Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1974. First printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 325 pgs, index, notes, bibliography, b&w historical photos. The spectacular rise and fall of William Cornell Greene: copper king, cattle baron and promoter extraordinaire in Mexico, the American Southwest and the New York financial district. More
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2014. Reprint. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 545 pgs, b&w historical photos. First published in 1894, a biography of this famous "Chief of Scouts" More
Tucson, AZ: Oracle Press, 1994. Second edition. Paperback. 5 x 8, 252 pgs, many b&w photos, introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch. A woman's life with four sons, a hundred animals and the brilliant desert of the American southwest. They lived near Tucson, the author's husband was the Director of the..... More
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1994. First, thus. Paperback. 6 x 9, 345 pgs, index. Describes the traders, trappers and explorer, often focusing on the junction of the Verdigris, Grand and Arkansas Rivers (Three Forks), a trading and military center. More
Guilford, CT: Falcon Publishing, 2010. Paperback. 6 x 9, 245 pgs. The story behind the scenery of the nation's crown jewels-Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Great Smokies, Denali. In these iconic landscapes, where nature and humanity constantly collide, scenery can be as cruel as it is redemptive. More
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1993. Later printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 277 pgs, illustrations by Ross Santee. The author's story of her first years on an Arizona ranch combining the romance of a Midwestern girl gone to the wide open Southwest with the hard, clear realism of ranching..... More
Austin, TX: State House Press, 1987. Trade Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 258 pgs, b&w historical photos. Facsimile reproduction of the 1927 original edition, tells the story of the Great Plains frontier. More
Hillsboro, NM: 2019. Paperback. 6 x 9, 215 pgs, b&w historical photos. Arriving in the silver mining boomtown of Kingston in 1886, Sadie Jane Creech Orchard is arguably the most colorful woman in New Mexico history. Sadie opened brothels, worked as a prostitute, built and operated hotels, restaurants, and co-owned..... More
Published/Printed by the author, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 166 pgs, b&w photos. Mar Yum Eh, a thirteen-year-old Chinese boy came to the United States in 1875 with only the clothes on his back and the intense desire to work. He worked on farms and ranches before joining..... More
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 191 pgs, sections of b&w historical photos. Author's experiences as the wife of a medical officer for two years on Baffin Island. Signed by the author. More
Canada: Key Porter Books, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 256 pgs, b&w photos. The author's childhood memoir, a "tale of a mischievous, immensely gifted young naturalist, recounted with the wisdom and vintage humor of the grown-up Mowat" More
Renton, WA: Lone Pine Publishing, 2001. First printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 240 pgs, b&w historical photos. In the Old West, the law was fragile, the men were armed, tempers were short and socializing took place over shots of rotgut whiskey on a card table in a saloon..... More
British Columbia: Heritage House, 1996. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 256 pgs, index, lots of b&w historical photos, notes, bibliography. Biography of a Pioneer of the Canadian West; soldier, prospector, constable, buffalo hunter, mailman, conservationist. More
British Columbia: TouchWood Editions, 2005. First, thus. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 277 pgs, b&w historical photos. An adventure story of a family struggling on Canada's western frontier - the Cariboo region of British Columbia. Some damp staining and wrinkling on some pages. More
Canada: JBS Publishing, 2005. Third printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 196 pgs. "An airplane crash. A scalping. A threatened suicide. A flipped truck. An aircraft chase. Bear attack. Belligerent hunters. Crazy poachers.". Signed by the author. More
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1991. First, thus. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 278 pgs, illus/photos. The author and her husband spent a year in a homebuilt cabin in the remote Brooks Range of Alaska in an attempt to know the lifestyle of the Eskimos. They kept it primitive, hunted..... More
Canada: Megamy Publishing, 2001. Second printing. Paperback. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4, 226 pgs. Memoirs of a Canadian Mountie in the mid-20th century. More
New York: Pantheon, 1996. Fourth printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 302 pgs, b&w photos, mapped endsheets. Nicely described narrative of a trek across the Sahara. More
Northwest Territories: Outcrop, Ltd., 1984. Third printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 231 pgs, section of b&w photos. Story of the Great Bear mining Rush of the early 1930's - the discovery of pitchblende near Great Bear Lake in Canada's Northwest Territories. More
New York: Hyperion, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 235 pgs. Experiences of Arctic truck driver. More
Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2007. Fourth printing. Paperback. 5 x 8, 246 pgs, section of color photos. Peter Allison works as a safari guide in the Okavango Delta. In this oasis of wetland in the middle of the Kalahari desert, he caters to the whims of his wealthy clients. This..... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2007. Ninth Printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 299 pgs, b&w photos. The author's frank and colorful account of his long career as a Texas Ranger. Signed by the author. More
Nanaimo, BC: Cinnabar Press, 1984. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 207 pgs, b&w photos. The author's experiences in British Columbia from the early 1920s through the 60s, lion hunting. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 224 pgs, b&w illustrations. The true story of a man who turns his back on civilization and stakes a claim in the Canadian Rockies, a modern pioneer. More
New York: Putnams, 1982. Later printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 319 pgs, sections of b&w photos and maps. Foreword by The Dalai Lama.The action packed story of a young adventurer's escape from a British internment camp in India during World War II and his dramatic trek thru rugged..... More