This fascinating, detailed book provides a sweeping survey of the hats produced by the company whose name is synonymous with cowboys and the Wild West. Surprisingly, though, the John B. Stetson Company was based in Philadelphia and produced all manner of headwear. Over 500 illustrations display neve[...]
More than forty years ago, John Snyder, author, photographer and aspiring movie maker, with his wife, a Canadian history professor, and an Ethiopian translator set off across 535 kilometers (332 miles) of remote Ethiopia to retrace the route taken by Emperor Tewodros to confront the British Army in [...]
Touching on family, forgiveness, sport, and making peace with tragedy, this narrative captures the lives of two unlikely friends from very different backgrounds. Dan Snyder was not a sure thing in professional hockey but defied expectations by playing for both the minor league's Chicago Wolves and t[...]
Trails of Yesterday, first published in 1921, is ranked with the best firsthand accounts of ranching on the northern Great Plains in the 1870s and 1880s. This classic of cow-country literature is rich in authentic frontier history. Born in England in 1842, John Bratt came to America when he was twen[...]
As long as there have been maps, cartographers have grappled with the impossibility of portraying the earth in two dimensions. To solve this problem mapmakers have created hundreds of map projections, mathematical methods for drawing the round earth on a flat surface. Yet of the hundreds of existing[...]
With the advance of science and technology, there have been breakthroughs in the field of classical research and methods of map projection. Among these, computer science and space science have had the greater influence upon the field of research and the formation of a working body of map projection,[...]
A new weekly Batman series that examines the relationship between the heroes, villains, and citizens of Gotham City! In the wake of Forever Evil, the world looks at heroes in a different light, creating tension between Batman and his allies and the Gotham City Police Department. When a gang war brea[...]
Not only is Stevenson's novel the inspiration for "The Incredible Hulk", but Alan Moore, writer/creator of the best-selling "Watchmen" graphic novel, enlisted Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in his original graphic novel series, "The League of Extraordinary Gentleman", thus making this CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED [...]