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[Paperback] - $19.95
The American West
The Invention of a Myth
by David Hamilton Murdoch
Americans have chosen to invest one small part of their history, the settlement of the western wilderness, with extraordinary significance.... more

[Paperback] - $29.95
Amerikanuak
Basques in the New World
by William A. Douglass, Jon Bilbao
With a new preface by William A. Douglass A classic study of the Basque diaspora now available in paperback.... more

[Paperback] - $19.95
As Long as the River Shall Run
An Ethnohistory of Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation
by Martha C. Knack, Omer C. Stewart
New afterword by Martha C. Knack. The history of the Northern Paiutes of Pyramid Lake in northwestern Nevada is one fraught with the conflicts and tensions of the modern West—relentless encroachment by non-Indians into Indian lands;... more

[Paperback] - $19.95
Beyond the Mafia
Italian Americans and the Development of Las Vegas
by Alan Balboni
When Beyond the Mafia first appeared in 1996 it was hailed as a significant contribution to the history of Las Vegas and of ethnic minorities in America.... more

[Paperback] - $21.95
Boomtown Saloons
Archaeology and History in Virginia City
by Kelly J. Dixon
The image of Old West saloons as sites of violence and raucous entertainment has been perpetuated by film and legend, but the true story of such establishments is far more complex.... more

[Paperback] - $24.95
Building Hoover Dam
An Oral History of the Great Depression
by Andrew J. Dunar, Dennis McBride
Andrew J. Dunar and Dennis McBride skillfully interweave eyewitness accounts of the building of Hoover Dam.... more

[Paperback] - $15.00
Cactus Thorn
(a novella)
by Mary Austin
Foreword and afterword by Melody Graulich. Set primarily in the lonesome southwest desert lands of the 1920s, this previously unpublished novella is a powerful story in which landscape reflects and defines character.... more

[Hardcover] - $39.95
Calaveras Gold
The Impact of Mining on a Mother Lode County
by Ronald H. Limbaugh, Willard P. Fuller
California’s Calaveras County—made famous by Mark Twain and his celebrated Jumping Frog—is the focus of this comprehensive study of Mother Lode mining.... more