoples, it is possible to feel a reconnection with our land and ourselves. This beautiful collection of the best of Native American wisdom features the thoughts of Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Red Cloud, Black Elk, Ohiyesa, and many others on Native American ways of living, learning, and dying. Taken from orations, recorded observations of life and social affairs, and other first-person testimonies, this book selects a wide range of Native American wisdom and distills it to its essence in...
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Dimensions (IN): 5 x 7.3 x 0.6"
Author: Louise Mengelkoch (editor), Kent Nerburn (editor)
ISBN: 9780931432781
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Jesintel: Living Wisdom From Coast Salish Elders - Book
UCP001
Dynamic and diverse, Coast Salish culture is bound together by shared values and relations that generate a resilient worldview. Jesintel―"to learn and grow together"―characterizes the spirit of this book, which brings the cultural teachings of nineteen elders to new generations. Featuring interviews that share powerful experiences and stories, Jesintel illuminates the importance of ethical reciprocal relationships and the interconnectedness of places, land, water, and the spirit within all things. Elders offer their perspectives on language revitalization, Coast Salish family values and naming practices, salmon, sovereignty, canoe...
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Dimensions (IN): 9.1 x 0.6 x 10.2"
Author: Children Of The Setting Sun Productions
ISBN: 9780295748641
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Of All Tribes: American Indians and Alcatraz - Book - Paracay
Of All Tribes: American Indians and Alcatraz - Book
HCT061
In Of All Tribes, Abenaki children's book icon Joseph Bruchac tells the stirring history of the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz by Native Americans, which established a precedent for Indian activism. Alcatraz is not an island. It's an idea. - activist Richard Oakes (Akwesasne Mohawk) On the night of November 20, 1969 - the end of one of the most tumultuous decades in American history - eighty-nine young Native American activists crossed the San Francisco Bay under cover of darkness, calling themselves the Indians of All Tribes. Their objective? To claim the former prison island of Alcatraz, basing their actions on an 1868 treaty that said...
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Dimensions (IN): 5.9 x 1.0 x 8.3"
Author: Joseph Bruchac
ISBN: 9781419757198
$1999
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America - Book
HMC340
In THE WORST HARD TIME, Timothy Egan put the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history, told through characters he brought to indelible life. Now he performs the same alchemy with the Big Burn, the largest-ever forest fire in America and the tragedy that cemented Teddy Roosevelt's legacy in the land. On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno that jumped from treetop to ridge as it raged, destroying towns and timber...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Timothy Egan
ISBN: 9780547394602
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Outlaws and Lawmen of the West Vol 1 - Book
LPP024
The American frontier in its early days was a rough place where only the tough survived. Gold and cattle were king, and many took up stealing the former and rustling the latter. Stage coaches and trains presented themselves for the taking. Billy the Kid, the Daltons, Jesse James, the Reno Brothers and many more all made their names in bandit lore, ending their days at the noose end of a rope or the wrong end of a lawman's bullet. With 16 b/w photographs, 5 maps.
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Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: M. A. Macpherson
ISBN: 9781551051642
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A Most Beautiful Thing - Book
MPS262
REGIONAL BESTSELLER Now a documentary narrated by Common, produced by Grant Hill, Dwyane Wade, and 9th Wonder, from filmmaker Mary Mazzio The moving true story of a group of young men growing up on Chicago's West side who form the first all-Black high school rowing team in the nation, and in doing so not only transform a sport, but their lives. Growing up on Chicago’s Westside in the 90’s, Arshay Cooper knows the harder side of life. The street corners are full of gangs, the hallways of his apartment complex are haunted by drug addicts he calls “zombies” with strung out arms, clutching at him as he passes by. His mother is a...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Arshay Cooper
ISBN: 9781250754776
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Portsmouth - Then and Now - Book - Paracay
Portsmouth - Then and Now - Book
ARC183
Residents and visitors strolling through the streets of Portsmouth may wonder about the changes the city has seen over the years. Though much of Portsmouth's charm comes from an appearance that little has been altered, the community has transitioned over the centuries from rural farms to a bustling port to a modern New England city that carefully balances the best of old and new. In Then & Now: Portsmouth, authors William T. and Constance S. Warren share their collection of photographs, postcards, and maps to illustrate Portsmouth scenes of days gone by alongside contemporary photographs. Readers will enjoy the country seaport...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6.5 x 9.3 x 0.3"
Author: William T. Warren & Constance S. Warren
ISBN: 9780738509013
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Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine - Book
PGN222
The history of the Confederate submarine  H. L. Hunley  is as astonishing as its disappearance. On February 17, 1864, after a legendary encounter with a Union battleship, the iron “fish boat” vanished without a trace somewhere off the coast of South Carolina. For more than a century the fate of the Hunley  remained one of the great unsolved mysteries of the Civil War. Then, on August 8, 2000, with thousands of spectators crowding Charleston Harbor, the  Hunley  was raised from the bottom of the sea and towed ashore. Now, award-winning journalists Brian Hicks and Schuyler Kropf offer new insights into the  Hunley ’s final hours and recount...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.2
Author: Brian Hicks & Schuyler Kropf
ISBN: 9780345447722
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Portsmouth Harbor's Military and Naval Heritage - Book
ARC182
Including more than two hundred vintage photographs and illustrations, Portsmouth Harbor's Military and Naval Heritage chronicles the history of the Piscataqua River's naval shipyard and harbor defenses. Long before it became home to one of the U.S. Navy's first federal shipyards, the harbor at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kittery, Maine, was protected by gun batteries, mainly at Fort Point, New Castle, New Hampshire. By the end of World War II, modern concrete batteries mounting guns of ever longer range had been constructed at this and three other forts straddling the river's mouth. These fortifications reflected the increasingly...
