Local history books from History Press USA, Inc.
It’s time to celebrate #FreeBookFriday…with today’s giveaway, Wicked Portland: The Wild and Lusty Underworld of a Frontier Seaport Town! Top 3 reasons you should enter to win: The book comes from Finn J.D. John of the popular “Offbeat Oregon” column. It is the first THP title to feature QR codes, which offer exclusive supplemental [...]
Not long after he joined The Oregonian Sports Department in 1961, Bob Robinson approached his editor with a proposition, “I understand that the golf beat is open. I would like to have a shot at it.” Thus began almost four decades of golf coverage focusing on regional players and tournaments but also touching on national events. As [...]
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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...]
