Search Results: History - VA from Poco Productions

2006 beige stapled softcover in very good condition; some wear to covers,one smudge from removing a price, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping.

1978 gray softcover w black spine in very good condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. For foreign shipping use Biblio Export Center.

This 1885 official letters of Alexander Spotswood, Lieutenant-Governor of the colony of Virginia, 1710-1722, now first printed from the manuscript in the collections of the Virginia Historical Society is ex-library, in good condition; parts of covers are included, but a clear sheet has been put over the fragment on front covers. There are some stamps and writing, good binding. US media mail for shipping.

1892 brown hardcover in good condition; some wear and stains to covers,some browning of pages, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping.

Colorful hardcover in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping.

Properly titled: Uncle Alek and His Mule or the Author's Recollection of the Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Together with other Interesting Incidents. 1992 green hardcover, a facsimile reprint of the 1888 original. Book is in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping.

2008 gray softcover has Larry Chowning Inscribing a note to a friend on Title Page. Book has purple spine and is in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. Based on stories related by Elmer Crockett and others. 176 pages.

1974 illustrated stapled softcover is in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping.

1979 light green hardcover in very good condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. 133 pages.

2007 gold softcover in like new condition; slight wear to covers, no marks inside. US media mail for shipping. For foreign shipping use Biblio Export Center.Often referred to as Americas last frontier, Buchanan County, Virginia, was formed in 1858 by Act 156 of the Virginia General Assembly. The young county was named after Pres. James Buchanan, and Grundy, the county seat, was named for U.S. senator Felix Grundy, who later became attorney general in Pres. Martin Van Burens cabinet. Images of America: Buchanan County tells the history of a county from the days of the Long Hunterswho settled the area and named its rivers, salt licks, mountains, and valleysthrough the Civil War, when the mountainous terrain along the Virginia-Kentucky state line served as a no-mans-land between the Northern-Southern army, to the coal boom of the 1970s that created instant millionaires. Buchanan County has survived floods, fires, and economic and political demands to emerge anew in the year 2006.

2013 gray hardcover & DJ in like new condition; slight wear to covers, no marks inside. US media mail for shipping.

1990 auburn stapled softcover in very good condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. 32 pages. US media mail only for shipping.

1994 large red hardcover in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. 308 pages. This history of Carroll County, Virginia, is detailed in this beautiful book. Research concerning families, churches, businesses, music, and war memories has been carefully presented here by the Carroll County Genealogy Club. US media mail only for shipping.

1962 brown stapled softcover in very good condition; some wear and tear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping.

1970 blue pamphlet in good condition; some wear and stains to covers, stains on 1st page, good binding, no ink marks inside. US media mail only for shipping.

2000 red hardcover in like new condition; slight wear to covers, no marks inside. US media mail for shipping. For foreign shipping use Biblio Export Center.

2019 blue & photo softcover in like new condition; slight wear to covers, no marks inside. US media mail for shipping. For foreign shipping use Biblio Export Center.The history of dining in Virginia goes back to 1607. Dairy lunches and tearooms dominated the early twentieth-century dining scene. Local favorite Doumar's--famous for inventing the ice cream cone--became the rage at the 1907 Jamestown Exposition, and palatial seaside resorts like the Cavalier attracted patrons to their luxurious dining rooms in the Roaring Twenties. In the 1930s, Bacalis' Hot Dog Place invented the Norfolk Dog, a tradition that's carried on today. Steinhilber's has catered to family nights out for decades, keeping pace as the local food scene has grown and changed. Join local chef and food writer Patrick Evans-Hylton as he recalls the history of Coastal Virginia's restaurants and the personalities that made them unforgettable.

1998 back 3 hole binder in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping.

2013 green spine softcover, ex-library, in very good condition; some wear to covers, some stamps and writing, good binding. US media mail for shipping.
America's second oldest higher education institution experienced the full violence of the Civil War, with a wartime destiny of destruction compounded by its strategic location in Virginia's Tidewater region between Union and Confederate lines. This book describes the fate of the College and also explores in-depth the war service of the College's students, faculty, and alumni, ranging from little-known individuals to historically prominent figures such as Winfield Scott, John Tyler, and John J. Crittenden. The College's many contributions to the Civil War and its role in shaping pre- and post-war higher education in the South are fully revealed.

1995 brown softcover in good condition; some wear, tear and clear taping of covers, good binding, no marks inside. This is a collection of essays from proceedings of a March 1992 Conference. US media mail only for shipping.