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Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780738536477
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Portsmouth: An Old Town by the Sea - Book
ARC181
From Strawbery Banke to the Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth has always been the economic, cultural, and political hub north of Boston. Brightly-colored saltbox homes and towering lighthouses line the churning currents of the Piscataqua, and narrow lanes echo with the footsteps of John Paul Jones, the Reverend Joseph Buckminster, and centuries of hunters, lumberjacks, merchants, and tourists.
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Russell M. Lawson
ISBN: 9780738524276
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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: The Illustrated History of America's Legendary Mach 3 Spy Plane - Book - Paracay
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: The Illustrated History of America's Legendary Mach 3 Spy Plane - Book
SPC082
The most complete book ever published on the SR-71 Blackbird, from initial design stage and testing through production, testing, and operations. The legendary SR-71 Blackbird spy plane was, and still is, the world's only operational Mach 3 aircraft, and was designed, built, and tested by Lockheed's famed Skunk Works. This new book covers all fifty Blackbirds built, from the first flight in 1962, to the last in 1999. As a replacement for the venerable U-2 spyplane, Lockheed went from contract signing to first flight in only thirty-two months starting in April 1958 - from the beginning of design studies to the signing of a contract from the...
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Dimensions (IN): 9.3 x 1.0 x 12.3"
Author: James C. Goodall
ISBN: 9780764355042
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Lockheed F-117 Night Hawks: A Stealth Fighter Roll Call - Book - Paracay
Lockheed F-117 Night Hawks: A Stealth Fighter Roll Call - Book
SPC081
This pictorial book is a history of the F-117 Night Hawk Stealth Fighter containing over 400 color photographs. It is a Roll Call of the F-117 with individual history and photos of each F-117. In addition the book includes a short program history operating locations and air force bases, production sites associated with the F-117, F-117 Units, F-117 aircraft, and Information and photos of the A-7 and T-38 aircraft used to support the F-117 program. Though the photos cover the full history of the F-117 program, many of the photos were taken in the last two years at bases including Holloman AFB, Nellis AFB, and Edwards AFB.
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Dimensions (IN): 8.7 x 1.0 x 11.2"
Author: Don Logan
ISBN: 9780764332425
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The Esselen - Book - Paracay
The Esselen - Book
ROS002
Approximately 8,000 years ago, American Indian groups settled in the Monterey Bay area of California. Some groups, including the Esselen, have disappeared entirely. The arrival of the Sebastian Vizcaano and his fellow Spanish explorers brought about the end of the Esselen. These people contracted diseases to which the Europeans were immune, had their customs and traditions stripped from them, and eventually intermarried with other American Indian groups from the area. What was life like before the Europeans arrived? This book provides readers with evidence of the Esselen lifestyle and illustrates the importance of respecting the cultures...
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Dimensions (IN): 7.2 x 0.4 x 8.7"
Author: Miranda Rathjen
ISBN: 9781538324592
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Mothman Baby!: A Hazy Dell Flap Book - Book - Paracay
Mothman Baby!: A Hazy Dell Flap Book - Book
IPS213
Open the flaps to follow Mothman Baby over the course of a delightfully paranormal evening in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 1967. Mothman Baby! is jam-packed with fun period details and characters celebrating the area's famous flap of Mothman and UFO sightings in the 1960s, with appearances by the Men in Black, Grey aliens, and mysterious lights in the sky. Young readers and pre-readers will discover the details of this nonthreatening supernatural world alongside their Mothman Baby avatar, as every spread features a flap revealing a fun, unexpected character or surprise. The durable, interactive flaps make this an ideal multisensory...
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Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 1.0 x 5.5"
Author: Elias Barks
ISBN: 9781948931281
$995
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SR-71 Blackbird: Lockheed's Ultimate Spy Plane - Book - Paracay
SR-71 Blackbird: Lockheed's Ultimate Spy Plane - Book
SPC079
As of 2023, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest manned jet aircraft ever produced. It set the record in 1976 and has been retired since the late 1990s. With its unrivaled speed and stunning appearance, the Blackbird has maintained an almost supernatural mystique to this day. The type entered service in the 1960s as a high-altitude (and obviously extremely high speed) military reconnaissance aircraft. Just 32 were built, nearly half of which were written off in accidents. Nearly 300 images are packed into this latest entry in the Legends of Warfare series. This is a great gift for your favorite modeler, pilot, or aspiring pilot.
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Dimensions (IN): 9.25 x 0.75 x 9.25"
Author: David Doyle
ISBN: 9780764367083
$2499
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Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk: An Illustrated History of the Stealth Fighter - Book - Paracay
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk: An Illustrated History of the Stealth Fighter - Book
SPC080
The F-117 was probably the most secret aircraft ever developed. The Stealth technology upon which the plane was based made it unique in its appearance. With its stark black appearence and wispy configuration, the plane was a strange departure from the sleek supersonic fighters of the period. This new book covers the technical and operational aspects of the Nighthawk from its initial use over Panama through its shining moment during Operational Desert Storm. Bill Holder and Mike Wallace are also the authors of Mc Donnell-Douglas F-15 Eagle: A Photo Chronicle. Bill Holder is also co-author, with Steve Markman, of One-of-A-Kind Research...
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Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 0.25 x 11"
Author: Bill Holder
ISBN: 9780764300677
$1995
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