- Always Something Doing: Boston's Infamous Scollay Square
By David Kruh. Contains information about the Square when it was burlesque and vaudeville houses, hot dog stands, and tattoo parlors.
www.bambinomusical.com/Scollay
- American Century, The
Site dedicated to the book by Harold Evans, exploring America's contributions and accomplishments in the 20th century.
www.randomhouse.com/features/americancentury
- American Empire Project, The
Official site from Metropolitan Books for the series dedicated to examining issues of modern-day imperialism. Contributing authors include Noam Chomsky, El Fisgon, and Chalmers Johnson.
www.americanempireproject.com
- American Presidents Series
Official publisher site for the book series edited by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.. Includes an interactive timeline of presidents.
www.americanpresidentsseries.com
- Black Cowboys of Texas
Edited by Sarah R. Massey. Examines the role of African American cowhands in Texan, western, and African American history.
www.blackcowboys.com
- Black Saga: The African American Experience
A history of African Americans. Black Saga also sponsors an academic competition based on the book.
www.blacksaga.com
- Bureau and the Mole, The
Excerpt of author David A. Vise's account of Robert Hanssen's life and espionage.
www.bureauandthemole.com
- Chesapeake-Delaware Canal Nautical Books
Author Robert Hazel writes about the C&D Canal and Historic Chesapeake City, Maryland, offering unique insights into life in the early town along the canal.
www.chesapeakecitybooks.com
- Citizen Daniel and the Call of America
By J. Brian Jenkins. About the travels of William and Daniel Constable based on their actual journal, 1755-1835.
www.citizendaniel.com
- Closely Guarded Secrets: The Assassination of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Espouses the theory that FDR was poisoned by Nazi agents.
www.fdrassassination.50megs.com
- Corralitos
Judy Pybrum Malmin's story of the development, events, and people of Corralitos, California. Includes photographs and illustrations.
www.corralitoshistory.com
- County Histories of Missouri - Butler and Stoddard Counties
Two in-depth histories plus 1864-1881 marriage records for geneaolgists and history buffs; a slice of rural and small-town Americana from prehistory to present.
countyhistoriesofmissouri.hypermart.net
- Damon family of Wayland, Mass
Book on Damon family from wayland, Massachusetts.
www.petexpressions.com/damon.htm
- Democracy's Big Day: The Inauguration of America's President
By Jim Bendat. Offers colorful and historic vignettes about the inauguration of past presidents.
home.earthlink.net/~thehaze
- Dot City: Dorothy Parker's New York
Photo gallery and walking tour of Dorothy Parker's Manhattan homes, hangouts, and haunts. From The Dorothy Parker Society of New York.
www.dorothyparkernyc.com
- Enduring Vision: A History of the American People
Publishers site featuring primary sources, web links, and ACE practice tests.
college.hmco.com/history/us/boyer/enduring_vision/4e/students/index.html
- Fire & Roses, the Burning of the Charlestown Convent, 1834
By Nancy Lusignan Schultz. Study of a violent anti-Catholic riot in 19th century Massachusetts, as a mob set fire to Mount Benedict, an Ursuline convent school for girls.
www.fireandroses.com
- Friend Among the Senecas, A
Recounts a 1798 Quaker mission to the Allegany Senecas. By David G. Swatzler.
www.swatzler.com
- Gloucester Guide, The
Street-by-alley guidebook to America's most famous fishing port, and an unforgettable collection of historical vignettes, yarns, and photos.
www.obs-us.com/gloucesterguide
- Greatest Generation, The@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Brokaw__Tom/Greatest_Generation__The
- History of the American Suffragist Movement, A
A historical narrative by women's history expert Doris Weatherford with a foreword by Geraldine Ferraro.
www.suffragist.com
- James Chalmers and "Plain Truth"
Describes the Loyalist pamphlet Chalmers wrote in response to Tom Paine's Common Sense. From Christopher New's book Maryland Loyalists in the American Revolution.
www.earlyamerica.com/review/fall96/loyalists.html
- John Charles Fremont - Explorer, Mapmaker, Soldier
www.longcamp.com
- Keapana Enterprises
Offers information about the island of Kauai including myths and chants, maps, and pictoral tours of various areas on the Garden Isle.
www.keapana.com
- L.A. Radio People
News about the radio industry and personalities in the Los Angeles area, by Don Barrett.
www.laradio.com
- Legacies: Collecting America's History at the Smithsonian
Features over 250 objects from the National Museum of American History's collections, revealing the stories of how and why they were collected.
smithsonianlegacies.si.edu
- Lies My Teacher Told Me
Everything your American history textbook got wrong - from Columbus to Thanksgiving to native tribulations to the Vietnam war - plus interactive quiz.
www.uvm.edu/~jloewen
- Living History of the Ozarks
Written by a native Ozarkian, this book will help you discover the past and present of this storied region.
natco.southshore.com/~modeland/aliving.htm
- Living on the Unicoi Road
Pictures and excerpts from epic account of pioneer and gold rush history of the popular Georgia mountain resort town of Helen.
www.mindspring.com/~littlestar
- Lucien Maxwell: Villain or Visionary
About the famed landowner of northern New Mexico during the 19th Century. Covers the Colonial history of the area, as well as the Santa Fe Trail.
www.lucienmaxwell.com
- Milcah Martha Moore's Book: Commonplace Book from Revolutionary America
Edited by Catherine La Courreye Blecki and Karin Wulf.
www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/blecki1.htm
- Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move during the Great Depression
By Errol Lincoln Uys. Companion book to the documentary.
www.erroluys.com
- San Fernando Valley: America's Suburb
Covering the history and lore of the San Fernando Valley. Includes information on Kevin Roderick's book The San Fernando Valley: Americas's Suburb.
www.americassuburb.com
- Saving Monticello
Story of the Levy family's quest to rescue the house that Thomas Jefferson built. By Marc Leepson.
www.savingmonticello.com
- Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, The Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power
By Alexandra Robbins. Exposes secrets of the seruptitious, elitist organization based at Yale University.
www.secretsofthetomb.com
- Storming Heaven: LSD & the American Dream
By Jay Steven. Social history of the United States during the middle decades of the twentieth century.
www.stormingheaven.com
- Streetcar Days In Honolulu
Photos and first hand accounts of Honolulu's streetcars, which operated from 1901 to 1941.
www.streetcardays.com
- The Hippie Dictionary: A Cultural Encyclopedia of the 60s and 70s
A 700-page reference book, history book, and social statement about the '60s counterculture.
www.hippiedictionary.com
- Tobacco Corn and Caviar
Features rare documents detailing the histories of the State of Virginia, Virginia Company, Colonial America, and Jamestown including charters, tracts, sermons, and more.
www.reinhardtpublications.com
- War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars
Companion site to the Legacy Project, and to Andrew Carroll's book War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars. Provides information on submitting letters to the project, as well as preserving correspondence for posterity.
www.warletters.com
- We Were There, Too!
By Phillip Hoose. Tells of the role young people have played in the making of the United States, based largely on primary sources.
www.weweretheretoo.com
- Without Sanctuary
Photographs and postcards taken as souvenirs at lynchings throughout America.
www.musarium.com/withoutsanctuary
- Wolfscratch Wilderness
A backward walk in time through an old North Georgia settlement by Charlene Terrell.
www.mindspring.com/~cterrell/wolfscratch
- World Turned Upside Down, The: George Washington and Yorktown
Nonfiction history of the Revolutionary War for young adults.
www.richardferrie.com
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