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Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West
by Donald Worster
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Davy Crockett: His Own Story
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by Bill Bryson
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Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West
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John Colter, His Years in the Rockies: His Years in the Rockies
by Burton Harris
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Terrible Honesty Mongrel Manhattan in TH
by Ann Douglas
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Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers
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Two Old Women an Alaska Legend of Betray
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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
by Bill Bryson
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Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York
by Adam Gopnik
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My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience Store
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Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West
by Hampton Sides
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