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Logging Long Ago
Logging Long Ago
SPC060
$19.95  
Paperback, Mary L. Martin, James Edward Thompson, Tina Skinner, 143 pages, 8.5 x 10.9 x 0.4, 9780764326196
Follow the history of logging as it unfolds across the United States, from the virgin forests of the east, to the towering redwoods of the West Coast. Historic photography, much of it beautifully hand tinted, captures images of the early woods, the woodsman, and the machines of this important...
The Columbia: America's Great Highway Through the Cascade Mountains to the Sea
The Columbia: America's Great Highway Through the Cascade Mountains to the Sea
SPC057
$12.95  
Paperback, Samuel Christopher Lancaster, 142 pages, 0.5 x 6 x 9, 9780764320033
Books have been written about the highway that Samuel C. Lancaster built. This is the book that he wrote. Lancaster is known to all who have studied highway engineering. His work directing construction of the Columbia River Highway made history. Lancaster's work followed the pioneering trail of...
Mine to Mill: History of the Great Lakes Iron Trade: From the Iron Ranges to Sault Ste. Marie
Mine to Mill: History of the Great Lakes Iron Trade: From the Iron Ranges to Sault Ste. Marie
SPC070
$29.99  
Hardcover, Phillip J. Stager, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780764347672
The history of the iron ore trade on the Great Lakes, from 1900 to 1980, is perhaps best related in visual form. Historians and enthusiasts alike can now learn about this important part of our country’s industrial heritage in nearly 300 views of the mines, railroads, loading docks, and...
Heading West: Life with the Pioneers, 21 Activities
Heading West: Life with the Pioneers, 21 Activities
IPG059
$16.95  
Paperback, Pat McCarthy, 144 pages, 11 x 0.4 x 8.5, 9781556528095
Heading West  traces the vivid saga of Native American and pioneer men, women, and children from the colonial beginnings of the westward expansion to the last of the homesteaders in late 20th century Alaska. In many respects, life in the backwoods and on the prairie was similar to modern...
La Misión de Santa Cruz
La Misión de Santa Cruz
CSP003
$6.00  
Paperback, 40 pages, 8 x 10
Learn about the rich history of Mission Santa Cruz: how it started, the people who ran it, the indigenous population, and its legacy today.
Oregon Trail Stories: True Accounts Of Life In A Covered Wagon
Oregon Trail Stories: True Accounts Of Life In A Covered Wagon
GPT203
$12.95  
Paperback, David Klausmeyer, 160 pages, 6 x 0.5 x 9, 9780762730827
Travel along the Oregon Trail with the pioneers who dared to "face the elephant" as they moved west in search of a new life. Compiled from the trail diaries and memoirs that document this momentous period in American history,  Oregon Trail Stories  is a fascinating look at the great American...
The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe
The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe
HMC335
$10.99  
Paperback, Roland Smith, 304 pages, 4.2 x 0.8 x 6.9, 9780152026967
Born the runt of his litter and gambled away to a rusty old river man, the Newfoundland pup Seaman doesn’t imagine his life will be marked by any kind of glory. But when he meets Captain Meriwether Lewis, Seaman finds himself on a path that will make history. Lewis is setting off on his landmark...
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
SIM277
$20.99  
Paperback, Stephen Ambrose, 521 pages, 6 x 1.3 x 9, 9780684826974
From the bestselling author of  Band of Brothers  and  D-Day , the definitive book on Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure stories of all time. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson...
Sacagawea and the Bravest Deed
Sacagawea and the Bravest Deed
SIM281
$4.99  
Paperback, Stephen Krensky, 32 pages, 6 x 0.1 x 9, 9780689848032
Young Sacagawea wants to be as brave as her brother. If only she were allowed to go with him and the other boys on a hunt to prove it! But while gathering wood with her grandmother, an angry rattlesnake shows Sacagawea that there are many ways to be brave.
