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  • Postcards

    True Stories That Never Happened

    Edited by Jason Rodriguez ...
    “The inventive writers and illustrators who crafted these transporting stories just may convince you to trash your BlackBerry and buy some stamps.”–Frank Warren, author of PostSecretYou’ve seen them at flea markets and in antique shops and used-book stores across the country: Vintage postcards inscribed with handwritten notes, evocative messages that capture a thought, an expression, a concern, a ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Mark Twain Collection

    by Mark Twain ...
    Samuel Langhorne Clemens known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1885), the latter often called "The Great American Novel".Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Post Office Girls

    Book One in a heartwarming and uplifting new wartime saga series

    by Poppy Cooper ...
    With the Great War raging, can they keep Britain going?On Beth Healey's eighteenth birthday, she hopes that she will be able to forget the ghastly war and celebrate. But that evening, her twin brother Ned announces that he has signed up to fight.No longer able to stand working in her parents' village shop while others are doing their bit, Beth applies to join the Army Post Office's new Home Depot ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Along the Perkiomen

    Series series Postcard History Series
    The Perkiomen Creek is a picturesque stream that drains a major portion of western Montgomery County. It begins just beyond the northern borders of the county and travels south. The creek empties into the Schuylkill River at the county�s lower border. The old Perkiomen Railroad closely followed the same path. Along the Perkiomen showcases postcards of the Perkiomen Valley in Montgomery County as ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Southwest Georgia in Vintage Postcards

    Series series Postcard History Series
    From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this �golden age� can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers travelled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Malden

    Series series Postcard History Series
    By the turn of the 20th century, Malden had become a fairly large city and was home to wealthy families, immigrants, and workers. Farms disappeared as factories and businesses of all types and sizes grew. Elisha Converse, the city's first mayor and founder of the Boston Rubber Shoe Company, left his mark on Malden by funding a public library and hospital and designating land for development of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Waco, Texas A Postcard Journey

    Series series Postcard History Series
    From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this �golden age� can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busystreet scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local townspeople only too happy ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Walker County, Alabama

    by Pat Morrison ...
    Series series Postcard History Series
    Walker County is a unique place inhabited by a unique people. Characters including George "Goober" Lindsey, Tallulah Bankhead, Sybil Gibson, and Eric "Butterbean" Esch, and communities including Cordova, Carbon Hill, and Day's Gap and Horse Creek-or as we know them today, Oakman and Dora-have all contributed to the county's rich history. In this volume of vintage postcard images, readers will ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Grand Lake and Presque Isle

    Series series Postcard History Series
    For centuries, Presque Isle served as a way station for Native Americans and explorers. Lumbering and shipping led to the development of wooding stations along the Lake Huron shore, where settlements emerged. The roads created by loggers eventually led to the building of resorts and hotels for tourists. Postcard History Series: Grand Lake and Presque Isle explores Burnham's Landing, the abandoned ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Postcard America

    Curt Teich and the Imaging of a Nation, 1931–1950

    **This illustrated history of the colorized linen postcards of the 1930s and ’40s is “**an incredible tour . . . A veritable treasure trove of American culture” (Crave Online).From the Great Depression through the early postwar years, any postcard sent in America was more than likely a “linen” card. Colorized in vivid, often exaggerated hues and printed on card stock embossed with a linen-like ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Homestead and Mifflin Township

    Series series Postcard History
    Homestead and Mifflin Township shows an era of days gone by through the medium of postcards. Mifflin Township was one of the seven original townships when Allegheny County was formed, and it covered the Monongahela River as well as the present-day communities of Clairton, Duquesne, Dravosburg, Hays, Homestead, Jefferson Hills, Lincoln Place, Munhall, Pleasant Hills, West Elizabeth, West Homestead, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gaeta - Una Finestra Sul Passato

    Una collezione di 165 antiche cartoline del maestro Nicola Magliocca con vedute della citta dagli anni precedenti la seconda guerra mondiale agli anni '60. Include anche riproduzioni dei quadri del pittore Carlo Bossoli sull assedio di Gaeta del 1860-1861. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Emma's Postcard Album

