RIO GRANDE.
New York: Tudor Publishing, 1945. Tudor Edition. Hardcover. 15 1/2 x 8 1/2, 304 pgs, b&w historical photos. Famous New Mexico book, portrays the region both historically and as it was in the 30s. Ex-library with the usual markings. More
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CLUES TO AMERICA'S PAST.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1976. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 199 pgs, index, color photos/illustrations. Examines archaeological finds in the puzzle of America's beginnings, from Indian relics in caves to 17th century ship wrecks to Civil War battlefield inspections. Lots of great information and photos. More
WHITEWATER.
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1976. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. 4 x 7, 320 pgs. Horgan's thirteenth novel set in the American Southwest at mid-century. More
SONGS OF THE FLUTEPLAYER.; Seasons of Life in the Southwest.
New York: Addison Wesley, 1993. Second printing. Paperback. 5 x 8, 160 pgs. Sensitive, perceptive essays on current life and conflict in rural southwest New Mexico, with chapters on illegal aliens, range wars, the Gila Wilderness, and irrigation farming. Fine writing and an award-winning book. More
THE AMERICAN FRONTIER.; A Social and Literary Record.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1965. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 452 pgs. A collection of essays on the development and westward movement of America by greats like Henry David Thoreau, Walter Prescott Webb, J. Ross Browne, Walt Whitman, Wallace Stegner and many more. Ex-library with the usual markings. More
THE DUDE RANGER.
New York: Walter J. Black, 1959. Reprint. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 240 pgs. Another great cowboy western from this prolific western writer. More
THE RHODES READER; Stories of Virgins, Villains, and Varmints
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1960. Second printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 316 pgs. Fifteen of the best stories of Eugene Manlove Rhodes, before this, only published in magazines. A classic! Ex-library with the usual markings. More
HIGH COUNTRY EMPIRE.; The High Plains and Rockies.
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1967. Second edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 358 pgs, two sections of b&w photos. An indepth history of this part of the country. More
M16A2 RIFLE MANUAL.
Lone Star Publications. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 191 pgs, b&w illustrations. Organizational and intermediate maintenance information. More
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 320 pgs, index, b&w historical photos. Tells the dramatic story of the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly. More
GREAT SAUSAGE RECIPES AND MEAT CURING.
Buffalo, NY: The Sausage Maker, 2007. Third revised. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 552 pgs, b&w photos. The classic on sausage making. More
HOW TO SPLIT WOOD, SHUCK AN OYSTER, AND MASTER OTHER SIMPLE PLEASURES.; The Kaufmann Mercantile Guide
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2015. Reprint. Hardcover. 7 x 9, 223 pgs, b&w and color illustrations. A trusty companion for the slow and thoughtful home and the inner utilitarian in us all. More
LEGENDS & LIES; The Real West
New York: Henry Holt, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. 7 1/2 x 9, 294 pgs, color photos and illustraitons, mapped endsheets. Daniel Boone, David Crockett, Kit Carson, Black Bart, Wild Bill Hickok, Bass Reeves, George Custer, Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley, Jesse James, Doc Holliday, Billy the Kid and Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch. More
TO HELL ON A FAST HORSE; Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West.
New York: William Morrow, 2009. First edition. Paperback. 5 x 8, 325 pgs, index, notes, b&w historical photos. A dual biography of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett cuts through the myth to tell the real story of two real figures in the Wild West. More
FROM THUNDER TO BREAKFAST.
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1978. Second revised. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 187 pgs, b&w photos. In the early summer of 1914, when he was 11, Hube Yates' minister father moved his family by covered wagon from Guthrie, Oklahoma to Phoenix, Arizona. Interesting autobiography - he once heard Will... More
SIN KILLER.
New York: Simon & Schuster/Pocket, 2003. Mass Market Paperback. 4 x 7, 343 pgs. The first novel in a four-volume work about the Berrybender family, English aristocrats who come to American in 1830 and head west to build an American empire. More
VOYAGE TO THE GRAND BANKS; The Saga of Captain Arch Thornhill
Newfoundland: Creative Publishers, 1998. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 351 pgs, b&w photos. Through Thornhill's story is the history of Newfoundland deep sea fishing. More
THE GOOD RAIN; Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest
New York: Vintage Books, 1990. Later printing. Paperback. 5 x 8, 254 pgs. Egan describes his journeys in the Pacific Northwest through visits to salmon fisheries, redwood forests and the manicured English gardens of Vancouver. Here is a blend of history, anthropology and politics. More
TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY.; In Search of America.
New York: Viking Press, 1962. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 246 pgs, decorated endsheets. Steinbeck's classic travelogue of rediscovery across America with his French poodle named Charley. More
AS I WAS SAYING; Texas Humor and Human Interest
San Antonio, TX: Naylor, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 145 pgs, b&w illustrations. Wit and humor from the Lone Star State's favorite columnist. More
"LONE WOLF" GONZAULLAS, TEXAS RANGER.
Austin, TX: Shoal Creek Publishers, Inc., 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 224 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w historical photos. Gonzaullas's career, firsdt as a major in the Mexican Army and then as an agent of the U.S. Treasury Department, before he joined the Rangers in 1920. More
WRITTEN IN BLOOD; The History of Fort Worth's Fallen Lawmen, Volume 1 - 1861-1909
Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 2010. Paperback. 6 x 9, 375 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w historical photos. Tells the stories of thirteen Fort Worth law officers who died in the line of duty between 1861 and 1909. Some damp wrinkling. More
YONDERINGS; Trails and Memories of the Big Bend
Ft. Worth: Texas Christuan University Press, 2017. Paperback. 6 x 9, 223 pgs, b&w photos. Six generations of the author's family have called the Big Bend area "home." With his family headquartered at the old Lajitas Trading Post, he worked and lived on ranches and places now little more than... More
ICE GHOSTS; The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition
New York: Norton, 2017. 6 x 9, 384 pgs, index, notes, section of color photos. Weaves together the epic story of the Lost Franklin Expedition of 1845-whose two ships and crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice-with the tale of the incredible discovery of the flagship's wreck in 2014. More
DODGE CITY; Queen of the Cowtowns
London: Peter Nevill Ltd., 1955. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 285 pgs. "Here is the colourful truth (much of it never published before) about that rip-roaring cowboy capital, Dodge City.notorious as the wickedest little city in America." Stained cloth cover. More