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24/7, Living it Up and Doubling Down in the New Las Vegas
Andres Martinez
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Former Wall St. Journal reporter Andres Martinez takes his $50,000 book advance to Las Vegas to try his luck at the casinos for a month.
(USW255, $15.00) |
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Abbey's Road
Edward Abbey
NATURAL HISTORY
This anthology of Abbey's travels include the cantankerous desert rat's entertaining account of exploring the Sierra Madre of Mexico.
(DES04, $16.00) |
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Across the Wide Missouri
Bernard DeVoto
HISTORY
A volume in Devoto's monumental history of the West, this engrossing book brings to life the era of fur traders and mountain men for the general reader.
(PNW37, $17.95) |
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All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy
LITERATURE
The best-selling, coming-of-age novel of John Grady Cole, a 16-year-old boy who ventures from his Texas ranch across the Mexican border on horseback.
(TEX22, $14.95) |
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All the Wild and Lonely Places, Journeys in a Desert landscape
Lawrence Hogue
HISTORY
A natural and human history of the Anza-Borrego.
(USW338, $30.00) |
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The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories, Three Hundred Years of Blackfoot History
Hugh A. Dempsey
HISTORY
A wonderful collection of stories, illuminating the history of the Blackfoot people of the prairies of southern Alberta and northern Montana.
(USW104, $16.95) |
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American Railroads
John F. Stover
HISTORY
The rise, sad decline, and recent recovery of railroads in the United States.
(USW53, $17.00) |
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Anasazi America, Seventeen Centuries on the Road from Center Place
David Stuart
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A thought-provoking, engaging account of the rise and fall of Anasazi society in the desert southwest.
(USW228, $19.95) |
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Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest
Stephen Plog
Amy Elizabeth Grey
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
An illustrated introduction to the ancient cultures that first inhabited the pueblos and cliff dwellings of the American Southwest.
(USW131, $24.95) |
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Animal Tracks, Peterson Field Guide
Olaus Murie
FIELD GUIDE
The classic guide to tracks of North American mammals.
(FG22, $19.95) |
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The Archaeology of Ancient Arizona
Stephanie Whittlesey
James Jefferson Reid
ARCHAEOLOGY
An archaeological survey of the state. The book follows archaeologists as they trek around the mountains and deserts of Arizona, profiling them as well as describing the knowledge so far unearthed.
(SWU36, $17.95) |
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Arches National Park Map
Trails Illustrated
A map of Arches National Park at a scale of 1:50,000.
(USW163, $9.95) |
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Arizona and Four Corners Region Map
North Star Maps
A double-sided road map with Arizona on one side and the and the Four Corners region on the reverse. It includes Grand Canyon, Grand Junction, Flagstaff, Canyonlands and Arches National Park, all at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
(USW165, $3.95) |
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Arizona Flipmap
Universal Map Enterprises
(USW211, $4.95) |
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Arizona, A Cavalcade of History
Marhsall Trimble
HISTORY
A delightful collection of stories about Arizona's rugged history, both informative and entertaining.
(USW274, $15.95) |
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Arizona, the Grand Canyon State
Steven Walker
NATURAL HISTORY
A photographic overview of Arizona's geology, natural history and people.
(SWU08, $9.95) |
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Arizona/New Mexico Map
AAA Publishing
(USW302, $4.95) |
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The Atomic West
Bruce William Hevly
John M. Findlay
HISTORY
A series of essays concerning the history and effect of nuclear testing in the American West.
(USW291, $19.95) |
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Badlands National Park Map
Trails Illustrated
This full-color topographic map of Badlands National Park, shown at a scale of 1:55,000 is printed on waterproof paper and includes information on the park's major attractions.
(USP02, $9.95) |
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Bandelier National Monument Map
Trails Illustrated
A detailed map of Bandelier National Monument at a scale of 1:29,000.
(USW142, $9.95) |
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Banff & Jasper National Parks Map
Gem Trek Maps
FAVORITE
A regional overview at a bird's eye scale of 1:400,000. We also carry more detailed maps of Lake Louise (RKY50, $10.95), Banff (CND53, $8.95) and Jasper (RKY52, $8.95).
(CND36, $5.95) |
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Barren, Wild and Worthless, Living in the Chihuahuan Desert
Susan J. Tweit
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
These seven personal essays celebrate the nature and culture of the Chihuahuan Desert.
(USW431, $17.95) |
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Basin and Range
John McPhee
NATURAL HISTORY
McPhee's illuminating account of travels in the company of geologist Kenneth S. Deffeyes along Route 80 from Utah to California.
