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|  | A Better War by Lewis Sorley
While the bulk of books on the Vietnam War chart its slow escalation, this in-depth analysis illuminates the later years of America's involvement in the war. Sorley, a war veteran and military history writer, focuses on the years after 1968's Tet Offensive, relying heavily on notes taken from over 400 classified tapes recorded in Saigon between 1968 and 1972. AUTHOR: Lewis Sorley
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Trade Publishers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Manhattan by Carol M. Highsmith, Landphair
Carol M. Highsmith, a modern-day historical photographer, and Ted Landphair, a Voice of America writer and reporter, have joined forces to create a beautiful series of travel/photography books with a distinctively fresh design. With illustrated maps, black-and-white archival photos, stunning full-color photographs, and essential information highlighting each important area, the Photographic Tour series is a must for every type of traveler -- from the extravagant to the budget-conscious to the armchair. AUTHOR: Carol M. Highsmith, Landphair
PUBLISHER: Random House Value Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Hill Folks by Brooks Blevins
The Ozark region, located in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri, has long been the domain of the folklorist and the travel writer--a circumstance that has helped shroud its history in stereotype and misunderstanding. With Hill Folks, Brooks Blevins offers the first in-depth historical treatment of the Arkansas Ozarks. He traces the region's history from the early nineteenth century through the end of the twentieth century and, in the process, examines the creation and perpetuation of conflicting images of the area, mostly by non-Ozarkers. Covering a wide range of Ozark social life, Blevins examines the development of agriculture, the rise and fall of extractive industries, the settlement of the countryside and the decline of rural communities, in- and out-migration, and the emergence of the tourist industry in the region. His richly textured account demonstrates that the Arkansas Ozark region has never been as monolithic or homogenous as its chroniclers have suggested. From the earliest days of white settlement, Blevins says, distinct subregions within the area have followed their own unique patterns of historical and socioeconomic development. Hill Folks sketches a portrait of a place far more nuanced than the timeless arcadia pictured on travel brochures or the backward and deliberately unprogressive region depicted in stereotype. AUTHOR: Brooks Blevins
PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Storm of the Century by Willie Drye
Description not available.A gripping chronicle of the most powerful hurricane to ever hit the United States and its devastating aftermath details the fiercest storm of September 1935 from the perspectives of survivors of the storm, Federal Emergency Relief Administration employees, and government officials. AUTHOR: Willie Drye
PUBLISHER: National Geographic Society
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Not Out of Africa by Mary Lefkowitz
A noted classical scholar offers a full rebuttal of Afrocentrism. AUTHOR: Mary Lefkowitz
PUBLISHER: Basic Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | California Gold Rush by Connie Roop, Peter Roop
Description not available.Beginning with the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, a nonfiction reader describes how mining towns sprung up overnight, the various ways of mining gold, and how this phenomenon changed the landscape of California forever. Original. AUTHOR: Connie Roop, Peter Roop
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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