Western Americana, Native Americans

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THE ALAMO. by John Myers Myers.
Chronicles the seige of the Alamo--its setting in the context of the War with Mexico. Exhaustively researched, including chapters on Bowie, Travis, and Crockett as well as the Mexican general Santa Anna who finally conquered the fort. 240 pages, maps, bibliography..
Inventory = 2. ISBN: 0-8032-5779-1 A Bison Book. Order #: UNNE6881 paper $5.95

 

 

 

BAD COMPANY. by Joseph Henry Jackson.
Story of California's legendary and actual stage-robbers, bandits, highwaymen, and outlaws from the fifties to the eighties. Desperadoes of the 1800s and their deeds and characters, including Joaquin Marietta ("California's most glamorous outlaw'), Dick Fellows, Tom Bell, Black Bart (who left poetry in treasure boxes he emptied), Sheet-iron Jack (erstwhile barber), brutal Juan Soto, lady-killer Tiburuco Vasquez, Jack Powers of Santa Barbara, and Juan Flores (revolutionary). 366 pages, sources, index.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-8032-5866-6. 1977. Cover bent. Order #: UNNE7008 paper$9.95.

 

 

THE BATTLE OF THE WASHITA: the Sheridan-Custer Indian Campaign of 1867-69. by Stan Hoig.
Eight years before the Battle of the Little Big Horn, George Armstrong Custer marched his men through heavy snow to attack a village of Cheyenne Indians under Chief Black Kettle, a peaceful leader. Over 100 men, women, and children were killed and 800 horses shot. The site is near Cheyenne, Oklahoma. Was the result a victory of Custer or a tragedy for the Cheyennes?
Inventory =2. ISBN: 0-8032-7204-9. Order #: UNNE6535 paper$6.95.

 

 

THE BEAVER MEN. by Mari Sandoz.
History of trappers who roamed the wilds of Canada and western America during the two centuries 1630-1834-their canoes, paddles, portages, and the animal whose fur they sought as bounty for trading to widespread companies. Tells of rivals of trading companies, rendezvous, relations with Indians, politics in the region. A chapter of American history that resulted in the first explorations by the white race of regions formerly known only to Native Americans, fueled largely by a desire to provide hats for folks in civilized areas. 335 pages, illustrated, maps, bibliography, index..
Inventory =1. ISBN: 0-8032-5884-4. Order #: UNNE6948 paper$7.95

 

 

BENT'S FORT. by David Lavender.
History of huge private fort and trading post in CO on Santa Fe Trail which stood until 1849 as the center of trade on the central plains, now national historic site. References, bibliography, and index Map, 479 pages.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-8032-5753-8. Order #: UNNE4577 paper$24.95.

 

 

BILLY THE KID: a short and violent life. Utley.
Inventory = 1. (verify this). ISBN: 978-0-8032-9558-2. Order #: UNNE1460 paper$19.95. Verify we have this; then get cover picture, describe, add to other pages.

BUCKAROOS IN PARADISE: cowboy life in northern Nevada. by Howard W. Marshall and Richard E. Ahlborn.
Geographical and historical setting, tools and materials, and bunkhouses. Branding, roundups, herding. ranches and ranchers. Photos including tools of the trade--branding irons, saddles, chaps, boots, slickers,hats, knives, hooks. 111 large-format pages.
Inventory = 2.ISBN: 0-8032-8114-5. Order #: UNNE1960 paper$15.95.

 

 

A BRIDE GOES WEST. by Nannie T. Alderson and Helena Huntington Smith.
Experiences of an Eastern woman who relocated to Montana to start a cattle ranch with her husband: learning that took place in order to manage in log houses that had dirt floors, poor water, and cowboys and Indians. 281 pages.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-80325001-0. Order #: UNNE6903 paper$8.95.

