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1	The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America more books like this by Erik Larson The story of two men's obsessions with the Chicago World's Fair, one its architect, the other a murderer. "The Devil in the White City" draws the reader into a time of magic and majesty, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke ... see all copies from £4.91! new only from £9.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl more books like this by Timothy Egan Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Timothy Egan follows a half-dozen families and their communities through the dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains during the Depression, going from sod huts to new framed houses to basements with the windows sealed by damp sheets in a futile effort to keep the dust out. see all copies from £7.71! new only from £7.71! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West more books like this by Dee Brown Immediately recognized as a revelatory and enormously controversial book since its first publication in 1971, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" is universally recognized as one of those rare books that forever changes the way its subject is perceived. Now repackaged with a new introduction from bestselling author Hampton Sides to coincide with a ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £7.05! \| first editions
4	Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History more books like this by Erik Larson The large audience that drove "The Perfect Storm" high on national bestseller lists is sure to welcome this superb narrative of the extreme hurricane that struck Galveston, Texas, in 1900, leaving at least 8,000 dead in its wake. An unforgettable story of the conflict between human hubris and the last great uncontrollable force, "Isaac's Storm" ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £8.30! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts more books like this by Maxine Hong Kingston Maxine Hong Kingston writes about the bonds as well as the conflicts between women in Chinese-American culture--how the traditional Asian way of life is transformed in the new world for better and for worse. In the process, Kingston tells the story of her life, her coming of age, and her assimilation into American culture. see all copies from £2.95! new only from £7.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining more books like this by Foxfire Fund Inc, Eliot Wigginton (Editor) Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region. see all copies from £7.74! new only from £10.39! \| first editions
7	Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression more books like this by Mildred Armstrong Kalish The story of a time, a place, and a way of life, this is a slice of Americana--set during the Great Depression--that shows readers, through the portrait of one high-spirited young girl, how the right stuff can make even a time of adversity seem like a good time. see all copies from £7.77! new only from £7.77! \| first editions
8	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story more books like this by John Berendt This account of a killing in a mansion in Savannah, Georgia is set in the heart of the American South, in the early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defence? The unpredictable twists and turns of a murder case are interwoven with a first-person account of life in the Old South. Filled with a cast of Savannah's eccentrics - the ... see all copies from £2.08! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America more books like this by Thomas Frank Liberal journalist Thomas Frank turns his witty and insightful pen on this nation's gradual drift to the right over the last 30 years of the 20th century, asking "Why?" The conservative movement, once the bastion of Bill Buckley, Barry Goldwater, and protected interests now appears to be the people's party, the party of populism, and Frank wants ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £6.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Foxfire 3 more books like this by Foxfire Fund Inc, Eliot Wigginton (Editor) Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region. see all copies from £9.18! new only from £10.39! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Tis: A Memoir more books like this by Frank McCourt Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, "Angela's Ashes," has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit and its profound humanity. A tale of redemption, in which storytelling itself is the source of salvation, it won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the "Los Angeles Times" Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Johnstown Flood more books like this by David McCullough At the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving for a piece of the nation's burgeoning industrial prosperity. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake for an exclusive summer resort patronized by the tycoons of ... see all copies from £6.96! new only from £9.89! \| first editions
13 view cover	Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul more books like this by Karen Abbott Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history. Culminating in a dramatic last stand between brothel keepers and crusading reformers, this book presents a vivid snapshot of Americas journey from Victorian-era propriety to 20th-century modernity. see all copies from £6.27! new only from £9.18! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Division street: America more books like this by Studs Terkel The book that first made Studs Terkel's reputation as this country's foremost oral historian is a unique portrait of America at a time of change and hope. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £8.95! \| first editions
15 view cover	Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea more books like this by Sebastian Junger October 1991. It was "the perfect storm"--a tempest that may happen only once in a century--a nor'easter created by so rare a combination of factors that it could not possibly have been worse. Creating waves ten stories high and winds of 120 miles an hour, the storm whipped the sea to inconceivable levels few people on Earth have ever witnessed. ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	The Frontiersmen: A Narrative more books like this by Allan W Eckert Against the background of such names as George Rogers Clark, Daniel Boone. Arthur St. Clair, Anthony Wayne, Simon Girty, and William Henry Harrison, Eckert has recreated the life of one of America's most outstanding heroes, Simon Kenton. Kenton's role in opening the Northwest Territory to settlement more than rivaled that of his friend Daniel ... see all copies from £8.04! new only from £11.48! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Here is New York more books like this by E. B. White Sitting in a sweltering New York hotel room in the summer of 1948, E.B. White began writing his memoir about the world's most fabulous city. He created a beautiful piece of prose in which he completely captures the essence of New York City. see all copies from £5.22! new only from £9.89! \| first editions
18 view cover	When I Was Puerto Rican more books like this by Esmeralda Santiago In this first of Esmeralda Santiago's three memoirs, she brings to life a Puerto Rican childhood that was full of tenderness and domestic strife, tropical sounds and sights, as well as grim poverty. Her mother, Mami, is a force of nature, struggling to support her seven and soon-to-be eleven children. When Mami takes off to New York with them, ... see all copies from £2.08! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell more books like this by Mark Kurlansky As he did previously in COD: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FISH THAT CHANGED THE WORLD and in SALT: A WORLD HISTORY, historian Mark Kurlansky takes a unique, and rewarding, entry-point into the past, this time relating the rich social history of New York City through its once-plentiful denizen of the deep, the oyster. Manhattan's harbor was once ideal for ... see all copies from £5.89! new only from £7.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Big Stone Gap more books like this by Adriana Trigiani Ave Mulligan is the 35-year-old self-proclaimed spinster of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, a sleepy hamlet in the Blue Ridge Mountains. As the local pharmacist, she's been keeping the townfolk's secrets for years, but she's soon to discover a most unsettling scandal in her own family's past. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Walk Across America more books like this by Peter Jenkins Twenty-five years ago, a disillusioned young man set out on a walk across America. This is the book he wrote about that journey -- a classic account of the reawakening of his faith in himself and his country. "I started out searching for myself and my country," Peter Jenkins writes, "and found both." In this timeless classic, Jenkins describes how ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £7.77! \| first editions
22 view cover	Foxfire 2 more books like this by Eliot Wigginton (Editor) Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £11.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America more books like this by Russell Shorto This history of early New York City conveys a strong sense of place as it covers the period when the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam was a sprawling seaport, full of activity and promise. Russell Shorto offers illuminating portraits of two key players: Peter Stuyvesant, governor, and Adriaen van der Donck, a lawyer and historian whose nearly lost ... see all copies from £8.36! new only from £9.86!
24 view cover	All Souls: A Family Story from Southie more books like this by Michael Patrick MacDonald A searing coming-of-age memoir set in an unfamiliar world: Irish South Boston. Michael MacDonald brings us a poor and intensely insular neighbourhood which its residents agree is the "best place in the world". Through his eyes we meet Michael's mini-skirted, accordion-playing mother who, by herself, cares for her ten children through a combination ... see all copies from £2.11! new only from £7.06! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk more books like this by Randy Shilts "The Mayor of Castro Street" is Shilts's acclaimed story of Harvey Milk, the man whose personal life, public career, and tragic assassination mirrored the dramatic and unprecedented emergence of the gay community in America during the 1970s. His is a story of personal tragedies and political intrigues, assassination in City Hall and massive riots ... see all copies from £10.39! new only from £10.39! \| signed copies \| first editions

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