United States - State & Local - West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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A People’s History of Sfo: The Making of the Bay Area and an Airport
$29.95 Add to cartAn illuminating profile of the San Francisco Bay Area, and its regional and global influence, as seen from the focal point of San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
A People’s History of SFO uses- Author: Porter, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0520380037
- Language: English
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Colorado Disasters: True Stories of Centennial State Tragedies and Triumphs
$18.95 Add to cartIN COLORADO DISASTERS, Boulder historian and educator Phyllis J. Perry chronicles the Centennial State’s gamut of natural and human-caused disasters, from foods, mudslides and avalanches, to massive w… [more below]
- Author: Perry, Phyllis J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1560378107
- Language: English
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Secret Monterey: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$22.50 Read moreDid Sir Francis Drake really claim Monterey for Queen Elizabeth? What does it take to win the world’s worst car show? Why did the new nation of Argentina attack the port of Monterey? Monterey County i… [more below]
- Series: Secret
- Author: Laws, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1681063654
- Language: English
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Haunted Boise
$21.99 Add to cartWhat goes bump in Boise? Searching the darkness of the City of Trees reveals what lurks in the liminal spaces. Idaho’s capital city is dotted with haunted residences, hotels and penitentiarie… [more below]
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Iverson, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154318
- Language: English
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The Alaskan Blonde: Sex, Secrets and the Hollywood Story that Shocked America
$19.99 Add to cartNicknamed “the most beautiful woman in Alaska,” 31-year-old Diane Wells was bruised and bloodied when she screamed for help in the early hours of October 17, 1953. Her husband Cecil, a wealthy Fairban
- Author: Bartlett, James T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1087959780
- Language: English
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Montana Disasters: True Stories of Treasure State Tragedies and Triumphs
$18.95 Add to cartIn Montana Disasters, fourth-generation Montanan and long-time journalist Butch Larcombe chronicles not just the explosions, fires, floods, earthquakes, avalanches, train wrecks, airplane crashes, and… [more below]
- Author: Larcombe, Butch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: December 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1560377763
- Language: English
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Amazing Nevada
$22.50 Read moreNevada is the Silver State, and has much to offer. A culturally rich and diverse state, Nevada has something for everybody: from the glamourous nightlife of Las Vegas, to the tiny town of Virginia Cit
- Series: Amazing
- Author: Oberding, Janice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064766
- Language: English
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In the Land of the Grasshopper Song: Two Women in the Klamath River Indian Country in 1908-09
$24.95 Add to cartIn 1908 easterners Mary Ellicott Arnold and Mabel Reed accepted appointments as field matrons in Karuk tribal communities in the Klamath and Salmon River country of northern California. In doing so, t
- Author: Arnold, Mary Ellicott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: December 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0803236379
- Language: English
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Black Cowboys of the Old West: True, Sensational, And Little-Known Stories From History
$14.95 Add to cartWhen the Civil War ended black men left in large numbers to find a way to make a living in the Old West. They were hard working, industrious men who were determined to carve out a life for themselves … [more below]
- Author: Wagner, Tricia Martineau
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: December 21 2010
- ISBN10: 0762760710
- Language: English
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Blizzard 1949
$13.95 Add to cart- Author: Alleman, Roy V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 05 2003
- ISBN10: 0974620602
- Language: English
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Legends & Lore Along California’s Highway 395
$21.99 Add to cartStretching from Victorville to Carson City, Highway 395 offers a snapshot of California’s diverse landscapes – and oddities.
Tales of skinwalkers and sasquatch sightings flourish among the bones of gho
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Clune, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1467151068
- Language: English
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Montana Women Homesteaders: A Field of One’s Own
$17.95 Add to cartIn this remarkable and important book, Sarah Carter introduces us to some of Montana’s first women homesteaders through their journals and other writings. By shedding light on these determined ninetee… [more below]
- Author: Carter, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 295
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1560374497
- Language: English
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Big Sky, Big Parks: An Exploration of Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, and All That Montana in Between
$39.50 Add to cartBig Sky, Big Parks is unique among travel guides to Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks with its blend of history, culture, and local flavor that’s more of an entertaining travel companion and a us
- Author: Therriault, Ednor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: July 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493064754
- Language: English
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Hollywood Signs: Glittering Graphics and Glowing Neon in Mid-Century Tinseltown
$40.00 Add to cartDiscover the glitz and glamour of Hollywood through a tour of its most fabulous mid-century neon signs!
Take in the glitz, glamour, and graphics of vintage Hollywood with Hollywood Signs: Glittering Gr
- Author: Kikkert, Kathy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 162640125X
- Language: English
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Bay Curious: Exploring the Hidden True Stories of the San Francisco Bay Area
$15.95 Add to cartCurious about the San Francisco Bay Area? With explorations into unique local legends, interesting landmarks, and uncovered histories, Bay Curious is a fun, quirky guide to the secret stories of the B… [more below]
- Author: Allen-Price, Olivia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1797214365
- Language: English
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The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles
$18.00 Add to cartFrom bestselling author Gary Krist, the story of the metropolis that never should have been and the visionaries who dreamed it into reality
Little more than a century ago, the southern coast of Califo- Author: Krist, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 0451496396
- Language: English
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Dear California: The Golden State in Diaries and Letters
$30.00 Add to cartDispatches from a land of extremes, by writers and movie stars, natives and visitors, activists and pioneers, and more.
California has always been, literally, a place to write home about. Renowned fig
- Author: Kipen, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1503614697
- Language: English
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San Francisco’s Forgotten Cemeteries: A Buried History
$24.99 Read moreDigging into a forgotten past – and the dead left behind.
San Francisco is famous for not having any cemeteries, but the claim isn’t exactly what it seems. In the early 20th Century, the city relocat… [more below]- Series: The History Press
- Author: Winegarner, Beth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 146715492X
- Language: English
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World War II at Camp Hale: Blazing a New Trail in the Rockies
$24.99 Add to cartIn April 1942, a little over two years before the Tenth Mountain Division officially obtained its name, the U.S. Army began the unprecedented construction of a training facility for its newly acquired… [more below]
- Series: Military
- Author: Witte, David R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 26 2015
- ISBN10: 1467118540
- Language: English
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The Murders That Made Us: How Vigilantes, Hoodlums, Mob Bosses, Serial Killers, and Cult Leaders Built the San Francisco Bay Area
$19.95 Add to cartThe 170-year history of the San Francisco Bay Area told through its crimes and how they intertwine with the city’s art, music, and politics In The Murders That Made Us, the story of the San Francisco … [more below]
- Author: Calhoun, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1770415491
- Language: English
