TWO CAPTAINS WEST.
New York: Bramhall House, 1950. Second edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11, 235 pgs, index, b&w photos and illustrations. The story, in picture and text, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. More
Western Americana
FORTY FREEDOMS; A Novel
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 244 pgs, illustrated. One hundred thousand acres of public land, complete with a year-round trout stream, potential ski resort, and butted up against the burgeoning town of Del Cobre, New Mexico, is something the local boomers and boosters..... More
GILA DESCENDING.; A Southwestern Journey.
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2006. Fourth edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 212 pgs, illus/by Fred Barraza. A 200 mile wilderness journey down the Gila River of New Mexico and Arizona. The author was accompanied by a hound dog and a tom cat! Whitewater thrills, fishing and personal..... More
SIGNAL TO DEPART.
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 214 pgs, illustrated. Novel. Caught between a lost culture & a modern time, a lover of rare books & ancient art believes he can turn progress on its head. Compelling narrative, reveals what's really happening out West. More
HOME IS THE RIVER.
Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 2000. Second edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 243 pgs, b&w illus b Fred Barraza. Novel of a modern day mountain man and houndman who is drawn into an illicit plot to stop an unsavory dam scheduled for the last wild river in New Mexico. Compelling..... More
EL CAMINO DEL RIO; A Mystery
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1999. First, thus. Paperback. 5 x 8 1/2, 221 pgs. Murder mystery set in Big Bend area of Texas. More
SAFE DELIVERY.
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 9, 224 pgs. A mystery featuring female private detective Jerri Johnson set in San Antonio, Texas. 'Jerri is haunted by memories of a love affair with Vincent Fuentes, a Mexican intellectual who has returned to San Antonio..... More
THE CATTLEMEN FROM THE RIO GRANDE ACROSS THE FAR MARIAS.
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1978. Reprint. Paperback. 5 x 8, 528 pgs. The story of the cattle in America and of the men whose ranches reached from the Rio Grande up into the far regions of Montana; from the early Spanish days through the era of far-flung cattle..... More
CRAZY HORSE.; The Strange Man of the Oglalas - A Biography.
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1971. Later printing. Paperback. 5 x 8, 428 pgs. A magnificent picture of the Plains Indians civilization. More
LOVE SONG TO THE PLAINS.
Norman, OK: University of Nebraska Press, 1971. Reprint. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 303 pgs, index, A lyric salute to the earth and sky and people who made the history of the Great Plains. More
OLD JULES COUNTRY.
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1982. Paperback. 5 x 8, 319 pgs, index. This includes selections from her original "Old Jules" plus many newer writings on the homestead days in the Nebraska Sandhills. More
COOKING WITH THE SANTA FE OPERA.
Santa Fe, NM: 1983. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 159 pgs, color and b&w photos and illustrations. In a fun twist, this book combines great recipes with an opera - eat cheese Boereks and Tomur's swordfish shish kebab with the Rake's Progress. More
POCAHONTAS.
Mahwah, NJ: Troll Associates, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 30 pgs, color illustrations. Children's book about Pocahontas. More
DONIPHAN'S RIDE.
New York: Pocket Books, 1961. Reprint. Paperback. 4 x 6 1/2, 246 pgs. Novel telling story of a volunteer army sent to fight Mexican forces in 1846. Savage was a popular Western novelist who died at an early age. More
THE CHEROKEE STRIP LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION; Federal Regulation and the Cattleman's Last Frontier
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990. First, thus. Paperback. 6 x 9, 152 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w photos. Documents the federal government's dealing with cattlemen who leased land from the Cherokee Nation during 1880s in northern Oklahoma. It also examines the role of the Cherokee Indian as entrepreneur and..... More
THE COWBOY HERO; His Image in American History & Culture
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986. Third printing. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 179 pgs, index, b&w photos. A review of the cowboy hero in his various guises--a cowboy doing the work of cowboys (seldom); musician; performer on stage and in wild West shows; a man's man, the..... More
INDIAN LIFE; Transforming an American Myth
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 286 pgs, sepia and white historic photos. The characterization of the Indian in these writings, which date from 1877 to 1914, is used to show how the dominant whites varied their idea of the Indian to conform..... More
THE LIFE OF PAT F. GARRETT; And the Taming of the Border Outlaw.
Colorado Springs: J.J. Lipsey, Rare Books, 1952. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 42 pgs, b&w photos. Facsimile reproduction of 1908 original, is the history of the "Gun Men" and outlaws, and a life-story of the greatest sheriff of the old Southwest. More
THE LIFE OF PAT F. GARRETT; And the Taming of the Border Outlaw.
Colorado Springs: J.J. Lipsey, Rare Books, 1971. Second printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 42 pgs, b&w photos. Facsimile reproduction of 1908 original, is the history of the "Gun Men" and outlaws, and a life-story of the greatest sheriff of the old Southwest. More
BAKED ALASKAN; A Novel
New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2006. Paperback. 6 x 9, 276 pgs. Combines the tightly wrapped dialogue of Elmore Leonard and the humor of an eccectric Carl Hiaasen character in non-stop action that travels from East Texas, down a raging Alaskan river, and onto the streets of Manhattan. Inscribed and signed..... More
THE HIDDEN WEST.; Journeys in the American Outback.
New York: Random House, 1982. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 176 pgs. Lively personal writing based on the author's adventures in the West including the Colorado Delta, Barranca del Cobre, the Great Plains etc. More
ONCE IN THE SADDLE; The Cowboy's Frontier 1866-1896
New York: Facts on File, 1991. First, thus. Paperback. 6 x 9, 137 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w photos and illustrations. Puts the phenomenon of the cowboy and the cattle business into historical perspective. More
ONCE IN THE SADDLE; The Cowboy's Frontier 1866-1896
New York: Facts on File, 1991. Later printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 137 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w photos and illustrations. Puts the phenomenon of the cowboy and the cattle business into historical perspective. More
TOBACCO, PEACE PIPES, AND INDIANS.
Palmer Lake, CO: Filter Press, 1999. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 50 pgs, b&w illustrations. Examines the many ceremonial uses of tobacco among the native peoples of North America. More
BEST TALES OF THE YUKON.
Philadelphia: Running Press Book Publishers, 1983. Paperback. 7 x 10, 159 pgs. A wonderful collection of Service's Alaska poetry. More