Search Results for: History of the American West
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Bmf: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family
$20.00 Add to cartIn the early 1990s, Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and his brother, Terry “Southwest T,” rose up from the slums of Detroit to build one of the largest cocaine empires in American history: the Black Maf
- Author: Shalhoup, Mara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: January 18, 2011
- ISBN10: 0312674155
- Language: English
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The History of White People
$18.95 Add to cartTelling perhaps the most important forgotten story in American history, eminent historian Nell Irvin Painter guides us through more than two thousand years of Western civilization, illuminating not on
- Author: Painter, Nell Irvin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: April 18, 2011
- ISBN10: 0393339742
- Language: English
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
$23.99 Add to cartThe landmark, bestselling account of the crimes against American Indians during the 19th century, now on its 50th Anniversary.
First published in 1970, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown’s elo- Author: Brown, Dee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 15 2007
- ISBN10: 0805086846
- Language: English
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Forever Texas: A Thrilling Western Novel of the American Frontier
$14.95 Add to cart“Superb from start to finish. An instant classic. ” —New York Times Bestselling Author Marc Cameron
Based on real events and the true history of the legendary King Ranch in South Texas, this riveting- Series: A Forever Texas Novel
- Author: Johnstone, William W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 26, 2022
- ISBN10: 149673534X
- Language: English
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Cowboy American Icon: A Short History of Wild West Culture
$40.00 Read moreMay your belly never grumble
May your heart never ache
May your horse never stumble
May your cinch never break–Cowboy blessing
A sweeping visual history of the iconic figure of the Old West — a
- Author: Pruitt, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0228104491
- Language: English
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Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion
$44.95 Add to cartWinner of Columbia University’s 2024 Bancroft Prize in American History
In Continental Reckoning renowned historian E
2024 Spur Award Winner
Named a Best Civil War Book of 2023 by Civil War Monitor- Series: History of the American West
- Author: West, Elliott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1496233581
- Language: English
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The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster
$26.99 Add to cart“A winning portrait of America at its weirdest.” — Publishers Weekly STARRED Review
From the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, one man searches hi
- Author: O’Connor, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 06, 2024
- ISBN10: 1464216630
- Language: English
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Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
$23.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes an eye-opening history of the American conquest of the West–“a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy” (The New York Times… [more below]
- Author: Sides, Hampton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: October 09 2007
- ISBN10: 1400031109
- Language: English
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Enemies in the Orchard: A World War 2 Novel in Verse
$17.99 Add to cartSet against the backdrop of WWII, this achingly beautiful middle grade novel in verse based on American history presents the dual perspectives of Claire, a Midwestern girl who longs to enter high scho
- Author: VanderLugt, Dana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 0310155770
- Language: English
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Midwestern Food: A Chef’s Guide to the Surprising History of a Great American Cuisine, with More Than 100 Tasty Recipes
$27.50 Read moreAn acclaimed chef offers a historically informed cookbook that will change how you think about Midwestern cuisine.
Celebrated chef Paul Fehribach has made his name serving up some of the most thought- Author: Fehribach, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: September 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0226819493
- Language: English
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A Little History of the United States
$16.95 Read moreA fast-paced, character-filled history that brings the unique American saga to life for readers of all ages
“This is a little history with a big heart, meant to be savored more than studied, read out- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Davidson, James West
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: September 13 2016
- ISBN10: 030022348X
- Language: English
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An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873
$22.00 Add to cartThe first full account of the government-sanctioned genocide of California Indians under United States rule
Winner of the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Award for History and a New York Times Book Review- Series: The Lamar Western History
- Author: Madley, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: June 27, 2017
- ISBN10: 0300230699
- Language: English
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All the Blood We Share: A Novel of the Bloody Benders of Kansas
$17.00 Add to cartA sinister novel based on the real Bloody Benders, a family of serial killers in the old West bound by butchery and obscured by the shadows of American history.
The winds shift nervously on the Kansas- Author: Bruce, Camilla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0593102606
- Language: English
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The Whiskey Rebellion: A Distilled History of an American Crisis
$32.50 Read moreIn March 1791 Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton shocked the western frontier when he proposed a domestic excise tax on whiskey to balance America’s national debt. The law, known colloquially as th
- Author: Crytzer, Brady J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 1594164002
- Language: English
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Losing Eden: An Environmental History of the American West
$29.95 Add to cartAmerican Scientist Recommended Read
Historical narratives often concentrate on wars and politics while omitting the central role and influence of the physical stage on which history is carried out. I- Series: Environment and Region in the American West
- Author: Dant, Sara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 386
- Publish Date: June 1, 2023
- ISBN10: 1496229541
- Language: English
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The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story
$21.99 Add to cartThis newest volume in Oxford’s acclaimed Pivotal Moments series offers an unforgettable portrait of the Nez Perce War of 1877, the last great Indian conflict in American history. It was, as Elliott We… [more below]
- Series: Pivotal Moments in American History
- Author: West, Elliott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 27 2011
- ISBN10: 0199769184
- Language: English
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The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States
$21.99 Add to cartA searing and “magisterial” (Cornel West, New York Times-bestselling author of Democracy Matters) history of American racial exploitation and resistance, told through the turbulent past of the city of… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1541619587
- Language: English