 

 

THE DAWN OF THE WORLD: myths and tales of the Miwok Indians of California. by C. Hart Merriam.
Stories collected from Miwok Indian peoples at the turn of the century--at a time when original cultural memories could still be recounted. Provides a special view of the cultural and philosophical ways of today's Miwok ancestors. These tales were related by Miwok elders usually in the ceremonial roundhouse at night by firelight and constitute the religious history of the tribe. Included are creation myths, accounts of the First People, of beings who antedated humans, and tales about animals, death and ghosts, witches and giants, and natural phenomena. Illustrations, 283 pages, index.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-832-8193-5.1993. Order #: UNNE 2722 paper$9.95.

 

 

THE EARP BROTHERS OF TOMBSTONE: the story of Mrs. Virgil Earp. by Frank Waters.
Composite biographies of Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, James, and Warner Earp of Tombstone, Arizona.. Includes Santa Fe Trail, O,K. Corral, Dodge City, as well as early history of the area that became the state of Arizona. time period is latter 1800s. Map, 255 pages, citations.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-8032-5838-0. Cover lightly scuffed; light smudge on book's side. Order #: UNNE7011paper$6.95.

 

 

THE FETTERMAN MASSACRE. by Dee Brown.
Tale of massacre at Fort Phil Kearny on December 21. 1866 at the foothills of the Big Horns (now in Wyoming), where all soldiers died. The account is based on Army records and firsthand reports and includes investigations and the aftermath. 251 pages, fold-out map, bibliography, notes, and index.. 1971.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-8032-5730-9. Order #: UNNE7052 paper$9.95

FORT LARAMIE and the pageant of the West, 1834-1890. by Leroy R. Hafen and Francis Marion Young.
The colorful history of this fort on the Oregon Trail from establishment to abandonment. Located in what is now Wyoming, early on it was controlled by fur companies and patronized by trappers like Jim Bridger and Kit Carson, then became a supply center and rest stop for the tide of emigrants that followed--missionaries, Mormons, forty-niners and homesteaders. Describes the great peace council of 1851with the Plains Indians.
Inventory = 1.ISBN: 0-8032-7223-5. Order #: UNNE6844 paper$16.95.

 

 

JEDEDIAH SMITH and the opening of the West. by Dale L. Morgan.
An authentic American hero, Smith's main purpose was to find and trap beaver for the fur trade but in the process he discovered many western areas and travel routes: South Pass in Wyoming, California via overland, crossing of the Sierra Nevada, length and width of the Nevada/Utah Great Basin, and first to reach Oregon by journey up the coast from California. Episodes of travel in snow, dealings with fur companies, traveling companions, Indian relations and encounters.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 978-0-8032-5138-6. Pages 1-4 wrinkled. Order #: UNNE6523 paper$9.95.

 

 

LAW WEST OF FORT SMITH. by Glenn Shirley.
For 21 years, from 1875 to 1896, federal Judge Isaac C. Parker and his "hanging court" held exclusive jurisdiction over 74,000 square miles of Arkansas and Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), worked with 200 deputy marshals to bring justice and order against overwhelming odds. Traces careers of famous criminals such as Daltons, Belle Starr, the Buck gang, and Cole Younger. Called a startling reminder of what really went on in the Old West before later media turned it into a seeming primrose path. Appendix includes a chronology of the 79 hangings Parker ordered, a list of commutations and pardons, reversals and acquittals, and bonds forfeited plus two of the judge's instructions to juries. 342 pages including notes and bibliography.
Inventory = 3. 978-0-8032-5153-1. A Bison Book. Order #: UNNE1591 paper$14.95.

 

 

LETTERS OF A WOMAN HOMESTEADER. Elinore Pruitt Stewart.
Widow and mother proved up her own homestead near Burnt Fork, Wyoming, after marring her rancher employer. Delightful letters , written 1909-1913 authentically depict an Old West. These are little stories of people, events, holidays, filing claims, a funeral back in the day. 1980 film Heartland based on these letters.
Inventory =1. ISBN: 978-0-8032-5193-9. 1961, reprinted 1989. University of New Mexico Press Bison Book. Order #: UNNE1807 paper$14.95.

