BIBLIOGRAPHY

BACKGROUND READINGS ON THE ROAD, AMERICANA, ETC.

This section is intended for informational purposes only.
OTR TRAVEL INFORMATION SERVICES, INC. does not endotse any of the books listed here, nor guarantee their availability.

For a more complete descrption of many of the titles mentioned here and for other readings we highly recommend THE TRAVELER'S READING GUIDE, Maggie Simony, Editor, Facts on File, 1993.

Finally, if you have any additions you wish to make to this list, we welcome your suggestions.

GENERAL

Arany, Lynne and Hobson, Archie; Little Museums; Henry Holy & Co.; 1998.

Bergheim, Laura A.; Weird Wonderful America; Macmillan, 1988.

Brownstone, Dougalss L.; A Field Guide to America's History; Facts on File, 1984.

Cantor, George; Pop Culture Landmarks; Visible Ink; 1995.

Cooke, Alistair; America Observed: From the 1940s to the 1980s; Knopf, 1988.

Gallant, Frank K.; A Place Called Peculiar; Merriam Webster; 1998.

Heat Moon, William; Blue Highway: A Journey Into America; Little, 1983.

Hendrickson, Robert; American Talk; Viking, 1986.

Hendrickson, Robert; New Yawk Tawk: A Dictionary of New York City Expressions; Facts on File;1998.

Hendrickson, Robert; Mountain Range: A Dictionary of Expressions From Appalachia to the Ozarks; Facts on File; 1997.

Hendrickson, Robert; Yankee Talk: A Dictionary of New England Expressions; Facts on File; 1996.

Hendrickson, Robert; Whistlin' Dixie: A Dictionary of Southern Expressions; Facts on File, 1993

Hobson, Archie, Ed; Remembering America: A Sampler of the American Guide Series; Macmillan, 1985.

Jensen, James; Road Trip USA; Moon Publications, 1996.

Kuralt, Charles; A Life on the Road; Putnam; 1990.

Kuralt, Charles; American Moments; Simon & Schuster, 1998

Kuralt, Charles; Dateline America; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; 1979.

Kuralt; Charles; On The Road With Charles Kuralt; Ballantine, 1985

Patton, Phil; Open Road; Touchtone Books, 1986

Pierce, Neal R. and Hagstrom, Jerry; The Book of America: Inside Fifty States Today; W.W. Norton & Co., 1983.

Rawls, Thomas H.; Small Places: In Search of a Vanishing America; Little, 1990.

The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America (series); Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1989.

Stern, Jane & Michael; Eat Your Way Across the U.S.A.; Broadway Books, 1997.

Terkel, Studs; The Great Divide: Second Thoughts on the American Dream; Pantheon, 1988.

 

EAST

Cantor, George; Where The Old Roads Go: Driving the First Federal Highways of the Northeast; Harper & Row, 1990

Humphrey, J.R.; Timeless Towns; St. Martin, 1989.

Laskin, David; Islands of the Atlantic East Coast; Facts on File, 1990

 

NEW ENGLAND

Harris, John; Saga of the Pilgrims; Globe Pequot, 1990

Levine, A Guide to Writers' Homes in New England; Apple-Wood Books, 1984.

Mutrux, Robert; Great New England Churches: 65 Houses of Worshop That Changed Our Lives; Globe Pequot, 1982.

Pierce, Neal R.; New England States: People, Politics and Power in the Six New England States; Norton, 1976.

Robinson, William F.; Coastal New England: Its Life and Past; Bullfinch Press, 1989.

Thoreau, Henry D.; Thoreau Country; Sierra, 1975.

Tree, Christina; How New England Happened; Little, 1976.

Wood, William; New England's Prospect; Univ. of Massachsetts Press, 1977 (first published in 1634)

 

MAINE

Bailey, Anthony; Spring Jaunts; FS&G; 1986 - From a series in the New Yorker

Chute, Carolyn; Letourneau's Used Auto Parts (Fiction); Ticknor & Fields, 1988

Clark, Charles E.; Maine; Norton, 1977

Gould, John; Stitch in Time; Norton, 1985; Observations.

Gould, John; There Goes Maine! A Sort of History; Norton, 1990; History, lore and tales of times past.

Jewett, Sarah Orne; The Country of the Pointed Firs & Other Stories; Norton, 1968 (Fiction). Skeches about life in a seaport town. First published in 1896.

King, Stephen; Pet Sematary; Doubleday, 1983 (Fiction). One of King's many mysteries that have added prominence to both author and place.

King, Tabatha; Caretakers; Macmillian, 1983 (Fiction)

Phippen, Sanford, ed., ; Lance Tapley, 1986 (Fiction). The Best Maine Stories: The Marvelous Mystery

Pike, Robert E.; Spiked Boots; Yankee, 1987; Reprint of 1959 collection of stories about logging north country.

Pike, William L.; The Voice of Maine; Thorndike Press, 1983; Oral history of many perspectives of Maine.

Rich, Louise Dickinson; My Neck of the Woods; Downeast, 1976

Roberts, Kenneth; Arundel; Doubelday, 1930 (Fiction)

Smith, Robert; My Life in the Maine Woods; Atlantic Monthly Press; 1986; Recollections of an 18 year old in a lumber camp during the Depression.

Stinnett, Caskie; One Man's Island; Down East, 1984; Chronicles life an island just offshore.

Tree, Christina and Syeadman, Mimi; Maine: An Explorer's Guide; Countryman, 1991.

 

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Duncan, Dayton; Grass Roots: One Year In The Life of the New Hampshire Primary; Viking, 1991.

Gilmore, Robert C.; New Hampshire Literature: A Sampler, Univ. Press of New England, 1981.

Hall, Donald; Here at Eagle Pond; Ticknor & Fields, 1990.

Jager, Ronald and Grace; New Hampshire; Windsor, 1983.

Morison, E.F.; New Hampshire; Norton, 1976. Part of bicentennial series.

 

VERMONT

Fogo, D'Ann Calhoun; A Diversity of Gifts: Vermont Women at Work; Countrymen, 1989.

Gilbert, G.E.; Vermont Odysseys; Dutton, 1991. Contemporary stories of about life in the Vermont.

Hastings, Scott E., Jr.; The Last Yankees: Folkways in Easten Vermont and the Border Country; Univ. Press of New England; 1990. History of crafts and people through oral interviews with natives of the regions.

Hill, Lewis; Fetched Up Yankee: A New England Boyhood Remembered; Globe Pequot, 1990; Recollection of growing in rural America during the Depression.

Jennison, Peter S.; Roadside History of Vermont; Mountain Press, 1989.

Meeks, Harold A.; Time and Change in Vermont; Globe Pequot, 1985. From Champlain to Ben & Jerrys.

Mitchell, Don; Living Upcountry; Yankee Books, 1986. A country journal following a move to a Vermont farm.

Morrisey, Charles T.; Vermont; Norton, 1981

Pistorius, Alan; Cutting Hill; Knopf, 1990. An account of four seasons on a Vermont dairy farm.

Sherman, Joe; Fast Lane on a Dirt Road: Vermont Transferred, 1945-1990; Countryman, 1991. Changes in the state over a lifetime.

Tree, Christina and Jennison, Peter S.; Vermont: An Explorer's Guide; Countryman, 1991

Weber, Susan B., ed; The Vermont Experience; Vermont Life, 1987. Poetry, prose and photos communicating the essence of Vermont.

 

MASSACHUSETTS

Allen, Everett S.; Martha's Vineyard: An Elegy; Scribner, 1986. About The Vineyard and the inevitable changes brought by its populraity as a tourist destination.

Amory, Cleveland; The Proper Bostonians, Parnassus Imprints, 1984

Beston, Henry; The Outermost House; Penguin, 1988.

Brown, Richard D., Massachusetts; Norton, 1978

Burroughs, Polly; Guide to Martha's Vineyard; Guide to Nantucket; Globe Pequot, 1991.

Fast, Howard; April Morning, Crown, 1961 (Fiction). About the shot heard around the world.

Green, Martin, The Mount Vernon Street Warrens: A Boston Story, 1860-1910; MacMillan,1990.

Hodges, Hollis; Norman Rockwell's Greatest Painting; Eriksson, 1988. About six that modeled for Norman Rockwell who plan a reunion part..

Hough, Henry Beatle; Remembrance and Light: Images of Martha's Vineyard; Harvard Common Press, 1984 (Fiction).

James, Henry; The Bostonians; Random House; 1991 (Fiction). Novel about 19th century Boston.

Kane, Tom; My Pamet: Cape Cod Chronicle; Moyer Bell Ltd, 1989.

Morris, Jerry; The Boston Globe Guide to Boston; Globe Pequot, 1989.

O'Brien, Gregory; An Insider's Guide to Cape Cod and The Islands; Viking Penguin, 1988.

Robinson, William F.; Cape Cod; Bullfinch Press; 1985.

Segal, Erich; The Class; Bantam, 1985 (Fiction). About five members of the Harvard 1958 25 years later.

Seton, Anya; The Hearth and Eagle (Marblehead); Houghton, 1948 (Fiction) History of Marblehead interwoven with family history.

Southworth, Susan and Michael; A.I.A. Guide To Boston, Globe Pequot, 1984.

Starkey, Marion L., The Devil in Massachsetts; Doubelday, 1969. A 20th century look back at the Salem witch trials.

Whipple, A.B.; Vintage Nantucket; Globe Pequot, 1989. Walks around the island's streets tying past to present. Globe Pequot, 1989.

Wolfe, Thomas; Of Time And The River; Scribner, 1935 (Fiction). About a student's years at Harvard.

 

RHODE ISLAND

With Thanks to the Rhode Island State Library

Conley, Patrick T.; An Album of Rhode Island History, 1636-1986; Donning Co, 1986.

Earle, Alice Morse; In Old Narragansett: Romances and Realities; Scribner; 1898.

Federal Writers' Project; Rhode Island: A Guide to the Smallest State; Houghton Mifflin, 1937.

James, Sydney V.;Colonial Rhode Island: A History; Scribner, 1975.

Kellner, George H. and J. Stanley Lemons; Rhode Island: The Indepehndent State; Windsor Publications, in cooperation with the Rhode Island Historical Society, 1982.

McLoughlin, William G,; Rhode Island; Norton,1978.

Warburton, Eileen; In Living Memory: A Chronicle of Newport, Rhode Island: 1888-1988; R.I. Publications Soc., 1988.

Wilder, Thorton; Theophilus North; Harper & Row, 1973 (Fiction).

Wolff, Geoffrey; Providence; Viking, 1986 (Fiction)

Wright, Marion I., and Robert J. Sullivan; The Rhode Island Atlas; R.I. Publications Soc., 1982.

 

CONNECTICUT

Readings on Connecticut

 

NEW YORK

New York State

Adams, Samuel H.; Canal Town; Random House, 1944 (Fiction). Set at the time of the building of the Erie Canal.

Bookbinder, Bernie; Long Island; Abrams, 1983.

Carmer, Carl; The Tavern Lamps Are Burning; McKay, 1964. A literary journey around New York spanning four centuries.

Champlain, Charles; Back There Where The Past Was: A Small Town Boyhood; Syracuse Univ. Press, 1989. Growing in the Finger Lakes in a different place and time.

Doctorow, E.L.; Ragtime; Random House, 1975 (Fiction)

Dumbleton, Susanne and Older, Anne; In and Around Albany; Washington Park Press, 1985.

Ellis, David M.; New York State and City; Cornell Univ. Press, 1979. Explores growth, literature, regional, politics and conflicts of the state.

Epstein, Jane and Barlow, Elizabeth; The Hudson River Valley; Random House, 1985.

Fitzgerald, F.Scott; The Great Gatsby; Scribners, 1953 (Fiction)

Frommer, Harvey and Katz-Frommer, Myrna; It Happened In the Catskills; HBJ, 1991. A recollection the Broscht Belt in its prime.

Hamilton, Harlan; Lights and Legends; Wescott Cove, 1987. Historical guide to lighthouses of Long Island, Fishers Island Sound aand Block Island Sound.

Jamieson, Paul; The Adirondacks Reader; Adirondack Mountain Club; 1983.

Kohlhagen, Gale and Heinbach, Ellen; West Point and the Hudson Valley; Hippocrene, 1990

Matthiessen, Peter; Men's Lives: The Surfmen and Baymen of the South Fork; Random House, 1987. A recollection of what the area near the Hamptons was like before the tourists found the place.

Mulligan, Tim; From Niagara to Montauk: The Scenic Pleasures of New York State; State Univ. of New York; 1981. Natural wonders around the state.

Wilson, Edmund; Upstate: Records and Recollections; Syracuse Univ. Press, 1990.

