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  • A History Lover's Guide to Omaha

    by Eileen Wirth, Carol McCabe ...
    In Omaha, an evening stroll can provide passage into a fascinating past. Travel from a madam's elaborate grave in North Omaha to the site of the first U.S. airmail flight in Aksarben. Chase down the echoes of a Duke Ellington performance at the Dreamland Ballroom in the Jewell Building. Stow away on a tour that treats the whole city like a museum. Colorful street murals and Gilded Age mansions ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Omaha's Historic Houses of Worship

    by Carol McCabe, Eileen Wirth PhD ...
    Series series Images of America
    From the towers of St. Cecilia�s Cathedral to the Buddhist statuary garden visible from North Omaha�s Sorensen Expressway, Omaha�s physical expressions of worship represent the world�s major faiths. Images of America: Omaha�s Historic Houses of Worship tells the story of how Omahans since the 1850s have created religious buildings and landmarks all over the city as expressions of their beliefs and ... Read more

    $17.96 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium

    by Eileen Wirth ...
    Series series Landmarks
    Long ranked as one of the top zoos in America and even the world, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium's history has remained untold, until now. Beginning as little more than a menagerie, the zoo transformed into a spectacular attraction that now draws two million visitors per year. Supporters responded to innovative features such as the iconic desert dome, the new African Grasslands exhibit, the ... Read more

    $17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Waterman's Widow

    A True Story

    by Carol McCabe Booker ...
    Who killed Captain Littleton Condiff? The wife who slept by his side? A robber seeking the small fortune under his mattress? A son desperate to escape the drudgery of his father's life as an oysterman? His apparently harmless mother-in-law? Perhaps a conspiracy of his wife, her mother, their son? Into this tale of murder at the turn of the 20th century is woven the tale of the imprisonment and ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • COVE POINT ON THE CHESAPEAKE

    The Beacon, The Bay, and the Dream

    by Carol McCabe Booker ...
    In Cove Point on the Chesapeake: The Beacon, the Bay, and the Dream, Carol Booker tells the story of how nature and human desire define a singular place along storied waters.Booker writes of heroes, scoundrels and the families who populated a tiny waterfront community, once known mainly for shipwrecks and treacherous riptides, that became a World War II training ground, the locale for hunting ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Shocking the Conscience

    A Reporter's Account of the Civil Rights Movement

    by Simeon Booker ...
    Within a few years of its first issue in 1951, Jet, a pocket-sized magazine, became the “bible” for news of the civil rights movement. It was said, only half-jokingly, “If it wasn’t in Jet, it didn't happen.” Writing for the magazine and its glossy, big sister Ebony, for fifty-three years, longer than any other journalist, Washington bureau chief Simeon Booker was on the front lines of virtually ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Shocking the Conscience

    A Reporter's Account of the Civil Rights Movement

    by Simeon Booker ...
    Within a few years of its first issue in 1951, Jet, a pocket-size magazine, became the "bible" for news of the civil rights movement. It was said, only half-jokingly, "If it wasn't in Jet, it didn't happen." Writing for the magazine and its glossy, big sister Ebony, for fifty-three years, longer than any other journalist, Washington bureau chief Simeon Booker was on the front lines of virtually ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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    by Mark Twain ...
    Series Book 10 - Mark Twain Papers
    Mark Twain's final and uncensored masterpiece, presented in three volumes, is a landmark publication in American literature.**“Twain will begin to seem strange again, alluring and still astonishing . . . in ways that still resonate with us.”—New York Times“His crystalline humor and expansive range are a continuous source of delight and awe.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review**"I've struck it!" Mark ... Read more

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  • Duel with the Devil

    The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery

    by Paul Collins ...
    The remarkable true story of a turn-of-the-19th century murder and the trial that ensued—a showdown in which iconic political rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr joined forces to make sure justice was served—from bestselling author of the Edgar finalist, Murder of the Century.In the closing days of 1799, the United States was still a young republic. Waging a fierce battle for its uncertain ... Read more

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  • Midnight Assassin

    A Murder in America's Heartland

    by Patricia L. Bryan, Thomas Wolf ...
    In 1900, Margaret Hossack, the wife of a prominent Iowa farmer, was arrested for bludgeoning her husband to death with an ax while their children slept upstairs. The community was outraged: How could a woman commit such an act of violence? Firsthand accounts describe the victim, John Hossack, as a cruel and unstable man. Perhaps Margaret Hossack was acting out of fear. Or perhaps the story she ... Read more

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  • A Slave in the White House

    Paul Jennings and the Madisons

    by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor ...
    New York Times Bestseller: A "fascinating portrait" of one of the men enslaved by James and Dolley Madison, and his journey toward freedom ( Publishers Weekly).Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once he was finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, ... Read more

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  • Notorious Victoria

    The Uncensored Life of Victoria Woodhull - Visionary, Suffragist, and First Woman to Run for President

    by Mary Gabriel ...
    “A remarkable biography . . . Well written and researched, this book warrants a spot on every serious American history student’s bookshelf.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewShe was the first woman to run for president. She was the first woman to address the U.S. Congress and to operate a brokerage firm on Wall Street. She’s the woman Gloria Steinem called “the most controversial suffragist of them ... Read more

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