 

 

OLD JULES. by Mari Sandoz.
Portrait of pioneer in the upper Niobrara country of Nebraska in the period of 1890 to 1929, written by his daughter: stories of the Old West overheard: fights between cattlemen and sheepmen, scarcity of women, droughts, storms, wind, isolation.
Inventory =1.ISBN: 0-8032-5173-4. Order #: UNNE6830 paper$7.95.

 

 

ON THE TRAIL OF THE PONY EXPRESS. by Jerry Ellis.
Personal narrative of author's trip following the route of this mid-1800s horseback mail service from St. Louis, Missouri to the end of the line in California. Ellis completed his 2,100 mile journey by foot, horseback, covered wagon, hitchhiking, and canoe with events and observations along the way. 321 pages, map of route.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 978-0-8032-6746-6. Order #: UNNE1088 paper$19.95.

 

 

QUEEN OF COWTOWNS--Dodge City: "the wickedest little city in America, 1872-1886". by Stanley Vestal.
From military post through buffalo camp to cattle market; thieves and lawmen. Starting out as the Fort Doge military post, Dodge City became the booming camp of the buffalo hunters and then the greatest cattle market in the world. Stories of gunfighter-outlaws and marshals, dance-hall girls, horse thieves, train robberies, Indian scares, and pranksters. 295 pages, illustrations.
Inventory = 8. ISBN: 0-8032-5758-9. Order #: UNNE1573 paper$7.95.

 

 

PHIL SHERIDAN AND HIS ARMY. by Paul Andrew Hutton.
Definitive account of Sheridan's western career against native Americans, role in Chicago after its great fire, with Buffalo Bill, and as proponent of national park system. Sheridan's command stretched from the Missouri to the Rockies and from Mexico to Canada; all of the Indian wars of the Great Plains fell under his jurisdiction. 494 pages. Out of print.
Inventory = 2. ISBN: 0-8032-7227-8. Order #: UNNE2293 paper$14.95.

 

 

RIDERS OF THE PONY EXPRESS. by Ralph Moody.
Exiting account of the 18 months between April 1860 and October 1861 when this overland mail operated on horseback over 2,000 miles of rugged Western territory. Tales of the brave riders and their deeds on the various segments of the trail route: weather factors, Indian encounters, lengthy rides, all to end when the transcontinental telegraph was completed. 183 pages, illustrations, index.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 978-0-8032-8305-3. Order #: UNNE8520 paper$14.95.

 

 

RENDEZVOUS AT THE ALAMO. by Virgil E. Baugh.
Highlights in the lives of Bowie, Crockett, and Travis and how they came from different paths to a common fate in l836 when this San Antonio mission fell to the Mexican army--amid heroism and self-sacrifice. 265 pages, illustrated, index..
Inventory = 6.ISBN: 0-8032-6074-1. Order #: UNNE1956 paper$13.95.

 

 

SADDLES AND SPURS: the Pony Express saga. by Settle & Settle.
Story of the transcontinental horse mail 1860-1861--brings together a store house of information about this operation, complete with historical background including the overland freight and stagecoach business and the development of the telegraph and the Pacific railroad. Includes biographical sketches of founders, company personnel, and riders, plus a list and descriptions of stations. 217 pages, 50 photos.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-8032-5765-1. 1972. Order #: UNNE7087 paper$11.00.

 

 

SADDLES AND SPURS: the Pony Express saga. by Settle & Settle.
Story of the transcontinental horse mail 1860-1861--brings together a store house of information about this operation, complete with historical background including the overland freight and stagecoach business and the development of the telegraph and the Pacific railroad. Includes biographical sketches of founders, company personnel, and riders, plus a list and descriptions of stations. 217 pages, 50 photos.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 978-0-8032-5765-8. 1972. Order #: UNNE3038 paper$19.95.

