United States - State & Local - West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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It Happened in Yellowstone: Stories of Events and People That Shaped America’s First National Park
$16.95 Add to cartThis book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of Yellowstone Park. Read about the making of “Wonderland” over 600,000 years ago. Try to piece toge
- Series: It Happened in
- Author: Turner, Erin H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1493088564
- Language: English
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World War II Hawaii
$24.99 Read moreIn World War II Hawaii, experience the untold stories of Hawaii at war where children worked the pineapple fields and women served in armed volunteer units. Makeshift bomb shelters were constructed, t
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Buckingham, Dorothea N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1467161772
- Language: English
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Historic Tales of Flathead Lake
$24.99 Add to cartWhen asked about the greatest accomplishment of his 34-year congressional career, Mike Mansfield, one of America’s revered political figures, offered a simple reply– “Saving Flathead Lake.”
The large
- Series: American Chronicles
- Author: Larcombe, Butch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1467154741
- Language: English
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Heart Mountain Chronicles: The History of a Japanese Relocation Center
$36.00 Read moreThis is the story of a city. The Heart Mountain Relocation Center, located in northwest Wyoming, was one of ten Japanese-American internment camps built by government in the summer of 1942 to hold per
- Author: Murphy, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 678
- Publish Date: May 01 2024
- ISBN10: 173348972X
- Language: English
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Buffalo Bill and the Mormons
$29.95 Add to cartIn this never-before-told history of Buffalo Bill and the Mormons, Brent M. Rogers presents the intersections in the epic histories of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody and the Latter-day Saints from 184… [more below]
- Author: Rogers, Brent M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1496213181
- Language: English
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This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption Are Ruining the American West
$30.00 Add to cart“A big, bold book about public lands . . . The Desert Solitaire of our time.” —Outside
A hard-hitting look at the battle now raging over the fate of the public lands in the American West–and a plea- Author: Ketcham, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0735220999
- Language: English
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Golden State: The Making of California
$32.50 Add to cart“Superb. Hiltzik makes a compelling case that California is the heartbeat of our nation.”–Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Silent Spring Revolution
From Pulitzer Prize winner Mic
- Author: Hiltzik, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 035853934X
- Language: English
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Roadside History of Montana
$20.00 Add to cartRoadside History of Montana goes well beyond cowboy stories to tell of the struggles of dryland farmers, the rowdy antics of mining- town denizens, and the heroism of smoke jumpers and park rangers. A… [more below]
- Series: Roadside History (Paperback)
- Author: Spritzer Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 449
- Publish Date: June 15 1999
- ISBN10: 0878423958
- Language: English
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Murder of the Jujube Candy Heiress: A Coronado Cold Case
$24.99 Add to cartOne candy heiress, two bullets and three suspects.
The small Southern California island of Coronado rarely makes news for violent crime. But in the spring of 1975, World War II widow and retired libra
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Kiland, Taylor Baldwin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1467150584
- Language: English
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Black Robes Enter Coyote’s World: Chief Charlo and Father de Smet in the Rocky Mountains
$36.95 Add to cartBlack Robes Enter Coyote’s World brings to life the complicated history of Jesuit missionaries among Montana’s Native peoples–a saga of encounter, accommodation, and resistance during the transformat… [more below]
- Author: Thompson, Sally
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 01 2024
- ISBN10: 149623961X
- Language: English
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Roadside History of Wyoming
$24.00 Add to cartIn Roadside History of Wyoming readers will learn about Native Americans who struggled to adapt to many sudden changes, mountain men who braved the wilderness, emigrants who suffered untold hardships,… [more below]
- Series: Roadside History (Paperback)
- Author: Moulton, Candy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: June 15 1995
- ISBN10: 0878423168
- Language: English
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Alaska: A Visual Tour of America’s Great Land
$40.00 Read moreAn amazing tour through its history, culture and landscape, Alaska’s stunning imagery and informative text makes it the perfect book for those who dream of visiting the 49th state and those who want t… [more below]
- Author: Devine, Bob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 24 2014
- ISBN10: 1426213395
- Language: English
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Lost at Sea: Poverty and Paradise Collide at the Edge of America
$32.50 Add to cartA deeply personal nine-year account of the lives of the “anchor-outs”–an unhoused community living off the California coast on abandoned boats–that explores the struggles and resilience of those sur
- Author: Kloc, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0063061694
- Language: English
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A Creek, a Hill, & a Forty: The early years of Alaska’s Matanuska Colony, seen through a colonist’s letters home-Margaret Miller’s story
$19.95 Add to cartA Creek, a Hill & a Forty is a firsthand narrative of the early years of Alaska’s Matanuska Colony-with the story told through the personal letters of one colonist, Margaret Miller.
Margaret, along wi
- Author: Bonnell, Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: August 31 2024
- ISBN10: 1736423665
- Language: English
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Buffalo Soldiers in California: Charles Young and the Ninth Cavalry, 1902-1904
$26.95 Add to cartWhen Captain Charles Young and the Ninth U.S. Cavalry stepped ashore in San Francisco in 1902, Young was only one of three Black officers serving in the U.S. Army. He had graduated from West Point as … [more below]
- Author: Shellum, Brian G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: August 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1496238516
- Language: English
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Los Angeles Before the Freeways: Images of an Era 1850-1950
$45.00 Add to cartDiscover of a lost Los Angeles from an era before the freeways in this beautiful coffee table book from iconic architectural photographer Arnold Hylen.
Los Angeles Before the Freeways: Images of An Era
- Author: Hylen, Arnold
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1626401330
- Language: English
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Pacific Palisades
$31.99 Add to cartPacific Palisades owes its name to its geography. The cliffs looming above the beach reminded the early developers of the Hudson River Palisades in New York. The name for this eventually affluent coas… [more below]
- Author: Loomis, Jan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: August 05 2009
- ISBN10: 1531645682
- Language: English
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Twisting in Air: The Sensational Rise of a Hollywood Falling Horse
$24.95 Add to cartTwisting in Air chronicles the gritty and glittery era when an extraordinary group of horses made Western movies come alive and explores how one of them, Cocaine, overcame a debilitating injury to bec… [more below]
- Author: Bradley, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1496239008
- Language: English
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The Beartooth Highway: A History of America’s Most Beautiful Drive
$21.99 Add to cartTraversing the spectacular Beartooth Highway in Montana and Wyoming is an unforgettable experience. The unspoiled mountain scenery along the highway inspired famed news correspondent Charles Kuralt to… [more below]
- Series: Transportation
- Author: Axline, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 29 2016
- ISBN10: 1467135798
- Language: English
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Galloping Gourmet: Eating and Drinking with Buffalo Bill
$24.95 Add to cartGalloping Gourmet explores an unfamiliar side of a familiar character in American history, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody. In this entertaining narrative Steve Friesen explores the evolving role of ea… [more below]
- Author: Friesen, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1496236807
- Language: English
