New York: Knopf, 1995. Twenty-first Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 306 pgs. Thirteen stories full of rope burns and brush scratches wherein the author tells of the days he gathered cattle "range delivery" in 1930s Texas. Ex-library with minimal markings. More about WILD COW TALES
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1949. First edition, fifth printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 386 pgs, b&w illustrations by Olaus J. Murie. In typical Dobie style, the coyote both as he is biologically and as he exists in human imagination - as he is in life, in literature... More about THE VOICE OF THE COYOTE
Nacogdoches, TX: Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2013. Paperback. 6 x 9, 235 pgs, index, notes, b&w historical photos. Traces the lives of these Amarillo pioneers when the population of that city was just two hundred. The story begins in Salado, Texas, and Horn Lake, Mississippi where they spent... More about CIVILIZING THE TEXAS FRONTIER; The Love Story of Mr. and Mrs. James Lowry Smith
Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, 1993. Later printing. Paperback. Originally published in 1859. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 256 pgs, b&w illustrations. A facsimile reproduction of a neat old book for overland expeditions by the pioneers. More about THE PRAIRIE TRAVELER
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 290 pgs, biblio, illustrated. The author traveled from Wyoming to Florida for eighteen months and put together this story of ranch life, ranch women and the problems and pleasures of ranch life. Ex-library, rebound, with usual markings. More about HELL ON HORSES AND WOMEN
New York: Julian Messner, 1954. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 192 pgs, index, b&w illustrations. A "colorful, action-packed story of a real cowboy". A neat old childrens' book. More about GENE RHODES, COWBOY
New York: Outdoor Life Books, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 246 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. To know how the West was really won, start with the exploits of these unsung buckskin heroes, surviving on fish and game, fighting or trading with the Native Americans, and forever heading... More about THE MOUNTAIN MEN
Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1978. Second printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 258 pgs. Winner of the Golden Spur Award for fiction for 1978. Orphaned in old Mexico and a runaway to the cattle trails of the turn of the century American Southwest, Ignacio Ortiz comes of... More about RIDERS TO CIBOLA; A Novel
New York: Bramhall House, 1952. Later printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 376 pgs, illustrated by Charles Banks Wilson. The story of the wild horse in America, it's domestication as a Spanish horse, Indian horse, and ranch horse. Many think this is Dobie's best book. Rebound. More about THE MUSTANGS
Tuscarora, NV: Give-It-A-Go Enterprises, 2013. Twenty-first Printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 151 pgs. Horse training from an expert. More about TRUE UNITY; Willing Communication Between Horse and Human
New York: Knopf, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 255 pgs, b&w illustrations. Some consider this to be the best of Doc Green's books. In his inimitible style ol' Ben tells us how he won and lost as a 1930s horse trader. More about SOME MORE HORSE TRADIN'
New York: Knopf, 1974. Thirteenth printing. Hardcover. 6 x 8 1/2, 304 pgs, b&w illustrations by Lorence Bjorklund. The author's recollections of his early years as a horse trader. Witty and humorous, great reading. More about HORSE TRADIN'
New York: Harper & Row. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 209 pgs. Another of Hillerman's famous mysteries set on an Anasazi Indian Reservation in the four corners area. More about A THIEF OF TIME
Athens, OH: Swallow Press/Ohio University, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 237 pgs. Essays about subjects like: silence, water, air, the Earth as living entity, Hopi spirits, sacred mountains, the world as cosmos, not chaos. More about MOUNTAIN DIALOGUES
National Kitchen Modernizing Bureau, 1957. Edison Electric Institute. Paperback. 6 x 9, b&w and color photos. Neat old book from the days when electric ranges and appliances were just becoming available. Lots of great old recipes. More about MEALS GO MODERN ELECTRICALLY
Milwaukee, WI: Ideals Publications, 1978. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 64 pgs, index, color photos, b&w illustrations. Besides recipes, includes entertaining hints, holiday perty ideas, themes for parties and much more. More about HAVE A GOURMET CHRISTMAS!
Pownal, VT: Garden Way Publishing, 1982. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 32 pgs, b&w illustrations. All of the how-tos and lots of great recipes. More about COOKING WITH DRIED BEANS
Greensboro, NC: Potpourri Press, 1969. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 48 pgs, b&w photos. Good old-fashioned recipes for canapes, appetizers and hors d'oeuvres. More about QUICK CANAPES
New York: Bantam Books, 1975. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. 4 x 7, 288 pgs, b&w photos. 262 tested slow-cooker recipes and an exclusive consumer guide for all of the major crock pot manufacturers. More about CROCKERY COOKERY
California. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 16 pgs, illustrated. History, selection, benefits, storage, and, of course, great recipes! More about ALMOST ALL ABOUT CHICKEN
Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 2003. Reprint. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 310 pgs. Also includes a Prevention Guide: The South Beach Diet Super Charged. More about THE SOUTH BEACH DIET; The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight...
New York: Times Books/The New York Times, 1981. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 296 pgs, index, introduction by Craig Claiborne. More gourmet recipes and menus that reach absolute perfection in a matter of minutes. Now includes desserts. More about MORE 60-MINUTE GOURMET
New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1979. Later printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 339 pgs, b&w illustrations, index, introduction by Craig Claiborne. Gourmet recipes and menus that reach absolute perfection in a matter of minutes. More about 60-MINUTE GOURMET
New York: Countryman Press/Norton, 2017. Reprint. Paperback. 7 x 9, 192 pgs, color photos. FODMAPs are difficult-to-digest carbohydrates that cause stomach distress. These recipes include more than 100 newly-approved foods. More about HEALTHY GUT, FLAT STOMACH; The Fast and Easy Low-FODMAP Diet Plan
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1953. Later printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 1013 pgs. A nice edition of this American household classic. Clean and nice inside and out. More about JOY OF COOKING