 

 

SIX YEARS WITH THE TEXAS RANGERS: 1875-1881. by James B. Gillett.
Classic account of recruit's service depicts how rangers maintained law and order on the frontier: captures, Indian pursuits, feuds, shootings. Author served as a ranger in its formative years, shows how duties were varied and its members were unorthodox as its methods were irregular--at times with summary justice. Illustrated, 294 pages, extensive index.
Inventory = 2. ISBN: 0-8032-5844-5. Order #: UNNE2296 paper$19.95.

 

 

THE SOD HOUSE. by Cass G. Barns.
Personal narrative of the settlement and frontier years (1867-1897) of the Nebraska prairie country lying between the Elkhorn and Loup rivers, which includes the counties of Nance, Boone, Antelope, and Madison. Stories of the settlers and how they lived--including schools, preachers, doctors, courts, homesteaders, trading. 287 pages.
Inventory = 1.ISBN: 0-8032-5700-7. 1970. Covers scuffed. Order #: UNNE1020 paper$7.95.

 

 

SOUL OF THE INDIAN: an interpretation. by Charles A. Eastman.
Author was personally involved with both Native- and non-Native Americans and cultures and wrote several books on such matters. Here his aim has been "to paint the religious life of the typical American Indian as it was before he knew the white man." 170 pages.
Inventory =1. ISBN: 978-0-8032-6701-5. Order #: UNNE1839 paper$10.95.

 

 

TO THE PIKE'S PEAK GOLD FIELDS, 1859. by Leroy R. Hafen.
The Pike's Peak gold rush of 1859 into Colorado attracted as many gold seekers as that of 1849 into California. Presents gold rush diaries chronicling the struggles, dreams, and heartaches of those who traveled the overland routes to seek untold riches .
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 978-0-8032-7341-2. Order #: UNNE1843 paper$19.95.

 

 

U.S. ARMY UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT, 1889. Quartermaster General of the Army. Foreword by Jerome A. Greene, retired National Park Service historian.
Includes clothing, tents, flags, bugle, broom, more. Marked a milestone in the development of standards and specifications for military clothing and equipment. A valuable reference for articles used by the army during the Indian wars and of special interest to collectors, historians, archaeologists, curators, and antique dealers. 385 pages, with detailed line drawings of virtually every item of uniform and equipment issued, including mosquito bars and tent stoves to overalls for mounted men and uniform coat buttons.
Inventory = 1.ISBN: 0-8032-9552-9. 1986. This copy has light staining and bending on upper right corner of most pages. Order #: UNNE6525 paper$14.95.

 

 

U.S. ARMY UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT, 1889. Quartermaster General of the Army. Foreword by Jerome A. Greene, retired National Park Service historian..
Includes clothing, tents, flags, bugle, broom, more. Marked a milestone in the development of standards and specifications for military clothing and equipment. A valuable reference for articles used by the army during the Indian wars and of special interest to collectors, historians, archaeologists, curators, and antique dealers. 385 pages, with detailed line drawings of virtually every item of uniform and equipment issued, including mosquito bars and tent stoves to overalls for mounted men and uniform coat buttons.
Inventory = 1.ISBN: 0-8032-9552-9. 1986. Same as above but no staining or bending. Order #: UNNE6854 paper$14.95.

 

 

YOSEMITE: the embattled wilderness. by Alfred Runte.
Aesthetic and philosophical values that have guided management of Yosemite National park since 1864 and the debate over how to manage its natural resources--the inherent conflict between preservation and use. How actions taken have evolved over the years from some beginnings now considered to have been misguided and some that may still be. Even the park's boundaries have changed over the years, beginning with 1864. Illustrated, map, 379 pages. Out of print.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-8032-8941-3. Order #: UNNE6987 paper$14.95.

 

 

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