New York: M. Evans and Company, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 7 x 9, 372 pgs, bibliography, b&w photos. All about the boldest, most sophisticated and most wildly imaginative criminals of the past 200 years. More
New York: Knopf, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 361 pgs, index. The authentic saga of the 49ers who trekked to California to get rich quick; a few did, but most didn't. Tales of their adventures, ordeals, courage, greed, ingenuity, delusions, bonanzas and borascas. The long-suffering miners; men..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 324 pgs, index, notes, b&w photos.The unforgettable story of America's worst inferno and Teddy Roosevelt's triumphant struggle to save the American West. More
Canada: Fergie's Follies, 2007. Trade Paperback. 6 x 9, 208 pgs, color photos, b&w illustrations. Stories from a decade of cowboying on British Columbia's Douglas Lake Ranch. More
Bridgeline Press, 2000. First edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 178 pgs. A Dallas veterinarian chronicles an ongoing 20 year career by reliving his adventures with an inimitable array of pet owners and their beloved animal companions. Signed by the author. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 310 pgs, index, notes, section of b&w photos. Delivers the spellbinding story of the downed Allied airmen who masterminded the remarkably courageous--and ingenious--breakout from Germany's most devilish POW camp In the winter trenches and flak-filled skies of World War I...... More
Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1998. Second printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 260 pgs, b&w historical photos, index, bibliography. Traces the history of bronc riding, and its evolution into a sport from the early days of the American West to the current pro-rodeo circuit. More
London: Bloomsbury, 2002. Second printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 372 pgs, index, b&w and a section of color photos. On 20th August, 1860, The Victorian Exploring Expedition left Melbourne to make the journey into the Gulf of Carpentaria in the northern coast. The expedition was headed by an Irish policeman..... More
Bowman, ND: Published/Printed by the author, 2010. Third printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 223 pgs. Reminiscences by the 'father' of Penfield Auctions of his growing up in Lemmon, South Dakota. More
La Veta, CO: Range Writer, 2006. First edition. Trade Paperback. 6 x 9, 133 pgs. Great stories, some cowboy poetry and nice illustrations Signed by the author and the illustrator. More
Canada: Folklore Publishing, 2004. Trade Paperback. 5 x 8, 206 pgs, b&w photos. The prohibition laws of the U.S. in the 1920s led to lucrative dealings between business-savvy Canadians and their mobster connections below the 49th parallel. Herein are their stories! More
Canada: Altitude Publishing, 2004. First edition. Trade Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 127 pgs, b&w historial photos. Throughout history some people have pushed the limit of what is acceptable to society. Those featured in this book lived in an era when smuggling was rife, liquor was plentiful, and murder..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 329 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w historical photos. An account of the creation of the trail between Texas and New Mexico in 1841. The expedition came to a tragic end, a victim of mismanagement, starvation, thirst, Kiowa hostility..... More
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1982. Paperback. 5 x 8, 319 pgs, index. This includes selections from her original "Old Jules" plus many newer writings on the homestead days in the Nebraska Sandhills. More
Kansas City, MO: Lowell Press, 1978. First edition, third printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 301 pgs, section of b&w photos. Cherished memories of rugged, honest living in the clean air and mountainous rangeland near Big Timber, Montana by a natural born storyteller and "real" rancher. More
New York: St Martin's Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 652 pgs, index, notes, bibliography, sections of b&w historical photos. Founded in 1893, the 101 Ranch in Oklahoma embodied the spirit of the frontier for the entire nation. The ranch's troupe of cowboys and cowgirls performed before packed..... More
New York: Knopf, 1968. Fourth printing. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 247 pgs, fold out map. The story of the first trip afoot through the depths of the Grand Canyon by this famous "walking" author. Ex-library with the usual markings. Includes fold out map at back of book. More
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1972. Later printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 256 pgs. The author and two other cowhands trekked across northern British Columbia, between the Rockies & the Pacific Ocean during the nineteen-thirties, hewed a cabin from virgin timber, and stayed to found the Frontier Cattle Company..... More
New York: Dell Publishing, 1995. First, thus. Paperback. 4 x 7, 326 pgs, b&w illustrations and maps. Fourteen months in the Arctic, at once a portrait of courage and a heart-pounding adventure story, this portrays a family's extraordinary journey into America's last frontier. More
New York: Dial Press, 1971. Hardcover. 9 x 10 1/2, 198 pgs, b&w photos throughout. Introduction by Barnaby Conrad. An illustrated guide to the history, practice and art of the corrida, by a premier american matador. More
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2001. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 200 pgs, b&w historical photos. The story of a little known southwest New Mexico deputy sheriff; no Hollywood hero, but extremely competent and supremely dangerous if you had been an outlaw! More
Dayton, TX: Saddlerock Corporation, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9, 159 pgs, b&w photos, decorated endsheets. Covers breed characteristics, how the breed developed, buying, owning and training a quarter horse, reining and other performance events, the halter show, racing, bulldogging and more. Ex-library. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. First printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 237 pgs, illustrated. From interviews with dozens of cowhands and a fall and spring with a crew of cowboys in the mountains of West Texas, a dramatic account of the roundup season. More
New York: Dell Publishing, 1988. First, thus. Paperback. 4 x 7, 290 pgs, b&w illustrations and maps. The story of a couple who spend four years homesteading in the Brooks Range in Alaska, how they hunted for food and made what they needed to survive their Great Adventure. More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1957. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 301 pgs, b&w photos, foreword by A. Starker Leopold. The Arctic in all seasons, caribou and their environment. More