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Skye's West: Sun River Richard Wheeler
Virgin Land Henry Nash Smith
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Empire of Liberty Gordon Wood
People of the Fire W. Michael & Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Peaceable Kingdom Lost Kevin Kenny
People of the Wolf W. Michael & Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Making Haste From Babylon Nick Bunker
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Tom Robbins
Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited Clinton Heylin
Dance of Death Douglas Preston& Lincoln Child
The Insanity Defense Woody Allen
The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
Johnny Cash Michael Streissguth
A Thousand Acres Jane Smiley
Composed Roseanne Cash
Death Without Company Craig Johnson
Golden Dream: 1950-1963 Kevin Starr
The Book of Common Prayer Joan Didion
Nought and Crosses Malorie Blackman
Washington Ron Chernow
The Last Trail Zane Grey
The Ascent of George Washington John Ferling
The Spirit of the Border Zane Grey
Dracula Bram Stoker
Plain, Honest Men Richard Beeman
Betty Gray Zane Grey
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
The Creation of the American Republic 1776-1787 Gordon Wood
A River No More Philip Fradkin
Loving Our Cats: Chicken Soup Jack Canfield/Mark Hansen
The Glorious Cause Jeff Shaara
Drum's Ring Richard Wheeler
American Creation Joseph Ellis
Caribbean James Michener
The French & Indian War Walter Borneman
Northwest Passage Kenneth Roberts
Boone: A Biography Robert Morgan
The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper
The Unredeemed Captive John Demos
The Pioneers James Fenimore Cooper
The Shawnee and the War for America Colin Calloway
The Pathfinder James Fenimore Cooper
Cahokia Timothy Pauketat
The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper
Iroquois Diplomacy on the American Frontier Timothy Shannon
The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper
Mayflower Nathaniel Philbrick
The Delight Makers Adolph Bandelier
1421 Gavin Menzies
Skinny Dip Carl Hiaasen
Armageddon in Retrospect Kurt Vonnegut
Rhino Ranch Larry McMurtry
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
That Old Cape Magic Richard Russo
Big Russ and Me Tim Russert
The Cold Dish Craig Johnson
Stealing Glances James Hepworth/Wallace Stegner
Child of God Cormac McCarthy
Marking the Sparrow's Fall Wallace Stegner
Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner and the American West Phillip Fradkin
A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
Shattered Peace Daniel Yergin
Player Piano Kurt Vonnegut
Legacy of Ashes Tim Weiner
Play It As It Lays Joan Didion
The Living and the Dead Paul Hendrickson
Slaughterhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut
Nixonland Rick Perlstein
Mudbound Hillary Jordan
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream Doris Kearns
Suttree Cormac McCarthy
Eisenhower: President Stephen Ambrose
L.A. Confidential James Ellroy
Brimstone Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Eisenhower: Soldier Stephen Ambrose
The Evening Star Larry McMurtry
Truman David McCullough
Terms of Endearment Larry McMurtry
Down to the Sea Bruce Henderson
The Crown of Columbus Louise Erdrich/Michael Dorris
Traitor to His Class H.W. Brands
The Garden of the Last Days Andre Dubus III
The Mature Mind Gene Cohen
Bridge of Sighs Richard Russo
The Secret Lives of First Ladies Cormac O'Brien
The Gilded Age Mark Twain/Charles Warner
The Secret Lives of U.S. Presidents Cormac O'Brien
The Tenderness of Wolves Stef Penney
1920: The Year of the Six Presidents David Pietruszi
A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway
Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn
The Octopus Frank Norris
Four Hats in the Ring Lewis Gould
The Good Old Boys Elmer Kelton
The Path Between the Seas David McCullough
The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway
Crusader Nation David Traxel
The Plague of Doves Louise Erdrich
TR: The Last Romantic H.W. Brands
Miss Lonelyhearts/Day of the Locust Nathaniel West
John Lennon: The Life Philip Norman
The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein
West from Appomattox Heather Richardson
Hawaii James Michener
The White Tecumseh Stanley Hirshon
The March E. L. Doctorow
Grant Jean Edward Smith
Massacre at Goliad Elmer Kelton
Behind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House Elizabeth Keckley
Lincoln and His Generals T. Harry Williams
Chesapeake James Michener
The Civil War in the American West Alvin Josephy Jr.