City of New York

Alleman, Richard; The Movie-Lover's Guide to New York; Har-Row, 1988.

Allen, Oliver E.; New York, New York; Atheneum, 1991

Bailey, A. Peter; Harlem Today: A Cultural and Visitor's Guide; Gums & Thomas, 1986.

Blancahrd, Christian and Dard, Bertrand; Statue of Liberty: The First Hundred Years; American Heritage, 1985. Illustrated history.

Bookbinder, Bernie; City of the World: New York and Its People; NY Newsday/Abrams, 1989.

Cohen, Barbara, ed.; New York Observed: Artists & Writers Look at the City, 1650 to the Present; Abrams, 1987.

Davies, Valentine; Miracle on 34th Street; HarBraceJ, 1947 (Fiction).

Dennis, Patrick; Auntie Mame; Vanguard, 1955 (Fiction).

Doctorow, E.L.; World's Fair; Random House, 1985 (Fiction).

Fitzgerald, F. Scott; The Beautiful and Damned; Scribner, 1950 (Fiction). The 1920's in NYC.

Frontero, Vince; What's Free and Cheap in New York; Viking Penguin, 1991.

Karp. Walter; The Center: A History and Guide to Rockefeller Center; Van Nostrand, 1983.

Leisner, Marcia; Literary Neighborhoods of New York; Starhill Press, 1989.

Malamud, Bernard; The Assistant; FS&G, 1957 (Fiction)

McCollough, David K.; Brooklyn and How It Got That Way; Doubleday, 1983.

Marqusee, Mike and Harris, Bill, eds.; New York: An Anthology; Salem House, 1988. Includes writings by Dorothy Parker, Henry James, E.B. White and more.

Morris, Jan; Manhattan '45; Oxford Univ. Press, 1987.

Penguin Guide to New York City; Penguin, 1989. A book about New York for New Yorkers. Features a reading list on New York history and literature.

Plumb, Stephen W.; A Walking Guide to the Residences of Famous New Yorkers; MarLor, 1989.

Potok, Chaim; The Chosen; S&S, 1967 (Fiction).

Puzo,Mario; The Godfather; Putnam Pub Group, 1969 (Fiction).

Reynolds, Donald M.; The Architecture of New York City; MacMillan, 1988.

Runyon, Damon; Guys and Dolls; Lippincott, 1950 (Fiction)

Runyon, Damon, The Best of Runyon; Lippincott, 1938 (Fiction).

Shaw, Arnold; Fifty-Second Street: The Street of Jazz; DaCapo, 1977.

Smith, Betty; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Harper & Row; 1947 (Fiction)

Stern, Zela; The Complete Guide to Ethnic New York; St. Martin, 1980.

Styron, William; Sophie's Choice; Random House, 1979 (Fiction).

Trager, James; Park Avenue: Street of Dreams; Atheneum, 1990.

Ultan, Lloyf and Hermalyn, Gary; The Bronx in the Innocent Years; Bronx County Historical Society; 1985. A look at The Bronx between 1920 and 1950.

Wolfe, Thomas; Bonfires of the Vanities; FS&G, 1987 (Fiction).

Wouk, Herman; Marjorie Morningstar; Doubleday, 1955 (Fiction).

 

MID-ATLANTIC

Peirece, Neal R.; Mid-Atlantic States of America: People, Politics and Power in the Five Mid-Atlantic States; Globe-Pequot, 1989.

 

NEW JERSEY

Beck, Henry; The Roads of Home: Lanes & Legends of New Jersey; Rutgers Univ.Press, 1983.

Beck, Henry; Tales and Towns of Northern New Jersey; Rutgers Univ. Press, 1983.

Beck, Henry; Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey; Rutgers Univ. Press, 1984.

Fleming, Thomas J.; New Jersey; Norton, 1984. Part of a bicentennial history series.

Funnell, Charles E.; By The Beautiful Sea; Rutgers Univ. Press, 1975. A history of Atlantic City's heyday.

Gillespie, Anhus K. and Rockland, Michael A.; Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike; Rutgers Univ. Press, 1989. The Turnpike as a symbol for our romantic and ridiculing sides.

Kross, Peter; New Jersey History; Mid Atlantic, 1987.

Leonard Elmore; Glitz; Arbor House, 1985 (Fiction).

McPhee, John, The Pine Barrens; FS&G, 1981.

Updike, John; The Poorhouse Fair; Knopf, 1977 (Fiction)

 

PENNSYLVANIA

Caldwell, Taylor; Answer As A Man; Putnam Pub. Group, 1981 (Fiction)

Cochran, Thomas C.; Pennsylvania; Norton, 1978. Part of bicentennial series.

Hartog, Jan de; The Peaceable Kingdom; Antheneum; 1972 (Fiction)

Klein, Philip S. and Hoogenboom, Ari; A History of Pennsylvania; Penn State Press, 1980.

 

 

DELAWARE

Canby, Henry Sedidel; The Brandywine; Schiffler, 1977 (First published 1941). Recollections of growing up in the area. Illustrations by Andrew Wyeth.

Hoffecker, Carol E.; Delaware; Norton, 1977. Part of the bicentennial series.

Hoffecker, Carol E.; Delaware, The First State; Mid Atlantic, 1987.

Mosley, Leonard; Blood Realtions; Atheneum, 1980. Rise and fall of the DuPont family.

Vessles, Jane and Fleming, Kevin; Delaware: A Small Wonder; Abrams, 1984

 

MARYLAND (With Thanks to the Enoch Pratt Library - Maryland Desk)

Anderson, Elizabeth B.; Annapolis, A Walk Through History; Tidewater Publishers, 1991.

Arnett, Earl; Robert J. Brugger and Edward C. Papenfuse; Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State (Second Edition); Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1999.

Brugger, Robert J.; Maryland, A Middle Temperment, 1634-1980; Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1988.

Dorsey, John and James D. Dilts; A Guide to Baltimore Architecture; Tidwater Publishers; 1987 (3rd edition).

Jopp; Harold D. and Ingersoll, R.H., eds; Shoremen; Tidewater, 1974. An anthology covering 300 years along the Eastern Shore.

Kenny, Hamill; The Placenames of Maryland, Their Origin and Meaning; Maryland Historical Society; 1984.

Meyer, Eugene L.; Maryland Lost and Found; Johns Hopkins; 1986. People and places from Chespeake to Annapolis.

Michener, James A.; Chesapeake; Random, 1978 (Fiction). About four centuries on the Eastern Shore.

Olson, Sherry H.; Baltimore: The Building of An American City; Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1997.

Peffer, Randall S.; Watermen; Johns Hopimns Univ. Press; 1985. The experiences of one who moved to Tilghman Island and worked as a waterman.

Shrivers, Frank R.; Walking in Baltimore, An Intimate Guide to the Old City; Johns Hopkins Univ. Press; 1995

Warner; William W.; Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs, and the Chesapeake Bay; Viking Penguin, 1987.

 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Adams, Henry; Democracy; HR&W, 1980 (Fiction)

Bowling, Kenneth; The Creation of Washington, DC: The Idea and Location of the American Capital; George Mason, 1991.

Dos Passos, John; District of Columbia; Houghton,1952

Douglas, Evelyn and Dickson,Paul; On This Spot; Farragut Pub, 1991.

Lewis, David L.; District of Columbia; Norton, 1976; Part of bicentennial series.

Price, Robert L., ed., The Washington Post Guide to Washington; McGraw, 1989.

Smith, Jane O.; One-Day Trips Through History; EPM, 1987.

Smith, Jane O.; Offbeat Excursions in and Around the Nation's Capital; EPM, 1984

Truman, Margaret; Murder at the National Cathedral; Random House, 1990 (Fiction).

Vidal, Gore; Washington, DC; Random House, 1976 (Fiction)

Smith, Kathryn S., ed.; Washington At Home; Windsor Pubns, 1988

 

WEST VIRGINIA

McNeill, Louise; The Milkweed Ladies; Univ.of Pittsburgh Press; 1988

White, Betty W.; The Past Is A Key to the Future; Melody Mountain, 1990.

Williams, John A.; West Virginia; Norton, 1976. Part of bicentennial series.

 

VIRGINIA

(With Thanks to The Library of Virginia - Catherine Mishler Reference Section)

General

Brownell, Charles E., Calder Loth, William M. S. Rasmussen, and Richard Guy Wilson. The Making of Virginia Architecture. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1992.

Dabney, Virginius. Virginia: The New Dominion, A History from 1607 to the Present. 1971. Reprint. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1983.

Lebsock, Suzanne. Virginia Women, 1600-1945: "A Share of Honour." Rev. ed. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1987.

Parramore, Thomas C., with Peter C. Stewart and Tommy L. Bogger. Norfolk: The First Four Centuries. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1994.

Tyler-McGraw, Marie. At the Falls: Richmond, Virginia, and Its People. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1994.

Younger, Edward, and James Tice Moore, eds. The Governors of Virginia, 1860-1978. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1982.

African Americans Breen, T. H., and Stephen Innes. "Myne Owne Ground": Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1640-1676. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1980.

Buni, Andrew. The Negro in Virginia Politics, 1902-1965. Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia Press, 1967.

Dew, Charles B. Bond of Iron: Master and Slave at Buffalo Forge. New York, N.Y.: Norton, 1994.

Egerton, Douglas R. Gabriel's Rebellion: The Virginia Slave Conspiracies of 1800 and 1802. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1993.

Engs, Robert Francis. Freedom's First Generation: Black Hampton, Virginia, 1861-1890. Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1979.

Jordan, Ervin L., Jr. Black Confederates and Afro-Yankees in Civil War Virginia. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1995.

Kulikoff, Allan. Tobacco and Slaves: The Development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake, 1680-1800. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1986.

Lewis, Earl. In Their Own Interests: Race, Class, and Power in Twentieth-Century Norfolk, Virginia. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1991.

Morgan, Edmund S. American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia. New York, N.Y.: Norton, 1975.

Morgan, Lynda J. Emancipation in Virginia's Tobacco Belt, 1850-1870. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1992.

Morgan, Philip, ed. "Don't Grieve After Me": The Black Experience in Virginia, 1619-1986. Hampton, Va.: Hampton University, 1986.

Oates, Stephen B. The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion. New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, 1975.

Pratt, Robert A. The Color of Their Skin: Education and Race in Richmond, Virginia, 1954-89. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1992.

Schwarz, Philip J. Twice Condemned: Slaves and the Criminal Laws of Virginia, 1705-1865. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1988.

Wynes, Charles Eldridge. Race Relations in Virginia, 1870-1902. Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia Press, 1961.

Native Americans

Craven, Wesley Frank. White, Red, and Black: The Seventeenth Century Virginian. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1971.

Egloff, Keith, and Deborah Woodward. First People: The Early Indians of Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources, 1992.

Rountree, Helen C. Pocahontas's People: The Powhatan Indians of Virginia through Four Centuries. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990.

Colonial Virginia

Billings, Warren M., Thad Tate, and John E. Selby. Colonial Virginia: A History. White Plains, N.Y.: KTO Press, 1986.

Breen, T. H. Tobacco Culture: The Mentality of the Great Tidewater Planters on the Eve of Revolution. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1985.

Briceland, Alan Vance. Westward from Virginia: The Exploration of the Virginia-Carolina Frontier, 1650-1710. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1987.

Brown, Kathleen M. Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, & Anxious Patriarchs: Gender, Race, and Power in Colonial Virginia. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1996.

Craven, Wesley Frank. Dissolution of the Virginia Company: The Failure of a Colonial Experiment. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1932.

Horn, James. Adapting to a New World: English Society in the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1994.

Noel Hume, Ivor. The Virginia Adventure, Roanoke to James Towne: An Archaeological and Historical Odyssey. New York, N.Y.: Knopf, 1994.

Perry, James R. The Formation of a Society on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1615-1655. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1990.

Rutman, Darrett B., and Anita H. Rutman. A Place in Time: Middlesex County, Virginia, 1650-1750. New York, N.Y.: Norton, 1984.

Sobel, Mechal. The World They Made Together: Black and White Values in Eighteenth-Century Virginia. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1987.

Sydnor, Charles Sackett. Gentlemen Freeholders: Political Practices in Washington's Virginia. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1952.

Revolutionary Virginia

Buckley, Thomas E. Church and State in Revolutionary Virginia, 1776-1787. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1977.

Isaac, Rhys. The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina, 1982.

Ragsdale, Bruce A. A Planter's Republic: The Search for Economic Independence in Revolutionary Virginia. Madison, Wis.: Madison House, 1996.

Selby, John E. The Revolution in Virginia, 1775-1783. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1988.

Early National and Antebellum Virginia

Beeman, Richard R. The Old Dominion and the New Nation, 1788-1801. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1972.

