DAR Nonfiction November 2022 - hosted by pondering_books

State/local history
Read a nonfiction book about a specific state's history or local history. Could be your own state, your favorite state, or a state you would like to visit.
All books added
Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean by Les Standiford

Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean

Les Standiford

nonfiction biography history travel informative fast-paced

320 pages | first published 2002

The Everglades: River of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas

The Everglades: River of Grass

Marjory Stoneman Douglas with Robert Fink

nonfiction history nature science reflective slow-paced

480 pages | first published 1947

Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America's Revolutionary Era by Mike Bunn

Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America's Revolutionary Era

Mike Bunn

nonfiction history informative medium-paced

304 pages

The First American Founder: Roger Williams and Freedom of Conscience by Alan E. Johnson

The First American Founder: Roger Williams and Freedom of Conscience

Alan E. Johnson

nonfiction historical history philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced

664 pages | first published 2015

The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America by Russell Shorto

The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

Russell Shorto

nonfiction history informative slow-paced

416 pages | first published 2004

Marooned: Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America's Origin by Joseph Kelly

Marooned: Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America's Origin

Joseph Kelly

nonfiction history reflective fast-paced

512 pages | first published 2018

American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution by Nina Sankovitch

American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution

Nina Sankovitch

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced

416 pages | first published 2020

John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial by Dan Abrams, David Fisher

John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial

Dan Abrams, David Fisher

nonfiction historical history informative medium-paced

352 pages | first published 2020

The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke by Andrew Lawler

The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke

Andrew Lawler

nonfiction history mystery adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

426 pages | first published 2018

Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier by Tom Clavin, Bob Drury

Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier

Tom Clavin, Bob Drury

nonfiction biography historical history

400 pages