SHADOWS OF THE BUFFALO; A Family Odyssey Among the Indians
New York: William Morrow, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 288 pgs, b&w photos. Stories of the arts still practiced by the native Amer icans and the stories they tell. More
Western Americana
LEGACY OF THE WEST.
Omaha, NE: Center for Western Studies, Joslyn Art Museum, 1982. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 157 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. An important publication which catalogs for the first time the core collections of the Joslyn Art Museum's Western American paintings and works of art on paper, plus textiles and..... More
AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIONS.
Los Angeles: Sherbourne Press, 1979. First printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 192 pgs. Looks at the Ghost Dance religion, the Peyote cults, the Potlatch, the Snake Dance and much more. More
THE VILLISTA PRISONERS OF 1916-1917.
Las Cruces, NM: Yucca Tree Press, 2000. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 116 pgs, index, b&w photos. A historic look at the men who fought with Pancho Villa during the raid on Columbus, their capture and what happened to them. More
THE CANADIAN INDIAN.
Ottawa: 1990. Paperback Spiral Bound. 6 1/2 x 10, 102 pgs, b&w historical photos. Contents: General Introduction - The People and their Cultures - The Newcomers - The Age of Resurgence. This is a copy of the original book. More
ASTORIA; Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1961. Second edition. Hardcover in slipcase. 5 1/2 x 8, 2 volumes totalling 461 pgs. The story of one of the most fascinating commercial ventures ever to flourish in America: the great Astor fur trade empire in the Pacific Northwest. A classic of Western history . Ex-library with..... More
GOLD DUST.
New York: Knopf, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 361 pgs, index. The authentic saga of the 49ers who trekked to California to get rich quick; a few did, but most didn't. Tales of their adventures, ordeals, courage, greed, ingenuity, delusions, bonanzas and borascas. The long-suffering miners; men..... More
THE CHRISTMAS FLOWER.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1951. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 31 pgs, monotone illustrations by Tom Lea. The Mexican legend about the flower now known as the poinsettia is the basis for this beautifully told and handsomely illustrated story. More
THE FRONTIER WORLD OF DOC HOLLIDAY.; Faro Dealer from Dallas to Deadwood.
New York: Indian Head Books, 1993. Reprint. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 305 pgs, index, biblio. A biography of the legendary John Henry Holliday and his travels to nearly every boom town of the Old West; tubercular, an alcoholic, a professional lawman, a gentleman, a friend and a complex..... More
THE TRAIL OF TEARS.
New York: Wings Books, 1975. Later printing. Hardcover. 5 x 7, 356 pgs, b&w historical photos, mapped endsheets. The story of the removal of the Indian tribes located east of the Mississippi in the early 1800s. More
MYSTERIOUS KILLER; James Brown Miller 1861-1909
Published/Printed by the author. Limited Edition. Pamphlet. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 26 pgs, b&w photos. Biography of a killer for hire. Miller was suspected of killing Pat Garrett. Miller was hung in Ada, Ok. in 1909. Signed, #250/250. More
THREE YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS AND MEXICANS.
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1953. Hardcover. 4 x 6 1/2, 297 pgs. James was a trader in the years 1821-24, across the Great Plains to Santa Fe and he lived among the Comanches. This is his narrative. More
ANDREW JACKSON; The Border Captain
New York: Garden City Publishing, 1940. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 461 pgs, index, notes, b&w historical photos. The classic biography of Jackson. More
THE RAVEN.; The Life Story of Sam Houston.
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. Early edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 489 pgs, index, notes, maps. From interviews with people who knew Sam Houston, his family or his associates, a remarkable life story of a remarkable man. Includes four 5-cent stamps stuck to blank page at front. It's a later printing..... More
TOUCHSTONE.
New York: Rinehart & Co., 1947. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 346 pgs. A story about the two Delaney families when California was a new state in the Union. A strange love story, the struggles of their children for their own happiness, the restless vigor and roughness of time when..... More
ADOBE AND IRON.; The story of the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma.
La Jolla, CA: Prospect Avenue Press, 1969. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 113 pgs, b&w historical photos. More
BITING THE DUST.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 239 pgs. The wild ride and dark romance of the rodeo cowboy and the American West. More
THE BLOODY BOZEMAN.; The Perilous Trail to Montana's Gold.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 366 pgs, index, section of b&w photos. The places and the people who were involved in the rush for Montana gold in the years 1862 to 1868. More
A WHITE HOUSE DIARY.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9, 806 pgs, sections of b&w photos. An autobiography of Lady Bird Johnson, wife of former President Johnson, during her years as First Lady in the White House. More
THE FORTY-NINERS.
New York: Time-Life Books, 1974. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11, 240 pgs, b&w and color photos throughout. A look at this special group of people, the discovery of gold, how they got to the gold fields, the rough realities, shantytowns that grew and how it all ended. Padded brown leather..... More
WILLIAM CLARK AND THE SHAPING OF THE WEST.
New York: Hill and Wang, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 394 pgs, index, section of b&w historical photos. An unforgettable human story that encompasses in a single life the sweep of American history from colonial Virginia to the conquest of the West. More
HIGHLIGHTS OF PUEBLOLAND.
San Antonio, TX: Naylor, 1968. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 107 pgs. From years of research and living among the Indians on Pueblo and Navajo reservations in New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, the author paints a vivid picture of this majestic area and reports on the varied facets of Indian..... More
INDIAN LEADERS; Oklahoma's First Statesmen
Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 2002. Fourth printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 182 pgs, index, b&w historical photos. Portrays a 'different kind of Indian leader, one who sought compromise and accommodation instead of war.'. More
COWGIRLS; Women of the American West - An Oral History
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982. Paperback. 6 x 9, 301 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w historical photos. American lore has slighted the cowgirl, although at least one can still be found in nearly every ranching community. Like her male counterpart, she rides and ropes, understands land and stock, and confronts the..... More
RIDING THE WHITE HORSE HOME.; A Western Family Album.
New York: Pantheon, 1993. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 219 pgs, b&w photos. A woman's memoir of her family ranch in Montana, bought and started by her great-grandfather in 1887 and sold by her father, under the economic pressures that have made ranching a dying way of life, four..... More