Search Results: Authors starting with J from High-Lonesome Books

Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Publishing, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 9 x 12, 206 pgs, color photos throughout. The wide variety of fine art created by people from the cultures of the Hopi, Navajo, Apache, Zuni, and many more.

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Paperback. Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 203 pgs, b&w photos. Stories told by the Koori people and the photo collections of Alick Jackomos and the Museum of Victoria, and the members of the Aboriginal Community of Victoria. Wonderful stories including Phillip Pepper, Lake Tyers Gum Leaf Band, Jackson's Track, Albert Mullet, Bill and Emma Murray, Merve Bundle, Wayne Thorpe, Eleanor Harding, Philip Eagan, Kevin Coombes, Lois Peeper, Thelma Carter, Gracie Cooper Sailor, Connie Hart, David Austin, Bob Egan, Bevan Nicholls, Euphema Day, Thomas "Grandfather" James and more.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1984. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 250 pgs. Essays discussing agricultural techniques designed to meet the needs of the people without depleting the land.

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1985. New Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 6 x 9, 150 pgs. Foreword by Wendell Berry. A sound, thoroughly documented criticism of the assumptions and the effects of industrial agriculture.

New York: Knopf, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 6 x 9 1/2, 361 pgs, index. The authentic saga of the 49ers who trekked to California to get rich quick; a few did, but most didn't. Tales of their adventures, ordeals, courage, greed, ingenuity, delusions, bonanzas and borascas. The long-suffering miners; men, women, and children, who helped settle the State of Calfornia. Ex-library with the usual markings.

New York: Hearst Books, 2000. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 10, 512 pgs, index, color illustrations. Easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions with more than 3,000 color illustrations and photographs.

New York: Time-Life Books, 1975. Hardcover. Good+ in Good DJ. 9 x 10, 184 pgs, index, as expected, full color photos throughout. Done by two author's who visited this 580,000 acres of mountains and high deserts at different times - the birds, the butterflies, the flora and all sorts of animals - beautiful photos, well-written.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1951. Hardcover. Good in Good DJ. 5 x 8, 31 pgs, monotone illustrations by Tom Lea. The Mexican legend about the flower now known as the poinsettia is the basis for this beautifully told and handsomely illustrated story.

New York: Winchester Press, 1985. 17th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- DJ. 7 x 9 1/2, 194 pgs, b&w photos. Describes and pictures all varieties of turkey and offers complete coverage of turkey calls, calling techniques, appropriate guns, bows, cameras, accessories, bow hunting methods, and much more.

Indiana Wells, CA: McKenna Publishing, 2004. First edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 6 x 9, 201 pgs. True story of Air Force top gun Kyle Kendrick's nearly unsurvivable car crash and his fight to survive after it. A truly unbelievable story of life, death, war and forgotten love.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1968. Later printing. Paperback. Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 308 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w photos and illustrations. A series of essays offering a wonderful insight into the life and habits of several southwestern desert dwellers.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1969. Revised. Paperback. Good+. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 322 pgs, b&w illustrations. 764 desert plants are described and illustrated.

New York: Indian Head Books, 1993. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 305 pgs, index, biblio. A biography of the legendary John Henry Holliday and his travels to nearly every boom town of the Old West; tubercular, an alcoholic, a professional lawman, a gentleman, a friend and a complex, intelligent person.

New York: Wings Books, 1975. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 5 x 7, 356 pgs, b&w historical photos, mapped endsheets. The story of the removal of the Indian tribes located east of the Mississippi in the early 1800s.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 6 x 9, 700 pgs. A portrait of individuals in crisis in the aftermath of war, by turns, hard-bitten, romantic, violent, bawdy, gentle, comic,lyrical and haunting.

Published/Printed by the author. Limited Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good+. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 26 pgs, b&w photos. Biography of a killer for hire. Miller was suspected of killing Pat Garrett. Miller was hung in Ada, Ok. in 1909. Signed, #250/250.

Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2004. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 256 pgs, b&w and a section of color photos. "A straightforward work compiled by a man who knows his stuff. A must-read for lawmen, prospective lawmen, or anyone who packs a pistol for protection."

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 x 6 1/2, 297 pgs. James was a trader in the years 1821-24, across the Great Plains to Santa Fe and he lived among the Comanches. This is his narrative.

New York: William Morrow, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good DJ. 6 x 9 1/2, 235 pgs. A female private eye's memoir of her work in South Africa.

Fort Wayne, IN: Blue-J Inc., 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good DJ. 7 x 9, 238 pgs, index, b&w photos. Offers detailed information on all aspects of successful big game bowhunting including a history of bowhunting, bowhunting basics, equipment selection, ethics, accessories, planning the hunt, placing the shot, meat care, game sign and much more.