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The Frontier Centennial

The Frontier Centennial

Fort Worth and the New West

by Jacob W. Olmstead

Price: $39.95

ISBN: 9781682830833

Pub Date: August 2021

Analyzing the formation of Texas's western mythos, through one storied centennial celebration.
Windmill Tales

Windmill Tales

Stories from the American Wind Power Center

Edited by Coy F. Harris

Photographs by Wyman Meinzer

Foreword by Steve Hallady

Price: $24.95

ISBN: 9780896729612

Pub Date: January 2016

On the prairies of North America, wind and water were pervasive, but whereas wind was tangible, water in quantity was hidden beneath the surface. The vast grasslands fed great herds of animals, which...
Finding the Great Western Trail

Finding the Great Western Trail

by Sylvia Mahoney

Foreword by Ray Klinginsmith

Price: $34.95

ISBN: 9780896729438

Pub Date: October 2015

The Great Western Trail (GWT) is a nineteenth-century cattle trail that originated in northern Mexico, ran west parallel to the Chisholm Trail, traversed the United States for some two thousand miles,...
Urban Villages and Local Identities

Urban Villages and Local Identities

Germans from Russia, Omaha Indians, and Vietnamese in Lincoln, Nebraska

by Kurt E. Kinbacher

Foreword by Timothy R. Mahoney

Price: $39.95

ISBN: 9780896728943

Pub Date: July 2015

Urban Villages and Local Identities examines immigration to the Great Plains by surveying the experiences of three divergent ethnic groups—Volga Germans, Omaha Indians, and Vietnamese—that settled...
Route 66

Route 66

A Road to America’s Landscape, History, and Culture

by Markku Henriksson

Foreword by Susan A. Miller

Price: $39.95

ISBN: 9780896728257

Pub Date: January 2014

When Markku Henriksson was growing up in Finland, the song “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66” was one of only two he could recognize—in English or Finnish. It was not until 1989 that Henriksson would...
Where the West Begins

Where the West Begins

Debating Texas Identity

by Glen Sample Ely

Foreword by Alwyn Barr

Price: $24.95

ISBN: 9781682830123

Pub Date: June 2011

Some historians insist that Texas, with its heritage of slavery, segregation, and historic dependence upon cotton, is southern in character. Another group argues that the state is western, as evidenced by its cowboys, cattle drives, mountains, and desert. Still others brand it unique, having won its independence from Mexico during the Texas Revolution and existing as an independent republic for ten years prior to joining the Union. With its immense land area, its diverse environment, cultures, and colorful history, and its larger-than-life legends, Texas does indeed seem like “a whole other country.” Throughout its existence, the Lone Star State has juggled a complicated assortment of identities. Its multiple characteristics often confuse observers and scholars—to the point that some ignore it altogether. Award-winning historian Glen Sample Ely seeks to set the record straight. Taking a fresh look at what exactly Texas is and what it is not, his groundbreaking work tackles...
America’s 100th Meridian

America’s 100th Meridian

A Plains Journey

by Monte Hartman

Foreword by John R. Wunder

Contributions by William Kittredge

Price: $39.95

ISBN: 9780896725614

Pub Date: April 2006

Photographs taken along the two-thousand-mile line that divides East from West explore the meanings inherent in the great “empty middle” between our coasts.
American Outback

American Outback

The Oklahoma Panhandle in the Twentieth Century

by Richard Lowitt

Price: $21.95

ISBN: 9780896725584

Pub Date: April 2006

Explores the area’s history, from its early status as “No Man’s Land” to its current prosperity.
The Long Way West

The Long Way West

by Hershell H. Nixon

Price: $16.95

ISBN: 9780896725089

Pub Date: December 2003

The Old West and westering are an American story—even when the story winds up in New York and the hero is only seventeen. Lured by the promise of rich Oregon farmland and intent on his independence from an overbearing father, young George Wend heads west. His journey is interrupted, however, when at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains he encounters Woody, a tired old mountain man who needs help. George promises that help, but his best is not enough. After Woody’s death, George reluctantly forsakes his own dreams and turns back east to bring Woody’s sister not only the gold his elderly friend has saved and hidden away but—more importantly—the stories of Woody’s life. George’s trip is anything but easy, as he must grapple with one difficulty after another. But George, true to his promise to Woody and to himself, is determined to win.
Seeing the Elephant

Seeing the Elephant

Voices from the Oregon Trail

by Joyce Badgley Hunsaker

Price: $24.95

ISBN: 9780896725041

Pub Date: July 2003

"The target audience for this book is middle and high school students. However, its information will appeals to a far broader audience. . . . .A useful introduction to trail travel and associated incidents."—Journal...
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