Local history books from History Press USA, Inc.
Guest post by author John Leita Happy Memorial Day! I am the co-author of one of the History Press’ newest books, “Long Island Oddities.” Through this book my wife Laura and I will take you on a journey to some of Long Island’s most bizarre, scary, historic and just plain interesting places. Today I want [...]
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. [...]
ListsofNote.com recently featured F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s 1933 letter to his eleven-year-old daughter, Scottie. The letter ended with a list that detailed what to worry about, what not to worry about, and what to think about. What does this list show us about F. Scott Fitzgerald? (Source: F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Life in Letters; Image: F. Scott Fitzgerald with his daughter, Scottie, [...]
Books and history in the news: The Kentucky Derby’s just around the corner. Read how black jockey Kevin Krigger hopes to make history in this year’s Derby (and browse our horse racing history). How many of these did you read? 6 Movie Adaptations that Made the Authors Famous. Attorney Christina Rainville called this the “worst Ponzi [...]
Cincinnati is certainly judged by its chili. Some claim it’s not even chili, but those are just fighting words to natives who have developed the crave. Cincinnati is a long way from El Paso, and its chili is not Tex-Mex style. It is a unique blend typically served as a three-way: over spaghetti and covered [...]
Today’s post comes from our archives. It’s perfect timing for spring baseball season! Guest blogger John DeFerrari, a native Washingtonian with a lifelong passion for local history, pens the Streets of Washington blog devoted to the history of the District of Columbia. John is also a trustee of the D.C. Preservation League. He has a master’s degree in English literature [...]
Grape phylloxera, Prohibition and a brief stint of being known for “bad” wines in the 1700s couldn’t keep California’s oenophiles from cultivating one of the world’s largest, most famous and flavorful wine industries. Today, more than 3,500 bonded wineries and 4,600 grape growers allow California to produce over 90 percent of domestic wine and place [...]
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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...]
