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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MEXICAN ART AND THE ACADEMY OF SAN CARLOS 1785-1915.
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1962. Hardcover. 6 x 9, index, b&w photos and illustrations. Was the Royal Academy of San Carlos, founded in 1785 by the King of Spain, beneficial or detrimental to the development of a valid, living art in Mexico? The answer lies in the archives..... More
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE - VOLUME II; From the Earliest Settlements to the Year 1907
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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
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