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Hidden History of Denver
$21.99 Read moreWhen prospectors set up camp on Cherry Creek in 1858, Denver emerged as a lightning rod for the extraordinary. Time has washed away so many unusual stories–from the dark days of nineteenth century La… [more below]
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Wallace, Elizabeth Victoria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 25 2011
- ISBN10: 1609493508
- Language: English
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San Francisco’s Parks
$23.99 Read moreSan Francisco was incorporated in 1850, when there was just one communal outdoor space: Portsmouth Square. The square was the literal nucleus of planning for the city, as development maps were measure… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Pollock, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160156
- Language: English
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Wyoming Ghost Stories
$14.95 Read more“The stories in this book were originally published in Ghosts on the Range (1989) by Debra D. Munn.”–Title page verso.
- Author: Munn, Debra D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1931832943
- Language: English
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Montana’s Charlie Russell: Art in the Collection of the Montana Historical Society
$80.00 Read moreIn the pages of Montana’s Charlie Russell, the Montana Historical Society offers you its collection of Russell art. Each of the 230 artworks has been painstakingly photographed using state-of-the-art … [more below]
- Author: Bottomly-O’Looney, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 07 2014
- ISBN10: 1940527104
- Language: English
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Skiing in Colorado
$24.99 Read moreSkiing in Colorado evolved from a transportation necessity to a world-class recreational pursuit. The first documented use of skis in Colorado occurred in the winter of 1859. As the popularity of the … [more below]
- Series: Images of Sports
- Author: Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of F
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160555
- Language: English
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Inventing Idaho: The Gem State’s Eccentric Shape
$26.95 Add to cartAs Idaho’s State Historian, the question Keith Petersen heard most was, “How did Idaho get such a strange shape?” That curiosity is fitting, because those peculiar borders have held enormous influence
- Author: Petersen, Keith C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: September 23 2022
- ISBN10: 0874224187
- Language: English
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The King and Queen of Malibu: The True Story of the Battle for Paradise
$26.95 Read moreFrederick and May Rindge, the unlikely couple whose love story propelled Malibu’s transformation from an untamed ranch in the middle of nowhere to a paradise seeded with movie stars, are at the heart
- Author: Randall, David K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 02 2016
- ISBN10: 0393240991
- Language: English
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Italians in the Pacific Northwest
$24.99 Read moreFrom hardscrabble days as homesteaders and farmers in the 1880s to becoming successful entrepreneurs of the postwar boom generation, Italians settled and later thrived in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Floreano, Tessa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160466
- Language: English
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Mark Twain’s Hawaii: A Humorous Romp Through History
$26.95 Add to cartMark Twain’s Hawaii: A Humorous Romp through History, combines Twain’s own writings on Hawaii with personal reminiscences by others who met him at that time, and traces Twain’s journey through the reg
- Author: Stephens, John Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: May 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493053124
- Language: English
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Rincon Point
$23.99 Read moreRincon Point is renowned as the Queen of the Coast, one of the premier surfing spots in the world, but that is only a fragment of its rich history. Before the arrival of Europeans, it was a Chumash vi… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Burns, Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1467108707
- Language: English
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Death at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles
$21.99 Add to cartBuilt during Los Angeles’s rapid growth in the Roaring Twenties, the Beaux Arts-style Cecil Hotel was briefly a glimmering downtown landmark until it became one of the most infamous sites of violence … [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Perelman, Dale Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1467150185
- Language: English
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The Western Horse: A Popular History of the Wild and Working Animal
$22.95 Add to cartThis book celebrates the history and culture of the western horse, its ability to capture the popular imagination, and the means by which it has come to symbolize the American West.
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- Author: Samuelson-Brown, Randi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1493073842
- Language: English
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Letters Home from Stanford
$24.00 Add to cart- Author: Davis, Alison Carpenter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1681065495
- Language: English
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La Plata County
$24.99 Add to cartEstablished in 1874 as an agricultural lifeline, La Plata County, Colorado, has played many roles.
European Americans were drawn to the region by the promise of mineral wealth and the mining industry
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Horvat, Ed Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 124
- Publish Date: July 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1467161098
- Language: English
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Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles
$29.95 Add to cartInventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles traces the improbable rise of Los Angeles through the prism of six visionaries who had outsize influence on the city’s growth
- Author: Haddad, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 404
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1595801278
- Language: English
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A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth: The Making of the Port of Los Angeles and America
$35.00 Add to cartThe Port of Los Angeles is all around us. Objects we use on a daily basis pass through it: furniture, apparel, electronics, automobiles, and much more. The busiest container port in the Western hemisp
- Author: Tejani, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1324093552
- Language: English
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Dr. Martha Cannon of Utah: The Unexpected Victorian Life of America’s First Female State Senator
$24.99 Read morePrudery, Polygamy and Politics
Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon was no hands-on-the-plow pioneer. She was no stereotypical polygamous wife. Nor was she a prim lady who blushed at the word “legs.” Victorian Mo
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Jacobson, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1467155071
- Language: English
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Remarkable Colorado Women
$18.95 Add to cartRemarkable Colorado Women celebrates the women who shaped the Centennial State. Short, illuminating biographies and archival photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state w
- Series: More Than Petticoats
- Author: Shirley, Gayle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493068733
- Language: English
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Texas: A Compact History
$27.95 Add to cartTexas “a whole other country”-a slogan that promotes tourism as much within the Lone Star State as elsewhere-is familiar to native Texans and those adopted sons and daughters who “got here just as qui… [more below]
- Author: McDonald, Archie P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: November 15 2011
- ISBN10: 193333715X
- Language: English
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On This Day in Wyoming History
$14.99 Read moreWyoming might be known as the least populous state, but this land of mountains and prairies is home to enough history to provide an entertaining footnote for each day of the year. On September 6, 1870… [more below]
- Author: Holscher, Patrick T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: March 18 2014
- ISBN10: 1626192235
- Language: English
