Local history books from History Press USA, Inc.
By his death on February 20, 1895, Washingtonian Frederick Douglass had become the most prominent black American in the United States and the entire world. Eulogists at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, just blocks from the White House, said his life’s work would be remembered along with those of the greatest men who had [...]
Garrett Peck falls down Georgetown’s Exorcist stairs every chance he gets, yet he can’t exorcise his passion for history. A literary journalist and history dork, he is the author of Prohibition in Washington, D.C.: How Dry We Weren’t and leads the Temperance Tour of prohibition-related sites in Washington. The Potomac River: A History and Guide [...]
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Guest post by author Cindy Grisham Long before he explored the wilds of the Congo in search of a lost missionary and uttered the now famous words, “Dr. Livingston, I presume?” Sir Henry Morton Stanley explored the wilds of Arkansas. He often spent evenings with local families who shared what little they had with him. [...]
Guest post by Sarah Falter, History Press Publicity & Marketing Wisps of smoke floated through the crisp November sky towards the palmetto trees that framed the battlefield, and then curled casually towards the bright Charleston sun. … [Read More...]