(GEO13, $14.00) |
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The Bassett Women
Grace McClure
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The story of a pioneering family in eastern Utah, drawn from interviews, historical documents and memoirs. "Queen" Anne Bassett and her family were a resilient group who endured the harsh life of settlers in eastern Utah.
(USW350, $12.95) |
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Bear Attacks, Their Causes and Avoidance
Stephen Herrero
NATURAL HISTORY
Despite its frightening title, this book is a helpful introduction to the natural history and behavior of the bear by a long-term researcher in the field. With useful tips on "avoidance."
(BST21, $16.95) |
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A Beast the Color of Winter
Douglas Chadwick
NATURAL HISTORY
A lively portrait of the mountain goat, its ecology, behavior and environment.
(RKY28, $18.95) |
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A Beautiful, Cruel Country
Eva Antonia Wilbur-Cruce
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
An absorbing memoir of growing up on a ranch along the Arizona/Mexico border in the early 20th-century.
(USW325, $22.95) |
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The Beauty of Hopi Jewelry
Theda Bassman
ART & ARCHITECTURE
This thin book offers readers a glimpse of beautiful Hopi handiwork.
(SWU122, $15.95) |
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Best Easy Day Hikes Anza-Borrego
Bill Cunningham
Polly Burke
GUIDEBOOK
A compact guide to 20 popular day hikes in the 60,000-acre desert park.
(USW337, $6.95) |
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The Best of Edward Abbey
Edward Abbey
ANTHOLOGY
Abbey compiled this generous collection of his fiction and non-fiction in 1984, including excerpts from The Brave Cowboy, Black Sun, and The Monkey Wrench Gang, along with sections of Desert Solitaire and other essays.
(GEN336, $16.95) |
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The Big Sky
Alfred Guthrie
Wallace Stegner
LITERATURE
First published in 1947, this classic novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning Guthrie examines mountain man Boone Caudill and his adventures in the American West -- a saga that continues in five more volumes.
(USW52, $14.00) |
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The Big Year, A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession
Mark Obmascik
NATURAL HISTORY
Obmascik, himself an over-the-edge birder, recounts with glee and page-turning detail the race to see the most birds in North America in a year. It's an utterly compelling account of a three-way race (roofing contractor, tycoon, software nerd), likely never again to be equaled.
(BRD29, $14.00) |
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Birding in the American West
Kevin Zimmer
FIELD GUIDE
A guide to finding birds -- and distinguishing among similar species -- in the West.
(USW404, $29.95) |
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Birding Texas
Roland H. Wauer
Mark A. Elwonger
GUIDEBOOK
A site guide to the birds of Texas featuring birding strategies, a list of resources for planning a birding trip, and information on 200 of the best birding sites.
(TEX17, $22.95) |
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Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley
Kenneth V. Rosenberg
FIELD GUIDE
A scholarly, authoritative report on the 400 species of birds occurring along the 200-mile stretch of the Arizona-California border.
(USW173, $60.00) |
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The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife
Christopher W. Leahy
Gordon Morrison
NATURAL HISTORY
A handsome, fully illustrated survey of the birds of North America, organized A to Z, covering birds, bird biology, conservation and birdwatching.
(NAM21, $19.95) |
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The Blackfeet, Raiders on the Northwest Plains
John Canfield Ewers
HISTORY
A classic history of the Blackfeet, first published in 1958. It is old-fashioned, authoritatively written, factual and full of detail of daily life.
(PNW47, $24.95) |
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Bless Me, Ultima
Rudolfo A. Anaya
LITERATURE
The first-person tale of Antonio, a Chicano boy whose life is changed when a mystical woman named Ultima comes to live with his family.
(USW264, $13.95) |
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The Blessing Way
Tony Hillerman
MYSTERY
This book launched Hillerman's career and his popular mystery series.
(SWU94, $7.99) |
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Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthy
LITERATURE
The story of a young man's involvement with a gang of marauding bandits set in the glory days of the Wild West
(SWU31, $14.95) |
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Book of the Hopi
Oswald White Bear Fredericks
Frank Waters
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
Thirty Hopi elders share their legends, ceremonies, history and language.
(SWU145, $16.00) |
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The Book of the Navajo
Raymond Friday Locke
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
An in-depth, scholarly portrait of the society, culture and history of the Navajo people.
