Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 1997. Reprint. Paperback. Reprint of 1928. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 283 pgs. Between 1882 and 1900, French got in on the Apache Wars, a pursuit of Black Jack Ketchum, the siege of Elfego Baca, and he hired Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch to... More about RECOLLECTIONS OF A WESTERN RANCHMAN
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2002. Reprint. Paperback. 6 x 9, 300 pgs, b&w illustrations. Anecdotes and stories about the silver mining country and early frontier (1880s) days in this mountainous area of Southwest New Mexico. A Southwest classic! Cover slightly curled. More about BLACK RANGE TALES
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1980. First, thus. Trade Paperback. 7 x 10, 224 pgs, b&w photos, foreword by Francis E. Abernethy. Stories from the old storytellers of the Big Thicket in southeast Texas. More about BIG THICKET LEGACY
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 1998. Reprint. Paperback. 7 x 9 1/2, 160 pgs, illustrations by Joe Beeler. The story of this famous horse trader's days in the Big Bend country of Texas, Mexico and Arizona in pursuit of wild mustangs. New intro by Elmer Kelton. Cover slightly curled. More about A THOUSAND MILES OF MUSTANGIN'
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2017. Fifth printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 224 pgs, index, b&w photos and illustrations. Ben Lilly left behind enough writings to fill a book - this is it! Includes Ben's hunting diaries, magazine articles, an interview, personal letters, etc. More about BEN LILLY'S TALES OF BEARS, LIONS AND HOUNDS
El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 227 pgs. Both an elegy for lost friends and a biography of New Mexico's beautiful Gila river. Signed by the author. More about A SONG FOR THE RIVER
Tyrone, PA: Behind the Ranges Press, 2018. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 175 pgs. A well-told tale of the many human conflicts of the New West, both philosophical and physical. More about TIGER COUNTRY; A Novel of the Wild Southwest
New York: Knopf, 1992. Nineteenth 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
New York: Castle Books, 2001. Reprint. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 201 pgs. Facsimile reproduction of Dobie's classic on the lore of the rattlesnake world. Black and gilt decoration on brown cloth. More about RATTLESNAKES
San Lorenzo, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 1989. Paperback. 6 x 9, 250 pgs, illus/Fred Barraza. Novel of a modern day mountain man and houndman who is drawn into an illicit plot to stop an unsavory dam scheduled for the last wild river in New Mexico. Compelling narrative from barroom to bedroom... More about HOME IS THE RIVER
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 1987. Third edition. Trade Paperback. 5 1/2 x 9 1/2, 212 pgs, b&w illustrations by Fred Barraza. A 200 mile wilderness journey down the Gila River of New Mexico and Arizona. The author was acompanied by a hound dog and a tom cat! Whitewater thrills, fishing & personal reflections. Signed. More about GILA DESCENDING.; A Southwestern Journey
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 1998. First edition. Trade Paperback. 6 x 9, 160 pgs, b&w photos. The life and times of a small New Mexico bootheel town. More about ADIOS HACHITA
Roswell, NM: Old-Time Publications, 1989. First edition. Paperback. 5 x 8, 81 pgs, b&w historical photos. These stories were told on tape by Carl Hansen, of Tularosa, NM about his ancestors coming & settling in New Mexico, his cowboying days on the Mescalero Reservation & his years as sheriff of Otero County. More about HARROWING ADVENTURES OF AN OLD-TIME COWBOY AND SHERIFF
Roswell, NM: Old-Time Publications, 1986. First edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 280 pgs, index, many b&w historical photos. Many of the author's mother's memoirs of the family's homesteading years and life in and around Roswell, NM and up and down the Pecos & Hondo Valley in the 1920s... More about TALES AND TRAILS ALONG THE RIO
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 1995. First edition. Paperback. High-Lonesome Books, Silver City, NM, 1995. 6 x 9, 214 pgs, illustrated. Caught between a lost culture & a modern time, a lover of rare books & ancient art believes he can turn progress on its head. Compelling narrative, reveals what's really happening out West. More about SIGNAL TO DEPART
Santa Inez, CA: William C. Reynolds/Alamar Media, 2010. Second edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 528 pgs, b&w photos. This is a collection of tales gathered from the vaqueros of the San Joaquin Valley and its surrounding Sierra. More about THESE WERE THE VAQUEROS.; Collected Works of Arnold R. Rojas
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 244 pgs, illustrated. One hundred thousand acres of public land, complete with a year-round trout stream, potential ski resort, and butted up against the burgeoning town of Del Cobre, New Mexico, is something the local boomers and boosters... More about FORTY FREEDOMS; A Novel
Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1997. First printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 180 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w photos. Who was the man behind the legend? Examines Grey's personal life, revealing that the writer was frequently immobilized by depression and insecurity. More about ZANE GREY; Romancing the West
Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing, 2000. Third printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 242 pgs, b&w illustrations by the author. A panorama of the Western ranges as vivid and realistic as the country itself; wind-swept sage brush, wild horses, milling cattle and carefree, hard-riding cowpunchers. More about COW COUNTRY
London: Octopus Books, 1974. Hardcover. 8 x 11, 144 pgs, index, b&w and color photos and illustrations. From the early days of the pioneering cattle drives.to modern style ranching.this book captures the real flavor of cowboy life. More about COWBOYS; The Real Story of Cowboys and Cattlemen
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2007. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 308 pgs, b&w historical photos. Volume I of Lawmen, Outlaws and S.O.Bs. sold out in short order. The characters in Volume II are just as tough, ornery, and contradictory, some wearing badges and going to jail all in... More about LAWMEN, OUTLAWS AND S.O.Bs., Volume II; More Gunfighters of the Old Southwest
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2000. Later printing. Paperback. 5 x 8, 255 pgs, b&w illustrations. Some consider this to be the best of Doc Green's books. In his inimitable style ol' Ben tells us how he won and lost as a 1930s horse trader. More about SOME MORE HORSE TRADIN'
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 176 pgs, b&w Remington illustrations, introduction by J. Frank Dobie. This is the author's classic account of his Western adventures, from hunting in Chihuahua to cavalry expeditions in the Rockies. The Western Frontier Library. More about PONY TRACKS
Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 2001. First, thus. Trade Paperback. 6 x 9, 296 pgs, b&w illustrations. A sterling collection of 15 first person accounts of hard times, notorious events & horrific incidents from the old West. Wyatt Earp's version of the OK Corral, Virginia Reed Murphy's... More about TOUGH TIMES IN ROUGH PLACES.; Personal Narratives of Adventure, Death, and Survival on the...
Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing, 1995. Later printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 224 pgs. A classic collection of eight cowboy stories now available in a new edition for the first time in decades. Will James's talent for capturing the life-style and picturesque vernacular of the American cowboy is showcased. More about COWBOYS NORTH AND SOUTH