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The Sugar's at the Bottom of the CupThe Sugar's at the Bottom of the Cup
Best Price: $24.95
"The Sugar's at the Bottom of the Cup" by Patricia Henley is the inspiring...
Cowboy Life: The Letters of George PhilipCowboy Life: The Letters of George Philip
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Philip's tales emphasize the simple pleasures and hard work of cowboy life. His writing...
The Reel Adventures of a Marion County AnglerThe Reel Adventures of a Marion County Angler
Best Price: $10.36
The true stories of a midwestern fisherman make you connect with this honest memoir. Jeff does...
A Long Stone's ThrowA Long Stone's Throw
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If you had thought you had read the last word in the McCourt family saga after reading Frank...
A New England GirlhoodA New England Girlhood
Best Price: $7.89
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1889 Original Publisher:...


A WYOMING COUNTRY BOY IN THE 1930s: Memoirs of Charles A. Fowler, IIIA WYOMING COUNTRY BOY IN THE 1930s: Memoirs of Charles A. Fowler, III
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Fisherman: The Strife and Times of Ronald K. Peterson of BallardFisherman: The Strife and Times of Ronald K. Peterson of BallardAffection and Estrangement: A Southern Family MemoirAffection and Estrangement: A Southern Family Memoir
Best Price: $14.52
Affection and Estrangement is a thoughtful and astute memoir and family history of a southern...
Mean Streets: Confessions of a Nighttime Taxi DriverMean Streets: Confessions of a Nighttime Taxi Driver
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Two nights ago, coming home late from a party in Toronto, I flagged a cab and hopped in. The...
Voices of the American WestVoices of the American West
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Platt and Ogilby capture the essence of 50 important figures who have helped shape the American...


Texas Heroes: A Dynasty of CourageTexas Heroes: A Dynasty of Courage
Best Price: $17.95
Mona Sizer Personalizes Texas History and makes it especially captivating. She develops the...
The Pastures of Beyond: An Old Cowboy Looks Back at the Old WestThe Pastures of Beyond: An Old Cowboy Looks Back at the Old West
Best Price: $48.02
I don't know if you'd exactly call this a biography or not. It's a series of...
The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston, Volume I: 1839-1845The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston, Volume I: 1839-1845
Best Price: $43.41
Fort Worth CharactersFort Worth Characters
Best Price: $7.98
Fort Worth history is far more than the handful of familiar names that every true-blue Fort...
Charles Finney: The Great Revivalist (Heroes of the Faith (Barbour Paperback))Charles Finney: The Great Revivalist (Heroes of the Faith (Barbour Paperback))
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I would recommend any Charles Finney book to anybody who is hungry for more of God. Charles...

Red Clay & Vinegar: Looking at Family Through the Eyes of a Southern ChildRed Clay & Vinegar: Looking at Family Through the Eyes of a Southern Child
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I started reading this book last night after putting the kids down, intending to read a chapter...
High Cotton: Four Seasons in the Mississippi DeltaHigh Cotton: Four Seasons in the Mississippi Delta
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Helferich weaves a fine tale of life in the Mississippi Delta from the perspective of cotton...
Maria von Blucher's Corpus Christi: Letters from the South Texas Frontier, 1849-1879 (Canseco-Keck History Series)Maria von Blucher's Corpus Christi: Letters from the South Texas Frontier, 1849-1879 (Canseco-Keck History Series)
Best Price: $15.98
Adroitly edited by Texas historian Bruce S. Cheeseman, Maria Von Blucher's Corpus Christi:...
Honky Tonk Parade: New Yorker Profiles of Show PeopleHonky Tonk Parade: New Yorker Profiles of Show People
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These are Lahr's insights into show people living and dead, American and otherwise, from...
Simple Times, Simple PleasuresSimple Times, Simple Pleasures
Best Price: $11.66
There are some eras that are just too special to forget. Growing up in the 30s on her...

