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Buffalo Soldiers in Alaska: Company L, Twenty-Fourth Infantry
$32.95 Add to cartThe town of Skagway was born in 1897 after its population quintupled in under a year due to the Klondike gold rush. Balanced on the edge of anarchy, the U.S. Army stationed Company L, a unit of Buffal… [more below]
- Author: Shellum, Brian G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 386
- Publish Date: November 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1496228448
- Language: English
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People Before the Park
$19.95 Add to cartPeople Before the Park shares the rich cultural traditions of the Kootenai and Blackfeet tribes, in and around the area that is now Glacier National Park.
- Author: Thompson, Sally
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: July 07 2015
- ISBN10: 1940527716
- Language: English
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Haunted Salt Lake City
$23.99 Add to cartUncovering ghost stories in Salt Lake City leads to a spooky mixture of legend, lore and local history. A young female apparition likes to surprise guests of the McCune Mansion by leaping from a mirro… [more below]
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Allen, Laurie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 17 2018
- ISBN10: 146713824X
- Language: English
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A Troubled Oasis: A Critical History of Palm Springs, California: Revised and Enlarged Edition
$52.95 Add to cartThis is a revised and enlarged version of A Troubled Oasis: A Critical History of Palm Springs. The key chapter on the tragedy of the Section Fourteen so-called “urban holocaust,” when minorities were
- Author: Isetti, Ronald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 398
- Publish Date: October 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1977256481
- Language: English
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Secret Sonoma: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$22.50 Read more- Author: Misuraca, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1681063387
- Language: English
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Rock Me on the Water: 1974-The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics
$0.00 Read moreNew York Times Bestseller
Editors’ Choice —New York Times Book Review
In this exceptional cultural history, Atlantic Senior Editor Ronald Brownstein–“one of America’s best political journalists“ (The
- Author: Brownstein, Ronald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 23, 2021
- ISBN10: 006289921X
- Language: English
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The Other Idahoans – Regular
$22.99 Add to cartFallen angels in the bawdy houses. Migrants barred from Main Street. Homesteaders driven from homesteads when August rained black storms of dust. The Other Idahoans recovers their hard-luck stories. V… [more below]
- Author: Shallat, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: April 26 2016
- ISBN10: 0990736342
- Language: English
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History of Wyoming (Second Edition)
$40.00 Add to cart“[This] may be the finest state history ever written. . . . Required reading for anyone with pretensions to knowledge about the West–past, present, future.”–San Francisco Chronicle
Winner of an Award
- Author: Larson, T. a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 695
- Publish Date: August 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0803279361
- Language: English
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Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles
$18.95 Read moreLos Angeles is a city founded on blood. Once a small Mexican pueblo teeming with Californios, Indians, and Americans, all armed with Bowie knives and Colt revolvers, it was among the most murderous lo
- Author: Faragher, John Mack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: February 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0393353656
- Language: English
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Oldest Los Angeles
$20.95 Read more- Series: Oldest
- Author: Slawoff, Mimi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1681063743
- Language: English
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Tattered Cover Book Store: A Storied History
$21.99 Read moreFor more than five decades, the Tattered Cover has been Colorado’s favorite source for books. Beginning with just 950 square feet, it has grown into a multistore operation and important cultural insti… [more below]
- Author: Barnhouse, Mark A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1467151084
- Language: English
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History of California: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Golden State, Starting from when Native Americans Dominated through European
$16.97 Add to cartIf you want to discover the influential and captivating history of California, then read on…
California’s transformation into the most populous state in America and the home of some of the country’s
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: April 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1637162774
- Language: English
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Leadville
$12.95 Add to cartLeadville, Colorado has its own special story — a story that has become legendary because of its myriad of extraordinary people. First there was a gold rush, and then a silver rush, and the city of … [more below]
- Author: Southworth, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: May 08 2011
- ISBN10: 1890778095
- Language: English
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Union Station in Denver
$21.99 Add to cartOn June 1, 1881, Denver’s Union Station opened as the largest structure west of the Mississippi. The station welcomed people from all walks of life, from pioneers and miners to U.S. presidents and Buf… [more below]
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Beck, Rhonda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 08 2016
- ISBN10: 1626199647
- Language: English
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Historic Homes and Inns of Carmel-By-The-Sea
$31.99 Add to cartHistoric Homes and Inns of Carmel-by-the-Sea showcases the creativity, talent, and originality of the town s residents, designers, and builders over a span of 80 years, from the pioneering days of the… [more below]
- Author: Dramov, Alissandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 98
- Publish Date: July 18 2016
- ISBN10: 1531699154
- Language: English
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Palm Springs Holiday: A Vintage Tour from Palm Springs to the Saltan Sea
$35.00 Add to cartThis is the story of Palm Springs in its golden years, a city that had it all, including marvelous midcentury Modern architecture, fabulous fly-in hotels, and a swinging nightlife.
Through vintage phot
- Author: Moruzzi, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1423604768
- Language: English
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Chinese in Napa Valley: The Forgotten Community That Built Wine Country
$23.99 Add to cartUnearth the origins of Napa Valley’s prosperity. Chinese laborers were once the backbone of Napa Valley. Throughout the late 1800s, they toiled in the grape fields, mines, hop farms, leather tanneries… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: McCormick, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152781
- Language: English
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Abalone Diving on the California Coast
$23.99 Read moreAbalones are marine snails from the family Haliotidae . This family of shellfish is comprised of 56 recognized species worldwide and eight known species in California. The Native Peoples of California… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Rebuck, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160288
- Language: English
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Theatres in Los Angeles
$24.99 Add to cartLos Angeles and the movies grew up together, and a natural extension of the picture business was the premium presentation of the product–the biggest, best, and brightest theatres imaginable. The magn… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Cooper, Suzanne Tarbell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 16 2008
- ISBN10: 0738555797
- Language: English
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San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point
$24.99 Add to cartIt’s hard to imagine cows walking up Third Street or sheep on Innes Avenue, yet a large portion of the area known today as Bayview Hunters Point was once extremely rural. Called Butchertown by locals,… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: O’Brien, Tricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 24 2005
- ISBN10: 0738530077
- Language: English