When the Light Goes Out Larry McMurtry
The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War Leonard Richards
Duane's Depressed Larry McMurtry
Polk Walter Borneman
Texasville Larry McMurtry
What Hath God Wrought Daniel Howe
Blood Meridian Cormac McCarthy
Ishi Theodora Kroeber
A Shooting Star Wallace Stegner
The King of California Max Arax & Rick Wartzman
East of Eden John Steinbeck
Big Daddy Jesse Unruh Bill Boyarsky
The Pearl John Steinbeck
Soldiers, Scoundrels, Poets, & Priests David McLaughlin
Cannery Row John Steinbeck
California: Coast of Dreams Kevin Starr
The Moon is Down John Steinbeck
California Kevin Starr
The Road Cormac McCarthy
Workin' Man Blues Gerald Haslam
The Virginian Owen Wister
The Badlands Time-Life Books
Dark Passage Richard Wheeler
Indian Givers Jack Weatherford
Antelope Wife Louise Erdrich
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian Wallace Stegner
Outer Dark Cormac McCarthy
1491 Charles C. Mann
Giants in the Earth Ole Rolvaag
Names on the Land George Stewart
Still Life with Crows Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child
The Indian Wars Robert Utley
Dark Thicket Elmer Kelton
The Indian Frontier Robert Utley
The Black Flower Howard Bahr
Team of Rivals Doris Kearns
The Known World Edmund P. Jones
Joshua Chamberlain: The Soldier and the Man Edward Longacre
The Last Full Measure Jeff Shaara
The Civil War: Red River to Appomattox Shelby Foote
The Killer Angels Michael Shaara
The Civil War: Fredricksburg to Meridian Shelby Foote
Freedom William Safire
The Civil War: Fort Sumter to Perryville Shelby Foote
Folly and Glory Larry McMurtry
By Sorrow's River Larry McMurtry
The Americans: The Democratic Experience Daniel Boorstin
The Wandering Hill Larry McMurtry
The Americans: The National Experience Daniel Boorstin
Sin Killer Larry McMurtry
The Americans: The Colonial Experience Daniel Boorstin
The Road Cormac McCarthy
Lies Across America James Loewen
The Great Short Stories of the American West: Vol. 2 J. Golden Taylor, ed.
In a Sunburned Country Bill Bryson
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
The White Dawn James Houston
The Rise of American Democracy Sean Wilentz
No Country For Old Men Cormac McCarthy
The Age of Federalism Stanley Elkins & Eric McKittrick
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Mark Haddon
Cheyenne Autumn Maria Sandoz
The House of Spirits Isabel Allende
Cats Cradle Kurt Vonnegut
Andrew Jackson H.W. Brands
The Hotel New Hampshire John Irving
Small Wonder Barbara Kingsolver
The Jungle Upton Sinclair
In the Heart of the Sea Nathaniel Philbrick
The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
Blood and Thunder Hampton Sides
The Way of the Coyote Elmer Kelton
Embattled Dreams Kevin Starr
The Rocky Mountain Company: Fort Dance Richard Wheeler
Fire on the Mountain John Maclean
Lord Grizzly Frederick Manfred
Justice For All Jim Newton
The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold
Cougar: The American Lion David Hansen
The Brave Cowboy Edward Abbey
His Excellency: George Washington Joseph Ellis
Sick Puppy Carl Hiaasen
A Leap in the Dark John Ferling
Okie Talk David Blankenship
Tales of Burning Love Louise Erdrich
The Glorious Cause Robert Middlekauff
Peace Like A River Leif Engler
A Crack in the World Simon Winchester
The Cabinet of Curiosities Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Cowboy Culture David Dary
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark Twain
Marley and Me John Grogan
No Country For Old Men Cormac McCarthy
The Dust Bowl Donald Worster
The Painted Drum Louise Erdrich
Blue Highways William Least Heat Moon
Main-Travelled Roads Hamlin Garland
Montana: High, Wide and Handsome Joseph Kinsey Howard
Great Son Edna Ferber
Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery Gary Moulton