Goldfield, David R. Urban Growth in the Age of Sectionalism: Virginia, 1847-1861. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1977.

Jordan, Daniel P. Political Leadership in Jefferson's Virginia. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1983.

Lebsock, Suzanne. The Free Women of Petersburg: Status and Culture in a Southern Town, 1784-1860. New York, N.Y.: Norton, 1984.

Lewis, Jan. The Pursuit of Happiness: Family and Values in Jefferson's Virginia. Cambridge, Mass.: Cambridge University Press, 1983.

Shade, William G. Democratizing the Old Dominion: Virginia and the Second Party System, 1824-1861. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1996.

Civil War and Reconstruction

Dew, Charles B. Ironmaker to the Confederacy: Joseph R. Anderson and the Tredegar Iron Works. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1966.

Freeman, Douglas Southall. R. E. Lee: A Biography. 4 vols. New York, N.Y.: Scribner's , 1934-1935. A one-volume abridgement of this work entitled Lee and prepared by Richard Harwell was published in New York in 1961.

Furgurson, Ernest B. Ashes of Glory: Richmond at War. New York, N.Y.: Knopf, 1996.

Johnston, Angus J. Virginia Railroads in the Civil War. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1961.

Lowe, Richard. Republicans and Reconstruction in Virginia, 1856-70. Charlottesville,Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1991.

Maddex, Jack P., Jr. The Virginia Conservatives, 1867-1879: A Study in Reconstruction Politics. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1970.

Noe, Kenneth. Southwest Virginia's Railroad: Modernization and the Sectional Crisis. Urbanna, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1994.

Robertson, James I., Jr. Civil War Virginia: Battleground for a Nation. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1991.

_______. Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend. New York, N.Y.: Macmillan, 1997.

Shanks, Henry R. The Secession Movement in Virginia, 1847-1861. Richmond, Va.: Garrett and Massie, 1934.

Sutherland, Daniel E. Seasons of War: The Ordeal of a Confederate Community, 1861-1865. New York, N.Y.: Free Press, 1995.

Virginia Regimental History Series. Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1982-.

The New South

Chesson, Michael B. Richmond After the War. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1981.

Moger, Allen W. Virginia: Bourbonism to Byrd, 1870-1925. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1968.

Moore, James Tice. Two Paths to the New South: The Virginia Debt Controversy, 1870-1883. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1974.

Pulley, Raymond H. Old Virginia Restored: An Interpretation of the Progressive Impulse, 1870-1930. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1968.

Twentieth-Century Virginia

Gates, Robbins L. The Making of Massive Resistance: Virginia's Politics of Public School Desegregation, 1954-1956. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1964.

Heinemann, Ronald Lynton. Depression and New Deal in Virginia: The Enduring Dominion. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1983.

______. Harry Byrd of Virginia. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1996.

Wilkinson, J. Harvie, III. Harry Byrd and the Changing Face of Virginia Politics, 1945-1966. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1968.

 

MORE FROM VIRIGINIA (With Thanks to Mary Dessypris Reference Section Archival and Information Services Division The Library Of Virginia Richmond, VA)

General

Barrett, Tracy. Virginia. New York: Benchmark Books, 1997.

Bearss, Sara Beth. The Story of Virginia: An American Experience. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Historical Society, 1995.

Cline, Paul C. By the Good People of Virginia . . . Our Commonwealth's Government. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Chamber of Commerce, 1991.

Cocke, William. A Historical Album of Virginia. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1995.

Commonwealth Studies Program: David L. Slonaker, director and editor; Sharon H. Adams, principal writer. Story of Virginia, 1607-1850. Morristown, N.J.: Silver Burdett, 1983.

Fairfax County Public Schools, Division of Curriculum Services. Land and People of Virginia. Fairfax, Va.: The Division, 1982.

Joseph, Paul. Virginia. Minneapolis, Minn.: Abdo & Daughters, 1998.

McNair, Sylvia. America the Beautiful: Virginia. Chicago: Children's Press, 1989.

Pole, Jack Richon. The Foundations of America: Equality, Status, and Power in Thomas Jefferson's Virginia. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1986.

Scott, Anne Firor, and Suzanne Lebsock. Virginia Women: The First Two Hundred Years. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1986.

Sirvaitis, Karen. Virginia.Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1991.

Slayton Paul. Virginia History and Government: 1850 to the Present. Morristown, N.J.: Silver Burdett, 1991.

Thompson, Kathleen. Virginia. Austin, Tex.: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1996.

Uchello, Carlo. Virginians All. Gretna, La.: Pelican Publishing, 1992.

Virginia Chamber of Commerce. The Study Scrapbook of Virginia: Highlights of Virginia History. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Chamber of Commerce, 1996.

Virginia General Assembly. Explorer: The Virginia General Assembly. Richmond: Va.: Virginia General Assembly, 1996.

Interactive multimedia.

Virginia. Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 1997.

Virginia History and Geography. Morristown, N.J.: Silver Burdett, 1985.

Native Americans

Adams, Patricia. The Story of Pocahontas: Indian Princess. New York: Dell Publishing, 1987.

Axtell, James. The Rise and Fall of the Powhatan Empire. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1995.

Commonwealth Studies Project, David L. Slonaker, director and editor; Sharon H. Adams, principal writer. Indians of Virginia. Morristown, N.J: Silver Burdett, 1983.

Egloff, Keith. First People: The Early Indians of Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources, 1992.

Fox, Joseph L. Captain John Smith: Hero and Conqueror. Great Neck, N.Y.: Todd and Honeywell, 1985.

Fritz, Jean. The Double Life of Pocahontas. New York: Putnam, 1983.

Holler, Anne. Pocahontas: Powhatan Peacemaker. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1993.

Iannone, Catherine. Pocahontas: The True Story of the Powhatan Princess.New York: Chelsea House, 1995.

Johansen, Bruce E., and Donald Grinde. The Encyclopedia of Native American Biography: Six Hundred Life Stories of Important People, from Powhatan to Wilma Mankiller. New York: H. Holt, 1997.

McCary, Ben C. Indians in Seventeenth Century Virginia. Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

McCary, Ben C., and Parke Rouse. Virginia Indians Before and After Jamestown. Jamestown, Va.: Jamestown Foundation, 1966.

McDaniel, Melissa. Powhatan Indians. New York: Chelsea House, 1995.

Nee, Kay Bonner. Powhatan. Minneapolis, Minn.: Dillon Press, 1971.

Shaughnessy, Diane. Pocahontas, Powhatan Princess. New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 1997.

Colonial

Ames, Susie May. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic in Virginia, 1607-1699. Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

Barrett, Tracy. Growing Up in Colonial America. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1995.

Bolitho, Hector. The Glasshouse, Jamestown, Virginia. Port Haywood, Va.: Jamestown Glasshouse Foundation, 1957.

Brydon, George MacLaren. Religious Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century: The Faith of Our Fathers. Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

Carrier, Lyman. Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699. Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

Carson, Jane. Bacon's Rebellion, 1676-1976. Jamestown, Va.: Jamestown Foundation, 1976.

Collier, Christopher. The Paradox of Jamestown, 1585-1700. New York: Benchmark Books, 1998. Fradin, Dennis B. The Virginia Colony. Chicago: Children's Press, 1986.

Craven, Wesley Frank. The Virginia Company of London, 1606-1624. Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

Davis, Burke. Getting to Know Jamestown. New York: Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1971.

Fishwick, Marshall William. Jamestown: First English Colony. Rahway, N.J.: Troll Associates, 1988, c1965.

Forman, Henry Chandlee. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century. Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

Gaustad, Edwin S. Revival, Revolution, and Religion in Early Virginia. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1994.

Greene, Jack P. Political Life in Eighteenth-Century Virginia. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1986.

Hatch, Charles E. The First Seventeen Years: Virginia, 1607-1624. Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

Herndon, G. Melvin. Tobacco in Colonial Virginia: "The Sovereign Remedy." Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

Hiden, Martha W. How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties, an Abstract of their Formation. Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

Hughes, Thomas Parke. Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699. Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

Isaac, Rhys. Worlds of Experience: Communities in Colonial Virginia. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1987.

Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. Sailing into History: The Story of the Godspeed. Williamsburg, Va.: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, 1986.

Jester, Annie Lash. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century. Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

Kay, Alan N. Jamestown Journey. Gettysburg, Penn.: Thomas Publications, 1992.

Lacy, Dan Mabry. The Colony of Virginia. New York: F. Watts, 1973.

Miers, Earl Schenck. Rebel's Roost: The Story of Old Williamsburg. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg, 1956.

Morton, Richard Lee. Struggle Against Tyranny, and the Beginning of a New Era: Virginia 1677- 1699. Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

Robinson, Walter Stitt. Mother Earth: Land Grants in Virginia, 1607-1699. Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

Rouse, Parke. Jamestown: Capital of an Empire. Jamestown,Va.: Jamestown Foundation, 1969.

_____.Traveling the Roads and Waterways of Early Virginia. Jamestown, Va.: Jamestown Foundation, 1977.

_____.Virginia's Three Capitals: Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Richmond. Jamestown, Va.: Jamestown Foundation, 1969.

_____.The Voyage to Jamestown: A Saga of Seamanship. Jamestown, Va.: Jamestown Foundation, 1964.

Sakurai, Gail. The Jamestown Colony. New York: Children's Press, 1997.

Samford, Patricia. Archaeology for Young Explorers: Uncovering History at Colonial Williamsburg. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1995.

Smith, C. Carter. The Jamestown Colony. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Silver Burdett Press, 1991.

Virginia Company of London. The Three Charters of the Virginia Company of London, with Seven Related Documents, 1606-1621. Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson. Bacon's Rebellion, 1676. Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

_____. The Government of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century. Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

Wharton, James, comp. The Bounty of the Chesapeake: Fishing in Colonial Virginia. Williamsburg, Va.: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957.

Revolution

Adler, David A. Thomas Jefferson: Father of our Democracy. New York: Holiday House, 1987.

Davis, Burke. Black Heroes of the American Revolution. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976

. _____. Three for Revolution. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.

_____. Yorktown: The Winning of American Independence. New York: Harper & Row, 1969.

Fleming, Thomas J. The Battle of Yorktown. New York: American Heritage Pub. Co., 1968.

Fradin, Dennis B. Patrick Henry: "Give me Liberty or Give me Death." Hillside, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1990.

Goor, Rond, and Nancy Goor. Williamsburg: Cradle of the Revolution. New York: Atheneum Publishers, 1994.

Haley, Gail E. Jack Jouett's Ride. New York: Viking Press, 1976.

Henri, Florette. George Mason of Virginia. New York: Crowell-Collier Press, 1971.

Henry, Carol. George Mason: Father of the Bill of Rights. Alexandria, Va.: Carol Ann Henry, 1991.

Kent, Zachary. The Story of the Surrender at Yorktown. Chicago: Outlay Ties, 1989.

_____. Williamsburg. Chicago: Children's Press, 1992.

McMillen, Neil R. Thomas Jefferson: Philosopher of Freedom. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1973.

Meltzer, Milton. George Washington and the Birth of Our Nation. New York: Watts, 1986.

Miers, Earl Schenck. Blood of Freedom: The Story of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg, 1958.

Reische, Diane L. Patrick Henry. New York: F. Watts, 1987.

Sabin, Louis. Patrick Henry: Voice of the American Revolution. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates, 1982.

Taylor, Theodore. Rebellion Town: Williamsburg, 1776. New York: Crowell, 1973.

Virginia. History, Government, and Geography Service. The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783. Richmond: History, Government, and Geography Service, Division of Secondary Education, State Dept. of Education, 1975.

Early Nation

Allitt, Patrick. Founders of America. Morristown, N.J.: Silver Burdett, 1983.

Banfield, Susan. James Madison. New York: F. Watts, 1986.

Barrett, Tracy. Nat Turner and the Slave Revolt. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1993.

Bisson, Terry. Nat Turner. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1988.

Bober, Natalie. Thomas Jefferson: Man on a Mountain. New York: Atheneum, 1988.

Bruns, Roger. George Washington. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987.

Crisman, Ruth. Thomas Jefferson: Man with a Vision. New York: Scholastic, 1992.

Falkof, Lucille. George Washington: First President of the United States. Ada, Okla.: Garrett Educational Corporation, 1989.

Fitz-Gerald, Christine Maloney. James Monroe: Fifth President of the United States. Chicago: Children's Press, 1987.

Fleming, Thomas J. First in their Hearts: A Biography of George Washington. North Bellmore, N.Y.: Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 1991.

Fritz, Jean. The Great Little Madison. New York: Putnam, 1989.

Hargrove, Jim. Thomas Jefferson: Third President of the United States. Chicago: Children's Press, 1986.

