Search Results: Titles starting with W from High-Lonesome Books

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. Fifth printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 5 x 8, 298 pgs, intro by A.B. Guthrie, Jr. Garrard's account of his travels in the Rocky Mountain West beginning in 1846. He met the likes of Charles Bent, Jim Beckwourth, Kit Carson and others.

New York: Harper Collins, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 6 x 9, 232 pgs, mapped endsheets. Another classic Jim Chee mystery.

New York: Harper Collins, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 6 x 9, 232 pgs, mapped endsheets. Another classic Jim Chee mystery.

New York: Broadway Books, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 284 pgs. After living for 20 years in England, the author reacquaints himself with America by walking the 2,100 mile Appalachian Trail.

New York: Crown, 1987. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 7 x 10, 306 pgs, index, references, b&w and color photos, decorated endsheets. "Behind-the-scenes account of the incredible modern expedition that followed Captain Robert Falcon Scott's 1912 route across Antarctica to the South Pole.1985 British explorers Robert Swan, Robert Mear, and Gareth Wood marched 883 miles to the Pole"

New York: Harper Collins, 1995. Paperback. Good+. 5 1/2 x 8, 381 pgs, b&w photos and maps. The best of the natural world from San Diego to Santa Barbara with walks for everyone, from easy family outings to all-day scenic adventures.

New York: Penguin Books, 2008. First, thus. Paperback. Very Good. 5 x 8, 220 pgs. The author plunges the reader behind the headlines and into a mesmerizing post-cold war world where reactivated KGB agents, CIA operatives and Apaches combine forces to unravel a double-cross, retracing the operation to find the source of the deception ---- in espionage lingo, walking back the cat.

Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Publishing, 1996. Paperback. Good. 7 x 9, 245 pgs. Selections from women writers like Pam Houston, Terry Tempest Williams, Paula Gunn Allen and others.

Minnetonka, MN: Cy DeCosse Inc., 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 160 pgs, index, color photos. The experts advise you on equipment, location, techniques, including those "special situations."

Portland, OR: Frank Amato, 1999. First edition. Paperback. Good+. 6 x 9, 106 pgs, b&w and color photos. The basics of hunting for these wonderful fish including lake fishing with Gordon Steinmetz. Ex-library with minimal markings.

New York: Walter J. Black, 1951. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good+. 5 x 8, 419 pgs. A nice reprint of Grey's thrilling story of the Old West. Still has protective wrapper.

Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8 1/2 x 11, 192 pgs, b&w and color photos and illustrations. From "The American Indians" series, deals with the white intrusion into the Great Plains which led to one of the epic tragedies of American history. By 1890 the original inhabitants had suffered total military defeat and a transition from free hunters and warriors to impoverished wards of the burgeoning nation.

Crow Agency, MT: Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association, 1956. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 37 pgs, b&w historical photos. While the attention of the nation in 1862 was focused on the early phases of the Civil War, the eastern Sioux rose in one of the most devastating Indian outbreaks in American history. From that time until the early 1890's, Indian campaigning was almost constant in one part of the West or another.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Paperback. Good+. 6 x 9, 282 pgs, index, notes, maps. In 1513, only a few years before Cortes conquered the Aztec empire, Juan Ponce de Leon and three shiploads of conquistadores landed just north of what is now St Augustine, Florida. The Spanish adventurers, were quickly driven away by the Timucua people; further landings were similarly rebuffed. The European experience in North America would be a far cry from the swift victories over the Aztecs and Incas. In this work the author provides a sweeping history of the numerous European invasion of North America.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 x 9, 282 pgs, index, notes, maps. In 1513, only a few years before Cortes conquered the Aztec empire, Juan Ponce de Leon and three shiploads of conquistadores landed just north of what is now St Augustine, Florida. The Spanish adventurers, were quickly driven away by the Timucua people; further landings were similarly rebuffed. The European experience in North America would be a far cry from the swift victories over the Aztecs and Incas. In this work the author provides a sweeping history of the numerous European invasion of North America.

Evergreen, CO: Chockstone Press, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 212 pgs, index, b&w photos and maps. Tips and pointers on climbs at Darrington, Static Point, Index, Leavenworth, Washington Pass and The Lesser Crags.

Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1970. Paperback. Very Good. 8 x 11, 96 pgs, b&w photos. A photographic and historic presentation of towns in the State of Washington that are on the borderline of being dead or alive, but that still have some life, though nothing to compare with the lusty vigor they enjoyed in their heyday. A nostalgic look at the Old West during the frontier days.

New York: Golden Press, 1967. Paperback. Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 223 pgs, index, color illustrations throughout by Arthur Singer, edited by Herbert S. Zim. Thoroughly explores the fascinating realm of gulls, cranes, flamingos, herons, ibises, storkes, and many other water and marsh birds. Front cover creased down the center.

New York: Penguin Books, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 9, 167 pgs, index, color and b&w photos and illustrations throughout. A guide to designing, installing, and planting ornamental and natural water features for any garden.

Socorro, NM: NM State Bureau of Mines, 1972. Paperback. Good+. 8 1/2 x 11, 211 pgs, charts. Terrifically useful information for builders, farmers, developers, planners and anyone concerned with the nature of the land in Grant County and in particular with water resources.