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Crazy Horse and Custer, The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors

Crazy Horse and Custer, The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors

by Stephen Ambrose

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 483 PAGES

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, $17.00)

Archaeology, History, and Custer's Last Battle: The Little Big Horn Reexamined

Archaeology, History, and Custer's Last Battle: The Little Big Horn Reexamined

by Richard Allan Fox, Jr.

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 412 PAGES

A revisionist history of the Battle of Little Big Horn. (RKY62, $24.95)

Plenty-Coups, Chief of the Crows

by Plenty-Coups | Frank B. Linderman

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 194 PAGES

The reflections of Chief Plenty-Coups, leader of the Crow Indians. (RKY63, $19.95)

Custer, Cavalier in Buckskin

by Robert Utley

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

A concise biography of General George Armstrong Custer. (RKY64, $29.95)

Frontier Regulars, The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891

Frontier Regulars, The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891

by Robert Utley

  • HISTORY
  • 1984
  • PAPER
  • 462 PAGES

A vivid history of the battles for supremacy and control in the American West. (USW434, $29.95)

 
Montana Idaho Wyoming Map

Montana Idaho Wyoming Map


by Map Art Maps

  • 2005
  • MAP

A map of Montana and Wyoming, at a scale of 1.38 million. (USW196, $4.95)

Compass Guide Wyoming

Compass Guide Wyoming


by Nathaniel Burt | Don Pitcher

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

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)

Traveler's Guide Great Sioux War

Traveler's Guide Great Sioux War


by Paul L. Hedren

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

An illustrated guide to sites associated with the Great Sioux War. (RKY67, $12.95)

Battling for Manassas


by Joan M. Zenzen | Edwin C. Bearss

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 288 PAGES

The difficulties and politics involved in establishing a battlefield park at Manassas. (USS291, $52.95)

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, An Indian History of the American West

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, An Indian History of the American West


by Dee Brown

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 450 PAGES

An unsettling history of the violent conquest of the Native Americans of the West, from 1860-1890, as told by members of the tribes themselves. Thirtieth-anniversary edition. (USW288, $17.00)

Fields of Honor, Pivotal Battles of the Civil War

Fields of Honor, Pivotal Battles of the Civil War


by Edwin C. Bearss | James McPherson

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 488 PAGES

A former chief historian of the National Parks Service and a renowned Civil War historian, Bearss details fourteen of the war's major battles, including Gettysburg and Vicksburg. (WAR124, $15.95)

Forty Miles a Day on Beans and Hay

Forty Miles a Day on Beans and Hay


by Don Rickey, Jr.

  • HISTORY
  • 1973
  • PAPER

A history of the United States Army's 19th-century conflicts with Native Americans. (USW435, $19.95)

Full Duty, Vermonters in the Civil War


by Howard Coffin | Edwin C. Bearss

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 376 PAGES

Renowned Civil War historian Bearss recounts in lucid and fascinating detail the history of Vermont's participation in the Civil War. (USE148, $24.95)

Montana, High, Wide, and Handsome

Montana, High, Wide, and Handsome


by Joseph Kinsey Howard | William Kittredge | Alfred Guthrie

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 347 PAGES

A classic history, first published in 1943, this delightful book is a spirited, appreciative testimony to the great prairie, its indigenous peoples, geography, climate, turf battles, economy and environment by an early newspaperman. (USW50, $16.95)

The Solace of Open Spaces

The Solace of Open Spaces


by Gretel Ehrlich

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1987
  • PAPER
  • 131 PAGES

A loosely organized travelogue and meditation on the high plains of Wyoming. While Ehrlich writes of ranchers, cowboys and weather, the real star of this lyrical celebration of Wyoming is the landscape itself. (USW67, $14.00)

The World of the Crow Indians, As Driftwood Lodges


by Rodney Frey

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 218 PAGES

An introduction to the culture of the Crow Indians. (USP16, $19.95)

"Boots and Saddles" or, Life in Dakota with General Custer


by Elizabeth Bacon Custer

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER

An account of life in the American West with General George Armstrong Custer in the wake of the Civil War, as recalled by wife Elizabeth. (USP14, $19.95)

Bad Land, An American Romance

Bad Land, An American Romance


by Jonathan Raban

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

Raban captures the spirit of rural America -- and the optimism of homesteaders on the Montana Prairie -- in this lovely tale weaving history, anecdote and travel. Winner of the National Book Award. (USW408, $15.95)

Crazy Horse, A Life

Crazy Horse, A Life


by Larry McMurtry

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 148 PAGES

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)

The March of the Montana Column, A Prelude to the Custer Disaster

The March of the Montana Column, A Prelude to the Custer Disaster


by James Bradley | Edgar Stewart

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

The journals of Lieutenant James Bradley, a first-hand account of the Sioux Campaign. (RKY65, $19.95)

The Time of the Buffalo

The Time of the Buffalo


by Tom McHugh | Victoria Hobson

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1979
  • PAPER
  • 339 PAGES

A classic survey of the history and ecology of the American buffalo, including evolution, patterns of behavior, folklore, relationships with humans (including Plains cultures), biology and ecology. (BST54, $24.95)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain States

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain States


by Peter Alden

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 447 PAGES

A compact field guide to 1,000 commonly encountered plants and animals of Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. With 1,500 color photographs, 11 maps, and 16 night-sky charts. (USW286, $19.95)

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America


by Jon Dunn

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

From Alaska to Baja California, Nova Scotia and Florida, this guide is the veteran's choice for birding anywhere in the United States. Tabbed for easy access, the color range maps in this sixth edition are outstanding. (FG09, $27.95)

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