(SWU228, $8.95) |
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The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain
Cormac McCarthy
LITERATURE
McCarthy's trio of novels chronicle the coming of age in the desert country of the American Southwest.
(SWU200, $32.00) |
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Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley, A History
Phyllis Smith
HISTORY
A vivid, illustrated history with nearly 300 photographs, engravings and maps.
(RKY24, $29.95) |
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A Brief History of New Mexico
Myra Jenkins
Albert Schroeder
HISTORY
This slim volume packs in more historical information than you could ever imagine in a mere 89 pages.
(USW218, $13.95) |
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Brighter than a Thousand Suns, a Personal History of Atomic Scientists
Robert Jungk
HISTORY
An early history of the Manhattan project.
(HSC20, $14.00) |
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Buffalo Nation: History and Legend of the North American Bison
Valerius Geist
NATURAL HISTORY
An examination of the bison, its natural history and its place in the American story. Photographs complement an informative text by Valerius Geist, an authority on North America's large mammals.
(BST61, $22.95) |
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Butch Cassidy, A Biography
Richard Patterson
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The life of the legendary outlaw.
(USW355, $21.95) |
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Butterflies through Binoculars, The West
Jeffrey Glassberg
FIELD GUIDE
A photographic identification guide to butterflies found throughout the western United States.
(BUG11, $24.95) |
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By Bomb's Early Light, American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age
Paul S. Boyer
HISTORY
A cultural history of America in the 1940s and 50s in relationship to the atomic bomb.
(HSC16, $27.50) |
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Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America
Alvar Nuņez Cabeza de Vaca
Cyclone Covey
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The epic story of a conquistador lost in the American wilderness for eight years.
(SWU40, $17.95) |
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The Canadian Rockies Superguide
Graeme Pole
GUIDEBOOK
This essential handbook for travelers combines color photographs, excellent maps and solid information on places and attractions throughout the Canadian Rockies. It also includes a section on the geological formation of the Rockies and fascinating sidebars on wildlife and historical figures.
(CND28, $29.95) |
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Canyon
Michael Ghiglieri
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Down the river from Lee's Ferry to Diamond Creek in the company of an experienced guide and ecologist. Ghiglieri mixes a travel account with high adventure, drama and a good deal of information on the history, geology and ecology of the Colorado.
(SWU75, $18.95) |
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Canyon Country Wildflowers
Damian Fagan
FIELD GUIDE
This comprehensive field guide covers 190 of the most commonly encountered wildflowers, shrubs and trees of the Four Corners area.
(USW155, $19.95) |
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Canyonlands National Park Map
Trails Illustrated
A durable, topographic map of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, at a scale of 1:62,000.
(USW164, $9.95) |
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Canyons of the Escalante Map
Trails Illustrated
A full-color topographic map of Escalante.
(USW304, $9.95) |
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Ceremony
Leslie Marmon Silko
LITERATURE
(SWU18, $14.00) |
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Chasing Monarchs, A Migration with the Butterflies of Passage
Robert Michael Pyle
NATURAL HISTORY
A memoir of Lepidoptery, combing the entomologist-author's considerable knowledge of butterflies and their biology with a rambling road trip from British Columbia through the Southwest to Mexico.
(MEX62, $14.00) |
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Chiricahua Mountains, Bridging the Borders of Wildness
Ken Lamberton
Jeff Garton
NATURAL HISTORY
A personal, comprehensive guide to the human and natural history of the Chiricahua mountains.
(SWU148, $13.95) |
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Christopher Columbus and the Conquest of Paradise
Kirkpatrick Sale
EXPLORATION
A new edition of this wide-ranging and lucid portrait of the man and the legends surrounding him, originally published in 1990. Columbus is no hero in Sale's view but rather a sea-faring adventurer in search of glory, gold and god.
(USA134, $15.95) |
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The City and the Saloon, Denver, 1858-1916
Thomas J. Noel
HISTORY
A brief, scholarly portrait of saloon life in the old West.
(USW207, $22.50) |
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Close Range: Wyoming Stories
E. Annie Proulx
LITERATURE
Proulx's brilliantly-drawn characters personify the loneliness, harsh beauty and wild nature of Wyoming in this luminous collection, which includes the story "Brokeback Mountain."
(USW349, $15.00) |
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Colorado Plateau Canyonlands
Hildebrand
A detailed shaded relief map (scale 1:700,000) of the Southern Rockies, including Bryce Canyon, Zion, the Grand Canyon and New Mexico. Features railroad routes.
