Virginia

This book is a celebration of the history of Hampton Roads and the lower Tidewater region of the Chesapeake Bay. It showcases 525 brilliant color photos, vintage postcards, and …

From its beginnings as a trickle of icy water in Virginia's northwest corner to its miles-wide mouth at Hampton Roads, the James River has witnessed more recorded history than any …

How one organization took on industrial pollutionand the lessons for our new century In 1977, one forward-thinking judge took an ecological disasterthe poisoning of the James River …

A gorgeous volume showcasing Jefferson's amazing vegetable garden, its uniquely American characteristics, and its legacy Were Thomas Jefferson to walk the grounds of Monticello …

«Språket er så vakkert at du kan bli rørt av at noen faktisk skriver så tilsynelatende uanstrengt. Rart at noe så råttent kan bli så vakkert og intenst.» Steinar Brandslet, …

The fourth collection of essays in this Civil War series "e;serves to remind us that there is much for us to discover beyond Virginia's battlefields"e; (H-Net Reviews). …

Midnight in Savannah...It's a city of beauty, history... hauntings. And one of the most haunted places in Savannah is a tavern called The Dragonslayer, built in the 1750s. The …

The great Tidewater planters of mid-eighteenth-century Virginia were fathers of the American Revolution. Perhaps first and foremost, they were also anxious tobacco farmers, harried …

In January 1861, Virginia possessed the largest population of enslaved people within the United States. The institution of slavery permeated the state's social, political, …

Through analysis of in-depth interviews with seventy-three Hispanic immigrants in Central Virginia, this book offers a rare in-depth look at the views and circumstances of …