United States - State & Local - West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Goodbye Wifes and Daughters
$19.95 Add to cartOne morning in 1943, close to eighty men descended into the Smith coal mine in Bearcreek, Montana. Only three came out alive. “Goodbye wifes and daughters,” wrote two of the miners as they died. The s… [more below]
- Author: Resnick, Susan Kushner
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: March 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0803236107
- Language: English
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Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears: Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of the Wild West
$18.95 Add to cartTakes the top 50 wildest episodes in the region’s history and presents them to the reader in one convenient, narrative-driven package.
- Author: Mayo, Matthew P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0762754311
- Language: English
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The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny
$18.99 Add to cart“WESTWARD HO! FOR OREGON AND CALIFORNIA!”
In the eerily warm spring of 1846, George Donner placed this advertisement in a local newspaper as he and a restless caravan prepared for what they hoped wou
- Author: Wallis, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 29 2018
- ISBN10: 1631494007
- Language: English
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Six Hundred Generations: An Archaeological History of Montana
$24.95 Read moreSix Hundred Generations is a stunning look at the archaeological evidence of Montana’s long Indigenous human history. Focusing on 12 unique archaeological sites, the book takes readers on an extraordi… [more below]
- Author: Davis, Carl M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1606391119
- Language: English
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We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher
$21.95 Add to cartE. C. Abbott was a cowboy in the great days of the 1870’s and 1880’s. He came up the trail to Montana from Texas with the long-horned herds which were to stock the northern ranges; he punched cows in
- Author: Abbott, E. C. Teddy Blue
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 15, 1976
- ISBN10: 0806113669
- Language: English
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A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
$21.99 Add to cartThe international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America’s relentless western
- Author: Winchester, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 10 2006
- ISBN10: 0060572000
- Language: English
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Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West
$32.00 Add to cart*WINNER OF THE WOMEN WRITING THE WEST 2023 WILLA LITERARY AWARD*
Brave Hearted is not just history, it is an incredibly intense page-turning experience. To read what these women endured is to be transp
- Author: Hickman, Katie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1954118171
- Language: English
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The Doctor Was a Woman: Stories of the First Female Physicians on the Frontier
$26.95 Add to cart“No women need apply.” Western towns looking for a local doctor during the frontier era often concluded their advertisements in just that manner. Yet apply they did. And in small towns all over the We
- Author: Enss, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1493062921
- Language: English
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California (a History)
$23.00 Add to cart“A California classic . . . California, it should be remembered, was very much the wild west, having to wait until 1850 before it could force its way into statehood. so what tamed it? Mr. Starr’s answ… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Chronicles
- Author: Starr, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 13 2007
- ISBN10: 081297753X
- Language: English
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Montana Grit
$18.95 Read moreMontana Grit examines the lives of 10 Montanans who, each in their own way, fought for justice, not only for themselves but for the good of all. These unsung heroes stood against fear and injustice, a… [more below]
- Author: Lincoln, Marga
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: July 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1560377879
- Language: English
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Secret San Jose: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$22.50 Add to cartWhich scientific landmark in San Jose moonlights as a mausoleum? Where can you find sacred street-food that will bring you closer to enlightenment? What s the real story behind Sarah Winchester s myst… [more below]
- Series: Secret
- Author: Kifer, Cassie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 15, 2020
- ISBN10: 1681062852
- Language: English
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Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World’s Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West
$18.99 Add to cartThe triumphant true story of the native Hawaiian cowboys who crossed the Pacific to shock America at the 1908 world rodeo championships
Oregon Book Award winner * An NPR Best Book of the Year * Pacific
- Author: Wolman, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 28 2020
- ISBN10: 0062836013
- Language: English
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Bunker Hill Los Angeles: Essence of Sunshine and Noir
$40.00 Add to cartBunker Hill is the highest point of downtown Los Angeles, both literally and figuratively. Its circle of life has created a continuous saga of change, each chapter rich with captivating characters, st
- Author: Marsak, Nathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 22 2020
- ISBN10: 1626400679
- Language: English
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Profiles in Courage: Standing Against the Wyoming Wind
$24.00 Add to cartThis is a book about that most admirable of human virtues – courage. ‘Grace under pressure, ‘ Ernest Hemingway defined it. These are the stories of the pressures experienced by nine Wyoming citizens a
- Author: McDaniel, Rodger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 372
- Publish Date: December 20, 2022
- ISBN10: 1733489711
- Language: English
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Losing Eden: An Environmental History of the American West
$29.95 Add to cartAmerican Scientist Recommended Read
Historical narratives often concentrate on wars and politics while omitting the central role and influence of the physical stage on which history is carried out. I- Series: Environment and Region in the American West
- Author: Dant, Sara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 386
- Publish Date: June 1, 2023
- ISBN10: 1496229541
- Language: English
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Colorado: A Historical Atlas
$29.95 Add to cartThis is a thoroughly revised edition of the Historical Atlas of Colorado, which was coauthored by Tom Noel and published in 1994. Chock-full of the best and latest information on Colorado, this new ed… [more below]
- Author: Noel, Thomas J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 25, 2019
- ISBN10: 0806162295
- Language: English
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Where I Was from: A Memoir
$18.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking In this “arresting amalgam of memoir and historical timeline” (The Baltimore Sun), Didion–a native Californian–reassesses p
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Didion, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 14, 2004
- ISBN10: 0679752862
- Language: English
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Captive Paradise: A History of Hawaii
$22.99 Read moreThe most recent state to join the union, Hawaii is the only one to have once been a royal kingdom. After its “discovery” by Captain Cook in the late 18th Century, Hawaii was fought over by European po
- Author: Haley, James L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 08 2015
- ISBN10: 1250070392
- Language: English
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Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love
$21.99 Add to cartThe critically acclaimed, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller–a gripping story of the strife and tragedy that led to San Francisco’s ultimate rebirth and triumph.
Salon founder David Talbot chronicles- Author: Talbot, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 05, 2013
- ISBN10: 1439108242
- Language: English
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True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America
$21.95 Add to cart“True West disentangles reality from centuries of myth and mystique.”
–HAMPTON SIDES, New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Thunder
From the Northern Rockies to the Southwest deserts, Betsy Ga… [more below]
- Author: Quammen, Betsy Gaines
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 318
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1948814870
- Language: English
