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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Publisher Comments Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, Krakauer searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled 24-year-old Chris McCandless to leave civilization behind and head into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Four months later, McCandless'... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments Every autumn, men and women across the country undertake a quintessential American tradition: deer hunting. The pinnacle of a hunter's quest is killing a buck with antlers that “score” in the Boone and Crockett record book. Whitetail... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Letters of a Woman Homesteader (Women of the West) by Elinore P Stewart Publisher Comments Elinore Pruitt, a widow and mother who washed clothes for a living in Denver, planned to work as a housekeeper for some rancher while learning all she would need to know about homesteading a place for herself. In 1909 she went to work for Clyde... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson Staff Pick An amazing history that recounts the inconceivable events surrounding the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, Larson's tale captures a time and place that vividly come to life. The central characters in this tale are Daniel H. Burnham, the architect... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America by Russell Shorto Publisher Comments In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today. In the late 1960s, an archivist in the New... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans by Robert Tallant Publisher Comments A public menace to some and a local hero to others, the Crescent Cityis most notorious pirate left behind tales and adventures that will give young readers an insight into the life and history of the city during the early 19th century.... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Land of the Burnt Thigh (Borealis Books) by Edith Eudora Kohl Publisher Comments A fascinating memoir of homesteading in South Dakota in the early twentieth century.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean Publisher Comments On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of these men... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West by Hampton Sides Publisher Comments In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” this land grab would lead to a decades-long... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Off Ramp: Adventures and Heartache in the American Elsewhere by Hank Stuever Publisher Comments In his unique, funny, and haunting reports from "Elsewhere," Hank Stuever records the odd and touching realities of modern life in everyday places. Elsewhere might be revealed in the tract-house adventures of a home-décor reality show, at a... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean Publisher Comments A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A modern classic of personal journalism, The Orchid Thief is Susan Orleans wickedly funny, elegant, and captivating tale of an amazing obsession. From Floridas swamps to its courtrooms, the New Yorker writer follows one... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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On the Rez by Ian Frazier Publisher Comments On the Rez is a sharp, unflinching account of the modern-day American Indian experience, especially that of the Oglala Sioux, who now live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the plains and badlands of the American West. Crazy Horse, perhaps the... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York by Luc Sante Publisher Comments From opium dens to the Bowery's suicide saloons, this lively, learned work of outlaw urban history ushers readers through the dark heart of New York City in the years between 1840 and 1919. "A systematic, well-researched historical account of... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt Publisher Comments Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Gold Town To Ghost Town: the Story of Silver City, Idaho by Julia Conway Welch Publisher Comments Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho Press For over a hundred years, the hopes, struggles, achievements and failures of mining in the West were played out against a backdrop of unrivaled beauty. This book chronicles... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Then There Were None by Martha H Noyes Publisher Comments A personal and emotional account, in words and pictures, of the effect of Western contact on the Hawaiian population.... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Time: Hurricane Katrina: The Storm That Changed America by Editors of Time Magazine Publisher Comments Time chronicles the story of the greatest natural disaster in U.S. history. Here, in stunning pictures and gripping first-hand accounts, is the terrible tale of Katrina's deadly wrath and savage aftermath. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson Staff Pick Bill Bryson has tackled the Appalachian Trail, troublesome words, Captain James Cook, and repatriation. After the entertaining (and just slightly ambitious) Short History of Nearly Everything, he turns the spotlight back on himself. "This is a book about... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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New Orleans Stories: Great Writers on the City by John Miller Synopsis Voodoo. Vampires. Jazz. There's no city quite like New Orleans, a city that whispers stories and where writers come to eavesdrop. New Orleans Stories collects the very best writing on the Big Easy by a stellar gallery of writers for whom the city has... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Trade Paper
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Kiowa: A Woman Missionary in Indian Territory by Isabel Crawford Publisher Comments Near the close of the nineteenth century, Isabel Crawford went to the Kiowa-Comanche Reservation in Oklahoma and founded the Saddle Mountain Baptist Mission. This book, written in journal form, begins with her arrival at the reservation in 1896 and ... (read more) List Price $18.25 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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