Goldman, Martin S. Nat Turner and the Southampton Revolt of 1831. New York: F. Watts, 1992.

Hendrickson, Ann-Marie. Nat Turner: Rebel Slave. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1995.

Hoyt, Edwin Palmer. James Monroe. Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., 1968.

Kelly, Regina Zimmerman. James Madison: Statesman and President. North Bellmore, N.Y.: Marshall Cavendish Corp., 1991.

Komroff, Manuel. Thomas Jefferson. North Bellmore, N.Y.: Marshall Cavendish Corp., 1991.

Kroll, Steven. Lewis and Clark: Explorers of the Far West. New York: Holiday House, 1994.

Malone, Mary. James Madison. Springfield, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1997.

Meltzer, Milton. Thomas Jefferson: The Revolutionary Aristocrat. New York: F. Watts, 1991.

Montgomery, Elizabeth Rider. World Explorers: Lewis and Clark. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard Publishing Company, 1966.

Nardo, Don. Thomas Jefferson. San Diego, Calif.: Lucent Books, 1993.

Noonan, Jon. Lewis and Clark. New York: MacMillan Children's Book Group, 1993.

Old, Wendie C. George Washington. Springfield, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1997.

_____. Thomas Jefferson. Springfield, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1997.

Osborne, Mary Pope. George Washington: Leader of a New Nation. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1991.

Siegel, Beatrice. George and Martha Washington at Home in New York. New York: Four Winds Press, 1989.

Wetzel, Charles. James Monroe. New York: Chelsea House, 1989.

Civil War

Aaseng, Nathan. Robert E. Lee. Minneapolis, Minn.: Lerner Publications Co., 1991.

Bains, Rae. Robert E. Lee: Brave Leader. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates, 1986.

Beller, Susan Provost. Mosby and His Rangers: Adventures of the Gray Ghost. Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books, 1992.

_____. Cadets at War: The True Story of Teenage Heroism at the Battle of New Market. White Hall, Va.: Shoe Tree Press, 1991.

Cathcart, Pamela B. History Hunt at Cold Harbor. Studley, Va.: Wishing Room Inc., 1994.

Davis, Burke. Appomatox: Closing Struggle of the Civil War. New York: Harper and Row, 1963.

_____. Runaway Balloon: The Last Flight of Confederate Air Force One. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1976.

Davis, Paxton. The Battle of New Market: A Story of V.M.I. Boston: Little, Brown, 1963.

de Grummond, Lena Y., and Lynn de Grummond Delaune. Jeb Stuart. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1962.

Dubowski, Cathy East. Robert E. Lee and the Rise of the South. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Silver Burdett Press, 1991.

Everett, Gwen. John Brown: One Man against Slavery. New York: Rizzoli, 1993.

Fleischman, Paul. Bull Run. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1993.

Foster, G. Allen. Sunday in Centreville: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861. New York: D. White, 1971. Fritz, Jean. Stonewall. New York: Putnam, 1979.

Jaynes, Gregory. The Killing Ground: Wilderness to Cold Harbor. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 1986.

Katz, William Loren. Breaking the Chains: African-American Slave Resistance. New York: Maxwell Macmillan International Pub. Group, 1990.

Kavanaugh, Jack, and Eugene Murdoch. Robert E. Lee. New York: Chelsea House, 1994.

Kent, Zachary. The Battle of Antietam. Chicago: Children's Press, 1992.

_____. The Story of Jefferson Davis. Chicago: Children's Press, 1993.

_____. The Story of John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry. Chicago: Children's Press, 1988.

_____. The Story of the Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Chicago: Children's Press, 1987.

_____. The Story of the Battle of Bull Run. Chicago: Children's Press, 1980. Lee Takes Command: From Seven Days to Second Bull Run. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 1984.

McPherson, James M. Marching toward Freedom: Blacks in the Civil War. New York: Facts on File, 1994.

Marrin, Albert. Virginia's General: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War. New York: Atheneum, 1994.

Martin, Patricia Miles. Jefferson Davis. New York: Putnam, 1966.

Meltzer, Milton. Voices from the Civil War: A Documentary History of the Great American Conflict. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1989.

Nolan, Jeannette. Yankee Spy: Elizabeth Van Lew. New York: J. Messner, 1970. Palmer, Bruce. First Bull Run: The Nation Wakes to War. New York: MacMillan, 1965.

Pflueger, Lynda. Jeb Stuart: Confederate Cavalry General. Springfield, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1998.

Robertson, James I. Civil War Virginia: Battleground for a Nation. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1991.

_____. Virginia, 1861-1865: Iron Gate to the Confederacy. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Civil War Commission, 1961.

Scott, John Anthony. John Brown of Harper's Ferry. New York: Facts on File, 1988.

Stonewall Jackson. Peterborough, N.H.: Cobblestone Publishing Inc., 1997.

Tackach, James. The Trial of John Brown, Radical Abolitionist. San Diego, Calif.: Lucent Books, 1998.

Weidhorn, Manfred. Robert E. Lee. New York: Atheneum, 1988.

Other Famous Virginians

Branch, Muriel Miller, and Dorothy Marie Rice. Pennies to Dollars: The Story of Maggie Lena Walker. North Haven, Conn.: Linnet Books, 1997.

Burt, Olive Woolley. Black Women of Valor (Maggie Lena Walker). New York: J. Messner, 1974.

Collins, David R. Arthur Ashe: Against the Wind. New York: Dillon Press, 1994.

_____. Woodrow Wilson: Twenty-Eighth President of the United States. Ada, Okla.: Garrett Educational Corporation, 1989.

_____. Zachary Taylor: Twelfth President of the United States. Ada, Okla.: Garrett Educational Corporation, 1989.

Falkof, Lucille. John Tyler: Tenth President of the United States. Ada, Okla.: Garrett Educational Corp., 1990.

Groh, Lynn. Walter Reed: Pioneer in Medicine. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard Pub. Co., 1971.

Kelly, Regina Zimmerman. Henry Clay: Statesman and Patriot. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960.

Lundgren, Hal. Moses Malone: Philadelphia's Peerless Center. Chicago: Children's Press, 1983.

McKissack, Patricia, and Frederick McKissack. The Story of Booker T. Washington. Chicago: Children's Press, 1991.

Morse, Charles, and Ann Morse. Arthur Ashe. Chicago: Children's Press, 1974.

Parriott, Virginia Patterson. Maury, Master Mariner: A Biography of Matthew Fontaine Maury, "Pathfinder of the Seas." New York: Vantage Press, 1973.

Quackenbush, Robert M. Arthur Ashe and His Match with History. New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers. 1994.

Randolph, Sallie G. Woodrow Wilson, President. New York: Walker, 1992.

Rink, Paul. Richard E. Byrd: Conquering Antarctica. Chicago: Britannica Books, 1963

Rosenthal, Bert. Ralph Sampson: The Center for the 1980's. Chicago: Children's Press, 1984.

Schroeder, Alan. Booker T. Washington. New York: Chelsea House, 1992.

Stern, Philip Van Doren. Edgar Allan Poe: Visitor from the Night of Time. New York: Crowell, 1973.

Washington, Booker T. Up from Slavery: An Autobiography. New York: Airmont, 1967.

Fiction

Barton, Thomas Frank. Patrick Henry: Boy Spokesman. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1960.

_____. John Smith: Jamestown Boy. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1966.

Beatty, Patricia. Charley Skedaddle. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997.

Bothwell, Jean. Lady of Roanoke. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965.

Bourne, Miriam Anne. Patsy Jefferson's Diary. New York: Coward, McCann, and Geoghegan, 1976.

Cummings, Betty Sue. Hew against the Grain. New York: Atheneum, 1977.

Curtis, Alice Turner. A Little Maid of Virginia. Bedford, Mass.: Applewood Books, 1998.

Denenberg, Barry. When Will this Cruel War Be Over: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson. New York: Scholastic, 1996.

Finkel, George. The Loyal Virginian. New York: Viking Press, 1968.

Gibboney, Douglas Lee. Stonewall Jackson at Gettysburg. Fredericksburg, Va.: Sergeant Kirkland's Museum and Historical Society, 1997.

Gross, Ruth Belov. If You Grew Up with George Washington. New York: Scholastic Trade, 1993.

Hallman, Ruth. Search without Fear. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1987.

Harrah, Madge. My Brother, My Enemy. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997

Hays, Wilma Pitchford. The French Are Coming. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg, 1965.

_____. Mary's Star: A Tale of Orphans in Virginia, 1781. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg, 1968.

_____. The Scarlet Badge. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg, 1963.

Hite, Sid. Dither Farm. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books, 1992.

_____. It's Nothing to a Mountain. New York: Holt, 1994.

_____. Those Darn Dithers. New York: Holt, 1996.

Holmes, Andy. Pocahontas: The True Story of an American Hero and Her Christian Faith. New York: Little Moorings, 1995.

Holmes, Mary Z. Two Chimneys, 1628. Austin, Tex.: Raintree Steck-Vaugh Publishers, 1992.

Hooks, William H. The Legend of the White Doe. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1988.

Koob, Theodora Johanna Foth. Surgeon's Apprentice. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1963.

Levitin, Sonia. Roanoke: A Novel of the Lost Colony. New York: Atheneum, 1973

McKissak, Patricia C. A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl. New York: Scholastic, 1997.

Monsell, Helen Albee. Boy of Old Virginia: Robert E. Lee. New York: Aladdin Books, 1986.

_____. Dolly Madison: Quaker Girl. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1961

_____. John Marshall: Boy of Young America. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1962.

_____. Tom Jackson: Young Stonewall. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1961.

_____. With Patrick Henry's Help. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1966.

O'Dell, Scott. The Serpent Never Sleeps: A Novel of Jamestown and Pocahontas. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987.

Olasky, Susan. Annie Henry and the Mysterious Stranger. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books, 1996.

_____. Annie Henry and the Redcoats. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books, 1996.

_____. Annie Henry and the Secret Mission. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books, 1995.

Paterson, Katherine. Park's Quest. New York: Lodestar Books, 1988.

Reeder, Carolyn. Across the Lines. New York: Atheneum, 1997.

_____. Grandpa's Mountain. New York: Avon Books, 1993.

_____. Moonshiner's Son. New York: Avon Books, 1995.

_____. Shades of Gray. New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1989. Rinaldi, Ann. In My Father's House. New York: Scholastic, 1992.

_____. Mine Eyes Have Seen. New York: Scholastic, 1998.

Ruemmler, John D. Smoke on the Water: A Novel of Jamestown and the Powhatans. White Hall, Va.: Shoe Tree Press, 1992.

San Souci, Robert. The Hired Hand: An African-American Folktale. New York: Dial Books, 1997.

Susi, Geraldine Lee. Looking for Pa: A Civil War Journey from Catlett to Manassas, 1861. McLean, Va.: E.P.M Publications, 1995

Wagoner, Jean Brown. Martha Washington: Girl of Old Virginia. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1959.

Wellman, Manly Wade. Brave Horse: The Story of Janus. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg, 1968.

Video Recordings

200 Years in Black and White. Produced by Rex Ellis, Donald Jeffries, and Mike Bunting. 57min. WHRO-TV (Norfolk,Va.), 1983.

Away, I'm Bound Away Virginia and the Westward Movement. 26 min. Central Virginia Public Television, 1994.

Battle of Manassas (Bull Run). Directed by Jack Foley. 31 min. Classic Images Productions, 1986.

Battle of Yorktown. Directed by Charles Guggenheim. 30 min. Phoenix/BFA Films & Video, 1983.

Belle Grove Plantation. 23 min. Evergreen Video Productions, 1993.

Booker T. Washington: The Life and Legacy. 32 min. Educational Video Network, 1990.

A Capital Idea: Virginia: Leader for a Nation. 30 min. Produced by Peter D. Marshall. WNVC-TV (Falls Church), 1990.

The Battle of Chancellorsville, May 2-4 1863. 30 min. Produced by Jack Foley. Classics Images, 1988.

Cavaliers and Craftsmen Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown. Produced by Peter Edwards. 30 min. Atlas Video, 1993.

Civil War Journal. 6 videocassettes, 6 hrs, 50 min. A&E Home Video, 1993.

The Claudius Crozet Story. Produced by Robert L. Barrett. 90 min. Morning Sun Productions, 1997.

Colonial American Life in the Maturing Colonies (1690-1765). 17 min. Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation, 1991. Colonial Life in the South. 11 min. Coronet Film and Video, 1990.

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Videorecordings: Basketmaking in Colonial Virginia: A Demonstration of an Ancient Art. Produced by Arthur L. Smith. 29 min. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1968.

Christmas in Colonial Williamsburg.Produced and directed by Richard L. McCluney. 29 min. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1988.