(USW05, $11.95) |
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The Colorado Plateau Map
Time Traveler Maps
A shaded relief map at a scale of 1:1,300,000 with information on parks, monuments and other public lands.
(USW266, $6.49) |
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The Compact Guide to the Wildflowers of the Rockies
Dana Bush
FIELD GUIDE
100 species of wildflowers commonly encountered in the Rocky Mountains.
(USW10, $7.95) |
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The Company of Wolves
Peter Steinhart
NATURAL HISTORY
A celebration of the wolf, this book presents the ecology of the North American wolf, a call for its reintroduction in the West, and a history of the complex relations with humans.
(BST37, $15.95) |
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Compass Guide Arizona
Lawrence Cheek
Carrie Sears Bell
Michael Freeman
Kerrick James
GUIDEBOOK
A personable and well-written overview of Arizona's natural attractions, history, people, arts and architecture.
(USW121, $21.95) |
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Compass Guide Colorado
Jon Klusmire
Paul Chesley
GUIDEBOOK
This wonderfully written handbook features archival photographs, literary excerpts and practical travel information.
(USW200, $21.95) |
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Compass Guide Montana
Compass American
GUIDEBOOK
This wonderfully written handbook features outstanding color photographs, good maps and in-depth information on the culture, history and attractions of Montana. It includes literary excerpts by Wallace Stegner and John Steinbeck, and essays on rodeos, the Hutterites and cowboy artist Charlie Russell. With practical travel information for sites such as Yellowstone National Park and Flathead Indian Reservation.
(USW57, $21.95) |
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Compass Guide Nevada
Deke Castleman
Jeff Gnass
GUIDEBOOK
This volume goes farther than most conventional guidebooks in giving the reader a sense of place.
(USW223, $21.00) |
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Compass Guide New Mexico
Nancy Harbart
Michael Freeman
GUIDEBOOK
This wonderfully written handbook features archival photographs, practical travel information, and essays on Georgia O'Keeffe, Indian pueblos and pottery.
(USW208, $21.95) |
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Compass Guide Santa Fe
Lawrence Cheek
GUIDEBOOK
This wonderfully written handbook features outstanding color photography and detailed information on Santa Fe.
(USW129, $20.95) |
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Compass Guide South Dakota
Compass
GUIDEBOOK
This wonderfully written handbook includes archival photographs, literary excerpts and practical travel information.
(USW198, $21.95) |
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Compass Guide Texas
Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK
This wonderfully written handbook features outstanding color photography, good maps and in-depth information on the culture, history and attractions of Texas.
(TEX25, $21.95) |
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Compass Guide Utah
Tom Wharton
Gayen Wharton
GUIDEBOOK
This handsome guide features outstanding color photography, detailed maps and in-depth information on the culture, history and attractions of Utah.
(USW130, $21.95) |
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Compass Guide Wyoming
Nathaniel Burt
Don Pitcher
GUIDEBOOK
Handsomely produced, illustrated and informative, this compact guide covers the history, nature and attractions of Wyoming in detail, including a long chapter on Yellowstone.
(USW61, $21.95) |
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Cowgirls: Women of the American West
Teresa Jordan
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
The story of the western woman, past and present, is intimately recounted through the words of the women themselves.
(USW13, $19.95) |
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Crazy Horse and Custer, The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors
Stephen Ambrose
HISTORY
Renowned historian Stephen Ambrose offers up another chapter in the story of America in this portrait of two powerful men. He parallels the life of Crazy Horse, the great leader of the Oglala Sioux, with that of General George Armstrong Custer, the man he defeated at the battle of Little Bighorn.
(USW136, $16.95) |
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Crazy Horse, A Life
Larry McMurtry
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The story of Sioux warrior Crazy Horse, written by the Pulitzer prize-winning author of "Lonesome Dove." McMurtry blends history, biography and a dose of good storytelling in this short, thought-provoking biography. A volume in the excellent "Penguin Lives" series.
(USW205, $14.00) |
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Creation of the Teton Landscape
David D. Love
NATURAL HISTORY
A geological chronicle of Jackson Hole and the Tetons, published by the Grand Teton Natural History Association.
(USW469, $16.95) |
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Critical Assembly, A Technical History of Los Alamos During the Oppenheimer Years, 1943-1945
Lillian Hoddeson
Paul W. Henriksen
Roger A. Meade
Catherine L. Westfall
SCIENCE
The best technical history of the Manhatten Project in Los Alamos.
