Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1985. Fourth printing. Paperback. 5 x 8, 424 pgs, index, bibliography. Tells the beginnings of the Oregon Trail, in a very real sense, with Columbus and man's ancient hope of finding a new road to the Orient. More
Austin, TX: Windridge Pubishing, 2005. Second edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 237 pgs. The author uses his Marine Corps experience, his years as a public relations writer, and his many years as a state trooper editor to produce a gripping novel authenticated with careful research. Inscribed and signed. More
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1949. Later printing. Paperback. 5 x 8, 270 pgs, b&w illustrations. Lea's famous novel of bullfighting. More
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1952. Book Club. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 307 pgs, drawings by author. Lea's well known and very excellent novel of the El Paso region during the Apache Wars era. More
Richardson, TX: Salado Press, 2010. Paperback. 5 x 8, 144 pgs, b&w photos. An interesting collection of the author's opinion pieces from The Dallas Morning News. More
Deming, NM: Jackass Junction Publishing, 2006. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 154 pgs, b&w illustrations. Tales of mining camps and donkey trails, originally published as columns in Gold Prospectors magazine beginning in 1996. More
Ames, IA: Iowa State University, 1971. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 155 pgs, b&w illustrations. The author's family's story of early homesteading "west river" in South Dakota. The author gives an extended portrait of a neighboring family from Missouri who seem to exemplify a nearly pure lifestyle of the old southern..... More
College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1990. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 125 pgs, index, notes, biblio. Explores the extent to which Gipson's work - essays, histories, biographics, novels & children's stories - projects an alter ego of mainstream America and Gipson's rise and fall of creative fortunes..... More
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970. Hardcover. 6 x 8, 161 pgs, index. The author brings this charismatic leader to live and examines the ill-fated revolution he led. More
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2016. Fourth printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 224 pgs, index, b&w photos and illustrations. Ben Lilly left behind enough writings to fill a book - this is it! Includes Ben's hunting diaries, magazine articles, an interview, personal letters, etc. More
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2017. Fifth printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 224 pgs, index, b&w photos and illustrations. Ben Lilly left behind enough writings to fill a book - this is it! Includes Ben's hunting diaries, magazine articles, an interview, personal letters, etc. More
New York: Norton, 1987. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 396 pgs, index, biblio, notes, b&w photos. Puts the American West in its proper perspective that lets us see our present west as the continuum that it is and always has been. More
Denver: Golden Bell Press, 1968. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 281 pgs, index, b&w photos. Bio.of Colorado's neglected tycoon, builder of the Colorado Midland Railway. Signed by the author. More
Tulsa, OK: Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, 1971. Hardcover. 8 x 11, 14 pgs, color illustrations. Art examines the Dust Bowl. Ex-library with minimal markings. More
New York: Macmillan, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 302 pgs, b&w illustrations. When young John Lomax started college just at the beginning of the 20th Century, he always had with him his cowboy songs which his professors told him were cheap hillbilly junk. Eventually, he went to..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1941. Second edition. Hardcover. 6 x 8 1/2, 327 pgs, index. A charming book about the low-growing region centering in New Mexico and northern Arizona. The author catches the spirit of the place...a superior performance, deftly written, intuitive, and penetrating. More
New York: Orion Books, 1982. Second printing. Paperback. 10 1/2 x 9, 240 pgs, b&w photos. Over 150 photos and wonderful text taken from the diaries and letters of women of the West. More
Published/Printed by the author, 2010. Paperback. 6 x 9, 376 pgs. Two western novels in one. More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1904. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 179 pgs, b&w photos, fold-out map. Originally published in 1898, paints a very favorable picture of Porfirio Diaz. Of course, it was written 7 years before the Revolution. More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1973. Fourth printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 310 pgs, b&w illustrations and photos. The author's observations of the people and customs of New Mexico in the first half of the century. More
Silver City, NM: Published/Printed by the author, 1970. First printing. Paperback. 7 x 8 1/2, 16 pgs. Various local authors contributed to this short history, and 'where to visit' while in the Silver City area. More
Billings, MT: Western Heritage Center, 1980. Second printing. Paperback Spiral Bound. 6 x 9, 100 pgs, b&w illustrations and historic photos. A good history of Billings, Montana. More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1969. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 156 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w photos and illustrations. The true stories of the infamous American West about characters such as Joaquin Murieta, Wild Bill Hickok, Jesse James, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, Calamity Jane Belle Starr and other..... More
2002. First edition. Paperback. 6 1/2 x 8 1/2, 170 pgs, b&w illustrations. Fictional story of Indian spirits visiting a modern-day woman, set in a southwest mining town. Signed by the author. Hand-made book. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 301 pgs, section of b&w photos. A true story of the Mann Gulch Fire in the Montana wilderness in the summer of 1949. A story of the ways of wildfires, firefighters, fire scientists and especially of the courageous crew. More