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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Historical Collections of Ohio	Henry Howe	Henry Howe (1816-1893) was born and raised in Connecticut. In 1840 he sought out John W. Barber, who had recently published Historical Collections of Connecticut; a book that greatly impressed Howe. …	OL13131734W
Stephen Fry In America	Stephen Fry	Britain's best-loved comic genius, Stephen Fry, turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his chariot of Englishness, a black London ca…	OL13647745W
An illustrated history of the state of Indiana	De Witt C. Goodrich	This is a popular rather than academic history, and contains many stories. The first part of the book, 330 pages, is a survey of Indiana history from French discovery of the territory until the 1870s…	OL13791099W
Early settlements	Spangenburg, Ray	Explores ten locations that have had significance in American history.	OL14855213W
Route 66 Quick Reference Encyclopedia	Drew Knowles	With this handy reference, novices and seasoned roadies have quick and easy access to essential information about this famous highway. Providing a list of important terms accompanied by descriptive a…	OL15036723W
Ink, Ark., and all that	Vernon Pizer	The stories behind some exotic American place names such as Embarrass, Minnesota, Tensleep, Wyoming, and Why Not, North Carolina.	OL15837239W
Mammy Barclift's Scrapbook	Frances Lee Burkart	The scrapbook of Frances Caledonia Woodall Barclift containing newspaper clippings. Frances married Dr. Willis A. Barclift and lived in Hartselle, Alabama. She was the daughter of the Rev. James As…	OL16086296W
In This Place	Paul Henry	History of the Anglican parish of Ravenhead, St Helens and its churches, schools, clergy and congregations.	OL16805162W
mang ra'i lo rgyus	1967 ye shes bzang po/ bla nag pa ye shes bzang po	Gazetteer of Mangra Shang, Konan County, South Kokonor Prefecture.	OL18152490W
reb gong bse lcang skya'i lo rgyus shel dkar me long	1970	A history of Rebkong Sechang Kya area of Amdo by Gedun Tashi.	OL18152968W
Nationalsozialismus in der Region (Schriftenreihe Der Vierteljahrshefte Fur Zeitgeschichte Sond) (G…	Horst Möller,Walter Ziegler,Andreas Wirsching	350 p. : 24 cm	OL19076530W
A guide to popular U.S. landmarks as listed in the National register of historic places	Richard Guy Wilson	Highlights major landmarks in each of the fifty states and the nation's capital and lists other important historic sites in each.	OL19163316W
A people set apart	Lorle Porter,Lorle, Ph.D. Porter,Ph.D. Lorle Porter	In the late 1700s, the Ohio Country beckoned to thousands of immigrants who longed for a piece of land and the right to live by their beliefs. The trail of their migration into this promised land is …	OL2018805W
Organization, boundaries and names of Wisconsin counties	Louise Phelps Kellogg	The main part of this paper is a list, arranged chronologically, showing the date of organization of each of Wisconsin’s 71 counties, the territory from which it was formed, and the changes of bounda…	OL7025955W
Early history of the Southeastern States	Southern Telephone News.	125 p. 33 cm	OL7347847W
Past and present of Knox County, Ohio	Albert B. Williams	This comes in two volumes. Vol. 1 gives the history of Knox County, by each township. Vol. 2 gives biographies of notable persons in the history. Vol. 1 has material on the early settlers and Nati…	OL7737643W
A la recherche de l'ancien nom de la Marne et autres cours d'eau	Richard, Louis	Foreword by Gerard Taverdet. It is likely that a river of the importance of the Marne did not wait for the Celtic invasion to receive a designation. Hence the question: what was the original name of …	OL7817633W
The Iambics of Newfoundland	Robert Finch	For nearly a decade, Robert Finch traveled around the "edge of North America" — the stunning yet seriously inhospitable island of Newfoundland. Here, he chronicles the people, geography, and wildlife…	OL8061464W
Narrow Dog to Indian River	Terry Darlington	Two pensioners and a whippet sail their English narrowboat down America's 1,000 mile long Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway...Having survived their voyage to Carcassonne, you would expect pensioners Ter…	OL8383279W
Ruth By Lake And Prairie	Katharine Kendzy Gingold	“An account of early Naperville based on real people. Meticulous research by the author denotes the time and place of 19th century Illinois.” --Russell Lewis, Executive Vice President and Chief Hist…	OL9775278W