Lewis and Clark For Dummies
Lewis and Clark For Dummies
WIL082
$19.99  
Paperback, Sammye J. Meadows & Jana Prewitt, 412 pages, 7.5 x 0.9 x 9, 9780764525452
The Lewis and Clark expedition was the greatest camping trip in history. It was one of those irresistible American adventures that many people dream of living. This book shares the delightful details of the journey that historians have gleaned from the group’s journals and maps, and also...
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
SIM289
$19.99  
Paperback, Rinker Buck, 464 pages, 9.5 x 6.6 x 1.3, 9781451659177
#1  New York Times  Bestseller * #1 Indie Next Pick “Absorbing...Winning...The many layers in  The Oregon Trail  are linked by Mr. Buck’s voice, which is alert and unpretentious in a manner that put me in mind of Bill Bryson’s comic tone in A Walk in the Woods .” —Dwight Garner,  The New...
Howard Hughes: Aviator
Howard Hughes: Aviator
NAV080
$25.95  
Paperback, George J. Marrett, 264 pages, 6 x 9, 9781682470367
George J. Marrett, a former test pilot for aviator Howard Hughes, separates fact from fiction to tell the inside story of the genius who set flight speed records in the 1930s and went on to develop some of America’s most famous aircraft and weapons. The author draws on his wealth of experiences...
The Displacement of Native Peoples
The Displacement of Native Peoples
CBP003
$10.95  
Paperback, Lynn Peppas, 48 pages, 7.1 x 0.2 x 9.1 inches, 9780778725732
This revealing book examines how First Nations and Native Peoples have been displaced in the United States and Canada through treaties, empty promises, and military force. Through close examination of primary source images, documents, and first-hand accounts, readers will gain an understanding...
Explore with Lewis and Clark
Explore with Lewis and Clark
CBP005
$9.95  
Paperback, Rachel Stuckey, 32 pages, 8.3 x 0.2 x 10.5 inches, 9780778712596
This entertaining book follows the travels of Americans Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, explorers of the American West. Historical information and high-interest fact boxes are presented in an entertaining tabloid style that guides readers through a voyage of discovery. Topics include what...
Go West: First Contact with Native Nations
Go West: First Contact with Native Nations
CBP007
$8.95  
Paperback, Cynthia O'Brien, 32 pages, 10.5 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches, 9780778723486
As settlers came west, they discovered there were already people living on this "new" land. Discover how this mass invasion of settlers impacted the indigenous peoples of the West: their first contacts with explorers such as Lewis and Clark; the gradual encroachment of white settlers on their...
Going Along the Emigrant Trails
Going Along the Emigrant Trails
FAR019
$14.95  
Paperback, Barbara Fifer, 48 pages, 8 x 11, 9781560373544
Children ages 8 to 12 will learn about the journeys of emigrants who traveled 2,000 miles across mountains and prairies to start new lives. From 1851 to the mid-1860s, nearly 350,000 Americans traveled west to Oregon Country or California.  Going Along the Emigrant Trails  details their...
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
HMC340
$17.99  
Paperback, Timothy Egan, 352 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780547394602
In THE WORST HARD TIME, Timothy Egan put the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history, told through characters he brought to indelible life. Now he performs the same alchemy with the Big Burn, the largest-ever forest fire in America and the tragedy that cemented...
Portland's Maritime History
Portland's Maritime History
ARC093
$15.50  
Paperback, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467130844
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
HMC342
$24.99  
Paperback, Andrés Reséndez, 448 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, Andrés Reséndez
“Long-awaited and important . . . No other book before has so thoroughly related the broad history of Indian slavery in the Americas.”— San Francisco Chronicle “A necessary work . . . [Reséndez’s] reportage will likely surprise you.”—NPR “One of the most profound contributions to North...
California Gold Rush!
California Gold Rush!
CBP016
$9.95  
Paperback, Robin Johnson, 48 pages, 7 x 10, 50
Discusses the California Gold Rush in American history, describing the first discovery of gold, prospectors, boomtowns, and how the gold rush changed the landscape of America.