Colonial Clothing, 1760-1770. Produced by Arthur L. Smith. 17 min. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1976.

The Colonial Naturalist: The Life and Work of Mark Catesby. 55 min. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1964.

The Colonial Printer. Produced by Arthur L. Smith. 26 min. Colonial Williamsburg, 1996.

The Cooper's Craft: The Art of Colonial Barrel Making. Produced by Arthur L. Smith and Colonial Williamsburg. 32 min. Kartes Video Communications, 1967, 1989.

Doorway to the Past: The Art of Historical Archaeology. Produced by Arthur L. Smith. 28 min. Colonial Williamsburg, 1969.

Forged in Wood: Building Anderson's Blacksmith Shop. Produced by Michael Lombardi. 33 min. Kartes Video Communications and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1988.

A Glorious System of Things: A Study of Science in the Eighteenth Century. Produced by Arthur L. Smith. 59 min. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1983.

The Governor's House. Produced by Colonial Williamsburg Productions. 26 min. Colonial Williamsburg, 1989.

Gunsmith of Williamsburg: The Story of a Master Craftsman. Produced by Arthur L. Smith. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1969, 1992.

Hammerman in Williamsburg: The Eighteenth-Century Blacksmith. 37 min. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1973.

Music of Williamsburg: The Sounds of Eighteenth-Century Virginia. Produced by Arthur L. Smith. 40 min. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1990.

Musical Instruments Maker of Williamsburg: A Tribute to Eigtheenth-Century Workmanship. Produced by Arthur L. Smith. 54 min. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1976.

Search for a Century: The Discovery of Martin's Hundred Plantation. Produced by Arthur L. Smith. 59 min. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1980.

Silversmith of Williamsburg: The Extraordinary Work of a Skilled Craftsman. Produced by Arthur L. Smith. 28 min. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1971.

Williamsburg Restored. Produced by Julien Bryan. 43 min. Commonwealth Films, 1989.

Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot. Produced by Emmet Lavery. CRM/McGraw- Hill Films and Colonial Williamsburg, 1980.

Don't Get Weary: African Americans in 18th-Century Alexandria. Produced by Robert Cole Films. 12 min. Carlyle House Historic Park, 1994.

Down to Earth: The Appalachian Family Farm. 29 min. Clinch River Educational Center, 1985.

Frederick Douglass. 48 min. A&E Home Video; Time-Life Video, 1994.

George Mason and the Bill of Rights. Produced by Robert Cole. 28 min. Robert Cole Films, 1991.

Great Americans: George Washington. Produced by Kevin Kelly. 15 min. Britannica Films, 1980.

Great Americans: Thomas Jefferson. Produced by David R. Anderson. 13 min. Britannica Films, 1980.

Great Destinations: The Path to Independence. 50 min. Goldhill Video, 1997.

Hard Times, Rich Memories: The Coal Miners of Montgomery County, Virginia. Coal Mining Heritage Association of Montgomery County, 1995.

In Search of the American Dream Origins: A Story of the African-American Experience. Produced by Robert E. Frye. 52 min. Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1991.

Jamestown. 18 min. Barr Media Group, 1992.

Jamestown. Summer Productions. 23 min. Schlessinger Media, 1998.

Jamestown Rediscovery: A World Uncovered. 48 min. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, 1997,

Jamestown: The Beginning. Produced by the Virginia Department of Education and the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. 20 min. Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, 1989.

Life of George Washington. Produced by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and Finley- Holiday Films. 30 min. MVLA/Finley-Holiday Films, 1989.

The Marriage of Pocahontas. Produced by Emma De'ath. 30 min. Ambrose Video Publishing, 1995,

Mount Vernon: Home of George Washington. Produced by Finley-Holiday Films in cooperation with the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. 30 min. Finley-Holiday Film, 1989.

The Mystery of Robert E. Lee. Produced by Media Consultants. 63 min. Media Consultants, 1996.

Mr. Jefferson and His University. Produced by Karl Sabbagh and Tony Elmaleh. 52 min. Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1993.

Nat Turner's Insurrection, 1831. 4 videocassettes. Southampton County Historical Society, 1994.

Patrick Henry: Virginia Patriot. 57 min. Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, 1987.

Pocahontas: Ambassador of the New World. Produced by Monte Markham and Adam Friedman. 45 min. A & E Network, 1995.

Portrait of America, Virginia. TBS Production, 60 min. Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc., 1987.

Robert E. Lee. Produced by Rhys Thomas. 48 min. Time-Life Video, 1995.

Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. Produced by Cromwell Films. 60 min. Cromwell Films Ltd., 1994.

Shenandoah. Bridgestone Production Group. 35 min. Karol Video, 1987.

Shenandoah Valley of the Virginias. Produced by Finley-Holiday Film. 30 min. Finley Holiday Film Corp., 1989.

Spotsylvania: The Epic Duel of Grant and Lee. Produced by Jack Foley. 60 min. Classics Images Productions, 1989.

Stratford Hall and Robert E. Lee. Produced by Ann Zane Shanks. 24 min. AIMS Media, 1986.

Siege of Yorktown. Produced by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior. 15 min. Harper's Ferry Historical Association, 1987.

Spotsylvania. Produced by Jack Foley. 60 min. Classic Images Productions, Inc., 1989.

Thomas Jefferson: The Pursuit of Liberty. Produced for the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation by Harriet Fier and Stephen Mantell. 40 min. Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1992.

Up from Slavery: The Story of Booker T. Washington. Produced by Dumas Enterprises. 59 min. Chip Taylor Communications, 1995.

The Virginia General Assembly: A View from the House. 30 min. Virginia General Assembly, 1993.

Virginia's Great Plantation Homes. Produced by Finley-Holiday Film and the Virginia Association of Museums. 60 min. Finley-Holiday Film, 1994.

Voyage of the Godspeed. Produced by Ernest Skinner. 60 min. Jamestown- Yorktown Foundation, 1986.

Where America Began: Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg, and Yorktown. Finley-Holiday Films. 60 min. Finley-Holiday Film Corporation, c1988.

Worth Fighting For: Virginia's Ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Produced by Jay Hamilton. 28 min. Pyramid Film and Video, 1988.

 

SOUTH

Boney, F.N.; Southerners All; Mercer Univ. Press, 1990.

Cash, W.J.; The Mind of the South; Random, 1991.

Catton, Bruce; The Centennial History of the Civil War; Doubleday, 1961-1965.

Merrill, Hugh; The Blues Route; Morrow; 1990.

Murray, Albert; South to A Very Old Place; Random, 1991.

Peirce, Neal R.; The Border South States of America: People, Politics and Power in the Five States on the Border South; Norton, 1975.

Percy, Walker; Signposts In A Strange Land; FS&G, 1991.

Reed, John Shelton; Whistling Dixie: Dispatches From the South; Univ of Missouri, 1990

 

NORTH CAROLINA (With thanks for assiatance in compiling this list to Sandra Lovely, State Library of North Carolina)

Barefott, Daniel W.; Touring the Backroads of North Carolina's Upper Coast; John F. Blair, 1995.

Barefoot, Daniel W.; Touring the Backroads of North Carolina's Lower Coast; John F. Balie, 1995.

Barrett, John Gilchrist; North Carolina as Civil War Battleground, 1861-1865; State Department of Archives and History, 1995.

Barrier, Smith; On Tobbaco Road/Basketball in North Carolina; Leisure Press, 1983.

Bledsoe, Jerry; From Whalebone to Hot House/A Journey Along North Carolina's Longest Highway, Eastwoods Press, 1986.

Bledsoe, Jerry; North Carolina Curiosities; Globe Pequot; 1990.

Chase, Richard; The Jack Tales, told by R.M. Ward and his kindred in the Beech Mountains section of Western North Carolina; Houghton-Mifflin, 1943.

Crow. Jeffrey, Escott, Paul D. and Hatley, Flora J; A History of Afro-Americans in North Carolina; Div. of Archives and History, 1994.

Galloway, Mary Regina Ulmer (ed.); Aunt Mary, Tell Me A Story/A Collection of Cherokee Legends and Tales as told by Mary Ulmer Chiltoskey, NC Cherokee Communications, 1992.

Lee, Bill; The Newcomer's Guide to North Carolina; Down Home Press.

Lefler, Hugh Talmadge and Newsome, Albert Ray; The History of A Southern State, North Carolina; UNC Press, 1973.

Parris, John; Mountain Cooking; Citizens-Times Publishing, 1978.

Powell, William S.; North Carolina Through Four Centuries, UNC Press, 1989.

Skaowski, Carolyn; Touring the Western North Carolina Backroads; John F. Blair, 1995

Turner, Ginny, ed.; North Carolina Traveler; John F. Blair, 1994

Walser, Richard and (Assisted by) Malone, E.T., Jr.; Literary North Carolina; Division of Archives and History, 1986.

Whedbee, Charles Harry, Outer Banks Mysteries and Seaside Stories; John F. Blair; 1978.

 

 

SOUTH CAROLINA (Courtesy: The South Carolina Archives & History Center)

General

Jones, Lewis P. South Carolina: A Synoptic History for Laymen. Lexington, SC: Sandlapper Press, 1978.

______. South Carolina: One of the Fifty States. Orangeburg, SC: Sandlapper Press, 1985.

Kovacik, Charles F. and Winberry, John J. South Carolina: A Geography. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1987.

Rogers, George C., Jr. South Carolina Chronology, 1497-1970 Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1973.

Works Progress Administration. South Carolina: The WPA Guide to the Palmetto State. New York: Oxford University Press, 1941. Reprint, with new introduction and appendices by Walter B. Edgar. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1988.

Wallace, David D. South Carolina: A Short History, 1520-1948. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1961.

Wright, Louis B. South Carolina: A Bicentennial History. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1976.

A. Proprietary and Colonial Periods

McCrady, Edward. The History of South Carolina Under the Proprietary Government, 1670-1719. New York: Macmillan Company, 1897.

______. The History of South Carolina Under the Royal Government, 1719-1776. New York: Macmillan Company, 1899.

Meriwether, Robert L. The Expansion of South Carolina, 1729-1765. Kingsport, TN: Southern Publishers, 1940.

Milling, Chapman J. Red Carolinians. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1940.

Sirmans, M. Eugene. Colonial South Carolina: A Political History, 1663-1763. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1966.

Weir, Robert M. Colonial South Carolina: A History. New York: KTO Press, c.1983.

Wood, Peter H. Black Majority: Negroes in Colonial South Carolina from 1670 through the Stono Rebellion. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.

B. Revolutionary Era

Lambert, Robert S. South Carolina Loyalists in the American Revolution. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1987.

Lipscomb, Terry W. South Carolina Becomes a State: The Road from Colony to Independence, 1765-1776. Columbia, SC: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1976.

Lumpkin, Henry. From Savannah to Yorktown: The American Revolution in the South. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1981.

McCrady, Edward. The History of South Carolina in the Revolution, 1775-1780. New York: Macmillan Company, 1901.

______. The History of South Carolina in the Revolution, 1780-1783. New York: Macmillan Company, 1902.

Nadelhaft, Jerome J. The Disorders of War: The Revolution in South Carolina. Orono, ME: University of Maine at Orono Press, 1981.

Pancake, John S. This Destructive War: The British Campaign in the Carolinas, 1780-1782. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1985.

Weir, Robert M. "A Most Important Epoch": The Coming of the Revolution in South Carolina. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1970.

C. Early National Period

Lofton, John M. Insurrection in South Carolina: The Turbulent World of Denmark Vesey. Yellow Springs, OH: Antioch Press, 1964.

Mills, Robert. Statistics of South Carolina. 1826. Reprint. Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Company, 1972.

Rogers, George C., Jr. Charleston in the Age of the Pinckneys. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969.

Singer, Charles G. South Carolina in the Confederation. Philadelphia, PA: n.p., 1941.

Wolfe, J. Harold. Jeffersonian Democracy in South Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1940.

D. Antebellum Period

Ford, Lacy K., Jr. Origins of Southern Radicalism: The South Carolina Upcountry, 1800-1860. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.

Freehling, William W. Prelude to Civil War: The Nullification Controversy in South Carolina, 1816-1836. New York: Harper and Row, 1966.

Hamer, Philip M. Secession Movement in South Carolina, 1847-1852. Allentown, PA: Haas and Company, 1918.

Lander, Ernest M., Jr. Reluctant Imperialists: Calhoun, The South Carolinians, and the Mexican War. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1980.

Smith, Philip M. Economic Readjustment of an Old Cotton State: South Carolina, 1820-1860. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1958.

Taylor, Rosser H. Antebellum South Carolina: A Social and Cultural History. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1942.

