IT HAPPENED IN OREGON.
Helena, MT: Falcon Publishing, 1994. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 111 pgs, index, b&w illustrations. Stories of 31 events that helped make Oregon what it is today. More
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ZUNI FETISHES.
Las Vegas, NV: KC Publications, 1990. Reprint. Paperback. 6 x 9, 43 pgs, b&w illustrations and photos. Originally printed in 1883, this is Cushing's report to the Bureau of Ethnology of the Smithsonian in 1880-81. A neat study of fetishes, their role, their meanings, etc. More
THE GREAT NORTH TRAIL.; America's Route of the Ages.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 383 pgs, index, sources, maps. The migration routes and trails of North America and the people and animals who used them from prehistory. More
THE GREAT NORTH TRAIL.; America's Route of the Ages.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. First edition/Fourth printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 383 pgs, index, sources, maps. The migration routes and trails of North America and the people and animals who used them from prehistory. More
DARGAN HISTORICAL ESSAYS.
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1952. Paperback. 6 x 9, 118 pgs. Historical studies presented to Marion Dargan and his colleagues and former students at the University of New Mexico. Number Four of the Unversity of New Mexico Publications in History. More
1906; A Novel
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2004. First printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 361 pgs. This powerful and gripping novel sweeps one along while providing rich and previously unknown history of San Francisco during the time of the disastrous San Francisco earthquake of 1906. More
STANDING BEAR IS A PERSON; The True Story of a Native America's Quest for Justice
Cambridge: Da Capo, 2004. First printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 259 pgs, index, notes, bibliography, section of b&w historical photos. The true story of a Native American's quest for justice follows the most important Indian rights case in U.S. history and the fascinating characters who played a part in this..... More
THE SPANISH WEST.
New York: Time-Life Books, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11, 240 pgs, full of b&w and color historical prints. The story of the Spanish settlers of the West. Padded brown leather. More
COWBOY CULTURE.; A Saga of Five Centuries.
Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1989. First, thus. Paperback. 6 x 9, 385 pgs, index, notes, biblio, b&w historical photos, maps. For the first time in a single volume, a five-hundred-year saga of the men, the cattle, the horses - the lives & the social circumstances - that made..... More
THE ALAMO - LONG BARRACK MUSEUM.
Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing, 1986. Reprint. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 64 pgs, b&w and color photos and illustrations. A nice glossy souvenir type history of the Alamo. More
MOGOLLON MOUNTAIN MAN NAT STRAW; Grizzly Hunter and Trapper.
Tucson, AZ: Sanpete Publications, 2003. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 229 pgs, index, b&w historical photos, foreword by Marc Simmons. The life story of Robert Nelson "Nat" Straw, legendary Gila mountain man and grizzly bear and mountain lion hunter. More
THE AMERICAN FRONTIER.; Pioneers, Settlers & Cowboys, 1800-1899.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. Reprint. Paperback. 10 x 13, 256 pgs, b&w and color, mostly historical photos, colored, mapped endsheets. Portrays the lives of the ordinary men and women of the West through artifacts from the magnificent collections of the Buffalo Bill Historicl Center, Cody, Wyoming. More
THE ILLUSTRATED DIRECTORY OF THE OLD WEST.
St. Paul, MN: MBI Publishing, 2002. Paperback. 4 1/2 x 8 1/2, 480 pgs, b&w and color illustrations throughout. This extraordinary story is detailed in this fact-filled and illustration-packed reference featuring specially commissioned photographs of surviving weapons, implements, tools, and equipment, as well as Native American artifacts. More
RETURN OF MONTEZUMA.
Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 1992. First edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 123 pgs. In 1934 drug-addicted Pedro Montoya, thinking he is Montezuma II, sets out to reverse the course of Mexican history. Ex-library with the usual markings. More
GENE RHODES, COWBOY.
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
GENE RHODES, COWBOY.
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
GENE RHODES, COWBOY; (Eugene Manlove Rhodes)
Columbus, OH: Weekly Reader Children's Book Club, 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. Ex-library with the usual markings. More
GERONIMO.; The Man, His Time, His Place.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1977. Reprint. Paperback. 6 x 9, 480 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w historical photos. Uses Geronimo's own account of his life, traditional historical studies and first-hand narratives of warriors who followed him into battle, and men and women who knew him personally for a wonderful..... More
OKLAHOMA; Foot-Loose and Fancy-Free
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989. Second printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 266 pgs, index, b&w historical photos. Debo cuts a wide swath through her home state: pioneers, Indians, oil, etc. More
NAVAJO RUGS; How to Find, Evaluate, Buy and Care for Them
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Publishing, 1974. First edition. Paperback. 7 x 9 1/2, 114 pgs, index, b&w and color photos throughout. A concise discussion of the history of the art, an outline of the process of making rugs from raising the wool to weaving it, and frank discussions on how to..... More
THE MANHATTAN PROJECT:; A Secret Wartime Mission
Carlisle, MA: Discovery Enterprises, Ltd., 1994. Paperback. 5 x 7 1/2, 64 pgs, b&w photos. Excerpts from articles, essays, and memoirs recount the development of the atomic bomb, its use against Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and its effect on the world. More
THE EARP DECISION.
College Station, TX: Early West, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 207 pgs, index, b&w historical photos, decorated endsheets. The story of the championship boxing match between Fitzsimmons and Sharkey which Wyatt Earp, the referee, called for Sharkey and which generated a court hearing. More
MASTERSON AND ROOSEVELT.
College Station, TX: Early West, 1984. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 149 pgs, b&w historical photos, decorated endsheets. Correspondence between Bat Masterson and Teddy Roosevelt, who had great admiration for Bat's career as a lawman and who appointed him Deputy U.S. Marshal in 1905. More
RANCHERS, ROUNDERS & ROPERS.
La Veta, CO: Range Writer, 2006. First edition. Trade Paperback. 6 x 9, 133 pgs. Great stories, some cowboy poetry and nice illustrations Signed by the author and the illustrator. More
THE LEGEND OF THE INDIAN PAINTBRUSH.
New York: Putnam & Grosset Group, 1988. Reprint. Paperback. 8 x 10, 36 pgs, beautiful color illustrations. In spring, the hills and meadows of Texas and Wyoming are ablaze with the reds, oranges, and yellows of the Indian Paintbrush. How this striking plant received its name is told in an..... More