Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2, 193 pgs. The story of three generations of Cherokee women, as viewed by the youngest, Lucie, a woman who has been able to use education and her imagination to escape the confines of her rootless, impoverished upbringing. When..... More
Albuquerque, NM: Horn & Wallace, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 565 pgs, fold-out map. Originally published in 1870, a good first-person exploration journal. More
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2001. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 108 pgs. The author, living in Pecos, New Mexico, spreads her joy of home repair; kitchen-table philosophy, leavened with truth, seasoned with sharp observations and a generous helping of comedy. Great reading. More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1943. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 181 pgs. A great poem recollecting the spirit and the beginnings of America. A classic! More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2004. First printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 280 pgs. A beautifully written murder mystery set in southern New Mexico and revolving around the Mexican gray wolf reintroduction and cultural conflicts with the cattle-raising community. More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1909. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 453 pgs, 4 color illustrations. "The true narrative of one Dr. John Robinson and of his love for the fair Senorita Valois." More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 85 pgs, index, b&w historical photos, map in rear pocket. First person account of life in New Mexico as an enlisted man in the mid 1800s. Damp stain and damage mostly to dust jacket. Material about..... More
College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1980. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 307 pgs, index, b&w photos of writers. Twelve interviews with the likes of Larry McMurtry, John Graves, Elmer Kelton, Tom Lea, Leon Hale and others. More
New York: Knopf, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 476 pgs, index & bibliography. A cogent history and distillation of the great Klondike gold rush in narrative form. Fine history of the great event of the Yukon. More
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1891. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 320 pgs, index, b&w photos, decorated endsheets. The author brings the Canadian past alive with true stories of mystery and romance, tragedy and heroism, from the piracy of Bill Johnston, scourge of the St. Lawrence, to the weird saga..... More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1974. Second edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 310 pgs, index & bibliography. An intelligent critique of Frederick Jackson Turner's views of the role of the Frontier in American character. The author notes both the good (democracy) and the bad (greed and wastefulness) that..... More
New York: Putnams, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2, 312 pgs. Neat old novel. The story of Santa Fe and the romantic, bloodless conquest that added hundreds of thousands of square miles of territory to the country. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 193 pgs, index, glossary. 'Black Elk opens the Lakota sacred hoop to a cosmic humanism for everyone. His book will stretch the common definition of shamanism and lift the Buckskin Curtain to the characters behind the great..... More
Denver, CO: Coyote Cowboy Company, 1986. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11, 202 pgs, b&w illustrations. Wonderful collection of cowboy poetry by the original coyote cowboy himself. More
Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 2002. First edition. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 126 pgs, index, b&w photos. Moving portraits, the famous and the not so famous, New Mexicans as they really are in their natural environment. More
New York: Scholastic, 2002. Paperback. 6 x 9, 28 pgs, color illustrations. From the 'First Biographies" collection, a children's book about a Native American who played an important in history with the English settlers in Plymouth. More
Los Angeles: Brooke House, 1959. Third edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 478 pgs. Wonderful novel set in New Mexico in 1680 of a whole culture in revolt. More
New York: Vantage Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 99 pgs, b&w illustrations by John A. Doody. Poetry. Love and life and nostalgia. Inscribed and signed by the author. More
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Publishing, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 170 pgs, index, b&w historical photos. Narrative of twelve important episodes in the "Indian Wars" with sympathy for both sides. By the author of "Dances with Wolves." More
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Publishing, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 170 pgs, index, b&w historical photos. Narrative of twelve important episodes in the "Indian Wars" with sympathy for both sides. By the author of "Dances with Wolves." More
New York: Tom Doherty, 1998. Mass Market Paperback. 4 x 6 1/2, 560 pgs. Steeped in Indian mysticism, shows how the long-abused Comanches mastered horsemanship and in a single generation became the fiercest warriors of the Plains. More
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1971. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 152 pgs, index, b&w photos and illustrations. Biography of Benito Juarez which chronicles his ascent in local politics and his triumph over a number of obstacles that plagued his 14-year presidency of Mexico. More
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1964. Reprint. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 317 pgs, b&w illustrations. The author's reminiscences of cowboying at the turn of the century in the Northern cow country. Fold-out map at front of book. More
New York: Knopf, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 303 pgs. An astonishingly honest memoir, recounting life on remote cattle and wheat ranches in the Big Sky country of northeast Montana. The author's sharply honed survival skills enabled her to endure bouts of loneliness, the seemingly endless..... More
El Paso, TX: Texas Western Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 196 pgs. Texas born and raised, Bode has been called Texas' best prose writer of the decade. He writes of his native Texas with insight and honesty, mostly through short 1-2 page vignettes. Interesting and easy to..... More