Wiltse, Charles M. John C. Calhoun. 3 vols. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1944-1951.

E. Civil War Period

Barrett, John G. Sherman's March Through the Carolinas. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1956.

Burton, E. Milby. The Siege of Charleston, 1861-1865. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1970.

Capers, Ellison. South Carolina. Confederate Military History, vol. 5. Atlanta, GA:

Carse, Robert. Department of the South: Hilton Head Island in the Civil War. Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company, 1961. Confederate Publishing Company, 1899. Reprint. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Company, 1988.

 

 

GEORGIA

Battle, Lois; Southern Women; St. Martin, 1984 (Fiction). About a prominent Savannah family.

Harper, Francis and Presley, Delma; Okefebokee Album; Univ. of Georgia; 1991.

Martin, Harold H.; Georgia; Norton, 1977. Part of bicentennial series.

McCarley, J. Britt and others; The Atlanta Campaign; Cherokee, 1989. A Civil War driving tour of Atlanta area battlefields.

McCash, William B. and June H.; The Jekyll Island Club; Univ. of Georgia Press, 1989

Miles, James; To the Sea: A History and Tour Guide of Sherman's March; Rutldge Hill Press, 1989.

Mitchell, Margaret; Gone With The Wind; McaMillan, 1936 (Fiction).

O'Connor, Flannery; Flannery O'Connor's Georgia; FS&G, 1980 (Fiction).

Price Eugenia; At Home on St. Simons; Pecahtree Publications, 1987

Price Eugenia; Savannah; Doubleday, 1983 (Fiction).

Van Story, Brunette L.; Georgia's Land of the Golden Isles; Univ of Georgia Press; 1981. About life on the offshore islands.

Wigginton, Eliot; Foxfire; Doubleday, 1986. Series started by high school teacher to help preserve local culture

 

 

FLORIDA

Coleman, Ken and Valenti, Dan; Grapeefruit League Road Guide; Stephen Greene Press, 1987. History and guide to major league baseball teams that hold pre-season camps in Florida.

Didion, Joan; Miami; S&S, 1987.

Hemingway, Ernest; To Have and Have Not; Scribner, 1937 (Scribner)

Jahoda, Gloria; Florida; Norton, 1984. Part of bicentennial series published in 1976.

Jahoda, Gloria; The Other Florida; Florida Classics, 1984. About the west Florida panhandle.

Kaufelt, Lynn; Key West Writers and Their Houses; Pineapple Press, 1986.

Muir, Helen; Miami, USA; Pickering Press, 1990

Rankin, Anne; Exploring Florida; Hippocrene, 1991. Guide to lesser known historic sites, natural attractions and beaches.

Rawlings, Marjorie K.; The Marjorie Rawlings Reader; Scribner, 1956 (Fiction)

Stone, Lynn M.; Sanibel Island; Voyageur Press, 1991

Toops, Connie; Everglades; Voyageur Press, 1989.

Williams, Joy; The Florida Keys; Random House 1987.

ALSO NOTE the Florida Humanities Council "Five Most Important Books About Florida" Reading List complied by Michael Gannon, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Florida.

 

 

ALABAMA

Agee, James; Let Us Now Praise Famous Men; HM, 1989. Pictures and words describe a sharecropper's family as they lived in 1936.

Brown, Rita Morse; Southern Discomfort; Harper & Row; 1982 (Fiction).

Carmer, Carl; Stars Fell on Alabama; Univ. of Alabama Press; 1985

Flagg, Fannie; Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe; Random House, 1987

Greenhouse, Wayne; Alabama on My Mind; Syacamore Press, 1987

Higgins, Sara W., ed.; From Civil War to Civil Rights; Univ of Alabama Press, 1987. Alabama from 1860 to 1960.

Lee, Harper; To Kill a Mockingbird; Lippincott, 1960 (Fiction)

National League of American Pen Women, Eds.; Historic Homes of Alabama and their Traditions; Southern Univ. Press; 1982.

Norman, Geoffrey; Alabama Showdown; Zebra, 1987.

Van der Veer Hamilton, Virginia; Seeing Historic Alabama; Univ of Alabama Press; 1982

Van der Veer Hamilton, Virginia, Alabama; Norton, 1984 . Part of bicentennial series.

Wade, Gerlad; Facts, Folks, Residents and Rascals; Cypress Creek, 1990. Guide to the Shoals region.

 

 

MISSISSIPPI

Cornwell, Ilene J.; Travel Guide to the Natchez Trace Parkway; Southern resources, 1984.

Dunbar, Tony; Delta Time: A Journey Through Mississippi; Pantheon, 1990.

Faulknner, William; The Sound and the Fury; Random House, 1966 (First Published in 1929) (Fiction)

Kempe, Helen K.; The Pelican Guide to Old Homes of Mississippi; Pelican, 1989.

Skates, John R.; Mississippi; Norton, 1979. Part of bicentennial series.

Taylor, Herman E.; Faulkner's Oxford; Rutledge Hill Press; 1990

Wells, Mary A.; History Lover's Guide to Mississippi; Quail Ridge, 1988.

Welty, Eudora; Delta Wedding; Harcourt Brace Janovich; 1946 (Fiction)

Yates, Gayle G.; Mississippi Mind: A Personal Cultural History of An American State; Univ. of Tennessee, 1990.

 

LOUISIANA

Ancelet, Barry; Cajun Country; Univ.Press of Mississsippi; 1991.

Broven, John; Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans; Pelican, 1983 .

Calhoun, Nancy H. and James; The Pelican Guide to Plantation Homes of Louisiana; Pelican, 1988

Cowan, Walter G. and others; New Orleans Yesterday and Today; Lousiana St. Univ Press, 1983.

Dos Passos, John; Number One; Houghton, 1943 (Fiction).

Dundy, Elaine; Ferriday, Lousiana; Donald I. Fine 1991.

Faulkner, William; New Orleans Sketches; Random House, 1988.

Hennick, Louis C. and Charlton, E. Harper; The Streetcars of New Orleans, Pelican, 1975.

Kellerman, Faye; Milk and Honey; Morrow, 1990 (Fiction).

Leavitt, Mel; Great Characters of New Orleans; Lexikos, 1984.

Rice, Anne; The Feast of All Saints; S&S, 1979 (Fiction).

Tallant, Robert; Mardi Gras; Pelican, 1989.

Warren, Robert Penn; All The Kin's Men; Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1946 (Fiction).

 

TENNESSEE

Readings About Tennessee

 

 

ARKANSAS

Ashmore, Harry S.; Arkansas; Norton, 1984. Part of bicentennial series.

Fletcher, John G.; Arkansas; Univ. of Arkansas, 1989.

Harrington, Donald; Let Us Build A City; Eleven Lost Towns; Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1986. About towns that time passed by.

Randolph, Vance; We Always Lie to Strangers: Tall Tales From the Ozarks; Univ. of Illinois Press; 1976.

Reed, Roy; Looking for Hogeye; Univ. of Arkansas Press, 1986. Essays about people, places, back roads, etc.

 

 

KENTUCKY

Readings on Kentucky from the Kentucky Atlas-Gazette

 

MIDWEST

Andrews. Clarence, ed.; Growing Up in the Midwest; Iowa State Univ., 1981

Boyer, Dwight; Great Stories of the Great Lakes; Dood, 1985.

Childs, Marquis; Mighty Mississippi: Biography of A River; Ticknor & Fields, 1982.

Cushman, Ruth C. and Jones, Stephen; The Shortgrass Prairie; Pruett, 1988.

Davis, Peter; Hometown: A Contemporary American Chronicle; S&S, 1983.

Frazier, Ian; Great Plains; FS&G, 1989

Hay, Jim and Isern, Tom; Plains Folk; Univ of Oklahoma, 1987

Madson, John; Where The Sky Began: Land of the Tall Grass Prairie; Sierra, 1985.

Martone, Michael, ed.; A Place of Sense; Essays in Search of the Midwest; Univ. of Iowa Press, 1988.

Peircee, Neal R.; The Great Plains States of America: People, Politics and Power; Norton, 1974.

Penner, Mil and Schmidt, Carol; Praire; Sounds of Kansas, 1990.

Rhodes, Richard; The Inland Ground: An Evocation of the American Middle West; Univ.Press of Kansas, 1991.

Samuel, Ray, and others; Tales of the Mississippi; Pelican, 1981.

Scott, Quinta; Route 66: The Highway and Its People;Univ. of Okla Press, 1988.

Tassin, Myron, ed.; The Delta Queen, The Last of the Paddlewheel Palaces; Pelican, 1981.

 

 

OHIO

Anderson, Sherwood; Winesburg, Ohio; Viking, 1960 (Originally published 1919) (Fiction)

Davis, Peter; Hometown; S&S, 1982. Examines life in a "typical" town, here: Hamilton, OH

Havighurst, Walter; Ohio; Norton, 1976. Part of the bicentennial series.

Knepper, George W.; Ohio and Its People; Kent State Univ. Press, 1989.

Richter, Conrad; The Awakening Land; Knopf, 1966 (Fiction)

Traylor, Jeff and Nadean D.; Ohio Pride; Backroads Chronicle, 1990.

 

 

INDIANA

Appleman, Phlilip; Apes and Angels; Putnam, 1989 (Fiction).

Black, Harry G.; Historic Trails and Tales of Northwest Indiana; HMB Pubns, 1988.

Hoppe, David; Where We Live: Essays About Indiana; Indiana U Press, 1989.

Lane, James B.; City of the Century; Indiana Univ.Press, 1978. About Gary, Indiana.

Lockridge, Ross; Raintree County; Houghton, 1948 (Fiction).

Lyon, Edward E. aand Dillown, Lowell; Indiana: The American Heartland; Tichenor, 1986.

Madison, James H.; The Indiana Way: A State History; Indiana Univ.Press, 1990.

Peckham. Howard H.; Indiana; Norton, 1978.

Stone, Irving; Adversary in the House; Doubleday, 1947 (Fiction).

Taylor, Robert M.and others; Indiana: A New Historical Guide; Indiana Univ.Press, 1989.

Weil, Tom; America's Heartland; Hippocrene, 1989.

West, Jessamyn; The Friendly Persuasion; Harcourt Brace Janovich; 1945 (Fiction).

 

 

MICHIGAN

Notable Readings About Michigan (From the Flint Library)

 

 

ILLINOIS

"PAGES OF ILLINOIS" - Recommended Reading Highlights - Illinois Fiction and Nonfiction as compiled by Raaaymond Collins, Public Services Section, Illinois State Library, July, 1998

ILLINOIS HISTORY AND CULTURE

The following are highlights in Illinois history and other non-fiction aareas. Note that the single best one volume source for research is Illinois History, An Annotated Bibliography. Equally excellent is the literature guide, A Guide to the History of Illinois, edited by John Hoffman. Also useful is Reader's Guide to Illinois Literature, Robert Bray.

HISTORY

Hoffman, John, A Guide to the History of Illinois, Greenwood, 1991

Howard, Robert; Illinois: A History of the Prairie State; Eerdmans, 1972. Best one volume source; currently out of print.

Howard, Robert; Mostly Good and Competent Men, Illinois Governors, 1818-1988; Illinois State Historical Society, 1988.

Whitney, Ellen, Comp.Illinois History: An Annotated Bibiliography. Greenwood Press, 1995

*****

The Sesquicentennial History of Illinois Series; The University of Illinois Press;1977-1987. Reprint and expansion of 1920 classic.

Alvord, Clarence; The Illinois Country, 1673-1818; University of Illinois classic.

Pease, Theodore Calvin; The Frontier State 1818-1848; University of Illinois, 1987. Reprint of 1918 work.

Cole, Arthur; The Era of the Civil War, 1848-1870; University of Illinois, 1987. Reprint of 1919 work.

Keiser, John, Building for the Centuries, Illinoiss 1865-1898; University of Illinois, 1977

Tingley, Donald; The Structure of a State, The History of Illinois, 1899-1928; University of Illinois, 1980.

Abraham Lincoln:

Fehrenbacher, Don Edward; Prelude to Greatness, Lincoln in the 1850's; Stanford University, 1962 Lincoln-Douglas debates.

Thomas, Benjamin O.; Abrham Lincoln, A Biography; Knopf, 1952. Considered one of the best one volume biographies of Lincoln.

Agriclture:

Bogue, Allan; From the Prarie to Corn belt, Farming on the Illinois and Iowa Praries in the Nineteenth Century; Univ. of Chicagio, 1963.

Architecture:

Brooks, Harold; The Prarie School; University of Toronto, 1982; Frank Lyod Wright and contemporaries.

Black Hawk:

Eby, Cecil; That Disgraceful Affair, the Black Wak War; Norton, 1973.