(HSC23, $160.00) |
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Crossing Paths, Uncommon Encounters with Animals in the Wild
Craig Childs
EXPLORATION
Adventurer and naturalists Craig Childs vividly describes 23 meetings with the animals of the American desert, from camel to rainbow trout.
(SWU170, $14.95) |
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Crossing the Next Meridian: Land, Water, and the Future of the West
Charles F. Wilkinson
HISTORY
A discussion of development and conservation in the West.
(USW361, $35.00) |
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Crossings, Photographs from the U.S.- Mexico Border
Tom Miller
Alex Webb
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
(SWU179, $50.00) |
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Crucible for Conservation, The Struggle for Grand Teton National Park
Robert W. Righter
HISTORY
A history of the establishment of Grand Teton National Park, taking into account the numerous disputes involving entrepreneurs, conservationists, government officials and local ranchers.
(USW307, $8.95) |
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The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945
Ferenc Morton Szasz
SCIENCE
A concise and vividly written history of the Manhattan Project, focusing on the Trinity Site.
(HSC18, $19.95) |
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
LITERATURE
Based in part on the life of Bishop Jean Baptiste L'Amy, this classic novel of missionary life in New Mexico is rich in the texture of Old Santa Fe and New Mexican landscapes.
(USW79, $11.95) |
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Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park
Lee H. Whittlesey
HISTORY
A how-to-guide to safety in the park -- and a wry chronicle of what can go terribly wrong (including death by drowning, hypothermia, animal attacks, and such). A reminder to visitors that Yellowstone is the wilderness, not an amusement park.
(USW276, $16.95) |
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Death Valley and the Amargosa, Land of Illusion
Richard E. Lingenfelter
HISTORY
An exhaustive history of Death Valley and the Amargosa River, filled with illustrations, maps and documents.
(CAL10, $34.95) |
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Death Valley National Park
Fred Hirschmann
Randi Hirschmann
Mark Schlenz
NATURAL HISTORY
One hundred and six color photographs of death Valley by landscape photographers Fred and Randi Hirschmann. It's a good overview of the park, especially recommended for travelers with a camera.
(CAL13, $19.95) |
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Death Valley National Park Map
Trails Illustrated
A topographic map of Death Valley National Park.
(CAL09, $11.95) |
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The Delight Makers
Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
LITERATURE
First published in 1890, this novel by the pioneering archaeologist is a fictionalized reconstruction of prehistoric Indian life in the Four Corners area. Bandelier evokes not only the manner and customs and way of life of the Pueblo people but also the landscape and geography of the region.
(SWU20, $16.00) |
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Desert Between the Mountains: Mormons, Miners, Padres, Mountain Men, and the Opening of the Great Basin, 1772-1869
Michael Durham
HISTORY
A history of Utah, published to coincide with the sesquicentennial of Mormon arrival in Utah.
(USW382, $19.95) |
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The Desert Cries, A Season of Flash Floods in a Dry Land
Craig Childs
NATURAL HISTORY
Naturalist and adventurer Craig Childs's impressionistic account of five flash floods which killed 22 people in Arizona in 1997.
(SWU172, $14.95) |
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The Desert Smells Like Rain, A Naturalist in O'odham Country
Gary Paul Nabhan
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A compassionate portrait and natural history of the Papago Indians of Arizona's Sonoran desert.
(USW275, $16.95) |
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Desert Survival Skills
David Alloway
GUIDEBOOK
A friendly, humorous guide to short-term and long-term survival in the desert.
(DES06, $24.95) |
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Desert Survivor, An Adventurer's Guide to Exploring the Great American Desert
John Annerino
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guide to 53 parks of the desert Southwest.
(USW372, $15.95) |
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Digging Up Butch and Sundance
Anne Meadows
HISTORY
A woman and her husband try to uncover the truth behind the story of the famous outlaws.
(USW351, $22.00) |
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Discovering the Desert, Legacy of the Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory
William McGinnies
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A history of Sonoran desert research, this book is an engaging survey of the geography, ecology and climate of desert life in the American Southwest.
(USW103, $11.95) |
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Down the Great Unknown, John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon
Edward Dolnick
HISTORY
A riveting account of the one-armed Civil War veteran and his band of nine men who were the first to explore the mysterious Grand Canyon. Largely drawn from the crew's journals.
(USW489, $13.95) |
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Down the River
Edward Abbey
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A collection of essays, including Abbey's experiences in and around the Colorado River.
