Gamblers & Gangsters: Fort Worth's Jacksboro Highway in the 1940s & 1950s, Paperback - Ann Arnold

Reducere. A gripping account of rampant crime in Fort Worth, Texas during the 1930s, through the 1950's, with hoodlums, gamblers, murderers, dopers, pimps an...

Reflecting Birmingham in the 1940s and 1950s, this work tells of the games played then in the streets: hopscotch, queenie, marbles, skipping, rolle...

Reducere. Growing Up In The Near North Side Of Chicago is an oral history, turned into a chronicle, obtained by personal interviews with my childhood friends...

Charles Coombes lived history - evacuated from France in 1940, returning to that coastline four years later in the Normandy landings and finishing ...

Reducere. In 1924, civic leader and developer John P. King promoted Fort Worth's Oakhurst neighborhood as "country life for the city man." He appealed to tho...

Reducere. From blackouts in WWII to rocking out to Bill Haley and the Comets, Ocean City native Jim Jeffries recalls his "bay rat" boyhood on the Jersey Shor...

Firkin and the Grey Gangsters is a collection of four tales in which animals are the heroes. Firkin is a young red squirrel who leads his people in...

The story of one of the country's most loved - and loathed - roads.

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Yahya El-DroubieIllustrator: Colin GordonPhotographer: Glass StephenSatisfy your passions for female combat and nostalgia w...

Reducere. DescriptionVintage Doilies to CrochetA collection of vintage doilies, runners, chair set covers, place mats, runners, and more to crochet. A compil...

Reducere. New Paper Dolls with vintage inspired outfits. Dollys and Friends, a new series of fashion paper dolls are now available with their 1940s, 1950s an...

Reducere. Rediscover the golden age of the Western with this collection of four unforgettable novels of honor, adventure, and violence set against the magnif...

From the author of The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, four classic novels of subtle psychological horror. Shirley J...

Too Busy to Read a Book?Then this is the book for you!Why not sample five-minute morsels in your tea-break. In her book, Margaret G Arnold provides...

Reducere. The 4th stand alone romance in the Montgomery Ink: Fort Collins SeriesThe Fort Collins Montgomerys work hard and play harder. They know what they w...

Reducere. DescriptionFort Apache playsets by MARX Toys, was favorite toy during the 1950's and was available for many years. There were many variations throu...

A nostalgic look at what it was like to be a housewife in the 1950sBeing a housewife in the 1950s was quite different than today. Women were expect...

As the world begins to realise the significance of the seas, could Britain once again rule the waves?

Reducere. Descending 897 miles from the top of the Texas Panhandle to the state's southernmost point at Brownsville is U.S. 83, one of the longest federal hi...

Publisher: Peepal Tree Press LtdAuthor(s): Samuel SelvonNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 1991Dimensions: 330 x 320 x 13Cover type: Paperback /...

Publisher: Milo BooksAuthor(s): Steve SinclairNumber of pages: 237Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 187 x 114 x 18Cover type: Paperback / softbackR...

Scoring the Hollywood Actor in the 1950s theorises the connections between film acting and film music using the films of the 1950s as case studies....

Publisher: Bookmarks PublicationsAuthor(s): Mike CrowleyNumber of pages: 362Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 127 x 197 x 26Cover type: Paperback /...

A nostalgic look at what it was really like to be a 1950s mother and how the baby-boom generation was madePublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s)...

Reducere. The only way they would survive, was if they stayed ...TOGETHERSala Schonwetter lived the perfect life. Married to the man of her dreams, mother to...

Reducere. In The Vendetta, author Alston Purvis recounts the story of his father, Melvin Purvis, the iconic G-man and public hero made famous by his remarkab...

Reducere. DescriptionA New York Times bestseller, this is the "outstanding" (The Atlantic), insightful, and authoritative account of Dwight Eisenhower's pres...

DescriptionThis beautifully illustrated book is intended as background reading for travelers on one of the most popular sections of the Silk Road--...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Konstantinos PelechrinisIllustration(s): 197 line illus. 55 tables.Number of pages: 608Publication ...

Based on news reports and documents, O'Daniel's lively account distils long-forgotten gangsters, criminal organisations, and crusaders whose action...

Favourite cars of the 1950s are lavishly illustrated in this little books, with a lively text. They include models from Morris, Austin, Ford, MG, J...

Phil Carradice's account of growing up in Pembrokeshire after the Second World War ended.Publisher: Amberley PublishingAuthor(s): Phil CarradiceIll...

Reducere. The inspiration for the new ABC series Big Sky. "A violent, tension-packed, well-written thriller spiced with Box's vivid portrayal of the Western ...

Documents that process, challenging common myths - including the importance of a popular anchor, and television's inability to communicate non-visu...

Reducere. Stories abound about legendary New York City gangsters like "Lucky" Luciano, but Buffalo has housed its fair share of thugs and mobsters too. While...

Reducere. A touching and nostalgic look at a childhood in Toronto's Beach District... The world of young people growing up in Toronto in the 1950's and 60's ...

Publisher: CornerstoneAuthor(s): Amor TowlesNumber of pages: 592Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 198 x 51Cover type: Paperback / softbackRed...

Reducere. The golden key to understanding the last 75 years of American political development, the eminent labor relations scholar Michael Goldfield argues, ...

Copenhagen Street was no different from any street in any industrial town or city in the 1950s. Not only were the streets similar, their inhabitant...

Smoke in the Lanes is the fascinating firsthand account of a bygone age of the Romani traveller way of life in 1950s England.

More than a footnote to the Second World War, or a foreword to the youth-obsessed exhilaration of the Sixties, the Fifties was a thrilling decade d...

Deluxe jacketed hardcover book offers a lavish visual celebration of one of Disney's most impactful and beloved creations: the Disney Monorail. Wal...

Reducere. Traversing the spectacular Beartooth Highway in Montana and Wyoming is an unforgettable experience. The unspoiled mountain scenery along the highwa...

Reducere. DescriptionAl Capone. The Untouchables. The Valentine's Day massacre. You may think you know everything about the Roaring Twenties in the Windy Cit...