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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
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Empire of the Summer Moon

By S. C. Gwynne ,

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Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
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Railroaded

By Richard White ,

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The Sisters Brothers
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The Sisters Brothers

By Patrick DeWitt ,

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Rescue on the Oregon Trail
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Rescue on the Oregon Trail

By Kate Messner , Kelley McMorris (illustrator) ,

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Desert Cabal: A New Season in the Wilderness
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Desert Cabal

By Amy Irvine ,

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The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
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The Oregon Trail

By Rinker Buck ,

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Astoria: Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Tale of Ambition and Survival on the Early American Frontier
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Astoria

By Peter Stark ,

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The Journals of Lewis and Clark
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The Journals of Lewis and Clark

By John Bakeless ,

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Rough-Hewn Land: A Geologic Journey from California to the Rocky Mountains
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Rough-Hewn Land

By Keith Heyer Meldahl ,

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With Her Own Wings: Historical Sketches, Reminiscences and Anecdotes of Pioneer Women
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With Her Own Wings

By Helen Krebs Smith , Gladys Chilstrom ,

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Ladies of the Canyons: A League of Extraordinary Women and Their Adventures in the American Southwest
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Ladies of the Canyons

By Lesley Poling-Kempes ,

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Levi's & Lace: Arizona Women Who Made History
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Levi's & Lace

By Jan Cleere ,

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The Cowgirls
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The Cowgirls

By Joyce Gibson Roach ,

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Grass Roots: A History of Cannabis in the American West
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Grass Roots

By Nick Johnson ,

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The Character of Meriwether Lewis: Explorer in the Wilderness
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The Character of Meriwether Lewis

By Clay S. Jenkinson ,

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Black Cowboys in the American West: On the Range, On the Stage, Behind the Badge
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Black Cowboys in the American West

By Bruce A. Glasrud (editor) , Michael N. Searles (editor) ,

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All the Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West
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All the Wild That Remains

By David Gessner ,

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Fu-Go: The Curious History of Japan's Balloon Bomb Attack on America
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Fu-Go

By Ross Coen ,

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The New Sunset Western Garden Book: The Ultimate Gardening Guide
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The New Sunset Western Garden Book

By The Editors of Sunset ,

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A Bride's Portrait of Dodge City, Kansas
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A Bride's Portrait of Dodge City, Kansas

By Erica Vetsch ,

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Alcohol and Opium in the Old West
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Alcohol and Opium in the Old West

By Jeremy Agnew ,

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Searching for Calamity: The Life and Times of Calamity Jane
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Searching for Calamity

By Linda Jucovy ,

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Whiskey When We're Dry
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Whiskey When We're Dry

By John Larison ,

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Heresy
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Heresy

By Melissa Lenhardt ,

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How to Read the American West: A Field Guide
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How to Read the American West

By William Wyckoff ,

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The Innocents
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The Innocents

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Citizen Explorer: The Life of Zebulon Pike
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Citizen Explorer

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The Accidental Guardian
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The Accidental Guardian

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Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Western North America
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Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Western North America

By Nathan Pieplow ,

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A Desert Harvest: New and Selected Essays
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A Desert Harvest

By Bruce Berger ,

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One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays from the World at Large
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One-Sentence Journal

By Chris La Tray , Mara Panich (illustrator) , Daniel J Rice (editor)

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Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption
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Bitterroot

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The Frontier Club: Popular Westerns and Cultural Power, 1880-1924
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The Frontier Club

By Christine Bold ,

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