Daily Life in a Covered Wagon
Daily Life in a Covered Wagon
PGN206
$9.99  
Paperback, Paul Erickson, 48 pages, 8.2 x 0.2 x 11, 9780140562125
Great for classroom lessons on the Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion! In 1853, the Larkin family loaded up their wagons and headed west in search of a new life. But how did they do it? What did they eat? How did they survive sickness, and attacks from cattle thieves? Drawing on diaries and...
Wildheart: The Daring Adventures of John Muir
Wildheart: The Daring Adventures of John Muir
PGW275
$18.99  
hardcover, Julie Bertagna, 128 pages, 7 x 10, 9781930238947
Told for the first time in a graphic novel, this is the exciting life story of John Muir—who sailed to America as a boy and ended up changing the world. John Muir led an adventurous life, starting with his wild and playful boyhood in Scotland and culminating in his legendary exploits in...
Outlaws and Lawmen of the West Vol 1
Outlaws and Lawmen of the West Vol 1
LPP024
$12.95  
Paperback, M. A. Macpherson, 240 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781551051642
The American frontier in its early days was a rough place where only the tough survived. Gold and cattle were king, and many took up stealing the former and rustling the latter. Stage coaches and trains presented themselves for the taking. Billy the Kid, the Daltons, Jesse James, the Reno...
Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy
Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy
HRW152
$17.99  
Paperback, Kent Nerburn, 448 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780061136085
Hidden in the shadow cast by the great western expeditions of Lewis and Clark lies another journey every bit as poignant, every bit as dramatic, and every bit as essential to an understanding of who we are as a nation - the 1,800-mile journey made by Chief Joseph and eight hundred Nez Perce men,...
Who Was Amelia Earhart?
Who Was Amelia Earhart?
PGN192
$5.99  
Paperback, Kate Boehm Jerome, 106 pages, 5.4 x 0.3 x 7.7, 9780448428567
Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1935, she also became the first woman to fly across the Pacific. From her early years to her mysterious 1937 disappearance while attempting a flight around the world,...
What Was Pearl Harbor?
What Was Pearl Harbor?
PGN193
$7.99  
Paperback, Patricia Brennan Demuth, 112 pages, 5.3 x 0.3 x 7.6, 9780448464626
A terrifying attack!  On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the American base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It was a highly secretive and devastating attack: four battleships sunk, more than two thousand servicemen died, and the United States was propelled into...
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
PGN284
$19.00  
Paperback, Charles C. Mann, 541 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781400032051
In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.   Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine...
Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-2000, Revised Edition
Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-2000, Revised Edition
PGN282
$21.00  
Paperback, Peter Nabokov, 528 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780140281590
From the author of  How the World Moves --the classic collection of more than 500 years of Native American History In a series of powerful and moving documents, anthropologist  Peter Nabokov  presents a history of Native American and white relations as seen though Indian eyes and told through...
Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation
Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation
PGN239
$18.95  
Paperback, Andrea Wulf, 368 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780307390684
From the bestselling author of  The Invention of Nature , a fascinating look at the Founding Fathers like none you've seen before. For the Founding Fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions: a conjoined interest as deeply ingrained in their characters as the battle...
Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine
Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine
PGN222
$18.00  
Paperback, Brian Hicks & Schuyler Kropf, 330 pages, 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.2, 9780345447722
The history of the Confederate submarine  H. L. Hunley  is as astonishing as its disappearance. On February 17, 1864, after a legendary encounter with a Union battleship, the iron “fish boat” vanished without a trace somewhere off the coast of South Carolina. For more than a century the fate of...
The Journals of Lewis and Clark
The Journals of Lewis and Clark
HMC346
$17.99  
Paperback, 576 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780395859964
The Journals of Lewis and Clark are "the first report on the West, on the United States over the hill and beyond the sunset, on the province of the American future” (Bernard DeVoto).   In 1803, the great expanse of the Louisiana Purchase was an empty canvas. Keenly aware that the course...
