GOODBYE MOUNTAIN MAN!.
New Castle, PA: Privately Printed, 1989. Fourth edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 112 pgs, b&w photos. A look at great mountain men of yesterday, their crafts and ways of life. Full of fun and woods-lore. More
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TRAVEL GUIDE TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Menlo Park, CA: Lane Publishing, 1974. Paperback. 8 x 11, 160 pgs, b&w photos and maps. Somewhat dated but still a nice introduction and guide to Southern California. More
HIDDEN TREASURES OF THE BLACK RANGE; The Real Story of the Lost Adams Diggings
Colorado CIty, CO: Frontier Shadows, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. 9 x 12, 268 pgs, leather bound, color photos throughout. The evidence laid out herein clearly shows that the Lost Adams Diggings are located in the Black Range and not in any of the other places that some who have searched..... More
THROUGH INDIAN EYES.; The Untold Story of Native American Peoples.
Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Assn, 1995. Hardcover. Pleasantville, NY, 1995. 9 1/2 x 12, 400 pgs, b&w and mostly color illustrations and photos throughout. A fascinating look at our common history as the first Americans experienced it, "facing east" More
THE URBAN TREASURE HUNTER; A Practical Handbook for Beginners
Garden City Park, NY: Square One Publishers, 2005. Third printing. Paperback. 7 1/2 x 9, 230 pgs, index, sepia and white photos and illustrations. Every city possesses countless hidden treasures waiting to be discovered--ancient artifacts, valuable jewelry, and vintage coins, as well as hundreds of other highly sought-after collectibles. Here..... More
STATEHOOD OF AFFAIRS.
Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, Inc., 2011. First edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 442 pgs. A new novel, imagines a compelling alternative history when New Mexico was at the center of an international conspiracy that threatened statehood. The unjust commitment of a woman to an insane asylum reveals a plot..... More
MOGOLLON MOUNTAIN MAN NAT STRAW; Grizzly Hunter and Trapper.
Tucson, AZ: Sanpete Publications, 2003. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 229 pgs, index, b&w historical photos, foreword by Marc Simmons. The life story of Robert Nelson "Nat" Straw, legendary Gila mountain man and grizzly bear and mountain lion hunter. More
THE BEN LILLY LEGEND.
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2004. Reprint. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 237 pgs. The biography of the famous hunter, houndman, & mountain man. Details Mr. Lilly's life from homesteader/hunter days in the deep South to his lion & bear hunting days in the West. This reprint has..... More
HOMESTEADING THE PLAINS; Toward a New History
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 253 pgs, index, bibliography, charts and photos. Offers a bold new look at the history of homesteading, overturning what for decades has been the orthodox scholarly view. The authors begin by noting the striking disparity between the..... More
I'D RATHER BE RABBIT HUNTING.
Smithfield, PA: LinDavid Productions, 1997. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 218 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Stories of rabbit hunting with beagles on islands in Michigan, as well as cottontail thickets in New York, Ohio, West Virginia and around the author’s home in Pennsylvania. More
THE FISH'S EYE.; Essays About Angling and the Outdoors.
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2002. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 163 pgs. Seventeen essays of the author's lifelong passion for fishing, fish, and the aquatic world. More
DURANGO; The End Of The Trail
Santa Fe, NM: Sleeping Fox Enterprises, 1975. Paperback. 6 x 9, 123 pgs, b&w historical photos. Author recalls his life in southern Colorado, in Mexico along the Arizona border, finally in Durango Colorado. More
EYES OF FIRE.; Encounter with A Borderlands Jaguar.
El Paso, TX: Printing Corner Press, 1996. Later printing. Paperback. 10 x 8, 28 pgs, 10 full page color plates. The story of the author/rancher's sighting of a jaguar during a hunting trip in the Peloncillo Mountains along the Southern Arizona/New Mexico border in 1996. Includes the pictures he took..... More
HOW TO DO YOUR OWN PAINTING AND WALLPAPERING.
New York: Popular Science/Times Mirror, 1976. Reprint. Paperback. 6 x 9, 170 pgs, index, b&w photos. All sorts of information on painting and wallpapering, including finishing floors. More
THE GREAT TAOS BANK ROBBERY.; and Other Indian Country Affairs.
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1990. Reprint. Paperback. 5 x 8, 147 pgs, b&w illustrations. A collection of essays about life in New Mexico; factual stories in fictional guise. Fun reading! More
HUNTER'S TRACKS.
Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1999. Later printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 240 pgs, section of b&w photos. The author's experiences as a master hunter in Africa - elephants, leopards, crocodiles and much more reflected with warmth and good-tempered philosophy. More
MOJAVE CROSSING.
New York: Bantam Books, 1981. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 132 pgs, padded leather with gold stamps. Nice collector edition of L'Amour classic western. More
THE DESTRUCTION OF LOWER MAHATTAN.
New York: Macmillan, 1969. First printing. Hardcover. 9 1/2 x 11, 76 pgs, b&w photos throughout. The author's personal documentary of the destruction of Manhattan's oldest and most historic neighborhood. Although photographed in New York, this wholesale elimination of nineteenth-century neighborhoods was going on in many cities across the country..... More
THIS IS SILVER CITY.; Volume III
Silver City, NM: The Silver City Enterprise, 1965. First edition. Paperback. 8 x 11, 120 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Stories and news items printed word for word as they appeared in the newspapers covering the years 1888, 1889 and 1890. Lots of great stories! Signed by the editor. More
SCENIC DRIVING NEW MEXICO.
Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot, 2011. Third edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 200 pgs, index, b&w photos. With over 30 carefully selected scenic drives, this book offers myriad ways to explore the Land of Enchantment. Pass through the foothills of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains, stop in the ghost town of..... More
OLD MOSE - KING OF THE GRIZZLIES.
Monte Vista, CO: Adobe Village Press, 2002. Paperback. 6 x 9, 106 pgs, historical photos. Tells the story of a renegade grizzly that killed at least one man & a lot of livestock and eluded capture for two decades in central Colorado around 1900 until houndman James Anthony ran him..... More
STRIKE & STAY; The Story of the Plott Hound
Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2009. Second edition. Paperback. 7 x 10, 190 pgs, b&w photos. The Plott bear hound's story began in 1750, when Johannes Plott left Germany for the North Carolina Mountains. A classic American tale of adventurers and underdogs, this true story is one that author Bob..... More
SNAFU; Great American Military Disasters
New York: Avon, 1993. Paperback. 5 x 8, 295 pgs. Fascinating, frightening and amazing by turns, details the military blunders and costly errors of Americans in battle from the 1700s to the Persian Gulf War. A sobering look at 18 famous battles and reveals what went sadly awry. More
ON THIN ICE; Breakdowns, Whiteouts, and Survival on the World's Deadliest Roads
New York: Hyperion, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 235 pgs. Experiences of Arctic truck driver. More
SIGNAL TO DEPART.
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 214 pgs, illustrated. Novel. Caught between a lost culture & a modern time, a lover of rare books & ancient art believes he can turn progress on its head. Compelling narrative, reveals what's really happening out West. Signed..... More