The authors have a great sense of humor for their passion, which is to be admired. Anyone who travels the country in search of rock formations,...
Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway (Nonfiction)
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Dave Rust: A Life in the Canyons (Nonfiction)
This well-written book gives us a detailed (almost day-by-day) account of the 33-year career of a rugged outdoorsman of whom most of us have never...
Deadly Dozen: Vol. II (Nonfiction)
What an intriguing book! Names like Jim Moon, Jack Jolly and Zack Light may not be familiar to you, but they created more gun-related chaos than...
Adventures in the West
AGES 10-13: Adventures in the West is an anthology of stories of the West that range from Indian legends to a story by L. Frank Baum (creator of The...
Gall: Lakota War Chief (Nonfiction)
Here is an excellent biography to shelve alongside Robert Utley’s volume, The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull, and Kingsley...
Redemption Falls (Fiction)
Joseph O’Connor is ambitious in both scope and style with his winding odyssey of a narrative, but the author’s far-flung goals are so...
Baby Doe Tabor (Nonfiction)
Baby Doe Tabor’s rags-to-riches story deserves its legendary status, but the tall tale has long outweighed the truth in most accounts. Temple...
How to Yodel (Nonfiction)
While I never had a desire to learn how to yodel, this book teaches the fine art, in a fun way. The writing is quite humorous with chapters...
Nez Perce Country (Nonfiction)
The latest volume in Nebraska’s Bison Books series is a history of the Nez Perce Indians in the Columbia Plateau, which covers parts of Idaho,...
Petra’s Legacy (Nonfiction)
Petra Vela Kenedy, torn between her native homeland and her new life in Texas, lived through the 1846-48 Mexican-American War. She and her husband...
Drifting West (Nonfiction)
John Wesley Powell famously rafted the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. In his shadow is the figure of James White, who may have preceded...
Migration Patterns (Fiction)
Noted Western novelist A.B. Guthrie has said that few ways of life lasted in the Old West. Half-wild Mountain Men gave way to restless gold hunters...