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The Columbia
$18.95 Add to cartTHE COLUMBIA commemorates the disciplining and conversion of a wilderness river from a water passageway to a powerhouse and source of irrigation. Here is the story of its explorers who came by boat an
- Author: Holbrook, Stewart H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 346
- Publish Date: June 16 2017
- ISBN10: 1941890083
- Language: English
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San Diego Lowriders: A History of Cars and Cruising
$33.99 Add to cartSan Diego’s unique lowrider culture and community has a long history of “low and slow.” Cruising the streets from 1950 to 1985, twenty-eight lowrider car clubs made their marks in the San Diego neighb… [more below]
- Author: Pulido, Alberto Lopez
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: April 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1540215865
- Language: English
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Legends, Lore & True Tales in Mormon Country
$31.99 Add to cartUtah’s Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area offers breathtaking natural resources, powerful historical drama and intriguing cultural traditions. This rich legacy is built on old-world values of coope… [more below]
- Author: Bona, Monte
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: May 18 2015
- ISBN10: 1540213579
- Language: English
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Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody: Plainsmen of the Legendary West
$39.50 Add to cartTwo soldiers, scouts, and showmen who left a lasting legacy, Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody. Author Bill Markley offers a thoughtful and entertaining examination of these legendary lives in th
- Author: Markley, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 502
- Publish Date: August 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1493048422
- Language: English
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Grand Teton National Park
$24.99 Add to cartThe majestic beauty of Grand Teton National Park has moved people throughout time. Native Americans believed in the spiritual power of the towering mountain peaks and journeyed there to gain special p… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Fuller, Kendra Leah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 30 2014
- ISBN10: 1467131482
- Language: English
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Black Cowboys and Early Cattle Drives: On the Trails from Texas to Montana
$23.99 Read moreDust and Determination After the Civil War, emancipated slaves who didn’t want to pick cotton or operate an elevator headed west to find work and a new life. Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving drove … [more below]
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Williams, Mrs Nancy K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153648
- Language: English
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Biscuits Across the Brazos
$14.95 Add to cartThe small boy watched as loving hands wrapped two biscuits in wax paper. He refused to eat Aunt Minnie’s biscuits the next day, sensing that they represented a part of his life that was over. He conti… [more below]
- Author: Ainsworth, Jim H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0865347549
- Language: English
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Where a Hundred Soldiers Were Killed: The Struggle for the Powder River Country in 1866 and the Making of the Fetterman Myth
$29.95 Add to cartThe Powder River country of what is now north central Wyoming was one of the most resource-rich regions of the northern plains in the nineteenth century. As U.S. mining interests and white settlement
- Author: Monnett, John H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: July 16 2010
- ISBN10: 0826345042
- Language: English
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The Texas Rangers
$24.99 Add to cartThe Texas Rangers. The words evoke exciting images of daring, courage, high adventure. The Rangers began as a handful of men protecting their homes from savage raiding parties; now in their third cent… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Parsons, Chuck
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 02 2011
- ISBN10: 0738579823
- Language: English
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Mount Shasta
$24.99 Read moreFor thousands of years, native inhabitants revered this snowcapped volcano, its craggy peaks, thick forests, crystal waters, and abundant wildlife. “Lonely as god and white as a winter moon, Mount Sha… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Greb Mazariegos, Darla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 01 2007
- ISBN10: 073855572X
- Language: English
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Puget’s Sound: A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Sound
$29.95 Add to cartWith the same ability to make personalities and events come alive that characterizes his classic Skid Road, Murray Morgan here tells the colorful story of Tacoma, “the City of Destiny,” and southern P
- Author: Morgan, Murray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: November 20 2018
- ISBN10: 0295744235
- Language: English
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The American West: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartPart geographical location, part time period, and part state of mind, the American West is a concept often invoked but rarely defined. Though popular culture has carved out a short and specific time a… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Aron, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 08 2015
- ISBN10: 0199858934
- Language: English
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La Quinta
$39.99 Add to cartLa Quinta lies nestled in the beautiful Santa Rosa mountain range of Southern California. Unique landforms and Cahuilla cultural heritage, combined with early agricultural and commercial endeavors and… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: La Quinta Historical Society
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: January 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1540245535
- Language: English
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Guardians of Angels: A History of the Los Angeles Police Department Anniversary Edition
$29.95 Add to cartFor 150 years, LAPD officers have pinned on a badge, holstered a gun and traveled the corridors of history, leaving behind the rich traditions that are today’s LAPD. Guardians of Angels is a penetrati
- Author: Bultema, James a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: January 09 2019
- ISBN10: 0997425148
- Language: English
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Decent, Orderly Lynching: The Montana Vigilantes
$24.95 Add to cartThe deadliest campaign of vigilante justice in American history erupted in the Rocky Mountains during the Civil War when a private army hanged twenty-one troublemakers. Hailed as great heroes at the t
- Author: Allen, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 446
- Publish Date: March 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0806140380
- Language: English
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Texas Rangers: Volume I: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900
$34.99 Add to cartTexas writer/historian Mike Cox explores the inception and rise of the famed Texas Rangers.
Starting in 1821 with just a handful of men, the Rangers’ first purpose was to keep settlers safe from the- Author: Cox, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 15 2009
- ISBN10: 076531892X
- Language: English
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San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury
$24.99 Add to cartAt the turn of the 20th century, the Haight-Ashbury first gained prominence as the gateway to Golden Gate Park; six decades later, it would anchor the worldwide cultural revolution that blossomed in t… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Powell Cohen, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0738559946
- Language: English
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Gay and Lesbian San Francisco
$24.99 Add to cartIn recent years, San Francisco has been synonymous with gay and lesbian pride, and the various achievements of the gay and lesbian community are personified in the city by the bay. The tumultuous and … [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Lipsky, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 20 2006
- ISBN10: 0738531383
- Language: English
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The Last Heir: The Triumphs and Tragedies of Two Montana Families
$19.95 Add to cartThe only thing the Herrins and the Burkes had in common was their Irish ancestry. Opposites in most ways, the families nevertheless personified two common threads in the history of the West. As the ow… [more below]
- Author: Vaughn, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1496229754
- Language: English
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Death in Rocky Mountain National Park: Accidents and Foolhardiness on the Continental Divide
$18.95 Add to cartColorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park welcomes more than 4 million visitors every year, but this jewel of America’s parks has seen more than its fair share of deaths among its tourists. More than 70… [more below]
- Author: Minetor, Randi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1493038788
- Language: English
