Local History

From Chris Enss!
Two new books focusing on some of the naughtier side of the Old West in "The Bedside Book of Bad Girls" and her look at frontier mail-order brides, "Object Matrimony".

History of Us: Nisenan Tribe of the Nevada City Rancheria Cover Image

History of Us: Nisenan Tribe of the Nevada City Rancheria (Paperback)

By Richard B. Johnson

$20.00

ISBN: 9780933994652

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Published: Comstock Bonanza Press - September 26th, 2018

Cowboys, Creatures, and Classics: The Story of Republic Pictures Cover Image

Cowboys, Creatures, and Classics: The Story of Republic Pictures (Hardcover)

By Chris Enss, Howard Kazanjian

$35.00

ISBN: 9781493031283

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Published: Lyons Press - September 1st, 2018

The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny Cover Image

The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny (Paperback)

By Michael Wallis

$16.95

ISBN: 9781631494000

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Published: Liveright Publishing Corporation - May 29th, 2018

Ranches and Agriculture in Nevada County (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) Cover Image

Ranches and Agriculture in Nevada County (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) (Paperback)

By Maria E. Brower

$21.99

ISBN: 9781467127325

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Published: Arcadia Publishing (SC) - November 27th, 2017

Gold Rush Stories: 49 Tales of Seekers, Scoundrels, Loss, and Luck Cover Image

Gold Rush Stories: 49 Tales of Seekers, Scoundrels, Loss, and Luck (Paperback)

By Gary Noy, Gary F. Kurutz (Foreword by)

$17.00

ISBN: 9781597143844

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Published: Heyday Books - May 1st, 2017

Filoli: Family Home; Historic Garden; Living Museum Cover Image

Filoli: Family Home; Historic Garden; Living Museum (Paperback)

By Julia Bly DeVere

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ISBN: 9781784421540

Availability: Out of Print

Published: Shire Publications - January 24th, 2017

MacBoyle's Gold (Paperback)

By Gage McKinney

$27.50

ISBN: 9780933994614

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Published: Comstock Bonanza Press - July 13th, 2016

The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey Cover Image

The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey (Paperback)

By Rinker Buck

$17.99

ISBN: 9781451659177

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Published: Simon & Schuster - June 7th, 2016

Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings: A Personal Account of a Gold Seekera's Journey to California Cover Image

Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings: A Personal Account of a Gold Seekera's Journey to California (Paperback)

By Alonzo Delano

$14.99

ISBN: 9781634505178

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Published: Skyhorse Publishing - January 19th, 2016

Entertaining Women: Actresses, Dancers, and Singers in the Old West Cover Image

Entertaining Women: Actresses, Dancers, and Singers in the Old West (Paperback)

By Chris Enss

$16.95

ISBN: 9781442247338

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Published: Two Dot Books - October 5th, 2015

Patty Reed's Doll: The Story of the Donner Party Cover Image

Patty Reed's Doll: The Story of the Donner Party (Paperback)

By Rachel Kelley Laurgaard, Elizabeth Sykes Michaels (Illustrator)

$9.95

ISBN: 9780961735722

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Published: Tomato Enterprises - November 1st, 2014

One of the first books that I remember reading, just after I had seen the actual tiny doll that Patty Reed secreted in her pocket. The story of the Donny Party as told from the point of view of this hidden friend is a wonderful introduction to Western history.