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Arizona : a History (95 - Old Edition) by Thomas E. Sheridan Publisher Comments Thomas E. Sheridan has spent a lifetime in Arizona, "living off it and seeking refuge from it." He knows firsthand its canyons, forests, and deserts; he has seen its cities exploding with new growth; and, like many other people, he sometimes fears for... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Going Back to Bisbee by Richard Shelton Publisher Comments One of America's most distinguished poets now shares his fascination with a distinctive corner of our country. Richard Shelton first came to southeastern Arizona in the 1950s as a soldier stationed at Fort Huachuca. He soon fell in love with the region... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Safeway in Arizona: What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us about the Grand Canyon State and Life in America by Tom Zoellner Publisher Comments A riveting account of the state of Arizona, seen through the lens of the Tucson shootings On January 8, 2011, twenty-two-year-old Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a Tucson meet-and-greet held by U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords. The incident left... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Sedona Treasure of the Southwest by Kathleen Bryant Publisher Comments A visual tour of Sedona's many... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction by Linda Gordon Publisher Comments In 1904, New York nuns brought forty Irish orphans to a remote Arizona mining camp, to be placed with Catholic families. The Catholic families were Mexican, as was the majority of the population. Soon the town'sAnglos, furious at this "interracial... (read more) List Price $31.50 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Grand Canyon Women: Lives Shaped by Landscape by Betty Leavengood Publisher Comments Grand Canyon Women tells the humorous and heartbreaking stories of twenty-six remarkable women—Native Americans, river runners, scientists, wranglers, architects, rangers, hikers, and housewives—each of whom, in the midst of nature’s indiscriminate... (read more) List Price $15.16 Your price: $13.45 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Isabella Greenway: An Enterprising Woman by Kristie Miller Publisher Comments She was at home on the western range and in New York salons. An energetic entrepreneur who managed a ranch, an airline, and a resort. A politician who became a key player in the New Deal. Isabella Greenway blazed a trail for remarkable women in Arizona... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Love Finds You in Tombstone Arizona (Love Finds You) by Miralee Ferrell Synopsis Love and second chances aren t easy to come by in a town named Tombstone. When Christy Grey receives an urgent summons to Tombstone, Arizona, she reluctantly leaves her new life in California. The trip goes from bad to worse when three masked men hold up... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Experience Jerome: The Moguls, Miners, and Mistresses of Cleopatra Hill by Jeanette Rodda Publisher Comments A history of Jerome and the Verde Valley with its mines and colorful characters.... (read more) List Price $5.56 Your price: $4.93 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Solace: Rituals of Loss and Desire by Mary Sojourner Publisher Comments NPR commentator Mary Sojourner, "a pithy yet sensuous, spiritual yet ferocious writer" (Booklist), delivers a powerful memoir about the joys of rejecting the pace, addictions, and false values of society...and learning to live without compromise. Twenty... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Outlaw Tales of Arizona: True Stories of Arizona's Most Nefarious Crooks, Culprits, and Cutthroats (Outlaw Tales) by Jan Cleere Publisher Comments After too many whiskeys, Bucksin Frank Leslie would stand his wife against a wall and shoot around her silhouette. Few jails could hold Augustine Chacon, who boasted of killing more than fifty men. Burt Alvord conducted business on both sides of the... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Monument Valley by Anne Markward Publisher Comments A pictorial record of Monument Valley Tribal Park, where the Navajo residents live in harmony with the challenging beautiful landscape.... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Arizona: A History, Revised Edition (Southwest Center) by Thomas E. Sheridan Publisher Comments Hailed as a model state history thanks to Thomas E. Sheridan's thoughtful analysis and lively interpretation of the people and events shaping the Grand Canyon State, Arizona has become a standard in the field. Now, just in time for Arizona's centennial,... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Trade Paper
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What Has Passed and What Remains: Oral Histories of Northern Arizona's Changing Landscapes by Peter Friederici Publisher Comments Thirteen narratives--from ranchers, foresters, scientists, Native American farmers and others--tell how northern Arizona landscapes and livelihoods reflect rapid social and environmental change. Enhanced with more than fifty illustrations, this book... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $15.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Roadside History of Arizona by Marshall Trimble Synopsis The "Roadside History" series charts a course to the present through carefully selected and thoroughly researched stories relating what we see today with what happened before. Through vivid anecdotes, old photographs, and maps, the "Roadside History... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Clay Thompson's Valley 101: A Slightly Skewed Guide to Living in Arizona by Clay Thompson Publisher Comments A collection of oddly informative columns by the Arizona Republic's Clay Thompson. Newcomers and longtime Arizona residents have challenged Mr. Thompson with questions, both vital and obscure. His witty responses entertain readers daily. This is the... (read more) List Price $11.96 Your price: $10.61 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Clay Thompson's Valley 101: A Slightly Skewed Guide to Living in Arizona by Clay Thompson Publisher Comments Clay Thompson's Valley 101: A Slightly Skewed Guide to Living in Arizona<BR>... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $1.48 Used - Trade Paper
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Arizona Legends and Lore: Tales of Southwestern Pioneers by Dorothy Anderson Publisher Comments Stories of Southwestern pioneers including camels in Arizona, Dutchman's gold. Sharlot Hall, Louisa Wetherill and the Navajos, and many more.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Tempe (Images of America) by Shirley R Blanton Publisher Comments Home to 165,000 residents (within a 40 square mile radius), the city of Tempe is surrounded by the booming cities of Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Chandler. But the Salt River Valley area was once populated with just a few small farms, when Charles... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman by Martha Summerhayes Publisher Comments In 1874, when Martha Summerhayes came as a bride to Fort Russell in Wyoming Territory, she "saw not much in those first few days besides bright buttons, blue uniforms, and shining swords," but soon enough the hard facts of army life began to intrude... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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