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  • Butterfield's Byway

    America's First Overland Mail Route Across the West

    by Melody Groves ...
    Series series Transportation
    John Butterfield's mail service connected the East and West Coasts in one of the great entrepreneurial and pioneering stories of the American West. Until 1858, California's gold fields were reached only by horseback, wagon or ship around Cape Horn. Congress decided a 2,800-mile, twenty-five-day stagecoach line would roll from St. Louis to San Francisco. Former Utica, New York mayor Butterfield ... Read more

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  • Journal of a Trapper

    Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843

    Ever wonder how everyone made it west? They used trails beaten by such men as Osborne Russell. In 1830, sixteen-year-old Russell left his farm in Maine and ran away to the sea. He didn’t like it. He ended up joining an expedition headed to Oregon by way of the Rocky Mountains. Along the way, he acquired the skills necessary for survival. He also hunted buffalo and trapped beaver, looked for new ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Concorde Conspiracy

    The Battle for American Skies 1962-77

    An innovation in aviation development, Concorde was the subject of political rivalry, deceit and treachery from its very inception. After their failure to be the first nation to develop a jet airliner for transatlantic flight or to send spacecraft into space, the US Government was adamant that they would beat other nations to the goal of supersonic flight and so development of the SST began. ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Islands of Destiny

    A History of Hawaii

    This is the complete history of Hawaii.It is the fast-moving narrative of an island nation whose settlement antedates the arrival of European pioneers by a thousand years, and whose destiny it was to become the fiftieth star in the flag of the United States of America. It tells how the Islanders have created a modern-day miracle through education, economic progress, and financial growth in the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Just Construction Vehicle Photos! Big Book of Photographs & Pictures of Trucks, Tractors, Rollers, and more, Vol. 1

    This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality images produced by a series of today's professional photographers. ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD

  • Bali & Lombok Tuttle Travel Pack

    Your Guide to Bali & Lombok's Best Sights for Every Budget

    by Paul Greenway ...
    Series series Tuttle Travel Guide & Map
    The only guide you'll need for getting around Bali & Lombok. Everything you need is in this one convenient package—including a large pull-out map!Bali & Lombok Tuttle Travel Pack is your passport to an unforgettable journey to Asia's favorite tropical islands. Author Paul Greenway is a seasoned travel writer and frequent visitor to these islands, and he recommends the very best places and ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The World Rushed In

    The California Gold Rush Experience

    When The World Rushed In was first published in 1981, the Washington Post predicted, “It seems unlikely that anyone will write a more comprehensive book about the Gold Rush.” Twenty years later, no one has emerged to contradict that judgment, and the book has gained recognition as a classic. As the San Francisco Examiner noted, “It is not often that a work of history can be said to supplant every ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Denver's Sixteenth Street

    Series series Images of America
    The beloved thoroughfare at the heart of Denver, Sixteenth Street has always been the Mile-High City�s �Main Street.� Sixteenth Street got its jump start in 1879 when Leadville�s Silver King and Colorado�s richest man, Horace Austin Warner Tabor, came to town and built the city�s first five-story skyscraper at the corner of Sixteenth and Larimer Streets. In coming years, Sixteenth Street became ... Read more

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  • Consolidated Aircraft Corporation

    Series series Images of America
    Founded by Reuben H. Fleet in 1923, Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (later Convair) became one of the most significant aircraft manufacturers in American history. For roughly 60 years, this prolific company was synonymous with San Diego. In fact, whole sections of the city were designed to provide homes for the Convair workers and their families. These men and women were responsible for building ... Read more

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  • Wyoming's Historic Ranches

    Series series Images of America
    Wyoming is so closely identified with ranching that it is often known as �the Cowboy State.� The prosperity associated with the cattle industry drew wealthy investors to Wyoming Territory in the 1870s and early 1880s. They stocked the range with thousands of cows and made considerable fortunes until the harsh winter of 1886�1887, when the cattle market collapsed. Many of those early ranchers left ... Read more

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  • Going for Gold

    The History of Newmont Mining Corporation

    Details how Newmont Mining revolutionized the gold mining industry and remains the second largest gold miner in the worldJack H. Morris asserts that Newmont is the link between early gold mining and today’s technology-driven industry. We learn how the company’s founder and several early leaders grew up in gold camps and how, in 1917, the company helped finance South Africa’s largest gold company ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Hell Creek, Montana

    America's Key to the Prehistoric Past

    by Lowell Dingus ...
    "Given its wide range, this book should attract readers of history and lovers of the American West in addition to dinosaur junkies. " - Publishers WeeklyHell Creek, Montana, is one of the most windswept, hardscrabble locales in the American West-a quiet town of ranchers, farmers, and others who seek the beauty of the open spaces. It is also the unlikely setting of some of the most fascinating ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD