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SNAKE
RIVER
COUNTRY
Bill GidickPhotography by Earl Roberge
"Born "in incredible
beauty,
flowing through incredible des-olation, nourishing incredible fertility ..."So begins Bill
Gullck's
story of the Snake, perhaps the lastimportant wild river left in the Pacific Northwest, a river that
has,
in earlier times, played a monumental role in exploration,in empire and in settlement. Now, because the
wide
expanse ofcountry through which it Hows is sparsely settled and capableof great development in the years to come, the present andfuture of the Snake should be as vitally interesting to thereader as its colorful past. 195 pages.
ll'ixU^,
100 full-colorillustrations by Earl Rotxirge.
Cloth, boxed J35.00 ISBN 0-3700-1-215-7
OYVYHEE
TRAILS:The
West's
Forgotten Corner
Mike Hanicy with Ellis Lucia
The
Owyhees.
as they rise impressively
from
the high des-ert of Oregon and
Idaho,
have been the site of
mining
boomsand Indian battles, holdups and
range
wars. Precious nietalaabounded on their slopes, and their valleys held another sortof riches in the form ci" water and feed for cattle and sheep.
Rancher-author
Mike Hartley, who lives in Jordan
Valley,
Oregon, under the
shadow
of the Owyhee Mountains, and hiscollaborator, the
well-known
writer. Ellis Lucia, recount thoboisterous past and
intriguing present
of this still wild cornerof the West. 6x9, 225
pagta.
102 photos.
Taper
$9.95 ISBN 0-S7001-2SI-5
THE COMPLETE SOUKDOCGH COOKBOOK
Don and Myrtle Holm
One of the near-lost culinary arts that is only now boir.prediscovered is that of muHttoUKJi cookery. Here, the Holmsoffer otic of the most significant collection* of eveipes to henildthis revival. Frnm the right "starter" to delicious souriiouphbreads, cakes, waffles, and even pizzas, all the items havebeen tested a~ain and airain in the modern kitchen. Manyhave been adapted for the hunter and camper, to be conked asthey once were, in the camp stove or over the campfire.Taper
SttJIS
ISBN
fl-S7004-22:J-S
DON HOLM'S BOOK OK FOOD DRYING.PICKLING AND SMOKE CURING
Don and Myrtle Holm
"...
there is
a
revolution in eating and the preparation
and
preservation of tht} nvu*jabtg
foods in a
Fhrinkiiu?
world. Shor-tages and continued
rising*
prices for
supermarket poods, will
make it imperative
that
home
makers (earn
how and
routinely
practice the
OId-time
arts
of
preserving
foods.
"You can have fun
at
the same
time
you are
becomingself-taught
and
proficient
in the ancient and
wonderful waysof Prying, Pickling,
and Smoke
Curing."Paper S3.95
ISBN0-STUiH-2.")D-.i
OLD-FASHIONED DUTCH OVEN COOKBOOK
Don Holm
The fust
of its
kinu in print, this is
primarily*
an outdoorcookbook
specializing in altl-foshloned
Dutch
oven ookcry
and
in sourdough reripoa.
There are
numerous templing
r**ei(,vsfor
hungry fishermen
ami
hunters, including
pot
nmsts. mtii-
liiran stews. ami di.she< made
from bestr menu
buffalo,
wooil-
chiu-k. It has a
special
section on
sourdough cooking,
andfavorite
recipes of several outdoor writers of tlw Nrn'thwesc.
Cover plate by
Churit-s
Cur ltd
ing. Sketches
by Jack
Otftvr-
Paper
S...93
ISItN
047004-133-9
FEUUYBOATS
IN IDAHO
James L. Him
tie
if
H<'ie is the
first tencthy
account of
tho
water tr;m.<ptii;a-tionivstcni. such as it
ivn*,that served
Idaho from the time of
Lewis ami
Clark
until ch«
present.
Even before the
com
me
of
the
white man. the
native peoplva of
the
Gem Slate knew the
many
grvat rivers in their
land
and
how
to
cross
them.
This in
the
story
of the
Idaho
frtTyboats
ami :he important
part
they
played m the settlement
and development of our beautiful
jitatt?< iix^ inches. -~3 p;i£*?5, 1-7 photographs, 27 maps.Twenty Miles From
a Match: Homesieading inWestern Nevada by Sarah E. Olds
In I9C8, Sarah Olds packed up her brood and went home-lrtading in the desert 35 miles north of Reno. With her invalidhusband, jhe and her family made a home ou* of a rude cabin,planted fruit tees and a garden, drilled for water, hunted sagehens for sale in Reno, and built a schoolhouse. This story b foranyone who has ever dreamed of pioneering. It is a trueaccount, told simpty and honestly, with a dtifightfol sense ofhumor. "A book to warm the cockles of your heart and makeyou proud of the human race."
-PacificHistorian.
ISBN 052-4.
1SZ
pp.. dlus.. $5.50
Western Carpetbagger: The Extraordinary MemoirsOr "Senator" inomas Fitch by Eric N. Moody
Thomas Fitch tried his hand at everything from law to miningto politics. But his true fame was earned as the premier carpet-bagger of them all. "the most corrupt man that ever followedpolitics on the coast." But this reputation may have beenundeserved. The memoirs from the pen of Thomas Fitch re-veal a fascinating individual who was humorous, scandalous.4nd sensitive. This emertaining view of the frontier west isheightened by little-known glimpses of Mark Twain, JohnFremont, Wyaet carp. Brigham Young, and Virginia City min-ing magna:es. "Those who love the humor, adventure andaudacity or the Old West will prize
Western
Carpetbagger."
-NeOttil
Stetc
journal.
ISBN
OSQ-S.
2&i
pp.. $5.25
Martha and the Doctor: A Frontier Family in
Central Nevada by Marvin LewisCaught up by
S'
jld
And
silver Eever
' Martha and James Gailyleft their secure home in Ohio and headed for Austin, Nevada.in 1864. For ten years their lives look a downward path ofdespair until their iuck finally changed. Their remarkable storywas pieced together using the diary entries of Martha and thejournalistic writings of her doctor-husband James. Whatemerged was a fascinating study of two opposing views otfrontier life. While her husband saw only the adventure andexcitement of their new life. Martha focused on the poverty,fear, and misery of the frontier. "A rich addition to the veryfe-.v family chronicles of early statehood Nevada."
-Western
Historical Quarterly.
IS3S
049-4. 247
pp.. 55.00
Hards drabble: A Narrative of the California HillCountry by Anita Kunkler
Told through the eyes of a growing girl, these personal remi-niscences are the story of 4 family and an area which longcontinued to mirror early frontier practices, it reflects the he-roic geography of Nannem California and reveais the crudeisolation and harsh physical conditions ot life in a difficulttime. "Related with such candor that we are left with a con-vincing portrait of a rustic way of life which remains a part ofour cultural heritage." -Library
journal. ISBN 044-2. 238
pvs.,
illus..
55.00
History of Nevada, 1540-1833by Hubert Howe BancroftBancott's
History
of
Nevada
was first published in 1890 as pan ota thirty-nine volume history of states and countries stretchingfrom Alaska to Panama, the book appeared just at'ter themining decline, enabling Bancroft to desci.be the events with asense of immediacy. The history begins in 15-10 with a descrip-tion of exploration in the earliest days. It continues with adiscussion cf emigrants, eariy settlers, and the Comstock Lodeand doses with a review of state politics and development ofthe state's resources through 18H3. Induces a new foreword byJames Huise. "Finest wont ever done on the history of thewestern United States."
—La
Ve$as Review journal.
/55.V C63-),
347pp.,
maps,
$3.00
Story
of
the
Mine
by Claries ShinnWhen it was first printed in Mew York City in 1896,
Vte Slonofthe Mine
received instant natiunat accuim ortd went throughten printings. It is a remarkably revealing history uf one jf trieWest's richest mining strikes, the Comstock Lode of \'evaca."The story ot the Comstoclt is ail there in Shlnn's articulatelan^'jage: the nse and tall ot the silver kings, the chicanery,and hard work, the stock dealing? and the impact Upon na-tional politics and economics."
—BlllittgS
Cuzette.
/S3.V
059-1.~~~P$
s
--
3kis.,
So.50
TRIGGERNOMETRY
Eugene Cunningham
A gallery of
frun fighters
—Wild Bill, Billy the Kid,
Ben
Thompson.
