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

Boston: Beacon Press, 1994. Paperback. Good. 6 x 9, 184 pgs, b&w photos. A sensitive examination of what a relationship to nature can mean for children in the post-industrial age.

New York: Tom Doherty, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 448 pgs. Novel of the Battle of Glorieta Pass in New Mexico during the Civil War.

San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good+. 6 x 9 1/2, 128 pgs, b&w photos, index, bibliography. From the 'History's Great Defeats' series, offers insight into the social and economic forces and the poligical and military problems that brought down whole societies.

New York: M. Evans and Company, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Good+ in Good+ DJ. 7 x 9, 372 pgs, bibliography, b&w photos. All about the boldest, most sophisticated and most wildly imaginative criminals of the past 200 years.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1982. Third edition. Paperback. Very Good. 5 x 8 1/2, 425 pgs, index, biblio. A look at the gradual intellectual transformation that changed wilderness from something to be conquered into something to be preserved. Includes a xerox copy of an article by Aldo Leopold entitled The Wilderness and Its Place in Forest Recreational Policy. From the library of MH Dutch Salmon.

Anchorage, AK: Alaska Northwest Publishing, 1973. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 192 pgs, index, bibliography. Reviews Alaska's political background prior to the introduction of the first Statehood Bill in 1916, sketeches in some of the highlights of the next thirty years, and focuses on the final push that brought Alaska into the Union as of January 3, 1959.

Chicago: Saalfield Publishing, 1905. Hardcover. Good. 5 x 7 1/2, 385 pgs, b&w illustrations. Binding cracked but holding. Uncommon 19th century novel.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good+. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 423 pgs, index. Well-researched study of the 'community' of San Francisco's Chinatown.

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1995. Reprint. Paperback. Good+. 5 x 8, 298 pgs, b&w drawings. The author's interview with Black Elk, an old medicine man on the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1930.

Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 2000. Paperback. Very Good+. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 79 pgs, b&w photos. The fifth installment in former National Park Ranger Mark Nesbitt's series of collected ghost stories from the Gettsyburg battlefield and village - an area considered by many afficionados to be the most haunted in America. These are not the fictional species of ghost stories; they are taken from purportedly true accounts, some from older folklore and some more recent.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974. Second edition. Hardcover. Good in Good DJ. 6 x 9, 317 pgs, index, b&w photos, decorated endsheets. The definitive work on American freshwater fishing by America's foremost fishermen and fishing writers. Ex-library.

British Columbia: Harbour Publishing, 1995. Later printing. Paperback. Very Good+. 8 1/2 x 11, 182 pgs, index, references, b&w historical photos throughout. A solid narrative.packed.with an outstanding collection of historical photographs.

New York: Time-Life Books, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 240 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Looks at the sort of people who pushed west and settled the great state of Texas. Plus the Alamo, San Jacinto, the Rangers, ranching, etc. Padded brown leather.

New York: Time-Life Books, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 240 pgs, profusely illustrated with b&w and color historical photos. Covers the Indian wars, the forts of the Old West, what it was like on the trail and the famous commanders including Custer and his famous disaster. Padded brown leather.

New York: Time-Life Books, 1980. Third revised. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 240 pgs, historical photos and illustrations. A historical look at the men who moved goods and mail in the Old West. Padded brown leather.

New York: Time-Life Books, 1980. Third revised. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 240 pgs, historical photos and illustrations. A historical look at the men who moved goods and mail in the Old West. Padded brown leather.

New York: Time-Life Books, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 240 pgs, profusely illustrated with b&w and color historical photos. Covers the Indian wars, the forts of the Old West, what it was like on the trail and the famous commanders including Custer and his famous disaster. Padded brown leather.

New York: Time-Life Books, 1978. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 240 pgs, historical photos and illustrations. A historical look at Mexico before the war, the men who led the war, the battles, the cost of war at home, etc. Padded brown leather.

New York: Gallery Books, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 8 1/2 x 11, 64 pgs, b&w and color illustrations. Coffee-table style book describes the pioneers, their achievements and the land they opened up.

Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, 1991. Hardcover. Good. 5 x 8, 125 pgs, b&w and color photos. Sensible, easy-to-follow recommendations about selecting and caring for a Rottweiler, plus much breed history.