Buffalo Bill's America Louis S. Warren
Skeleton Man Tony Hillerman
The Great Plains Walter Prescott Webb
The Thin Man Dashiell Hammett
Rails Across the Ranchos Loren Nicholson
The Glass Key Dashiell Hammett
Baseball As America Various
The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett
Lewis & Clark Among the Indians James P. Ronda
The Dain Curse Dashiell Hammett
The Great Influenza John Barry
The Red Harvest Dashiell Hammett
Men to Match My Mountains Irving Stone
The Ice Limit Lincoln Child/Douglas Preston
Chasing Lewis & Clark Across America Ron Lowery & Mary Walker
The Bingo Palace Louise Erdrich
The Fate of the Corps Larry E. Morris
Eclipse Richard Wheeler
Before Lewis and Clark Shirley Christian
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown
The Fur Trade of the Upper Missouri 1840-65 John Sunder
The Sinister Pig Tony Hillerman
The Fur Trade of the American West 1807-40 David Wishart
They Made America Harold Evans
Blood Meridian Cormac McCarthy
Ship of Gold Gary Kinder
The Whore's Child Richard Russo
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Joy S. Kasson
A Lost Lady Willa Cather
The California Trail George Stewart
Masterson Richard Wheeler
Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery Gary Moulton
Four Souls Louise Erdrich
The Oregon Trail David Dary
The Ox-Bow Incident Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Pacific High Tim Palmer
The White Deborah Larsen
War Chief Joseph Helen Howard/Dan McGrath
Tracks Louise Erdrich
The American Fur Trade of the Far West: Vol. 1 & 2 Hiram Chittenden
The Lady in the Lake Raymond Chandler
One Vast Winter Count Colin Calloway
The High Window Raymond Chandler
Route 66: The Mother Road Michael Wallis
Farewell My Lovely Raymond Chandler
William Clark and the Shaping of the West Landon Jones
The Big Sleep Raymond Chandler
Or Perish in the Atemmpt David J. Peck
Double Indemnity James M. Cain
Rambling Man Ed Cray
Mildred Pierce James M. Cain
Zodiac Unmasked Robert Graysmith
The Postman Always Rings Twice James M. Cain
Oceano: Atlantic City of the West Norm Hammond
Shadow of a Star Elmer Kelton
The Men Who Wear The Star Charles Robinson III
Second Growth Wallace Stegner
American Sphinx Joseph Ellis
The Life of Pi Yann Martel
The Professor and the Madman Simon Winchester
Dalva James Harrison
Devil and the White City Erik Larson
American Tabloid James Ellroy
John Adams David McCullough
The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien
Isaac's Storm Erik Larson
The Last Full Measure Jeff Shara
Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow
Beet Queen Louise Erdrich
Charles Goodnight: Cowman and Plainsman J. Evetts Haley
The Wailing Wind Tony Hillerman
The Dream Endures Kevin Starr
The Risk Pool Richard Russo
Old Jules Mari Sandoz
The Sin Killer Larry McMurtry
The Lost Continent Bill Bryson
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
On The Rez Ian Frazier
Black Elk Speaks John G. Neihardt
The Journals of Lewis and Clark Bernard DeVoto
Riptide Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child
The Great Plains Ian Frazier
The Buckskin Line Elmer Kelton
My Life on the Plains George Armstrong Custer
Remembering Laughter Wallace Stegner
Out West Dayton Duncan
Love Medicine (Expanded) Louise Erdrich
Before California Brian Fagan
Fire on the Mountain Edward Abbey
Blood of the Prophets Will Bagley
The Killer Angels Michael Shaara
Guns, Germs and Steel Jared Diamond
Nobody's Fool Richard Russo
Orphans Preferred Christopher Corbett
Reliquary Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
California's El Camino Real Max Kurillo & Erline Tuttle
Fool's Coach Richard Wheeler
Under the Banner of Heaven John Krakauer
Song of the Lark Willa Cather