Report from Ground ZeroReport from Ground ZeroConfessions of a Baseball Purist: What's Right--and Wrong--with Baseball, as Seen from the Best Seat in the HouseConfessions of a Baseball Purist: What's Right--and Wrong--with Baseball, as Seen from the Best Seat in the House
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This book brings forth the thoughts of one of the most well known and well respected...
Inventing Wyatt Earp: His Life and Many LegendsInventing Wyatt Earp: His Life and Many Legends
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IF YOU START READING THIS BOOK WITH CONSIDERABLE KNOWLEDGE OF WYATT EARP, YOU WILL PROBABLY TOSS...
Songs of the Fluteplayer: Seasons of Life in the SouthwestSongs of the Fluteplayer: Seasons of Life in the Southwest
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In Songs of the Fluteplayer , the charm and challenge of the spectacularly beautiful American...
Old JulesOld Jules
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Old Jules is a fascinating look at life on the northern Great Plains and provides a great...

Riding for the Brand: 150 Years of Cowden RanchingRiding for the Brand: 150 Years of Cowden Ranching
Best Price: $22.90
Folks all over West Texas and eastern New Mexico will tell you: Cowdens have been ranching here...
The Mississippi Delta and the World: The Memoirs of David L. Cohn (Library of Southern Civilization)The Mississippi Delta and the World: The Memoirs of David L. Cohn (Library of Southern Civilization)
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Standing Against Dragons: Three Southern Lawyers in an Era of FearStanding Against Dragons: Three Southern Lawyers in an Era of Fear
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This book was very enlightening and insightful on the practice of law in the 40's, 50's...
Wyoming Trucks, True Love, and the Weather Channel: A Woman's AdventureWyoming Trucks, True Love, and the Weather Channel: A Woman's Adventure
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Wyoming Trucks, True Love, and the Weather Channel is one of those books that is difficult to...
Kit Carson and His Three Wives: A Family History (Calvin P. Horn Lectures in Western History and Culture)Kit Carson and His Three Wives: A Family History (Calvin P. Horn Lectures in Western History and Culture)
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Kit Carson (1809-1868) has long held a prominent place in the popular imagination of the...

Love in an Envelope: A Courtship in the American WestLove in an Envelope: A Courtship in the American West
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When Leroy Carpenter left his home near Tipton, Iowa, in April 1871 to pursue farming in the...
Chicago Portraits: Biographies of 250 Famous ChicagoansChicago Portraits: Biographies of 250 Famous Chicagoans
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Growing Up on the Lewis and Clark Trail in Cathalmet on the ColumbiaGrowing Up on the Lewis and Clark Trail in Cathalmet on the Columbia
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Who's Who in the East, 1997-98Who's Who in the East, 1997-98
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Who's Who in the Midwest, 1994-1995Who's Who in the Midwest, 1994-1995
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Peace at Heart: An Oregon Country LifePeace at Heart: An Oregon Country Life
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Barbara Drake has written a sweet and lovely word-picture of her life on the Oregon farm she...
Trapping the Boundary Waters: A Tenderfoot in the Border Country 1919-1920 (Midwest Reflections)Trapping the Boundary Waters: A Tenderfoot in the Border Country 1919-1920 (Midwest Reflections)
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On 4 May 4 1919, Charlie Cook set off for a year of adventure in the Minnesota-Ontario Boundary...
Mormon Healer Folk Poet: Mary Susannah Fowler's Life of 'Unselfish Usefulness'Mormon Healer Folk Poet: Mary Susannah Fowler's Life of 'Unselfish Usefulness'
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Mary Susannah Sumner Fackrell Fowler (1862-1920) lived in the village of Orderville, Utah. She...
Of Kindred Celtic Origins, Vol. 1 (Myths, Legends, Genealogy and History of an Ordinary American Family)Of Kindred Celtic Origins, Vol. 1 (Myths, Legends, Genealogy and History of an Ordinary American Family)
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A compelling and evocative history of an ordinary 21st century American family detailing its...
My Times: Boxwoods Among The RocketsMy Times: Boxwoods Among The Rockets
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Overcoming limitations of depression-era circumstances, a boy from rural Alabama moves from...