Captain
Jim
Gil'tiS, Ranger
Bill
Mac
Donald, Gen-eral Leu Christmas, wolfish Boss
Outlaw, gr-.m John
Slaugh-ter. Curly Bill, ami
A
hostof uthera—whostooil behind the scar
and
same whom they
faced across drawn pistols
during
alive in
thti pugttS of
Tritj-jfrtinrnvtrij.
As a veteran novelist, Mr. Cunningham has been as muchintrusted in
the gunfighter'3
mind us in his
Hashing
hand;.Not
merely what
a
W'cx
Hard n ilk!,
but
what
quirk of
mental-ity
ami
interplay
of
circumstances
forced him to do it, is
ahaJuwed
in
the port rait, making
Trfygemamelry
brilliant
biogruphy
as
well as history.SI2.93 1SUN
0-37004-0.124Eureka and its Resourcesby Lambert MolinelliIn the late 1800s, the town of Eureka, Nevada, was seeking
new residents to heip stimulate its booming mining economy.To encourage growth, real estate agent Limb^rc MoiinelUwrote this promotional book to lure new citizens. He toutedthe virtues of tlic town, including its prosperous mines, ad-vanced transportation and communication
t
acuities
(stage andtelegraph), and handsome new buildings. To further embel-lish Eureka. MolinelU included advertisemenu rrum local pur-veyors and businessmen. This reprint preserves the originalcontents and features a new foreword. "A charming account ofmining in boom rimes."
—Psczf.c
H-stanan. IS3N 069-9. 137
P£5.,
liijis.,55.00
Early
\*e
vada:
Period of Exploration, 1/ / 6
—
1S4S
by Fred Nathaniel FletcherThis repnnt edition, ari^inallv published in 1929. focuses onan ttlCittng period ut history tilled with e.xcnorers. fur trappers,and tracers. Usini; first-hand accounts. Fletcher brines to lifethe adventures at
e.\?lorers
who often t'cund themseives trav-eling across ti-.e liarsa desert without food, water, wood, orgra^s tor their livestock, "Ketcher focuses urcn the early e.x-ptorera, and the taie he teiis of their adveniures is
art
excirirnror-etoruvebockinrnnt."
-BooksoftheSaUthiVtSt.
IS3N
061-2,
195
pp..
map.
$5.25
Water and Power
The Conflict over
[.os
Angeles' Water Supplyin the Owens ValleyWILLIAM L. KAURI.
•TTiis is ihc definitive urauni of hw LosAngeles inured in waicr supply from ihc
C^eni
Valtey «e!l wriiicn ind icicarchcd.tltc [wok ibnutnli with cntorful petwoil-irin ami drainauc
c*emi
Unlifce earlierhinoties, ii urricj lire Owens Valley sioryBp»ibcpie*eiH.»Ulin
F
ipaiiynewciemcnu io
i
fjwilijf situy . ,i tolid.ihouglitlul md pruvotjcnc Jtiidy.
11
—
pjiifl'e
Hiitorun
"Here, in cngjging unplktutc jnrf iniptebcnsive ind rn.li ilnatl.
n
the most
SOUTHERN IDAHO CUGSTTOWNS
Wayne Spttriing
Smuhi-rn Maho
hj.<
many ghost towns scattered aniomr
itsmo'.int.iitis mid liosortd. In this bm^k. \V:iyi:c Sfurlin^proviilca;iti exceliunt truiilo to eijrhty-fo«r •»(" them, iuscribinjj
ti*...-
hu*tury of uai-h ainl its current state of [lrvsuriratitm. ManyphutoK'ruph.i show Ititflilichu of ttto sitea, and
mi\\ta
ptnjutittIhe iucutitms. lc will b« Wflajimrd by
the
vviMc-rncsa explorerami the armchair traveler ul tko. 'Kil 133 paia.*s.
I\l[HT
I31IN M70OI-229-T
pclusi
nipj
ial a
i ycl
—
Lot
Aagrfai
Tines"A
brilliant book, b* far the h«i I have
tic*
KM]
ihimi tlie Itrv element (n iliedneloptnfni of the America Sututmcii.wawr "Vt'jict atui
E*ttwcr
u riot onlythe mm dcutlnl boofc on ihe nibjeci buidie firji o«c to jucrr'>t n» he baUmedand hit. and. more impurunt, io stuicrd."-,%>;<•
YarkTtma
HTiffiam I.. K.ihritduocsiiil [irujcK duKtfairurJ
CMtfornu
die i«3H|.wmiiin|t
 
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