Pender County, North Carolina possesses a rich history dating from its establishment in 1875 to the present day, including its vital role in the jet propulsion emperimentation era. The current populat
Armed with curiosity and a desire to piece together the story of the world's only seven-masted schooner, Tom Hall spent several years researching on both sides of the Atlantic, diving on the Lawson wr
From a Hemingway writing retreat built after the Civil War to preservation of its diverse communities (e.g., Cuban, Jewish, gay), the executive director of the Historic Florida Keys Foundation discuss
Raised in a sleepy Eastern Shore farming town where he was the son of a popular high school teacher, Harry Roe Hughes's dream was to play for the New York Yankees. He never envisioned a life in politi
The passage of time has brought with it vast alterations to the landscape of Northern Virginia and Fairfax County. Once a sleepy rural area dotted with a few small villages, it has changed into a bust
This fascinating new book chronicles the design and construction of the McKinley National Memorial in Canton, Ohio. This magnificent structure is the final resting place for William McKinley, 25th Pre
Few locations in South Carolina have figured as prominently in the early history of the state as the old town of Ninety Six. As a witness to two Revolutionary War battles, two Cherokee War battles, a
With great anticipation, more than twelve hundred settlers--the majority from the Mediterranean island of Minorca--arrived on the eastern shore of Florida, south of St. Augustine, in 1768 to begin a n
From its founding in 1661, South Norfolk, Virginia, has grown from a rural village to a city of the first-class. This quintessential American town has endured and prospered through generations and has
The history of colonial South Carolina has been the subject of critical academic study for over four decades. While historians continue to revise and examine their understanding of this period in Sout
Think you're a smuggler? With that box of Cuban cigars or those unclaimed duty-free souvenirs from last summer's trip to Paris? Untaxed and untraced commerce-call it contraband-is a trillion-dollar-pe
Nestled between Palm Beach's exclusive boutiques and the lavish lifestyle of Miami's South Beach rests the charming city of Hollywood, Florida. The charismatic land developer J.W. Young first envision
In the late 1930s the Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) began an undertaking to document the history and folklore of South Carolina as told by surviving slaves and their desc
Celebrated tour guides and writers Geordie Buxton and Ed Macy invite you to voyage into the fathoms-deep waters of the Holy City with their new collection, Haunted Harbor. This cache of macabre, eerie
The waters of Lake Hollingsworth in Lakeland, Florida, have provided much for the inhabitants of the area over the decades. From the early days of the first pioneers in the region through to the stude
Hamer (chief curator of history, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia) chronicles the changes faced by Charleston as its population exploded in response to the expansion of the Charleston Navy Yard d
As the reader is sure to discover in Civil War Milledgeville: Tales from the Confederate Capital of Georgia, the division between combatant and civilian at the local level is not always clear. With a
In the hundred years separating the Civil War and the 1950s, the Lowcountry was a world unto itself. The big plantations were gone, and for those remaining life had to be wrenched from the soil and th
"Old stories never end; they just come down the generations to resolve themselves among the living." The scene is Charleston, South Carolina; the time, the 1920s, when old ladies dre
"History is the knowledge of past events and especially those of human affairs." With these words Milledgeville resident and local historian Hugh Harrington brings to life the characters and
On the historic streets of Charleston, where true life is stranger than fiction, narrators Ed Macy and Geordie Buxton leave embellishment by the wayside to let these stories--in ghastly and sometimes
Springfield has launched a lot of history, from the career of Abraham Lincoln to the wagon train that bore the Donner party to their fate. While taking this tour with Garret Moffett, you will come fac
The Town of Chester in upstate Warren County, New York, was a secret haven for runaway slaves escaping to Canada along the Underground Railroad. The small Adirondack town holds as many as nine confirm
Dozens of different pies on restaurant menus from the Delta to the Ozarks await hungry diners, and almost every delectable creation is a masterpiece of southern baking. Join food writer Kat Robinson o
