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Armchair Travel December 2021 |
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Finding the Wild West : Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas the Great Plains : Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas
by Mike Cox
From the Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, visitors can relive the Western migration that helped shape U.S. history and culture. This guide highlights the best-preserved historic sites, ghost towns, reconstructions, museums, historical markers, statues, and public art that tell the story of the Old West.
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| Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide by Cecily Wong and Dylan ThurasA friendly, fascinating tour of some the world’s most amazing foods -- from seven continents and 120+ countries -- featuring historical and cultural information plus colorful illustrations, all put together by the ever-curious Atlas Obscura team. |
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Every day the river changes : four weeks down the Magdalena
by Jordan Salama
A travelogue through the Columbian Rio Magdalena that explores the rich lives of residents—including a canoe builder, biologists studying invasive hippopotamuses, a Queens transplant managing a failing hotel and a traveling librarian whose donkeys haul books to rural children.
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| The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free by Paulina BrenAn engrossing social history of Manhattan's groundbreaking Barbizon, a 700-room residential hotel that was women-only from 1928-1981, as well as a look at some of those who called it home. |
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America's most haunted : the secrets of famous paranormal places
by Theresa Argie
Combining spine-tingling stories, documented evidence, and interviews with some of the top names in paranormal investigation--including the stars of TV's Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures, and more--America's Most Haunted gives you a terrifying chance to tour our nation's most famous haunted places.
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