Describes the history of Hot Springs, Arkansas. The author plots the trajectory of everything from organized crime to America's fraught racial past, examining how a town synonymous with white gangsters supported a burgeoning black middle class. He reveals how the louche underbelly of the South was also home to veterans hospitals and baseball's spring training grounds, giving rise to everyone from Babe Ruth to President Bill Clinton.

Whether you're seeking a soak in naturally heated mineral water or out for a sightseeing adventure, Touring Colorado Hot Springs guides you to forty-five of the best sites for taking in the beauty of the region. Historian and veteran outdoors author Susan Joy Paul reveals her favorite "hot spots," from primitive pools in the backcountry, like Piedra River Hot Springs to handcrafted bathhouses surround by civilization like Hot Sulphur Springs.

"Christmas is the last thing on Cole Barrett's mind this year. He's barely hanging on trying to care for his two grieving children since his ex-wife died in a tragic accident. For the reclusive Cole, this is no time for gift-giving and celebration--and certainly not for a sunny-natured optimist to blow into his screwed-up life. Physician Devin Shaw has long researched the curative powers of Lake Haven's mineral waters. Unfortunately, the hot springs...