Chainsaws: A History
Chainsaws: A History
HPC162
$34.95  
paperback, David Lee, 216 pages, 11x10, 9781550179118
With hundreds of full-colour photographs and fascinating ephemera, combined with an authoritative text listing hundreds of chainsaw models from the 1800s to the present,   Chainsaws   carefully traces the evolutionary threads of countless pioneer devices―from six-hundred-pound steam-powered...
Scoundrels of the Salish Sea: Tales of Crime and Punishment in Washington State's History
Scoundrels of the Salish Sea: Tales of Crime and Punishment in Washington State's History
ARC169
$21.99  
Paperback, Carol Turner, 176 pages, 6 x 9, 9781634992237
From Orcas Island to Tacoma, and west to the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas, the American section of the Salish Sea serves as an abundant setting for a wild ride through Washington's history of crime and punishment. These stories came primarily from the pages of old newspapers--the earliest...
Empire's Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day PAPERBACK
Empire's Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day PAPERBACK
PGW257
$16.00  
Paperback, Carrie Gibson, 480 pages, 6 x 9, 9780802124319
Ever since Christopher Columbus stepped off the  Santa Maria  and announced that he had arrived in the Orient, the Caribbean has been a stage for projected fantasies and competition between world powers. In  Empire’s Crossroads , historian Carrie Gibson offers a vivid, panoramic view of this...
American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon
American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon
RAN566
$18.00  
Paperback, Steven Rinella, 304 pages, 5 x 8, 9780385521697
From the host of the Travel Channel’s “The Wild Within.” A hunt for the American buffalo—an adventurous, fascinating examination of an animal that has haunted the American imagination.   In 2005, Steven Rinella won a lottery permit to hunt for a wild buffalo, or American bison, in the...
Stories of the Humboldt Wagon Road
Stories of the Humboldt Wagon Road
ARC170
$21.99  
Paperback, Andy Mark, 176 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467145268
Before the completion of the transcontinental railroad, there was the Chico and Humboldt Wagon Road, meant to connect California with the burgeoning mining industries of Nevada and Idaho. The ambitious plan to make Chico a major Northern California transportation hub was spearheaded by John...
Cedar: Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians
Cedar: Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians
UWP009
$29.95  
Paperback, Hilary Stewart, 192 pages, 9 x 10, 9780295974484
From the giant cedar of the rainforest came a wealth of raw materials vital to the way of life, art and culture of the early First Nations people of the Northwest Coast. All parts of the cedar tree had many uses. From the wood, skilled men made ocean-going canoes, massive post-and- beam...
The Long Beach Peninsula
The Long Beach Peninsula
ARC171
$16.99  
Paperback, Nancy L. Hobbs, Donella J. Lucero, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738529950
Jutting northward from the mouth of the Columbia River, the Long Beach Peninsula defines Washington's southwestern coastal geography. The picturesque blend of beach and forest along the river, Willapa Bay, and the Pacific Ocean was home to the Chinook Indians who first settled this region....
Jailhouse Stories from Early Pacific County
Jailhouse Stories from Early Pacific County
ARC172
$21.99  
Paperback, Sydney Stevens, 208 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467135290
Hangings, lynchings and jail breaks are long forgotten in Pacific County, where tourists flock to quaint attractions every season. But back in the early days, when the first jailhouse was built, this was a rough, rustic setting. Popular cannery worker Lum You was hanged here in 1902--the only...
Mills of Humboldt County
Mills of Humboldt County
ARC135
$21.99  
Paperback, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467134736
Humboldt County was at the forefront of the massive redwood logging industry. The impressive size of the trees necessitated drastic technological advances. Many innovations were invented by Humboldt mill owners like John Dolbeer, whose steam donkey engine mechanized and revolutionized logging...
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
RAN641
$20.00  
Paperback, Adam Makos, 400 pages, 6 x 9, 9780425255735
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: “Beautifully told.” —CNN •  “A remarkable story...worth retelling and celebrating.”— USA Today •  “Oh, it’s a good one!” —Fox News   A “beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies” emerges from the horrors of World War II in this   New York Times  bestseller...
