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  • A Short History of Lake Tahoe

    by Michael J. Makley ...
    Lake Tahoe is one of the scenic wonders of the American West, a sapphire jewel that attracts millions of visitors each year. But the lake drew Native Americans to its summer shores for millennia, as well as more recent fortune hunters, scientists, and others.A Short History of Lake Tahoe recounts the long, fascinating history of Lake Tahoe. Author Michael J. Makley examines the geology and natural ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Imposing Order without Law

    American Expansion to the Eastern Sierra, 1850–1865

    by Michael J. Makley ...
    In the 1850s, early Euro-American settlers established two remote outposts on the slopes of the eastern Sierra Nevada, both important way stations on the central emigrant trail. The Carson Valley settlement was located on the western edge of the Utah Territory, while the Honey Lake Valley hamlet, 120 miles north, fell within California’s boundaries but was separated from the rest of the state by ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Saving Lake Tahoe

    An Environmental History of a National Treasure

    by Michael J. Makley ...
    The history of Lake Tahoe begins with the Washoe Indians who resided on its shores for thousands of years, with minimal impact on the landscape. The relatively brief American history at Lake Tahoe began in the mid-nineteenth century. Though awestruck by its beauty, the new arrivals were also intent on harvesting its abundant resources. In a mere half century, the basin’s forests and fisheries were ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Open Spaces, Open Rebellions

    The War over America’s Public Lands

    by Michael J. Makley ...
    In the spring of 2014, rancher Cliven Bundy and his armed supporters engaged in a standoff with Bureau of Land Management agents, and once again, the federal management of public lands was in the national spotlight. The conflict arose because Bundy had not paid required grazing fees and a federal judge ordered the confiscation of his cattle. The ensuing media coverage highlighted information that ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • John Mackay

    Silver King in the Gilded Age

    by Michael J. Makley ...
    Series series Shepperson Series in Nevada History
    From the early 1870s until his death in 1902, John Mackay was among the richest men in the world and was without a doubt the wealthiest man to emerge from Nevada’s fabulous Comstock Lode. Author Michael J. Makley explores how, from his beginnings as a poor Irish immigrant, John Mackay developed a strong work ethic that distinguished him for the rest of his life. He came west to seek his fortune in ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Cave Rock

    Climbers, Courts, and a Washoe Indian Sacred Place

    by Michael J. Makley, Matthew S. Makley ...
    On August 27, 2007, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier district court ruling that sport climbing on a Washoe Indian sacred site in western Nevada must cease. Cave Rock, a towering monolith jutting over the shore of Lake Tahoe, has been sacred to the Washoe people for over five thousand years. Long abused by road builders and vandals, it earned new fame in the late twentieth ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • The Infamous King Of The Comstock

    William Sharon And The Gilded Age In The West

    by Michael J. Makley ...
    Series series Shepperson Series in Nevada History
    William Sharon was one of the most colorful scoundrels in the nineteenth-century mining West. He epitomized the robber barons of the nation’s Gilded Age and the political corruption and moral decay for which that period remains notorious; yet he was also a visionary capitalist who controlled more than a dozen of the greatest mines on Nevada’s mighty Comstock Lode, built the Virginia & Truckee ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

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    Wicked Towns Along the Union Pacific Railroad

    by Dick Kreck ...
    Overnight settlements, better known as "Hell on Wheels," sprang up as the transcontinental railroad crossed Nebraska and Wyoming. They brought opportunity not only for legitimate business but also for gamblers, land speculators, prostitutes, and thugs. Dick Kreck tells their stories along with the heroic individuals who managed, finally, to create permanent towns in the interior West. ... Read more

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  • So Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812-1848

    Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812–1848

    by Will Bagley ...
    Series series Overland West Series
    The story of America’s westward migration is a powerful blend of fact and fable. Over the course of three decades, almost a million eager fortune-hunters, pioneers, and visionaries transformed the face of a continent—and displaced its previous inhabitants. The people who made the long and perilous journey over the Oregon and California trails drove this swift and astonishing change. In this ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • My Life as an Indian

    The Story of a Red Woman and a White Man in the Lodges of the Blackfeet

    by J. W. Schultz ...
    A fascinating memoir of a white man who gained access to the private lives of the Blackfeet Indians.First published in 1907, My Life as an Indian is the memoir of J. W. Schultz’s life as a young white man among the Piegan Blackfeet in the Montana Territory. Inspired by the journals of Lewis and Clark and George Catlin’s depictions of Indian life in his paintings, Schultz journeyed to the American ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Trail of Tears

    The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation

    by John Ehle ...
    A sixth-generation North Carolinian, highly-acclaimed author John Ehle grew up on former Cherokee hunting grounds. His experience as an accomplished novelist, combined with his extensive, meticulous research, culminates in this moving tragedy rich with historical detail.The Cherokee are a proud, ancient civilization. For hundreds of years they believed themselves to be the "Principle People" ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right

    What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas

    by Erica Grieder ...
    Erica Grieder's Texas is a state that is not only an outlier but an exaggeration of some of America's most striking virtues and flaws. Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right is a witty, enlightening inquiry into how Texas works, and why, in the future, the rest of America may look a lot like Texas. ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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