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Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 232 pages. In addition to reminiscences of trapping and hunting in the Big Bend of West Texas during the 1920s and 1930s, this Texas Folklore Society Publication includes a heretofore unpublished outdoors sketch by J. Frank Dobie on deer hunting and a piece by Bertha McKee Dobie on Frank’s interest in grasses. Elmer Kelton, Joyce Roach, and Robert Flynn take a humorous look at their work and hometowns, and Kenneth Davis tells tales of souls departing their bodies. There are essays on the bounty of the tables of the earlier settlers, and the state’s ethnic heritages through the German Volksfest in Brenham. The folk-song scholarship of Dorothy Scarborough, the art of Ben Mead, a look at prison language, and much more are included in this bountiful book. .

Norfolk, VA: The Donning Company. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Closed 3/8" tear on back of d j . Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover.Photograph on end papers. 192 pages. This is her gift to the Methodist Home on its 90th anniversary, symbolic of the lasting gratitude of the 17,000 youth, whose lives have been enriched by expert, loving care. ... She was a resident of the Home for ten years (1950-1960) .

New York: Metropolitan Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover.Black boards and spine imprinted on spine in copper with title and author. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. 333 pages. The economic boom?and the devastation left in its wake?has been writ nowhere as large as on the West, the most iconic of American landscapes. Over the last decade the West has undergone a political and demographic upheaval comparable only to the opening of the frontier. Now, in Desert America, a work of powerful reportage and memoir, Rubén Martínez, acclaimed author of Crossing Over, evokes a new world of extremes: outrageous wealth and devastating poverty, sublime beauty and ecological ruin. In northern New Mexico, an epidemic of drug addiction flourishes in the shadow of some of the country's richest zip codes; in Joshua Tree, California, gentrification displaces people and history. In Marfa, Texas, an… Read More

Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. Fine. 2002. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 128 pages. Images of America. Signed by Author. In 1864, an Oregon Trail wagon train of pioneers from Pennsylvania and Iowa found their way to Emigrant Gulch and Park County in search of gold. The first settlers staked 200-foot claims at the mouth of the Gulch, in what had been called the Curry District. One of the oldest mining districts in Park County, the history of the area is reproduced here in almost 200 vintage photographs, and captures America's fascination with the development of the Wild West.<P>Park County, so named due to its proximity to Yellowstone Park, was established in 1887. Placer gold was discovered in the Gulch in 1864, and with this discovery came miners and prospectors from all over the country, ultimately resulting in the development of Yellowstone City and other communities. While open hostilities with the native Crow Indians in the region would eventually dissuade continual mining… Read More

Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Books. Fine. (1997) 2005. Trade Paperback. No spine crease. Maps, b/w photos. Notes, index. . 126 pages. This book gathers the riveting stories of adventurous women - miners, madams, merchants, and mothers -- who went North during the gold rush era .

Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc.. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Scratches on front of dust jacket.. Protected in a removable archival Brodart cover. Dark blue boards and spine with title and author imprinted in copper. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 1.2 x 9 x 6.1 Inches. 256 pages. Chronicles the history of immigration to the U.S., arguing that the latest batch of arrivals experience a process of assimilation similar to previous generations of immigrants .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First American Edition. Hardcover. Dings on bottom of front and back covers. Protected in a removable Brodart cover. Tan boards with author initials and black spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Stated First American Edition. Deckle-edged pages. 1.23 x 9.58 x 6.63 Inches. 291 pages. This astonishing book by the Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez chronicles the 1990 kidnappings of ten Colombian men and women--all but one a journalist--by the Medellin drug boss Pablo Escobar. The carefully orchestrated abductions were Escobar's attempt to extort from the government its assurance that he, and other narcotics traffickers, would not be extradited to the United States if they were to surrender. From the highest corridors of government to the domain of the ruthless drug cartels, we watch the unfolding of a bizarre drama replete with fascinating characters: Caesar Gaviria, the nation's cool and secretive… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. Price-clipped .

Lanham, MD: Republic of Texas Press. Fine. 2003. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Inscribed and SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 255 pages. Signed by Author. Women are all too easily forgotten when it comes to war. In this unique volume, Cindy Weigand tells the individual stories of female WWII veterans now living in Texas. These courageious women reveal their war experiences detailing physical exams, troop train rides, and coping with the reactions of their families. They describe the trials of seeing fiances one day and losing them the next, healing the emotional and mental as well as the physical wounds, and enduring extreme conditions in service to their country. .

Guilford, CT: Lyons Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Black cloth boards and spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Gray endpapers. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 176 pages. Fetch your flashlight and grab a shovel; it's time to dig up history! Unearthing the Past takes readers to the major archaeological sites of different places, times, and civilizations in history, revealing the remarkable stories behind the fascinating expeditions, the discoveries, and the people who uncovered them. Through these amazing excavations, Unearthing the Past pieces together the incredible development of humankind throughout the ages.Filled with more than a hundred full-color photographs and artwork--including maps, site plans, diagrams of excavations, timelines, and sidebar discussions--each chapter reveals a vast array of breathtaking finds from the great Giza Pyramids in Egypt to the volcanic… Read More

Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0.94 x 8.53 x 5.9 Inches. 287 pages. Now available in paperback, this book has been updated to include more humorous, entertaining myths that keep the rumor mills churning. Richard Roeper, the current co-host of Ebert & Roeper and the Movies, knows a lot about urban legends-tales so deliciously tasty that you desperately want it to be true. <P>Find out: <P>Does the "bonsai kitten" Web site celebrate cruelty to animals -- or is it just a tasteless joke? <P>What's the real story behind the so-called Ivy League porn film supposedly in production at Yale? <P>Could it really be true that a man named George Turklebaum dropped dead at his desk-and none of his co-workers noticed for five days? <P>Each of these stories and hundreds more like them have been told and retold, embellished and reworked. They're fun to hear or read, and even more fun to retell.… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine. 256 pp. 2001. First Edition. Third Printing. Trade Paperback. 0684849577 . Despite popular belief, American boys tag behind girls in reading and writing ability, and they are less likely to go to college. Our young men are greatly at risk, yet the best-known studies and experts insist that it's girls who are in need of our attention. The highly publicized "girl crisis" has led to many changes in American schools, politics, and parenting...but at what cost? .

Vancouver, BC: Whitecap Books. Fine. 2000. Trade Paperback. No spine crease. Bibliography, index. . 255 pages. This book tells the stories of the strong and independent women who worked as madams, prospectors, hunters, and horse tamers in the Wild West .