(SWU73, $16.00) |
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Edge of Taos Desert, An Escape to Reality
Mabel Dodge Luhan
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
First published in 1937, this story reveals the spiritual awakening the New York socialite experienced through Taos, the Pueblo Indians and Indian Tony Luhan, whom she later married.
(USW127, $21.95) |
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Empire Express, Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
David Haward Bain
HISTORY
A magisterial history of the railroad that connected the East to the West -- and radically changed the face of America. It is quite a tale, featuring greed, corruption, disaster and many memorable characters.
(USW135, $20.00) |
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Enchantment and Exploitation, The Life and Hard Times of a New Mexico Mountain Range
William Eno DeBuys
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A study of the cultures in the mountains of northern New Mexico.
(USW215, $23.95) |
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Enterprising Women, 250 Years of American Business
Virginia Drachman
HISTORY
Profiles of the most important women in American industry, from colonial times through the twentieth century.
(GEN317, $39.95) |
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Eyewitness Guide Arizona & the Grand Canyon
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive guide to Arizona, complete with over 500 photographs, illustrations and maps, as well as plenty of travel information.
(SWU173, $20.00) |
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Falcon Guide, Hiking Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks
Erik Molvar
GUIDEBOOK
This guide covers major hikes and trails in both parks, including sketch maps, mile-by-mile descriptions, easy-to-follow maps, elevation charts and descriptions of geographical features and wildlife to be seen en route.
(USW102, $15.95) |
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Falcon Guide, Hiking Grand Canyon National Park
Ron Adkison
GUIDEBOOK
A practical hiking guide to Grand Canyon National Park.
(SWU102, $14.95) |
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Falcon Guide, Hiking Grand Teton National Park
Bill Schneider
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guide to hiking in Grand Teton National Park, featuring descriptions of 35 hikes, maps, black-and-white photographs, and practical information, such as safety tips.
(USW306, $14.95) |
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Falcon Guide, Hiking the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
Bill Schneider
GUIDEBOOK
A practical hiking guide to the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness.
(RKY08, $17.95) |
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Falcon Guide, Hiking Yellowstone National Park
Bill Schneider
GUIDEBOOK
An entry in the excellent series of Falcon hiking guides, this practical book covers, in detail, both short day hikes and extensive backcountry outings.
(USW377, $16.95) |
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Falcon Guide, Hiking Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks
Tamara Martin
Erik Molvar
GUIDEBOOK
In addition to useful trail descriptions, maps and safety techniques, this practical hiking guide to Zion and Bryce National Parks gives an overview of the area's natural history.
(USW138, $16.95) |
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Hunter S. Thompson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
The classic of 1970s gonzo journalism and a dizzying chronicle of a duo's drug-induced misadventures and scrapes with the people of Las Vegas.
(USW254, $13.95) |
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Field Guide to the Grand Canyon
Pocket Naturalist
FIELD GUIDE
A card featuring commonly encountered birds, mammals and reptiles of the Grand Canyon.
(USW334, $5.95) |
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A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona
Anne Orth Epple
Lewis Epple
FIELD GUIDE
A photographic field guide to the flora of Arizona.
(SWU60, $24.95) |
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A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians
Robert Stebbins
FIELD GUIDE
The definitive field guide, with a special section on Baja's endemic species.
(FG08, $22.00) |
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The Fighting Cheyennes
George Bird Grinnell
Stanley Vestal
HISTORY
This is a classic history of the battles fought by the Cheyenne Indians.
(USP15, $24.95) |
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Fire in America, A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire
Stephen J. Pyne
William Cronon
NATURAL HISTORY
A wide-ranging, provocative history of fire and its impact in the U.S. by the marvelous Pyne (who has also written inventively about ice).
(USA100, $27.50) |
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Fire on the Mountain, The True Story of the South Canyon Fire
John MacLean
HISTORY
A gripping account of the deadly 1994 wildfire that raged on Storm King Mountain.
(USW212, $14.00) |
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Fishing Yellowstone National Park
Richard Parks
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive handbook to fishing throughout the park from Falcon Guides.
(RKY34, $14.95) |
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Fodor's Escape to the American Desert
Catherine Karnow
David Lansing
GUIDEBOOK
Highlights of the American Desert, with 20 suggested activities in the Southwestern region.
(USW262, $20.00) |
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin and Taliesin West
Kathryn Smith
Judith Bromley
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A photographic tribute to the two Taliesin estates.
(USA50, $39.95) |
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Frommer's American Southwest
Frommer's
GUIDEBOOK
A practical travel guide in the popular series featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep.