Chicago:

Burg, David; Chicago's White City of 1893; Univ. of Kentucky, 1976.

Cromie, Robert; The Great Chicago Fire; McGraw Hill, 1958.

Dedon, Emmett: Fabulous Chicago, Antheneum, 1981.

Civil War:

Hicken, Victor; Illinois in the Civil War, 2nd edition. Univ. of Illinois, 1991.

Exploration:

Kellogg, Louise Phelps; Early Narratives of the Northwest, 1634-1699; Scribners, 1917. Inclusive voyages of LaSalle; Marquette and Joliet.

Geography:

Horsley, A. Doyne; Illinois, A Geography, Westview Press, 1986

Nelson, Ronald; Illinois, Land & Life in the Prairie State, Ill. Geographical Society, 1978

George Rogers Clark:

Van Every, Dale; A Company of Heroes, the American Frontier, 1775-1783; Arno, 1962, 1977

Labor:

Lindsay, Almont; The Pullman Strike, The Story of a Unique Experiment and of a Great Upheval, University of Chicago, 1942.

Mormons:

Flanders, Robert; Navoo, Kingdom on the Mississippi; Unv. of Illinois, 1965.

Pioneer Illinois:

Farnham, Eliza; Life in the Prairie Land; Univ. of Illinois, 1988. Reprint of 1848 work.

Madden, Betty; Arts, Crafts and Architecture in Early Illinois; Univ. of Illinois, 1974.

Social Reform:

Addams, Jane; Years at Hull House: With Autobiographical Notes; Univ of Illinois; 1990.

Southern Illinois:

Allen, John; It Happened in Southern Illinois; Southern Illinois Univ., 1968.

Allen, John; Legends on Lore of Southern Illinois; Southern Illinois Univ.; 1963

Angle, Paul; Bloody Williamson, A Chapter in American Lawlessness; Knopf, 1988.

Horre; C. William; Land Between the Rivers; The Southern Illinois Country; Southern Illinois Univ., 1973.

Natural History:

Bohlen, H. David; Birds of Illinois; Indiana Univ. Press, 1989.

Mdason, John; Where the Sky Began, the Land of the Tailgrass Prairie; Houghton Mifflin; 1982.

Travel and Description:

Gray, James; The Illinois; Univ. of Illinois; 1989 (Illinois River)

Hanssen, Harry; Illinois, A Descriptive and Historical Guide; Hastingssss House, 1974.

ILLINOIS FICTION

Note: The single best reader's guide to Illinois' fiction is Illinois ! Illinois ! An Annotated Bibliography to Fiction by Thomas Kilpatrick and Patsy Rose Hoshiko, Scarecrow Presss, 1979. This was followed by a twenty year supplement, Illinois ! Illinois ! An Annotated Bibliography of Fiction: Twenty-Year Supplement 1976-1996, Illinois State Libreary, Special Report Series, Volume 5, Issue 1. Following are some suggested higlights and stand-out works of Illinois fiction.

Churchill, Winston; The Crossing; MacMillan, 1904; Historical novel set in George Rogers Clark era, with much of the story occurring in Illinois.

Eckert, Allan; The Dreaming Tree; Little Brown, 1968. World War II era novel set in Northern Illinois.

Fast, Howard; Power; Doubelday; 1962; Novel set in Southern Illinois centering on a coal mine strike.

Fuller, Iola; The Shining Trail; Duell,Sloan & Pearce; 1943. Historical novel about Black Hawk; excellent.

Hudson, Jay; Nowhere Else in the World, Appleton; 1923; Excellenmt period novel with Chicago atmospher well captured.

Masters, Edgar Lee; Children of the Market Place; MacMillan; 1922; Historical panoramic novel set in 19th centiry Illinois.

Peck, Richard; The Ghost Belonged to Me; Viking, 1975; Nostalgic young adult novel set in Southwestern Illinois at the turn of the century with excellent period flavor and regional color.

Sinclair, Upton; The Jungle; Doubleday; 1906; The classic descriptive of the horrors of the Chicago meat industry and poverty in Chicago.

Wilder, Thorton; The Eighth Day; Harper & Row, 1967; A large expanse of a novel set in Illinois and Chicago.

ILLINOIS VERSE:

Brooks, Gwendolyn; Blacks; David Company, 1987.

Masters, Edgar Lee; Spoon River Anthology; 1919; Buccaaneer Books, reprint, 1986.

Lindsay, Vachel; The Poetry of Vachel Lindsay; Spoon River Press, 1986.

Sandburg, Carl; Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg; Harcourt Brace Jovanoovich, 1970.

ILLINOIS REFERENCE SOURCES:

1. Illinois in the Civil War. Victor Hicken. 2nd Edition. University of Illinois, 1991.

2. Illinois Place Names.Illinois State Historical Society, 1989 (Occasional Publications, Number 55)

3. Illinois Fact Book & Historical Almanac. John Clayton. Southern Illinois University, 1970 (out of print)

4. Illinois Statistical Abstarct.Annual. Bureau of Economic and Business Ressearch/Univeristy if Illinois/428 Commerce West/1206 South Sixth Street/Champaign, Illinois/61820

5. Illinois Manufacturers Directory. Annual. Manufacturers News, Inc.

6. Illinios Services Directory. Annual. Manufacturers News, Inc.

7. Illinois! Illinois! An Annotated Bibliography of Fiction. Thomas Kilpatrick and Patsy Rose Hoshiko. Scarecrow Press, 1979.

8. Legends & Lore of Southern Illinois. John Allen; Soutern Illinois Univ., 1963.

9. Guide To The History of Illinois; John Hoffman; Greenwood, 1991.

10.Illinois History: An Annotated Bibliography. Ellen Whitney. Greenwood Press, 1995.

11. Illinois, A History of the Prairie State; Robert P. Howard. Eeredmans, 1972 (o.p.)

12. Illinois Historical Journal (formerly Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society) Quarterly/Illinois Historical Journal/1 Old State Capitol Plaza/Springfield, Illinois, 62701-15507.

 

HIDDEN AMERICA ADDITIONS TO ILLINOIS LIST:

Algren, Nelson; City on the Make; Univ of Chicago, 1951

Andrews, Clarence; Chicago in Story; A Literary History; Midwest Heritage, 1983.

Bellow, Saul; The Adventures of Augie March; Viking, 1953 (Fiction)

Cromie, Robert, Chicago; Rand McNally, 1990

Farrell, James T.; Studs Lonigan; Vanguard, 1978 (First published 1932-35)

Royko, Mike; Like I Was Sayin'; Jove Publications, 1985

Terkel, Studs; Chicago; Pantheon, 1986

Terkel, Studs; Division Street: America; Pantheon, 1982 (first published in 1966)

 

 

WISCONSIN

Current, Richard N.; Wisconsin; Norton, 1977. Part of bicentennial series.

Englemann, Ruth; Leaf House: Days of Remembering; Harper & Row, 1982.

Logan, Ben; Land Remembers: The Story of a farm and Its People; Northwood, 1975.

Nesbit, Robert C.; Wisconsin: A History; Second Ed.; Univ. of Wisconsin, 1990.

Patterson, Elsie E.; Portrait of Everyday Life in Wisconsin; Patterson Comms, 1988.

Ribbens, Dennis, ed.; Wisconsin Literary Travel Guide; Wisconsin Library Assn, 1990.

Zimmerman, H. Russell; The Heritage Guidebook; Harry W. Schwartz, 1989. Guide to southeastern Wisconsin.

 

 

MINNESOTA

Holm, Bill; Prairie Days; Saybrook, 1987.

Keillor, Garrison; Lake Wobegon Days; Viking, 1985 (Fiction).

Larsen, Eric; An American Memory; Algonquin, 1988 (Fiction).

Lass, William E.; Minnesota; Norton, 1977. Part of bicentennial series.

Leschak, Peter M.; Letters form Side Lake; Harper & Row, 1987.

Lewis, Sinclair; Main Street; S&S, 1950 (First published in 1920)(Fiction).

Mohr, Howard; A Minneosta Book of Days (And A Few Nights); Penguin;1989.

Mohr, Howard; How to Talk Minnesotan; Penguin, 1987.

Olsenius, Richard; Minnesota Travel Companion; Bluestem, 1981.

 

 

NORTH DAKOTA

Berg, Francine; Land of Changing Seasons; Flying Diamond, 1983.

Berg, Francine; Ethnic Heritage in North Dakota; Flying Diamond Books, 1983.

Bojer, Johan; The Emigrants; Greenwood, 1974 (Fiction).

Deloria, Ella C.; Waterlily; Univ. of Nebraska Presss, 1988 (Fiction).

Hanson, Nancy E.: Getting to Know Dakota; Prairie House, 1988.

Martin, Christopher; Prairie Patterns: Folk Arts in North Dakota; North Dakota Council on the Arts, 1989.

Rezatto, Helen; The Making of the Two Dakotas; Media Publsihing, 1989

Unger, Dougals; Leaving the Land; Harper & Row, 1984 (Fiction)

Walwade, Larry; Beyond the Bedroom Wall; FS&G, 1975 (Fiction)

Wilkens, Robert P. and Wynona H.; North Dakota; Norton, 1977. Part of bicentennial series

 

 

SOUTH DAKOTA

South Dakota State Historical Society's Books for Young Readers (But Actually For Everyone - Editor with Thanks to the Historical Society)

 

 

IOWA

Connell, Evan S.; Mrs. Bridge; Mr. Bridge; Viking, 1959, 1969. Series led to movie starring Paul Newman.(Fiction).

Childs, Marquis and Engel, Paul; This is Iowa; Midwest Heritage, 1982.

Harnack, Curtis; Limits of the Land; Doubleday, 1979 (Fiction).

Hochstetter, Nancy, ed.; Travel Historic Iowa; Guide Press, 1987.

Kinsella, W.P., Shoeless Joe; HM, 1982. Inspired the movie "Field of Dreams" (Fiction).

Pelton, Beulah; We Belong To The Land; Iowa State Inov. Press, 1984.

Puckett, Susan; A Cook's Tour of Iowa; Univ of Iowa Press. 1988.

Sayre, Robert F.; Take This Exit: Rediscovering the Iowa Landscape; Iowa State Univ. Press, 1989.

Twain, Mark; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Univ. of California, 1982 (First Published in 1876) (Fiction)

Wall, Joseph F. , Iowa; Norton, 1978. Part of bicentennial series.

Weil, Tom; America's Heartland; Hippocreme, 1989

 

MISSOURI

Foley, William E.; The Genesis of Missouri; Univ of Missouri, 1989.

Nagel, Paul C.; Missouri; Univ Press of Kansas, 1988. Part of bicentennial series originally published by Norton, 1977.

Powers, Ron; White Town Drowsing; Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986. About Hannibal from perspective of a journalist, born there, who returned.

Rhodes, Richard; Farm: A Year in the Life of An American Farmer; S&S, 1989

Williams, Miller, ed.; Ozark, Ozark: A Hillside Reader; Univ. of Missouri, 1981

Weil, Tom; America's Heartland; Hippocrene, 1989.

Wilson, D. Ray; Missouri Historical Tour Guide; Crossroads Cmns, 1988

 

 

KANSAS

Dary, David; True Tales of Old-Time Kansas; Univ. Press of Kaansas, 1987

Davis, Kennneth S.; Kansas; Norton, 1978.

Day, Robert; The Last Cattle Drive; Univ. Press of Kansas, 1983 (Fiction)

Hughes, Langston; Not Without Laughter; Knopf, 1930 (Fiction)

Matthews, Greg; Heart of the Country; Norton, 1986 (Fiction)

Parks, Gordon; The Learning Tree; Harper Row; 1963 (Fiction)

Dykstra, Robert R.; The Cattle Towns; Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1983.

Haywood, C. Robert; Trails South; Univ. of Oklahoma Press (1986)

Heat Moon, William; Praryerth; HM, 1991

Hochstetter, Nancy, ed,; Travel Historic Kansas; Guide Press, 1986

 

 

WEST

Backes, Clarus, ed.; Growing Up Western; Knopf, 1990.

Davis, Tom; Be Tough or Be Gone! The Adventures of A Modern Day Cowboy; Northern Trails Press, 1984.

Durham, Philip and Jones, Everett L.; The Negro Cowboys; Univ. of Nebraska, 1983 (First Published 1965).

Jordan, Teresa; Cowgirls: Women of the American West; Doubleday, 1982.

Lavender, David W.; The Way to the Western Sea: Lewis &Clark Across the Continent; Doubleday, 1990.

Patterson, Richard; Historical Atlas of the Outlaw West; Johnson Books, 1984.

Peirce, Neal R.; The Pacific States of America: People, Politics and Power in the Five Pacific States; Norton, 1972.