Positively 4th Street David Hajdu
Boone's Lick Larry McMurtry
Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars Robert Remini
East of the Mountains David Guterson
The Fall of the Ancient Maya David Webster
The Master Butchers Singing Club Louise Erdrich
The Passion of Andrew Jackson Andrew Burstein
The Sea Runners Ivan Doig
The Spell of California's Spanish Colonial Missions Donald Francis Toomey
Badger Boy Elmer Kelton
Will Rogers: A Biography Ben Yoda
McTeague Frank Norris
The Best of Will Rogers Bryan Sterling
Shane Jack Schaeffer
Pathfinder: John Charles Fremont and the Course of American Empire Tom Chaffin
One of Our Own Willa Cather
A Line in The Sand Randy Roberts & James Olson
Incident at Twenty-Mile Trevanian
The Course of Empire Bernard DeVoto
The Day the Cowboys Quit Elmer Kelton
The Uneasy Chair Wallace Stegner
Ghostwritten David Mitchell
I'm a Stranger Here Myself Bill Bryson
Earth Abides George Stewart
Winning the Wild West Page Stegner
Mount Dragon Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
A Long Way From Home Tom Brokaw
The Time It Never Rained Elmer Kelton
Lone Star Justice Robert Utley
Sierra Richard Wheeler
Founding Brothers Joseph Ellis
Storm George Stewart
The First American H.W. Brands
Gods and Generals Jeff Shara
An American Character Mark Thompson
Follow The River James Alexander Thom
The Age of Gold H.W. Brands
Relic Lincoln Childs and Douglas Preston
Endangered Dreams Kevin Starr
The Man Who Rode Midnight Elmer Kelton
Joe Hill Wallace Stegner
Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain
Mark Twain's America Bernard DeVoto
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers
Lies My Teacher Told Me James W. Loewen
Empire Falls Richard Russo
Nothing Like It in the World Stephen Ambrose
The Corrections Jonathan Franzen
Spain in the Southwest John L. Kessell
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon
Longitude David Sobel
Rise to Rebellion Jeff Shaara
The Greatest Adventures of All Time Time-Life Books
Bucking the Sun Ivan Doig
Sam Houston James L. Haley
Material Dreams: Southern California Through the 1920s Kevin Starr
Mohawk Richard Russo
The Earth Shall Weep James Wilson
Spectator Bird Wallace Stegner
Exploring Native North America David Hurst Thomas
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse Louise Erdrich
High Tide in Tucson Barbara Kingsolver
On The Night Plain J. Robert Lennon
Gatewood and Geronimo Louis Kraft
Atlas of the North American Indian Carl Waldman
The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood
San Francisco Bay Harold Gillam
Committee of Vigilance George Stewart
Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver
Kit Carson's Autobiography Kit Carson
A Newer World David Roberts
Galileo's Daughter Dava Sobel
Legends of the American Desert Alex Shoumatoff
All the Little Live Things Wallace Stegner
Frontier Regulars Robert Utley
Waiting Ha Jin
Frontiersmen in Blue Robert Utley
The Real Wild West Michael Wallis
Haunted Mesa Louis L'Amour
The Money and the Power Sally Denton and Roger Morris
Lord of the Rings J.R. Tolkien
Inventing the Dream Kevin Starr
Snow Mountain Passage James D. Houston
A River Running West Donald Worster
Pigs in Heaven Barbara Kingsolver
The Santa Fe Trail David Dary
Hunting Badger Tony Hillerman
Where the Bluebird Sings Wallace Stegner
House of Sand and Fog Andre Dubus III
My First Summer in the Sierra John Muir
Love Medicine Louise Erdrich
Assembling California John McPhee
Mountain Time Ivan Doig
Ancient Pueblo People Linda Cordell
The Gates of the Alamo Stephen Harrigan
Exploring the Highest Sierra James G. Moore
Underworld Don DeLillo
The Lance and The Spear Robert Utley
Thunderhead Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
The Plainsmen of the Yellowstone Mark Brown
