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TRACING YOUR BLACK COUNTRY ANCESTORS
Michael Pearson · Pen and Sword |
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The Black Country in the West Midlands is an important site for family historians. Many researchers, seeking to trace their ancestry back through the generations, will find their trail leads through it. And yet, despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy and the importance of the region... |
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The One True Barbecue: Fire, Smoke, and the Pitmasters Who Cook the Whole Hog
Rien Fertel · Touchstone
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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In the spirit of the oral historians who tracked down and told the stories of America's original bluesmen, this is a journey into the southern heartland (the Pork Belt) to discover the last of the great roadside whole hog pitmasters who hold onto the heritage and the secrets of America's... |
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Roots of Russia's War in Ukraine
Elizabeth A Wood · Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; New York
Pages: 147
Format: Print book |
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In February 2014, Russia initiated a war in Ukraine, its reasons for aggression unclear. Each of this volume's authors offers a distinct interpretation of Russia's motivations, untangling the social, historical, and political factors that created this war and continually reignite... |
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Last crossing of the Lusitania
Erik Larson · Crown Publishers
Pages: 430
Format: Print book |
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#1 New York Times BestsellerFrom the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the LusitaniaOn May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York,... |
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Ladies Night at the Dreamland
Sonja Livingston · The University of Georgia Press
Pages: 200
Format: Print book |
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In this lyrical collection, Sonja Livingston weaves together strands of research and imagination to conjure figures from history, literature, legend, and personal memory. The result is a series of essays that highlight lives as varied, troubled, and spirited as America itself. |
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Eyeing the Red Storm: Eisenhower and the First Attempt to Build a Spy Satellite
Robert M Dienesch · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 296
Format: Print book |
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In 1954 the U.S. Air Force launched an ambitious program known as WS-117L to develop the world's first reconnaissance satellite. The goal was to take photographic images from space and relay them back to Earth via radio. Because of technical issues and bureaucratic resistance, however,... |
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William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life
James Lee Mcdonough · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 816
Format: Print book |
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A major new biography of one of America's most storied military figures. General Sherman's 1864 burning of Atlanta solidified his legacy as a ruthless leader. Yet Sherman proved far more complex than his legendary military tactics reveal. James Lee McDonough offers fresh insight into a man tormented... |
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