JORDAN, JED (AS TOLD TO M. M. MARBERRY)

Fool's Gold an Unrefined Account of Alaskz in 1899

New York: John Day Company, 1960. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Charles Walker. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The front endpaper includes a tipped-on author's signature and inscription. There is a previous owner's address label on the front pastedown page. The dust jacket has some rubbing, edge wear, and wrinkling, along with some ground-in dirt. “I went to Alaska in 1899, in my early twenties, and so qualify as an authentic pioneer, but unlike practically everybody else, I never was one of those fabled sourdoughs. I went to make money, sure; there was no other reason to go there. But I never was much for sloshing around in the ice and snow, looking for gold. My idea of making money in Alaska was to sit in a warm and cozy saloon – my saloon – and watch other people drink whiskey – my whiskey – and play a little cards on the side if the customers so desired. ”; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 35983

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Jed Jordan Alaska M. M. Marberry Biography Gold Rush Alaska Gold Rush

JOSTES, BARBARA DONOHOE

Selected Papers of an American Pioneer John Parrott 1811-1884

San Francisco, CA: Barbara Donohoe Jostes, 1972. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is one spot of ground-in dirt to the front cover of the book. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light rubbing and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. "Like only a few others, he (John Parrott) arrived in California already rich and successful. He had traded in hides and tallow in Mexico long before the gold rush. He had been named US Consul at Mazatlan in 1838. This honorary position brought prestige, but it did not include any pay. " (from San Mateo County Historical Society) While Parrott was given the respect that his wealth and position commanded, he was not without his flaws. It was known that he had fathered at least two children by different Mexican women. Some of his business dealings in those early days would have been called smuggling today. Nevertheless, when he arrived in San Francisco, Parrott was already established as a respectable and influential man. He became a banker and accumulated real estate in San Francisco and elsewhere. He invested in many different successful business ventures. He had originally been from The South, and he became a typical southern conservative businessman. Unlike some other San Franciscans of the time, Parrott never revealed the extent of his wealth, so it was rumored that he was richer than many of the others.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 45181

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Barbara Donohoe Jostes John Parrott Californiana South America Civil War

KARSNER, DAVID

Silver Dollar the Story of the Tabors

New York: Crown Publishers, 1970. Trade Edition. . This book is in Very Good condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. The silver dust jacket has edge tears, nicks chips and rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. A previous owner has inked his name to the rear panel of the dust jacket. The rear panel of the dust jacket has noticeable ground-in dirt as well. "David Fulton "Dave" Karsner (1889–1941) was an American journalist, writer, and socialist political activist. Karsner is best remembered as a key member of the editorial staff of the New York Call and as an early biographer of Socialist Party of America leader Eugene V. Debs. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 42141

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Colorado Coloradiana Denver Colorado Gold Mining Silver Mining Biography Politics

KAYSING, BILL

Great Hot Springs of the West Describing His Journeys to Memorable Hot Springs in California, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and New Mexico, with a Full Directory of All Those in the Western United States

Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1974. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0912264896. Color & B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book cover has spots of bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. There is a squarish spot of paper pulled from the top edge of the front cover where a sticker was removed. The text pages are clean and bright.. Good .

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Book number: 48614

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: 0912264896 Western Americana Bill Kaysing Hot Springs

KELLY, J. WELLS (COMPILED BY)

First Directory of Nevada Territory and Including Sketches of the Washoe Silver Mines By Henry de Groot

Los Gatos, CA: The Talisman Press, 1962. Facsimile. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is a very slight slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and small chips missing, along with some light toning to the spine, the spine ends and flap joints.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 47094

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana J. Wells Kelly Henry De Groot Silver Mines Nevada History