Giant Edna Ferber
Young Men and Fire Norman Maclean
The Bean Trees Barbara Kingsolver
Americans and the California Dream Kevin Starr
Recapitulation Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner: His Life and Work Jackson Benson
Ride With Me Mariah Montana Ivan Doig
Laughing Boy Oliver La Farge
The Man Who Walked Through Time Colin Fletcher
The First Eagle Tony Hillerman
Journey James Michener
Animal Dreams Barbara Kingsolver
Mormon Country Wallace Stegner
The Gathering of Zion Wallace Stegner
The Fallen Man Tony Hillerman
English Creek Ivan Doig
The Red And The Black Stendhal (Marie-Henri-Beyle)
The Year of Decision Bernard DeVoto
A Widow For One Year John Irving
Finding Moon Tony Hillerman
Roughing It Mark Twain
The Endurance Caroline Alexander
Empire Express David Haward Bain
Sacred Clowns Tony Hillerman
The Sky-Liners Louis L'Amour
Crazy Horse Mari Sandoz
Dancing at Rascal Fair Ivan Doig
The Sackett Brand Louis L'Amour
Nobody's Angel Thomas McGuane
The Big Rock Candy Mountain Wallace Stegner
Crazy Horse Larry McMcMurtry
Son of the Morning Star Evan S. Connell
Coyote Waits Tony Hillerman
Ride the Dark Trail Loius L'Amour
A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson
The Sunlight Dialogues John Gardner
The Land of Little Rain Mary Austin
The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver
Close Range Annie Proulx
Plainsong Kent Haruf
Talking God Tony Hillerman
Lonely on the Mountain Louis L'Amour
Mexico James Michener
Conquest: Montezuma, Cortes and the Fall of Old Mexico Hugh Thomas
Crossing to Safety Wallace Stegner
Dave Barry Turns 50 Dave Barry
Undaunted Courage Stephen Ambrose
Sports Century Michael MacCambridge, Ed.
Treasure Mountain Louis L'Amour
A Thief of Time Tony Hillerman
Mountain Medicine A.B. Guthrie
The Last Valley A.B. Guthrie
Treasure of the Sierra Madre B. Traven
Dream Catcher Terry C. Johnston
Ordeal by Hunger George R. Stewart
Straight Man Richard Russo
Arfive A. B. Guthie
The Ghost Way Tony Hillerman
Galloway Louis L'Amour
Cimarron Edna Ferber
This House of Sky Ivan Doig
Will's Boy Wright Morris
Wolf Willow Wallace Stegner
Texas James Michener
The Lonely Men Louis L'Amour
The Dark Wind Tony Hillerman
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian Wallace Stegner
Fair Land, Fair Land A.B. Guthrie
Pudd'nhead Wilson Mark Twain
Mustang Man Louis L'Amour
People of Darkness Tony Hillerman
The Wonderful Country Tom Lea
Cities of the Plain Cormac McCarthy
Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden
Mojave Crossing Louis L'Amour
The Perfect Storm Sebastian Junger
The Fly on the Wall Tony Hillerman
Tony Hillerman: A Critical Companion John M. Reilly
Death Comes to the Archbishop Willa Cather
Lando Louis L'Amour
The World According to Garp John Irving
Badlands: An American Romance Jonathan Raban
These Thousand Hills A.B. Guthrie
Skinwalkers Tony Hillerman
Sackett Louis L'Amour
Cats Cradle Kurt Vonnegut
Alaska James Mitchener
Precious Dust Paula Mitchell Marks
Blood Meridian Cormac McCarthy
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Sherman Alexie
The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones Charles Neider
The Daybreakers Louis L'Amour
Cold Mountain Charles Frazier
The Loop Nicolas Evans
Into the Wild Jon Krakauer
The Listening Woman Tony Hillerman
Ride the River Louis L'Amour
Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut
The Dance Hall of Death Tony Hillerman
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
The Way West A.B. Guthrie
Jubal Sackett Louis L'Amour
The Blessing Way Tony Hillerman
O Pioneers Willa Cather
Commanche Moon Larry McMurtry
Desert Cadillac Marc Reisner
The Warriors Path Louis L'Amour
The Sackett Companion Louis L'Amour

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