(SWU183, $22.99) |
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Frommer's Arizona
Karl Samson
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guide in the popular series, strong on where to eat, sleep and shop.
(SWU223, $19.99) |
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Gathering the Desert
Gary Paul Nabhan
NATURAL HISTORY
A well-written account of desert cultures and botany in the American Southwest.
(USW120, $19.95) |
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Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley
Robert P. Sharp
Allen F. Glazner
NATURAL HISTORY
An introduction to the geological features of Southeastern California.
(CAL12, $18.00) |
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Geronimo, His Own Story
Stephen Melvil Barrett
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The autobiography of famous Apache warrior Geronimo.
(USW326, $14.00) |
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Getting Over the Color Green
Scott Slovic
ANTHOLOGY
An anthology and tribute to the American desert.
(SWU62, $19.95) |
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Gilead
Marilynne Robinson
LITERATURE
A story about fathers and sons whose family history intersects with the U.S. Civil War. Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
(USW441, $14.00) |
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Glacier on My Mind
Michael Sample
NATURAL HISTORY
Sample captures the unrivaled natural beauty of the unique "Crown of the Continent" region in 140 brilliant color images, from Glacier National Park in Montana to Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta.
(USW100, $32.95) |
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Glacier/Waterton Lakes National Parks Map
Trails Illustrated
A detailed topographic map of Glacier and Waterton national Parks
(USW96, $11.95) |
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Glen Canyon/Capitol Reef Map
Trails Illustrated
A detailed topographic map of Glen Canyon and Capitol Reef National Parks.
(SWU57, $9.95) |
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Goin' Railroading
Sam Speas
Margaret Coel
HISTORY
An account of two generations of railroad engineers who have worked on the Colorado and Southern railroads since the late 19th century.
(USW204, $19.95) |
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Going Back to Bisbee
Richard Shelton
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Poet Richard Shelton's meditations on the history, landscape and wildlife of Bisbee, Arizona. Elegantly written, this narrative of a day trip from Shelton's Tucson home to the old mining town is an excellent introduction to the region's human and natural history.
(USW324, $17.95) |
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Grand Canyon Country, Its Majesty and Lore
Seymour L. Fishbein
Kenneth Brower
NATURAL HISTORY
An overview of the Grand Canyon presented in the style of National Geographic, featuring spectacular color photographs, maps and good travel information.
(SWU13, $15.00) |
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The Grand Canyon Handbook, An Insider's Guide to the Park
Susan Frank
Phil Frank
GUIDEBOOK
A charming guidebook to the Grand Canyon as presented by Ranger Jack, featuring illustrations by cartoonist Phil Frank.
(SWU161, $14.95) |
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Grand Canyon National Park Destination Map
National Geographic
A fold-up map of the Grand Canyon, shown at a scale of 1:70,000.
(SWU01, $11.95) |
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Grand Canyon, A Century of Change
Robert H. Webb
NATURAL HISTORY
A visual document of change along the river since the the 1889-1890 Stanton Expedition.
(SWU72, $27.95) |
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Grand Canyon, A Visitor's Companion
George Wuerthner
FIELD GUIDE
A handbook and guide to the geology, ecology and wildlife of the Grand Canyon, featuring 60 color photographs and 260 color drawings.
(SWU197, $19.95) |
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Grand Canyon, Little Things in a Big Place
Ann Zwinger
Michael Collier
NATURAL HISTORY
(USW467, $14.95) |
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Grand Canyon, The Complete Guide
James Kaiser
GUIDEBOOK
A full-color informative guide on where to go, what to do, and how to get the most out of hikes, river trips and other adventures in the Grand Canyon.
(SWU190, $22.95) |
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Grand Canyon, Travelers' Tales
James O'Reilly
Larry Habegger
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A diverse collection of excellent stories and essays on the nature, history and people of the Grand Canyon. Organized by topic, the selection includes Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams, Ann Zwinger, Colin Fletcher, Edward Abbey and other greats.
(USW333, $17.95) |
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Grand Canyon: Window of Time
Stewart Aitchison
NATURAL HISTORY
A brief environmental history of the Grand Canyon, complemented excellent color photographs.
(SWU218, $9.95) |
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The Grand, The Colorado River in the Grand Canyon: a Photo Journey
Steve Miller
NATURAL HISTORY
Miller, with his 30 years of experience rafting the Colorado, documents the wildlife, geology, landscapes and fellow rafters from Lees Ferry to Mile 236 in 300 glorious color photographs.