LECOMPTE, JANET

Pueblo Hardscrabble Greenhorn the Upper Arkansas, 1832-1856

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1978. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0806114622. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has some light edge wear, fading and spots of rubbing. "Fort Pueblo was an adobe settlement and trading post built in 1842 by a group of independent traders at the ford of the Arkansas about half a mile west of the Fountain River. The exact location of the site is somewhat uncertain but is near First Street and Santa Fe Avenue in Pueblo, Colorado. The course of the Arkansas has changed by floods and the ford is gone, as is all surface evidence of the buildings at the fort. The builders of Fort Pueblo included George Simpson, son of a wealthy St. Louis merchant, who at 23 had set out in May 1841 on the Oregon Trail with a mule-drawn wagon. Simpson received a yearly remittance from his father throughout his life. Simpson was side-tracked from his westward journey at Fort Laramie when he was invited by William S. Williams to join a company of fur trappers.". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 36309

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: 0806114622 Western Americana Janet Lecompte Colorado Arkansas River, Colorado Fort Pueblo

LOCKWOOD, FRANK C.

With Padre Kino on the Trail

Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona, 1934. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations & Charts; This is a trade paperback sized university bulletin. The bulletin is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The bulletin covers have noticeable toning. There is a small tear to the top edge of the front cover. The text pages are generally clean and bright. The rear cover of the bulletin have penciled notations. The map at the rear of the book is in Very Good- condition, with noticeable toning and one tear to the crease (about 1/1/2 inches long) . "Kino opposed the slavery and compulsory hard labor in the silver mines that the Spaniards forced on the native people. This also caused great controversy among his co-missionaries, many of whom acted according to the laws imposed by Spain on their territory. Kino was also a writer, authoring books on religion, astronomy and cartography. He built missions extending from the present day states of Mexican Sonora, northeast for 150 miles (240 km) , into present-day Arizona, where the San Xavier del Bac mission, near Tucson, a popular National Historic Landmark, is still a functioning Franciscan parish church. Kino constructed nineteen rancherías (villages) , which supplied cattle to new settlements. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 44383

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Frank C. Lockwood University Of Arizona Fr. Kino Eusebio Francisco Kino Native Americans Missions University Of Arizona

LYON, PETER

The Wild, Wild West

New York, NY: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1969. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several semi-closed tears, and some bumping and rubbing and wear to the spine ends of the book covers.. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 47668

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Peter Lyon Joaquin Murrieta Wild Bill Hickok Jesse James Bat Masterson

THE MANHATTAN CENTENNIAL, INC.

The First One Hundred Years a History of the City of Manhattan, Kansas 1855-1955

Manhattan, KS: Manhattan Lumber Companies, 1955. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The offwhite covers has several spots of discoloration , some edge wear, bumping and rubbing. There is a tiny nick to the bottom spine end of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Before settlement by European-Americans in the 1850s, the land around Manhattan was home to Native American tribes. From 1780 to 1830, it was home to the Kaw people, also known as the Kansa. The Kaw settlement was called Blue Earth Village (Manyinkatuhuudje) , named after the river which the tribe had named the Great Blue Earth River, today known as the Big Blue River, which intersected with the Kansas River near their village. Blue Earth Village was the site of a large battle between the Kaw and the Pawnee in 1812." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 46235

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Manhattan, Kansas Kansas History Centennials Americana Kansas History

MARTIN, DOUGLAS D.

Tombstone's Epitaph

Albuquerque, NM: The University of New Mexico Press, 1963. 5th Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several long tears to the flap ends, along with several small wrinkles and creases.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 46639

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Douglas D. Martin Tombstone, Arizona The OK Corral Newspapers

MATTES, MERRILL J

The Great Platte River Road the Covered Wagon Mainline Via Fort Kearny to Fort Laramie

Omaha, NE: Nebraska State Historical Society, 1969. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+c ondition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear, along with several tiny nicks / tears to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 48146

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Merrill J. Mattes American History Nebraska The Platte River Covered Wagons Wagon Train Trails Nebraska History

MATTISON, RAY H.

