RIP POWELL: AND THE LEGEND OF THE DIABLO CAT.
Midland, TX: Texastar Studio, 2001. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 197 pgs, b&w illustrations. West Texas fiction. More
Western Americana
DANGEROUS DAN TUCKER.; New Mexico's Deadly Lawman.
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2001. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 200 pgs, b&w historical photos. The story of a little known southwest New Mexico deputy sheriff; no Hollywood hero, but extremely competent and supremely dangerous if you had been an outlaw! More
FEARLESS DAVE ALLISON.; Border Lawman.
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2003. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 285 pgs, b&w photos. At 27, the youngest sheriff in Texas in Midland County in 1888. He was still wearing a badge when he was gunned down by infamous cattle rustlers Hill Loftis and Milton Paul Good in..... More
JOHN H. BEHAN: SACRIFICED SHERIFF.
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2002. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 310 pgs, b&w historical photos. Behan's story as a 40-year lawman and public servant who was skilled with gun and horse, yet who consistently fought crime and arrested bad guys without killing anyone. The lawman that everyone has..... More
LAWMEN, OUTLAWS AND S.O.Bs., Volume II; More Gunfighters of the Old Southwest.
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
LAWMEN, OUTLAWS, AND S.O.BS.; Volume I
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2004. First edition, later printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 310 pgs, b&w historical photos. Short biographies of fifteen notable gunmen of the old Southwest, most of them largely lost to history. Well documented with a remarkable collection of old photographs. More
LYNCH ROPES & LONG SHOTS.; The True Story of an Old West Train Robbery.
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2006. First edition. Stamped Cloth. 6 x 9, 200 pgs, b&w historical photos. In November, 1883, near a railroad siding called Gage in southwest New Mexico, four mounted outlaws derailed the eastbound Southern Pacific, killed the engineer, and robbed the train and passengers of far..... More
SHERIFF HARVEY WHITEHILL.; Silver City Stalwart.
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 311 pgs, b&w historical photos, index. A great biography of this 19th century Grant County, NM, sheriff. He jailed Billy the Kid, knew the infamous rustler John Kinney, lived through the Apache Wars, beat Pat Garrett at the..... More
SHERIFF HARVEY WHITEHILL.; Silver City Stalwart.
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2005. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 311 pgs, b&w historical photos, index. A great biography of this 19th century Grant county, NM, sheriff. He jailed Billy the Kid, knew the infamous rustler John Kinney, lived through the Apache Wars, beat Pat Garrett at the..... More
SIX-GUNS AND SINGLE-JACKS.
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2017. First edition, later printing. Paperback. Originally published by Gila Books. 6 x 9, 315 pgs, index, notes, b&w historical photos. Introduction by Robert G. McCubbin. A history of Silver City and southwestern New Mexico. Well-researched and includes the well-known figures as well as the..... More
THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO FIST FIGHT IN HEAVEN.
New York: Atlantic Monthly, 1993. Paperback. 6 x 9, 223 pgs. Short stories that depict, with fierce determination, all the elements of modern Native American life. More
RESERVATION BLUES.
New York: Warner Books, 1996. Paperback. 5 x 8, 306 pgs. A novel. The life of Spokane Indian Thomas Builds-the-Fire irrevocably changes when blues legend Robert Johnson miraculously appears on his reservation and passes the misfit storyteller his enchanted guitar. Inspired by this gift, Thomas forms Coyote Springs, an all-Indian..... More
DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE; A Novel
New York: Harper Collins, 2000. Reprint. Paperback. 5 x 8, 399 pgs. Allende's superb historical novels are rich in extraordinary characters and events that come to vibrant life in the voice of this master storyteller. More
HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS; A Novel.
New York: Penguin/Plume, 1992. Reprint. Paperback. 5 x 8, 290 pgs. Yolanda Garcia is taking a trip to the Dominican Republic to revisit the country where she was born, and which her family was forced to flee for New York when she was a child. Previously privileged and wealthy, the..... More
GREAT ADVENTURES OF THE OLD WEST.
New York: American Heritage Press, 1970. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 384 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. A collection of Western adventure stories by writers like Donald Culross Peattie, Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., Ralph K. Andrist and more. More
ALBURQUERQUE.; A Novel.
New York: Warner Bros. 1994. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. 4 x 7, 293 pgs. About family, greed, lust for power, and the ironies of racial purity in a city where three cultures have collided since 1846. This novel will help you see Albu"r"querque in a whole new light. More
NEW MEXICO; Land of Enchantment
Washington DC: U.S. Gov't Printing Office, 1962. Paperback. 6 x 9, 48 pgs. Previously published in 1941, and revised in this edition, and entered into the U.S. Senate documents, give a short historical sketch, lists governors, senators, and congressional representatives since the beginning of statehood, along with the industries and..... More
HUNGER'S BRIDES.
New York: Carroll and Graf, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. 7 x 9 1/2, 1358 pgs. An epic novel of genius, obsession, and mystery surrounding the Baroque-era Mexican nun, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, who at the time of her death in 1695 was arguable the greatest writer working in..... More
SONG OF THE EARTH SPIRIT.
San Francisco: Friends of the Earth. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 128 pgs, b&w and color photos. Edited and with a foreword by David Brower.The author's experiences living with the Navajos. More
MEDICINE WOMAN.
New York: Harper & Row, 1983. Paperback. 5 x 8, 204 pgs. An autobiographical account of a woman's search for identity in a Native American culture; celebrates the crucial role of the women in Indian society. More
RED CHILI.
Santa Fe, NM: Rydal Press, 1941. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 175 pgs. Novel of early New Mexico. "The author has gleaned the historical part of this story from old books and legends, from old Spanish inhabitants, from rare volumes." Introduction by Ina Sizer Cassidy, designed and processed by Louie Ewing..... More
THIS WAS SAWMILLING; Sawdust sagas of the western mills.
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Co., 1994. Paperback. 8 x 10 1/2, 176 pgs, b&w historical photos. The classic history about the sawmill industry in the Pacific Northwest. The utilitarian waterwheel, the great days of the steam sawmill, and the epic courage of the schooner masters are told in all their..... More
A TRAIL OF MEMORIES.; The Quotations of Louis L'Amour. Compiled
New York: Bantam Books, 1988. First edition, later printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 223 pgs. Nearly 1,000 powerful & poignant L'Amour quotations selected by his daughter, with an introduction by Louis L'Amour himself. More
TOM LEA; His Life and Work
El Paso, TX: Texas Western Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 163 pgs, index, notes, b&w Lea illustrations, decorated endsheets. Focuses on Lea's literary works and his importance as an American author. More
HOT IRONS; Heraldry of the Range
New York: Macmillan, 1940. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 242 pgs, decorated endsheets. A classic history of cattle brands. More