Dog of Discovery: A Newfoundland's Adventures with Lewis and Clark
Dog of Discovery: A Newfoundland's Adventures with Lewis and Clark
PER132
$10.95  
Paperback, Laurence Pringle, 152 pages, 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.5, 9781590782675
Meet Seaman, the Newfoundland dog who joined the Lewis and Clark expedition into the uncharted western wilderness. Seaman was much more than the faithful companion of Captain Lewis. Seaman risked his life many times and served the Corps of Discovery as a hunter, retriever, and guard dog. This...
California Disasters: True Stories of Golden State Tragedies and Triumphs
California Disasters: True Stories of Golden State Tragedies and Triumphs
FAR030
$18.95  
Paperback, Phyllis Perry, 238 pages, 6 x 9, 9781560377757
CALIFORNIA DISASTERS highlights some of the major catastrophic events from pre-statehood to the 21st Century. It is said that California has four seasons: drought, flood, fire, and earthquakes. California Disasters covers all these categories and many more. Readers will discover the stories...
Along the Trail with Lewis and Clark (Third Edition): A Guide to the Trail Today
Along the Trail with Lewis and Clark (Third Edition): A Guide to the Trail Today
FAR031
$18.95  
Paperback, Barbara Fifer, 120 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781560378037
Take Your Own Journey through History on the Lewis & Clark Trail! Follow the journey of the Corps of Discovery from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello through the Midwest and the Rockies, to the Pacific Ocean and back with this detailed chronicle of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. This third...
Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway
Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway
HRW159
$16.99  
Hardcover, N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss, Timothy Orr, Laura Orr, 336 pages, 6 x 9, 9780062692351
Hailed as "t he single most effective pilot at Midway" ( World War II   magazine),   Dusty Kleiss struck and sank three Japanese warships at the Battle of Midway, including two aircraft carriers, helping turn the tide of the Second World War. This is his extraordinary memoir....
Portsmouth Harbor's Military and Naval Heritage
Portsmouth Harbor's Military and Naval Heritage
ARC182
$24.99  
Paperback, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738536477
Including more than two hundred vintage photographs and illustrations, Portsmouth Harbor's Military and Naval Heritage chronicles the history of the Piscataqua River's naval shipyard and harbor defenses. Long before it became home to one of the U.S. Navy's first federal shipyards, the harbor at...
Portsmouth: An Old Town by the Sea
Portsmouth: An Old Town by the Sea
ARC181
$24.99  
Paperback, Russell M. Lawson, 160 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738524276
From Strawbery Banke to the Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth has always been the economic, cultural, and political hub north of Boston. Brightly-colored saltbox homes and towering lighthouses line the churning currents of the Piscataqua, and narrow lanes echo with the footsteps of John Paul Jones, the...
Fortune's A River: The Collision of Empires in Northwest America
Fortune's A River: The Collision of Empires in Northwest America
HPC171
$28.95  
Paperback, Barry Gough, 416 pages, 6 x 9, 9781550174595
Winner of the John Lyman Book Award for best Canadian naval and maritime history Finalist for the Nereus Writers' Trust Non-fiction Award Finalist for the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, BC Book Prize Longlisted for the 2007 Victoria Butler Book Prize Honourable Mention for the Canadian...
Meeting Natives with Lewis and Clark
Meeting Natives with Lewis and Clark
FAR034
$12.95  
Paperback, Barbara Fifer, 56 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781560372691
When Captains Lewis and Clark began their Expedition of Discovery in 1803, they carried instructions from President Thomas Jefferson to learn about the American natives they met along the way. From St. Louis, up the Missouri River, over the Rocky Mountains, all the way to the Pacific Ocean and...
Lewis & Clark Coloring Book
Lewis & Clark Coloring Book
FAR035
$9.95  
Paperback, Adam Brooks, 64 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781560377139
Grab your colored pencils or crayons and color one of American History's greatest adventures with Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Sacagawea and the Corps of Discovery. Featuring the art of Ted Rechlin ( Jurassic ,  Sharks ,  Montana Coloring Book ), the  Lewis and Clark Coloring Book...
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