Books tagged: history 1900s

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Nine Nine Eight: The Glory Days of Buffalo Shopping    by Michael Rizzo
Price: $4.95 USD. 39770 words. Published on June 5, 2010. .

A unique history of the former retailing landscape in Buffalo, New York. The histories of dozens of stores that once graced the major shopping districts of the city as it grew during the early 20th Century. Biographies of the founders, as well as the store histories are included.
Remembrance    by Nathan Hipps
Price: $7.00 USD. 108400 words. Published by CyPress Publications on October 6, 2010. .

In 1905, measles ravages a Georgia community, turning neighbor against neighbor. One victim, Luther Smith, is a 29-year old husband and father whose sudden death irrevocably alters the lives of his widow and two young daughters. With no means of support, Leola and her daughters move in with her parents, a home devoid of love. Based on a true story, Remembrance tells a story of love and survival.
The First Wife: A Short Story    by Tommy Black
Price: Free! 9370 words. Published on February 13, 2011. .

Meliva Maric received little fan fare or recognition as Albert Einstein's first wife during her lifetime. Although she was known, it was not until the release of the couple's love letters following Einstein's death that the world began to stand up and take notice. This is a fictionalized account of Mileva and her life.
Travels With Grandpaw    by David Davis
Price: $0.99 USD. 42650 words. Published by New Summerfield Press  on March 24, 2011. .

"Travels With Grandpaw" is "Tuesdays With Morrie" meets "Tom Sawyer"--in Boots. David Davis is known for his award winning children's books. This is a memoir about his 49 year relationship with his "Grandpaw" and Texas. Hunt, fish, laugh, cry, carouse, and hear stories of early 1900's East Texas. Get to know Ray Lacy--The best man David ever knew.
Zamenhof. The Life, Works and Ideas of the Author of Esperanto    by Aleksander Korzhenkov
Price: $7.95 USD. 29760 words. Published by Mondial  on April 25, 2011. .

Released to the public for the first time in in 1887, Esperanto had its specific origins in the fertile brain of a single individual, Zamenhof, and in the particular circum stan ces into which he was born and came of age. It is the story of these origins that Aleksander Korzhenkov's biography sets out to tell.
The Yellowstone, Forever!    by David M. Delo
Price: $6.99 USD. 144740 words. Published on August 8, 2011. .

How the fabric of history pulled five men together to explore and helped found our first national park.
Ole Gimlet Eye    by Thomas M. Kelly
Price: $2.99 USD. 21220 words. Published on August 9, 2011. .

This is a play about Smedley Darlington Butler, who was born in West Chester, PA on July 30, 1881. The lure of the red and blue uniform turned his life to service. Over his father’s objections, but with the help of his mother, at the age of 16 he left home and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Thus began a career that lasted 33 years and double awards of the Medal of Honor.
Eleanor Roosevelt's Life of Soul Searching and Self Discovery    by Ann Atkins
Price: $0.99 USD. 34660 words. Published on November 5, 2011. .

Transforming the power in Eleanor Roosevelt’s story to your story starts now. Whatever the scale of your rendezvous with destiny, the fact remains it is up to you to live it. The audacity of Eleanor Roosevelt to live out her own destiny challenges us to do the same. After all, it’s not about Eleanor. Her story is history. It’s about us.
Dale Cozort's Alternate History Newsletter - Feb 2011    by Dale Cozort
Price: Free! 19210 words. Published on December 3, 2011. .

A twenty-eight page informal newsletter about the alternate history subgenre of science fiction and related science fiction topics. This issue has an excerpt from a Work In Process called There Will Always Be An England, mini-essays on alternate World War II and Space Programs, along with commentary on a range of science fiction topics, including Steve Stirling's Dies The Fire.
Cog Stone Dreams    by Diane Schochet
Price: $3.99 USD. 83140 words. Published by Red Phoenix Books  on December 22, 2011. .

Cog Stone Dreams is a whimsical look at 9,000 years of history of the a wetlands area of Southern California, its original inhabitants, Spanish explorers, the gun club that almost ruined it, and contemporary issues. Set in fictional Westbruk, Dessa, an advice columnist of 'Dessa Dreams' really does dream -- magically real, historical and predictive forecasts about the Westbruk wetlands.