RAW FUR HANDLING; At Its Best.
Sterling, OH: Published/Printed by the author, no date. Seventh Printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 75 pgs, b&w photos. All you need to know to skin and handle fur. More
New Arrivals
GRAVEYARDS OF THE WILD WEST: NEW MEXICO.
Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2020. First edition. Paperback. 6 1/2 x 9, 128 pgs, bibliography, color photos. Through the historic cemeteries of New Mexico, learn about the people whose spirit of adventure led them to live and die in an idyllic and untamed territory. More
FRONTIER FORTS AND OUTPOSTS OF NEW MEXICO.
Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2019. Paperback. 6 x 9, 159 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w photos. Includes descriptions of little-known yet highly important Civil War battles, the tragedies of the Navajo and Mescalero Apache internments, and other dramatic frontier stories. More
A HISTORY OF HUNTING IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS; A Century of Sport and Survival in the Great Smoky Mountains
Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2008. First printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 128 pgs, b&w photos. Man versus beast. It is an age-old struggle, and one that has ensued within the rugged terrain of the Great Smoky Mountains since humans first encountered the region centuries ago. Herein is a glimpse..... More
LEGENDARY HUNTERS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS; A Century of Sport and Survival in the Great Smoky Mountains
Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2009. First printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 160 pgs, b&w photos. From the heyday of the Cherokee Nation and on through the twentieth century, the Great Smoky Mountains have nurtured some of the most celebrated hunters in American history. Predicting changes in weather and almost..... More
PLOTT HOUND TALES; Legendary People & lace behind the Breed
Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2017. First printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 192 pgs, b&w photos. The Plott hound has reached worldwide fame through the contributions of many colorful characters from the Southern Appalachians. Quill Rose—a legendary local outlaw, moonshiner, gunfighter and more—helped cultivate the bloodline for bear hunting. Revered..... More
GRANT AND LEE; A Study in Personality and Generalship
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1982. Second editionA compelling study not only of two remarkable men but also of the nature of leadership and command in wartime. Author regarded Grant as the greatest general of his ag and one of the great strategists of any age. Includes an Index. Paperback..... More
BRAVE AND OTHER STORIES.
Carlotta, CA: Published/Printed by Vera Orton Matthes, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 339 pgs, b&w photos. Classic stories of hunting with hounds. Hard to find. More
VIOLENCE WAS NO STRANGER; A Guide to the Grave Sites of Famous Westerners.
Stillwater, OK: Barbed Wire Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 341 pgs, index, b&w photos. The auhtor has compiled a guide to the lives and grave sites of over 1000 famous and infamous people of the American West including Jesse James, Thomas hart Benton, the Sundance..... More
RED YESTERDAYS.
Wichita Falls, TX: Nortex Press, 1977. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 298 pgs, b&w historical photos. A series of essays/stories on some of the "lesser touted participants to extol the vast drama of the rise of Indian Territory": Bill Pickett, Princess Wenona, Billy McGinty, Kate Barnard, "The Ravaging Bucks" & many..... More
A VAQUERO OF THE BRUSH COUNTRY.
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1943. New Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 302 pgs, mapped endsheets, b&w illustrations by Justin Gruelle, and historical photos. Dobie's first book. Based on the reminiscences of cowboy John Young. Binding cracked at back of book. More
BOSS COWMAN: THE RECOLLECTIONS OF ED LEMMON 1857-1946.
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 321 pgs, index, b&w maps. Ed Lemmon managed the largest fenced pasture in the world (865,000 acres), bossed the single biggest roundup in history, held the record for the largest number of cattle (900) cut out, roped..... More
COW PEOPLE.
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1987. Later printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 305 pgs, index, b&w photos. Dobie's wonderful collection of essays on people he knew and lived among on ranches in the brush country of Southwest Texas. More
COW COUNTRY.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1973. Third printing. Paperback. 4 1/2 x 7 1/2, 258 pgs, illustrations. A story of the West during the decades between the Civil War and the fencing of the free range in the late 1880's - the true cowboy and the great day of..... More
NO LIFE FOR A LADY.
Norman, OK: University of Nebraska Press, 1977. Later printing. Trade Paperback. 5 x 8, 356 pgs, b&w illustrations. Very readable, humorous and insightful classic of ranch life in New Mexico, 1880's to 1930's, including grizzly hunts with Montague Stevens and insights on the homestead period in Catron County. More
MARSHAL OF THE LAST FRONTIER.; Life & services of William Matthew (Bill) Tilghman for 50 years one of the greatest peace officers in the West.
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1964. Revised. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 390 pgs, index, b&w photos. From Bill Tilghman's note-books and memoirs and the widow's memories, the story of this great peace officer of the West. Hard. Good. More
40 YEARS' GATHERIN'S.
Kansas City, MO: Lowell Press, 1984. First edition. 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
MY SIXTY YEARS ON THE PLAINS.
New York: Time-Life Books, 1982. Hardcover. "Classics of the Old West", originally published in 1905 6 x 8 1/2, 244 pgs, decorated endpapers, gilt edged pages, tooled leather boards. The author's lifetime as a trapper, the work, relations with Indians, the occupations of plainsmen and mountain men when trapping failed..... More
MY GIRLHOOD AMONG OUTLAWS.
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1978. Second printing. Trade Paperback. 6 x 9, 336 pgs. Reminiscences and diary entries of this tough Wild West woman who lived side by side with outlaws and Indians in New Mexico in the late 1800s. More
DOC HOLLIDAY.; A Family Portrait.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 338 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations, foreword by Robert K. DeArment. Uses family documents, reminiscences, and other primary sources to tell the true story of Doc's friendship with the Earp brothers and his run-ins with..... More
WHEN RACCOONS FALL THROUGH YOUR CEILING; The Handbook for Coexisting with Wildlife
Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 173 pgs, index, bibliography. Exposes the wide variety of situations that occur when human and non-human worlds clash. More
FROZEN IN TIME.
New York: Harper Collins, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 391 pgs, index, b&w photos. An epic story of survival and a modern quest for lost heroes of World War II. More
SAHARA; A Natural History
New York: Walker & Company, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 326 pgs, index, bibliography, notes, b&w photos. Describes the Sahara desert in all its remarkable complexity. Ex-library with the usual markings. More
GOLDEN TREASURES OF THE SAN JUAN.
Athens, OH: Swallow/Sage, 1983. Reprint. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 236 pgs, b&w photos. Fabulous stories of lost mines, bullion, and valuable prospects of the San Juan mountains. More
WHISPERING SANDS; Stories of Gold Fever and the Western Desert
New York: William Morrow, 1981. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 323 pgs. A collection of 'rip-roaring western stories' culled from the pages of ARGOSY magazine in the 1930's. Previous owner's name on inside front fly. More