Western Americana
SYMBOL AND CONQUEST; Public Ritual and Drama in Santa Fe
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1992. Second edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 281 pgs, index, b&w photos. Explores the relationship between ritual and power in the city of Santa Fe, New Mecico, where a number of symbol systems conflict and coalesce: Hispanic, Catholic, Pueblo and Navajo..... More
BUFFALO; ...and Indians on the Great Plains
Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2, 37 pgs, b&w illustrations. Children's book about the Plains Indians and their life. Previous owner's name neatly written on inside of front cover. More
ZANE GREY - A BIOGRAPHY.
Roslyn, NY: Walter J. Black, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 284 pgs. A well-written biography of this most prolific western writer. Still has protective wrapper. More
EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1999. Reprint. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 277 pgs, mapped endsheets. Modern-day novel set at harvest time in the apple and pear growing region of central Washington state. More
LOVE LETTERS TO A POTBELLIED STOVE; from Warm Hearts.
Norman, OK: Levite of Apache, 1987. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 100 pgs, b&w photos. A collection of personal letters reflecting the history of the natives of Oklahoma. More
45 YEARS OF COWBOY FUN.
Mason, TX: Published/Printed by the author, 1989. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, unpaginated. Stories of the author's life as a rodeo cowboy. Signed by the author. More
COWBOYS & CLOWNS.
Mason, TX: Published/Printed by the author, 1992. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, unpaginated. Stories of the author's life as a rodeo cowboy. Signed by the author. More
OLD SPANISH TRAIL; Santa Fe to Los Angeles
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1993. First, thus. Paperback. 5 x 8, 375 pgs, index. This classic history is filled with colorful pathmarkers like Jedediah Smith, John C. Fremont, and Kit Carson; with packers, home seekers, and mail couriers; and with horse thieves and enslavers of Indian women and..... More
AMERICAN INDIANS.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993. Third revised. Paperback. 5 x 8, 239 pgs, index, suggested reading, b&w photos. Professor Hagan's well regarded history of the relationship between white man and Indian which was doomed at the start by the conflict of cultures and attitudes. More
AMERICAN INDIANS.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970. Reprint. Paperback. 5 x 8, 190 pgs, index, suggested reading, b&w photos. Professor Hagan's well regarded history of the relationship between white man and Indian which was doomed at the start by the conflict of cultures and attitudes. More
TOURING TEXAS; Through the Eyes of an Artist
Waco, TX: Texian Press, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 396 pgs, b&w art/drawings throughout. The author's etchings reflect her travels around Texas in 1962. Signed by the author on the title page. More
THE WINTER WAR.
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 247 pgs.Story follows the Indian fighting in the Montana Territory in the fateful summer and winter of 1876. The Indian chiefs Crazy Horse, Stitting Bull, and Lightning's Friend for the first and only time had formed a...... More
THE BORDER.; Life on the Line.
New York: Abbeville Press, 1988. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 251 pgs, b&w and color photos. Combined ethno-journalistic and photo documentary of life on the Mexican - U.S. border. Solid, crisp, beautifully produced volume. More
LIFE OF MAXIMILIAN I., LATE EMPEROR OF MEXICO; With a Sketch of The Empress Carlota
New York: James Miller, 1868. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 7, 317 pgs. A quote from the preface: 'I gathered my materials and nearly completed the work while in Mexico, and was most diligent in my exertions to collect facts... I trust I shall not be charged with either vanity..... More
GENE AUTRY AND THE REDWOOD PIRATES.
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1946. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2, 248 pgs, b&w illustrations. One of the many 1940s western stories written for young adults with Gene Autry as the hero. More
MY SIXTY YEARS ON THE PLAINS.
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2015. Reprint. Paperback. 6 x 9, 244 pgs. The author's lifetime as a trapper, the work, relations with Indians, the occupations of plainsmen and mountain men when trapping failed, and more. Lots of history. More
RAISED ON GOOD PASTURE.
Rochester, Il: Western Images, 1997. First edition. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, b&w drawings, about 80 unnumbered pages. A nice collection of western art and poetry. More
MEAN AS HELL.; the Life of A New Mexico Lawman
Santa Fe, NM: Ancient City Press, 1989. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 223 pgs, index, b&w illustrations and photos. The classic account by a New Mexico lawman. An autobiography about his youth in San Saba County of west Texas to his days as a New Mexico peace officer from..... More
THE GATES OF THE ALAMO.
New York: Penguin Books, 2001. Second edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 580 pgs. A huge, riveting, deeply imagined novel about the siege and fall of the Alamo. More
THE GATES OF THE ALAMO.
New York: Penguin Books, 2001. Second edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 580 pgs. A huge, riveting, deeply imagined novel about the siege and fall of the Alamo. Slight damp stain on upper corner of first 100 pages. More
THE MOUNTAIN MEN; How The West was Won
New York: Skyhorse Publishingq, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. 8 x 10, 176 pgs, b&w and color photos. The pioneering mountain men entered the uncharted American wilderness with nothing but their wits, their survival skills, and what few tools they could carry along with them. Yet just a short time later..... More
NEW MEXICO; A Picture Memory
New York: Crescent Books, 1993. Hardcover. 9 x 11 1/2, 64 pgs, color photos throughout. Beautiful photographs of the Land of Enchantment. More
THE BORDER AND THE REVOLUTION.
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 1990. Second edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 150 pgs, historical photos. Intro by Michael C. Meyer. Subtitled "Clandestine Activities of the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920", the authors sleuth out what went on behind the scenes in the Mexican Revolution. Soft. Good. Cover somewhat curled. More