(SWU196, $29.95) |
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The Great Divide, A Biography of the Rocky Mountains
Gary Ferguson
NATURAL HISTORY
The exciting adventurers -- trappers, hippies and women's suffragists -- of the Rocky Mountains, past and present, come to life in Ferguson's account of the lands that have always encouraged exploration, inspired dreams and represented American freedom.
(RKY84, $16.95) |
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Great Plains
Ian Frazier
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A marvelously digressive, wide-ranging account of 25,000 miles worth of travels criss-crossing throughout the Great Plains, combining first-rate reportage and history.
(USW172, $14.00) |
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Great River, The Rio Grande in North American History
Paul Horgan
HISTORY
First published in 1954, this classic book won both the Bancroft and the Pulitzer Prizes for history.
(TEX21, $32.95) |
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The Great Taos Bank Robbery, And Other Indian Country Affairs
Tony Hillerman
LITERATURE
Nine fast-reading short stories based on daily life in contemporary New Mexico, written by the author of best-selling mysteries set in the Southwest.
(USW132, $13.00) |
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Guide Map to Lake Powell and Glen Canyon
North Star Maps
A colorful, folded map of the region at a scale of 1:270,000.
(SWU188, $7.95) |
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A Guide to Tucson Architecture
Anne M. Nequette
R. Brooks Jeffery
ART & ARCHITECTURE
An illustrated guide to the architecture of Tucson.
(SWU107, $22.95) |
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Hawks Rest, A Season in the Remote Heart of Yellowstone
Gary Ferguson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Gary Ferguson's account of his travels in Hawks Rest, in the heart of Yellowstone National Park.
(USW443, $15.00) |
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The Hidden Canyon, A River Journey
John Blaustein
Edward Abbey
Martin Litton
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A celebrated collection of photographs and accompanying journal of an 18-day trip down the Colorado River by none other than river rat Edward Abbey. Martin Litton (founder of Grand Canyon dory), who rafted the river in a wooden dory in celebration of his 80th birthday, provides the introduction.
(SWU69, $19.95) |
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Hiking Canyonlands and Arches National Parks
Bill Schneider
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive guide to the hiking trails and backcountry roads of Canyonlands and Arches, published in cooperation with the National Park Service.
(USW154, $16.95) |
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Hiking the Black Hills Country
Bert Gildart
Jane Gildart
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guide to hikes and trails throughout the Black Hills, including sketch maps, level of difficulty, trail markers and descriptions.
(USP04, $14.95) |
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Hiking the Grand Canyon
John Annerino
GUIDEBOOK
The third edition of Annerino's informative guide to the canyon with information on what to expect, an overview of the native and natural history of the area, suggested routes and trail descriptions.
(SWU210, $16.95) |
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Historic Scottsdale, A Life from the Land
Joan Fudala
HISTORY
An oversize photo history of Scottsdale, Arizona.
(SWU109, $49.95) |
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History of Wyoming
T. A. Larson
HISTORY
Condensed from the author's monumental multi-volume history.
(USW66, $40.00) |
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Hopi Kachina Dolls, With a Key to Their Identification
Harold S. Colton
REFERENCE
Over 250 figures are presented in this kachina collector's reference.
(SWU124, $18.95) |
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The House at Otowi Bridge, The Story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos
Peggy Pond Church
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The well-told story of Edith Warner, who lived beside the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico and hobnobbed with the nuclear scientists of Los Alamos.
(SWU17, $15.95) |
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House Made of Dawn
N. Scott Momaday
LITERATURE
The story of Abel, a young Tano Indian who returns from World War II army service to his home village, Walatowa, only to discover that he has entered a hell between two cultures.
(SWU19, $13.00) |
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How To Be A Bad Birdwatcher
Simon Barnes
NATURAL HISTORY
According to Simon Barnes, the only good birdwatcher is a "bad" birdwatcher. A funny and refreshingly straight-talking guide to birdwatching from a London Times sportswriter.
(BRD25, $17.95) |
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The Hummingbird's Daughter, A Novel
Alberto Urrea
LITERATURE
Urrea bases his award-winning novel on the life of Teresita, the Saint of Cabora, born on a ranch in 1878 on the Arizona-Mexico border (she's also his great aunt).
(SWU220, $14.99) |
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I Am the Grand Canyon, The Story of the Havasupai People
Stephen Hirst
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A history and celebration of the 20,000 year history of the Havasupa |