    Black Lives in the Early Twentieth Century

    Series series Atlantic Migrations and the African Diaspora
    BCALA 2023 Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation Award winnerThe turn of the twentieth century was an extraordinarily difficult period for African Americans, a time of unchecked lynchings, mob attacks, and rampant Jim Crow segregation. During these bleak years, Emma Crawford, a young African American woman living in Pennsylvania, corresponded by postcard with friends and family members ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Boise

    Series series Postcard History Series
    Boise was founded on the Oregon Trail in 1863, shortly after the opening of Fort Boise, which was built to protect the gold that had recently been discovered in the Boise Basin around Idaho City. By the late 1800s, Boise had a very large downtown infrastructure, and it saw the addition of many multistoried buildings after 1900. In the late 1960s though the 1970s, Boise experienced a major urban ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Carroll and Boone Counties

    Series series Postcard History Series
    From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this �golden age� can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sebastian and Crawford Counties

    Series series Postcard History Series
    Sebastian and Crawford Counties are among Arkansas�s most historic areas with their location on what was once the edge of the frontier. In this book, the authors capture the transition of both the large and the small communities from the 1800s into the middle of the 20th century through historic postcards. With carefully researched interpretation of the images, the book offers a fascinating walk ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Early Japanese Images

    by Terry Bennett ...
    This fascinating Japanese photography book features over 140 images taken between 1853 and 1905 by the most important local and foreign photographers then working in Japan.Almost one-fourth of the images are hand colored, superb examples of a rich art form long since vanished. The Japan of this book too has disappeared, but author and compiler Terry Bennett has put together a unique portrait of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Lake Boon

    Series series Postcard History Series
    Lake Boon is a beautiful 65-acre lake located west of Boston. Beginning in the 1920s, its accessibility from Boston and western suburbs via two railroads made it a popular vacation spot. Attracted by its natural beauty, a lively and decorous summer community grew and returned year after year to enjoy boating, bathing, fishing, and many other activities. Photographers were also attracted to the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wyoming County

    Series series Postcard History Series
    Wyoming County features postcards highlighting the history of communities nestled in the Endless Mountains. These unique images explore important industries such as the Noxen Tannery and the Lehigh Valley and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroads. Numerous photographs depict the county seat, Tunkhannock, as well as the surrounding towns, such as the former resort areas of Lake Carey and Lake ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Swannanoa Valley

    Series series Postcard History Series
    The Swannanoa Valley lies to the east of Asheville, North Carolina, and is surrounded by some of the highest mountains in the eastern United States. The eastern boundary of the valley follows the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and travelers entering through the Swannanoa Gap emerge into the beautiful �Land of the Sky.� In the 1900s, multiple large religious assemblies were founded here. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Postcards from the Río Bravo Border

    Picturing the Place, Placing the Picture, 1900s–1950s

    A history in postcards of Mexican tourist towns in the first half of the twentieth century, with nearly two hundred illustrations.Between 1900 and the late 1950s, Mexican border towns came of age both as tourist destinations—in some cases by luring Americans who wanted to escape Prohibition—and as emerging cities. Commercial photographers produced thousands of images of their streets, plazas, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Alexandria

    Series series Postcard History Series
    Alexandria is situated near the center of Douglas County, surrounded by a chain of beautiful lakes. These lakes brought pioneer settlers to the area as early as 1858, when Minnesota achieved statehood and the town was established. The lakes remain a key factor that continue to draw residents and visitors. The images in Postcard History Series: Alexandria tell the community�s story, recalling fond ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ventura

    Series series Postcard History Series
    The city of Ventura traces its heritage back to the founding of Mission San Buenaventura in March 1782. The intervening eras have seen cattle drives down Main Street, revival tents in the marshy area now known as Pierpont, and the days when the Ventura trolley was the quickest way around town. The attractive images in this postcard tour through bygone times also include the stately Schiappapietra ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Postcards from the Baja California Border

    Portraying Townscape and Place, 1900s–1950s

    Postcards have a magical pull. They allow us to see the past through charming relics that allow us to travel back in time. Daniel D. Arreola’s Postcards from the Baja California Border offers a window into the historical and geographical past of storied Mexican border communities. Once-popular tourist destinations from the 1900s through the 1950s, the border communities explored in Postcards from ... Read more

    $35.99 USD