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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
The Esselen - Book
The Esselen - Book
ROS002
$12.95  
Paperback, Miranda Rathjen, 32 pages, 7.2 x 0.4 x 8.7", 9781538324592
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Starvation Heights: Dangerous Women: True Crime Stories - Book
Starvation Heights: Dangerous Women: True Crime Stories - Book
PGN438
$18.00  
Gregg Olsen , 448 pages, 5 x 8, 9781400097463
In this true story—a haunting saga of medical murder set in an era of steamships and gaslights—Gregg Olsen reveals one of the most unusual and disturbing criminal cases in American history. In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire and Dora Williamson, arrived at a sanitorium in the...
SR-71 Blackbird: Lockheed's Ultimate Spy Plane - Book
SR-71 Blackbird: Lockheed's Ultimate Spy Plane - Book
SPC079
$24.99  
Hardcover, David Doyle, 144 pages, 9.25 x 0.75 x 9.25", 9780764367083
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