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Excerpt from History of Chester, New Hampshire, Including Auburn: A Supplement to the History of Old Chester Published in 1869 Regretful as it is to record, our history Of the past few years is one of decadence, so far as industry is concerned. The manu facture Of edge-tools, shoes and pails ceased several years ago, agriculture and fruit raising have shrunk with the population, and dilapidated dams are the only evidence of a great majority O...

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Commemorating the 200th anniversary of Americais best buy. Originally syndicated in strip form in daily newspapers throughout the United States, this book is depicted in an understandable and easily read format and backed up by competent research.

First published by now-defunct New Orleans publisher Robert L. Crager in 1949, the book remains funny and informative, generally accepted as a standard reference about the Crescent City.Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children, and Other Streets of New Orleans! details the interesting stories of the developers and families as well as the infamous and famous people, places, and events from which the city's names and character are drawn.

John Chase has taken what in lesser hands would have been a dull recounting of fact and made a delightfully accurate yet breezy book." -New Orleans Times-Picayune"History in its most painless form . . . lightened not only by cartoons but by narrative approach."-New York Herald TribuneThe history of New Orleans is a street-level story, with names like Iberville, Terpsichore, Gravier, Tchoupitoulas, and, of course, Bourbon, presenting the city's...