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Texas Rangers: Volume I: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900
$22.99 Add to cartTexas writer/historian Mike Cox explores the inception and rise of the famed Texas Rangers.
Starting in 1821 with just a handful of men, the Rangers’ first purpose was to keep settlers safe from the- Author: Cox, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 15 2009
- ISBN10: 076531892X
- Language: English
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San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury
$24.99 Add to cartAt the turn of the 20th century, the Haight-Ashbury first gained prominence as the gateway to Golden Gate Park; six decades later, it would anchor the worldwide cultural revolution that blossomed in t… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Powell Cohen, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0738559946
- Language: English
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Gay and Lesbian San Francisco
$24.99 Add to cartIn recent years, San Francisco has been synonymous with gay and lesbian pride, and the various achievements of the gay and lesbian community are personified in the city by the bay. The tumultuous and … [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Lipsky, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 20 2006
- ISBN10: 0738531383
- Language: English
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The Last Heir: The Triumphs and Tragedies of Two Montana Families
$19.95 Add to cartThe only thing the Herrins and the Burkes had in common was their Irish ancestry. Opposites in most ways, the families nevertheless personified two common threads in the history of the West. As the ow… [more below]
- Author: Vaughn, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1496229754
- Language: English
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Death in Rocky Mountain National Park: Accidents and Foolhardiness on the Continental Divide
$18.95 Add to cartColorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park welcomes more than 4 million visitors every year, but this jewel of America’s parks has seen more than its fair share of deaths among its tourists. More than 70… [more below]
- Author: Minetor, Randi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1493038788
- Language: English
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Woodland
$31.99 Add to cartThe images in this book document the intertwining of country and city in the character of Woodland, California, since the town’s birth in 1853. The flat, rich land of the Great Central Valley, along w… [more below]
- Author: Datel, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: January 09 2012
- ISBN10: 1531659837
- Language: English
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Downwind: A People’s History of the Nuclear West
$24.95 Add to cartDownwind is an unflinching tale of the atomic West that reveals the intentional disregard for the inhabitants and the environment in nuclear testing by the federal government and in uranium extraction
- Author: Fox, Sarah Alisabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: October 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1496207661
- Language: English
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Growing Up in San Francisco: More Boomer Memories from Playland to Candlestick Park
$21.99 Add to cartNewcomers and visitors can still enjoy iconic San Francisco with activities like riding a cable car or taking in the view from Twin Peaks. But San Franciscans cherish memories of a place quite differe… [more below]
- Series: American Chronicles
- Author: Dunnigan, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 17 2016
- ISBN10: 1467135704
- Language: English
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West of Eden: An American Place
$23.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – An epic, mesmerizing oral history of Hollywood and Los Angeles from the author of the contemporary classic Edie
Jean Stein transformed the art of oral history in her ground- Author: Stein, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 21 2017
- ISBN10: 0812987934
- Language: English
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Ambush on Elk Mountain: The Murders, the Manhunt, and Big Nose George Parott
$19.95 Add to cartWinner First place in The Wyoming State Historical Society’s 2014 Awards Program. Ambush on Elk Mountain is the true story of the murder of two deputies in Wyoming Territory during the late eighteen … [more below]
- Author: Atwell, Max R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: November 05 2013
- ISBN10: 0692336672
- Language: English
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City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles
$24.95 Add to cartA vivid history of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped transform Los Angeles
When Walter O’Malley moved his Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1957 with plans to construct a- Author: Podair, Jerald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 09 2019
- ISBN10: 0691192790
- Language: English
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Paradise of the Pacific: Approaching Hawaii
$23.99 Add to cartThe dramatic history of America’s tropical paradise
The history of Hawaii may be said to be the story of arrivals–from the eruption of volcanoes on the ocean floor 18,000 feet below, the first hardy- Author: Moore, Susanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 02 2016
- ISBN10: 0374536171
- Language: English
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Big Basin Redwood Forest: California’s Oldest State Park
$41.99 Add to cartThe epic saga of Big Basin began in the late 1800s, when the surrounding communities saw their once inexhaustible redwood forests vanishing. Expanding railways demanded timber as they crisscrossed the… [more below]
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Bliss, Traci
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: September 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1540249646
- Language: English
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What to See in Palm Springs, Local Tour Guide Tells All: Sights, History & Stories
$40.00 Add to cartThis is the must-have guidebook for anyone visiting Palm Springs and for anyone living in or around this desert resort city. What to See in Palm Springs was written by writer, journalist, and historia
- Author: Stark, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: February 08 2024
- ISBN10: 9798218128562
- Language: English
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Father of Glacier National Park: Discoveries and Explorations in His Own Words
$31.99 Add to cartGeorge Bird Grinnell was a prolific writer and record-keeper. After a long day’s hunt or exploration, he diligently made time in camp for meticulous journal entries. With his small group of explorers,… [more below]
- Author: Grinell, George Bird
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: March 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1540242501
- Language: English
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Lost Galveston
$31.99 Add to cartFor nearly 200 years, a permanent settlement at the mouth of Galveston Bay has welcomed pirates, sailors, immigrants, and visitors from around the world. As Galveston grew, its buildings were visible … [more below]
- Author: Davis, Brian M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: July 14 2010
- ISBN10: 1531643868
- Language: English
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Outlaw Tales of Alaska: True Stories of the Last Frontier’s Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, and Cutthroats
$16.95 Add to cartMassacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages of Outlaw Tales of Alaska. Pan for gold with dry gulchers and claim jumpers. Duck the bullets of murderers, plot strategies with con artists, hiss at law… [more below]
- Series: Outlaw Tales
- Author: Heaton, John W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: May 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1493010689
- Language: English
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Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mine Disaster of 1917
$30.00 Add to cartThe author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Revenant — basis for the award-winning motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio — tells the remarkable story of the worst hard-rock mining disast… [more below]
- Author: Punke, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 17 2008
- ISBN10: 140130155X
- Language: English
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Mormon Country
$26.95 Add to cartWhere others saw only sage, a salt lake, and a great desert, the Mormons saw their “lovely Deseret,” a land of lilacs, honeycombs, poplars, and fruit trees. Unwelcome in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, … [more below]
- Author: Stegner, Wallace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 362
- Publish Date: September 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0803293054
- Language: English
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Early Warner Bros. Studios
$24.99 Read moreSince 1928, Warner Bros. has produced thousands of beloved films and television shows at the studio’s magical 110-acre film factory in Burbank. This collection of evocative images concentrates on the … [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Stephens, E. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 26 2010
- ISBN10: 0738580910
- Language: English