Roach, Joyce G.; The Cowgirl; Univ. of North Texas Press, 1990.

Rochlin, Harriet and Fred; Pioneer Jews: A New Life in the Far West; Houghton, 1984.

Schultheis, Rob; The Hidden West: Journeys in the American Outback; N.Point Press, 1983.

Steineeer, Stan; The Ranchers: A Book of Generations; Univ.of Oklahoma Presss, 1985.

Wiley, Peter and Gottlieb, Robert; Empires in the Sun: The Rise of the New American West; Putnam Pub Group, 1982.

Woodbury, Chuck; The Best From Out West; Morrow, 1991.

 

TEXAS

Calvert, Richard and DeLeon, Arnoldo; The History of Texas; Harlan Davidson, 1990.

Corder, Jim W.; Lost in West Texas; Texas A&M, 1988.

Eisen, Jonathan and Straugh, Harold, eds.; Unknown Texas; MacMillan, 1988.

Ferber, Edna; Giant; Doubleday; 1952 (Fiction)

Frantz, Joe B.; Texas; Norton, 1984. Part of bicentennial series.

Graham, Don; Texas: A Literary Portrait; Corona, 1985.

Greene, A.C.; Dallas, USA; Pacesetter Press, 1984.

Greene, A.C.; Texas Sketches; Taylor Pub, 1985.

Haley, James L.; Texas: An Album of History; Doubelday, 1985.

McComb, David G.; Texas: A Modern History; Univ of Texas Press; 1989.

McDonald, Archie P.; The Texas Experience; Texas A&M Univ. Press, 1986.

Michener, James A.; Texas; Random House, 1995 (fiction)

Presley, James; A Saga of Wealth: The Rise of the Texas Oilmen; Texas Monthly Press, 1983.

Strickland, Ron; Texans: Self Portraits From the Lone Star State; Paragon House, 1991.

 

OKLAHOMA

Ferber, Edna, Cimmaron; Doubleday, 1930 (Fiction).

Gibson, Arrell M.; The History of Oklahoma; Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1989.

Jordan, Tom; The Robbins: Oklahoma Hill Folk; Didymus Pub., 1990.

Lehrer, Jim; Kick The Can; Putnam, 1988 (Fiction).

Morgan, H. Wayne; Oklahoma; Norton, 1984. Part of the bicentennial series.

Morgan, Anne H. and Strickland, Rennard; Oklahoma Memories; Univ.of Oklahoma Press, 1977.

Stephens, Donna M.; One-Room School: Teaching in Nineteen Thrities Western Oklahoma; Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1990.

 

 

COLORADO

Abbott, Carl and others; Colorado: A History of the Centennial State; Univ Press of Colorado; 1982.

Ayer, Elanor B.; Colorado Traveler; R H Pub, 1987-1988.

Caughey, Bruce and Winstanley, Dean; The Colorado Guide; Fulcrum, 1991.

Dallas, Sandra; Colordao Ghost Towns & Mining Camps; Univ. of Oklahoma; 1988.

Haruf, Kent; The Tie That Binds; HR&W, 1984 (Fiction).

May, Stephen; Pilgrimage: A Jouney Through Colorado's History and Culture; Ohio Univ. Press, 1986.

Michener; James A.; Centennial, Random House , 1974 (Fiction).

Sprague, Marshall; Colorado; Norton, 1984.

Zamonski, Stanley W. and Keller, Teddy; The Fifty-Niners; R H Pub, 1983.About the gold rush in Colorado.

 

 

UTAH

Arrington, Leon; Bringham Young: American Moses; Knopf, 1985.

Fisher, Vardis; Children of God; Holmes, 1977 (Fiction).

Gottlieb, Robert and Wiley, Peter; America's Saints: The Rise of Mormon Power; Putnam Pub Group, 1984.

May, Dean; Utah: A People's History; Univ. of Utah, 1987.

Peterson, Charles S.; Utah; Norton, 1977. Part of bicentennial series.

Stegner, Wallace; The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail; Howe Bros, 1982.

Young, John; State Parks of Utah; Univ. of Utah Press, 1989.

 

 

IDAHO

Bellavance-Johnson, Marsha and Lee; Ernest Hemingway in Idaho; Computer Lab, 1989.

Conley, Curt; Idaho For The Curious: A Guide; Beckeddy Books, 1982.

Fisher, Vardis; In Tragic Life; Caxton, 1932 (Fiction).

Peterson, F. Ross; Idaho; Norton 1976; Part of bicentennial series.

Sparling, Wayne; Southern Idaho Ghost Towns; Caxton,1974.

 

 

MONTANA

Ambrose, Stephen E,; Crazy Horse and Custer; NAAL, 1986.

Beirs, William H.; Ten Tough Trips: Montana Writers And The West; Univ. of Washington Press, 1990.

Blew, Mary C.; All But The Waltz: Essays on a Montana Family; Viking, 1982 (Fiction).

Howard, Joseph K.; Montana High Wide and Handsome; Univ. of Nebraska, 1983.

Johnson, Dorothy M.; When You And I Were Young Whitefish; Mountain Press, 1982.

Lang, William L. and Myers, Rex C.; Montana, Our Land and People; Pruett, 1989.

MacLean, Norman; A River Runs Through It; Univ. of Chicago Press, 1983 (Fiction).

Miller, Donald C.; Ghost Towns of Montana; Pruett, 1982.

Rudner, Ruth; Greetings From Wisdom; Fulcrum, 1989.

Spence, Calrk C.; Montana; Norton, 1978. Part of bicentennial series.

Taylor, Robert L,; A Roaring in the Wind; Putnam Pub. Group, 1978 (Fiction).

Toole, K. Ross; Montana: An Uncommon Land; Univ. of Oklahoma Press (1984).

Van West, Carroll; A Traveler's Companion to Montana History; Montana Hist. Soc, 1986.

Welch, James; Fools Crow; Viking, 1986 (Fiction).

 

 

WYOMING

Readings on Wyoming (Courtesy: Wyoming State Library)

 

 

SOUTHWEST

Lavender, David; The Southwest; Univ.of New Mexico, 1984.

McGaw, William C.; Southwest Saga: The Way It Really Was!; Golden West, 1988.

Miller, Tom; On The Border:Portraits of America's Southwestern Frontier; Univ. of Arizona Press; 1985.

Turner, Frederick: Of Chiles,Cacti and Fighting Cocks: Notes on the American West; North Point Press, 1990.

Zwinger, Ann; Wind in the Rock; Univ. of Arizona Press, 1984.

 

 

NEW MEXICO

Readings on New Mexico (Courtesy of New Mexico Tourism)

 

 

ARIZONA

Readings About Arizona (From the Arizona Guide)

 

 

NEVADA

Readings on Nevada from the Nevada State Library

 

 

CALIFORNIA

Alleman, Richard; The Movie Lover's Guide to Hollywood; Harper & Row, 1988.

Bristow, Gwen; The Jubilee Trail; Crowell, 1950 (Fiction).

Eisen, Jonathan and Fine, David; Unknown California; Macmillan, 1991.

Femling, Jean; Great Piers of California; Borgo Press, 1988.

Gregory, James N.; American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration & California's Okie Subculture; Oxford Univ. Press, 1989.

Harlow, Neal; California Conquered: War and Peace in the Pacific, 1846-1850; Univ. of Califronia. About the end of the Mexican era.

Holliday, J.S.; The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience; S&S, 1981.

L'amour, Louis; The Lonesome Gods; Putnam, 1987 (Fiction).

Lavender, David; California; Norton, 1976. Part of the bicentennial series.

Lennon, Nigey; The Sagebrush Bohemina: Mark Twain in California; Paragon House, 1991.

Michaels, Leonard and others; West of the West: Imagining California; N.Point Press, 1989.

Nadeau, Remi; Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of California; Crest Pubs, 1990.

Skimin, Robert; Chikara!; St. Martin, 1984 (Fiction).

Starr, Kevin; Material Dreams: Southern California Through the 1920's; Oxford Univ. Press, 1990.

Steinbeck, John; The Grapes of Wrath; Viking, 1939 (Fiction).

Teale, Edwin Way, ed; The Wilderness World of John Muir; HM, 1875.

Vokac, David; The Great Towns of California; West Press, 1986.

 

Northern California (Includes San Francisco & Monterey)

Adams, Alice; Second Chances; Knopf, 1988 (Fiction).

Bakalinsky, Adah; Stairway Walks in San Francisco; Lexikos, 1984.

Dillon, Richard; North Beach: The Italian Heart of San Francisco; Presidio Press, 1985.

Gentry, Curt; The Madams of San Francisco: An Irreverent History of the City By the Golden Gate; Comstock Edns, 1977 (First Published in 1964).

Herron, Don; The Literary World of San Francisco and Its Environs; City Lights, 1985.

Knox, Maxine and Rodriguez, Mary; Steinbeck's Street; Cannery Row; Presidio Press, 1984.

Magary, Alan and Kerstin F.; South of San Francisco; Harper & row, 1983.

Pomada, Elizabeth and Larsen, Michael; Painted Ladies: The Art of San Francsico's Victorian Houses; Dutton, 1978.

Steinbeck, John; Cannery Row; Viking, 1945 (Fiction).

Tan, Amy; The Joy Luck Club; Putnam, 1989 (Fiction)..

Van der Zee, John; The Gate: The True Story of The Design & Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge; S&S, 1988.

 

Southern California (Includes L.A. & San Diego)

Chandler, Raymond; The Raymond Chandler Omnibus; Modern Library, 1975 (Fiction).

Clark, William D.; Death Valley: The Story Behind the Scenery; KC, 1989.

Fisher; Carrie; Postcards From The Edge; S&S, 1987 (Fiction).

Fitzgerald, F. Scott; The Last Tycoon; Scribner, 1969 (First Published 1941) (Fiction).

Jaffe, Rona; An American Love Story; Delacorte, 1990 (Fiction).

LeMenager, Charles R.; Ramona & Round About; Eagle Peak, 1989. The little-known back country area near San Diego.

Lingenfelter, Richard E.: Death Valley & The Amargosa: A Land of Illiusion; Univ. of California Press, 1986.

Mills, James R.; San Diego: Where California Began; San Diego Historical Society; 1985.

Parker, T. Jefferson; Little Saigon; St. Martin, 1988 (Fiction).

Riegert, Robert; Hidden Los Angeles & Southern California; Ulysses Press, 1988 .

Sehlinger, Bob; The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland; Prentice Hall, 1987.

Vidal, Gore; Hollywood: A Novel of America in the 1920s; Random House, 1990 (Fiction).

 

 

PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Bancroft, Hunt N.; People of the Totem; Putnam Pub. Group, 1979.

Franzwa, Gregory; The Oregon Trail Revisited; Patrice Press; 1988.

 

OREGON

Applegate, Shannon; Skookum: An Oregon Pioneer Family's History and Lore; Beech Tree, 1988.

Berry, Don; Trask; Viking, 1960 (Fiction).

Dodds, Gordon B.; The American Northwest: A History of Washington & Oregon; Forum Press, 1986.

Doods, Gordon B.; Oregon; Norton, 1977. part of the bicentennial series.

Franzwa, Gregory M.; Oregon Trail Revisited; Patrice Press, 1988.

Gulick, Bill; Roadside History of Oregon; Mountain Press, 1991.

Mainwaring, William L.; Exploring the Oregon Coast; Westridge Press, 1990.

McCarthy, Bridget B.; Where to Find The Oregon in Oregon; Self-Published, 1989.

Thoele, Mike; Footprints Across Oregon; Arts Center,1989.

 

 

WASHINGTON

Clark, Norman H.; Washington; Norton, 1976. paart of the bicentennial series.

Duncan, Don; Washington: The First One Hundred Years, 1889-1989; Seattle Times, 1989.

Ficken, Robert E. and LeWarne, Charles P.; Washington: A Centennial History; Univ. of Washington Press, 1988.

Gotchy, Joe; Bridging The Narrows; Peninsula Hist. Society, 1990. The infamous story of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge ("Galloping Gertie").

Kirk, Ruth and Alexander, Carmelaaa; Exploring Washington's Past; Univ. of Washington, 1990.

London, Bill; Umbrella Guide to the Inland Empire; Umbrella Books, 1990.

Morgan, Murray; Puget's Sound: A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Sound; Univ. of Washington Pres; 1981.

Nelson, Sharlene P. and Ted W.; Umbrella Guide to Washington Lighthouses; Umbrella Books, 1990.

Ward, Andrew; Out Here: A Newcomer's Notes From The Great Northwest; Viking, 1991.

 

 

ALASKA

Readings on Alaska from the Alaska State Library

 

 

HAWAII

Readings on Hawaii

 

 

 

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