The Army Post on the Northern Plains 1865-1885

Gering, NE: Oregon Trail Museum Association, 1962. 2nd printing thus. Stapled wraps. This is a trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and wsa issued without a dust jacket. The covers have some light spots of ground-in dirt. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright. "Ray Harold Mattison was born on September 15, 1903 near Belgrade, Nebraska. In 1910, the Mattison relocated to a farm by Albion, in Boone County Nebraska, where Mattison remained until he attended Wayne State College. After earning a teaching certificate, and a BA in education, Mattison completed an MA in history, and even participated in doctorate coursework. After his schooling, Mattison joined the Bureau of Reclamation in 1940, and worked as a tour guide at Boulder Dam. However, Mattison spent the majority of his career in the U. S. National Park Service. He worked in several U. S. National Park Service sites, and also served as a historian in Omaha for the Park Service for fifteen years. Mattison's articles were mostly published in historical journals originating from the Midwest. Then, in 1965, Mattison served as the Superintendent of the State Historical Society of North Dakota. But because of political issues with the governor of North Dakota, Mattison retired to Tucson, Arizona in 1969. Mattison died on October 6, 1980 in Arizona." (from Guide to the Ray H. Mattison Collection At the Leland D. Case Library for Western Historical Studies). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 44900

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Ray H. Mattison Army Bases Forts Army Forts Western Territories

MEASELES, EVELYN BRACK

Lee's Ferry a Crossing on the Colorado

Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing Company, 1981. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0871085925. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "Long before the state – or the country it is in – was even an idea, the route down and over the Colorado River in Marble Canyon was pioneered by the Native American tribes in the area, including the Hopi, according to ADOT's history of transportation in Arizona (link is external). According to the National Parks Service (link is external) , this crossing, where the Paria River flows into the Colorado, was used in 1864 by pioneer Jacob Hamblin. Known as the "Buckskin Apostle," Hamblin was a Mormon from Utah who explored much of northern Arizona in the 1860s and 1870s to find suitable locations for colonies. He's also the namesake of Jacob Lake, which sits at the junction of US 89A and State Route 67. Tensions with the natives would lead to the posting of guards to keep this important river crossing open." (Adot). Very Good .

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Book number: 45178

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: 0871085925 Western Americana Evelyn Brack Measeles Mormons Mormonism Mountain Meadows Massacre Arizona History John Doyle Lee Colorado

MIRSKY, JEANNETTE (EDITOR)

The Westward Crossing (Balboa, Mackenzie, Lewis & Clark)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is some fading to the edges of the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. The dust jacket has a corner clipped at the top rear flap. The edges and spine of the dust jacket have noticeable fadiong. There are several small edge nicks and chips and a long wrinkle to the front panel of the dust jacket. "Mirsky traveled extensively to access rare papers, maps, and artifacts related to her research. She won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1947, as well as a Rockefeller Foundation grant and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. She wrote the entry on "Polar Exploration" for the Encyclopedia Americana (1956). Because of her interest in the far north, she was invited to give the keynote lecture at Alaska's Festival of the Arts in 1966." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 40396

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Jeannette Mirsky Exploration Travel & Exploration Lewis And Clark Balboa Mackenzie Westward Expansion Western americana

MOYNAHAN, JAY

Poems of the Soiled Doves

San Jose, CA: Chickadee Publishing, 2002. 1st Edition; 1st Edition. Spiral bound. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book with cardstock covers and a spiral binding. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is in clean bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "Bring up the intriguing subject of prostitution history in the American West, and you are sure to liven up a conversation. The thought of someone paying for sex diverts from societal and cultural ideals about how and when sex should be employed. It also brings forth a slew of questions, from how business was conducted to how the industry maintained its relationship with governments, big and small. In between are enough bawdy stories to make a sailor blush. Although prostitution in the West could indeed be gritty and dangerous, the act was sometimes viewed as a healthy and integral part of life. In the days of the mountain men rendezvous, certain American Indians offered the sexual favors of their wives and daughters to their white guests. For instance, the Assiniboines of the Great Northern Plains commonly lent out their daughters for sex, always in trade for goods. The more the girls brought in, the greater the respect for them and their families. Not all tribes, however, allowed such sexual license." (from TrueWest Magazine). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 41868

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana Jay Moynahan Prostitutes Soiled Doves Poetry Western americana