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Into the Wild
Loved by 22 people

Into the Wild

By Jon Krakauer ,

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'Salem's Lot
Loved by 17 people

'Salem's Lot

By Stephen King ,

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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
Loved by 7 people

Undaunted Courage

By Stephen E. Ambrose ,

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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
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Cadillac Desert

By Marc Reisner ,

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Little House on the Prairie
Loved by 4 people

Little House on the Prairie

By Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams (illustrator) ,

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Close Range: Wyoming Stories
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Close Range

By Annie Proulx ,

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In Search of the Racial Frontier: African Americans in the American West 1528-1990
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In Search of the Racial Frontier

By Quintard Taylor ,

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The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60
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The Plains Across

By John D. Unruh ,

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Writing the Range: Race, Class, and Culture in the Women's West
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Writing the Range

By Elizabeth Jameson , Susan Armitage ,

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The Hanging Tree and Other Stories
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The Hanging Tree and Other Stories

By Dorothy M. Johnson ,

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The Patriot Chiefs: A Chronicle of American Indian Resistance
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The Patriot Chiefs

By Alvin M. Josephy Jr. ,

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Bad Land: An American Romance
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Bad Land

By Jonathan Raban ,

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When You & I Were Young, Whitefish
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When You & I Were Young, Whitefish

By Dorothy M. Johnson ,

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The Journey Home: Some Words in the Defense of the American West
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The Journey Home

By Edward Abbey ,

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The Blue Hen's Chick: An Autobiography
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The Blue Hen's Chick

By A.B. Guthrie, Jr. ,

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Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend
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Wyatt Earp

By Casey Tefertiller ,

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The Life of Daniel Boone
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The Life of Daniel Boone

By Lyman C. Draper ,

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San Domingo: The Medicine Hat Stallion
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San Domingo

By Marguerite Henry , Robert Lougheed (illustrator) ,

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All That the Rain Promises and More: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms
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All That the Rain Promises and More

By David Arora ,

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Candy Story
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Candy Story

By Marie Redonnet , Alexandra Quinn (translator) ,

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Crossing the Next Meridian: Land, Water, and the Future of the West
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Crossing the Next Meridian

By Charles F. Wilkinson ,

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Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
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Empire Express

By David Haward Bain ,

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Riding the White Horse Home: A Western Family Album
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Riding the White Horse Home

By Teresa Jordan ,

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The Diary of Mattie Spenser
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The Diary of Mattie Spenser

By Sandra Dallas ,

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The Serpents of Paradise: A Reader
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The Serpents of Paradise

By Edward Abbey , John Macrae (editor) ,

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Home on the Range: A Culinary History of the American West
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Home on the Range

By Cathy Luchetti ,

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