February House: The Story of W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee, Under One Roof In Wartime AmericaFebruary House: The Story of W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee, Under One Roof In Wartime America
Best Price: $7.75
Sherrill Tippins' book is an enjoyable, true story illuminating a very human group of...
An Orphan In New York CityAn Orphan In New York City
An Orphan in New York City is about survival. When immigrant parents died or could no longer...
Call Someplace ParadiseCall Someplace Paradise
Best Price: $22.00
Pat Hartman is probably the most underrated journalist in America. Her style is eloquent, her...
No - Account AngelsNo - Account Angels
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No-Account Angels is a soulful account of small town life, one surprisingly filled with...
A Century of StoriesA Century of Stories
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A CENTURY OF STORIES will take you from the late 1800's through the 20th Century. Not with...

The New York City Garbage WarsThe New York City Garbage WarsMemories of an Appalachian Boyhood and BeyondMemories of an Appalachian Boyhood and Beyond
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Every Farm Tells a Story: A tale of Family Farm ValuesEvery Farm Tells a Story: A tale of Family Farm Values
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I have just come across a book you all should read: it is called EVERY FARM TELLS A STORY, A...
The Hank Weiscamp Story: The Authorized Biography of the Legendary Colorado HorsemanThe Hank Weiscamp Story: The Authorized Biography of the Legendary Colorado Horseman
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Hank Wiescamp ultimately breed some of the greatest horses from four registeries - Quarter,...
This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western MindThis House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
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A memoir of the author's growing up in Montana explores the influences family, the land, and...

Milk Horses: A MemoirMilk Horses: A Memoir
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While Milk Horses is first and foremost a memoir, it is also the tale of a writer who knew she...
The Lusty Life of Loon Lake Lloyd: WWII Marine, Logger and Resort OwnerThe Lusty Life of Loon Lake Lloyd: WWII Marine, Logger and Resort Owner
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From Capital Press "The View From Here" reviewer Bill Duncan: "There's 207...
Hat TipsHat Tips
A selection of the best columns written by North Dakota farmer and rancher Dean Meyer. These...
North to Wolf Country: My Life Among the Creatures of AlaskaNorth to Wolf Country: My Life Among the Creatures of Alaska
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James W. Brooks packed several lifetimes of adventure into his sixty-five years in Alaska -...
A Dollar the Hard Way: Growing Up in Tough Times in the Ozark FoothillsA Dollar the Hard Way: Growing Up in Tough Times in the Ozark Foothills
Best Price: $24.94
This book is wonderful. Mr. Wallace is excellent at giving readers a view of his childhood and...

Blessed Beyond All Means: From Rural Georgia to the Corridors of PowerBlessed Beyond All Means: From Rural Georgia to the Corridors of Power
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In this memoir of a member of what has been called "The Greatest Generation," we have...
Stonewall's Man: Sandie PendletonStonewall's Man: Sandie Pendleton
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Stonewall's Man, by W.G. Bean, is the biography of Alexander Swift "Sandie"...
Black Hawk's AutobiographyBlack Hawk's Autobiography
Black Hawk's Autobiography is reframed in this edition to convey the true voice of the...
John Ringo: The Gunfighter Who Never WasJohn Ringo: The Gunfighter Who Never Was
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Jack Burrows' "John Ringo: The Gunfighter Who Never Was" is a well written...
Dining at the Lineman's ShackDining at the Lineman's Shack
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The cookbook as memoir probably began in 1959, when Alice B. Toklas' collection of recipes...

Amelia Gayle Gorgas: A BiographyAmelia Gayle Gorgas: A Biography
Best Price: $29.92
A daughter of John Gayle (lawyer and political leader who was governor of Alabama from 1831 to...
"Ich Kuss Die Hand": The Letters of H. L. Mencken To Gretchen Hood"Ich Kuss Die Hand": The Letters of H. L. Mencken To Gretchen Hood
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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor,...
Mississippi Women: Their Histories, Their Lives, Volume 2 (Southern Women:  Their Lives and Times)Mississippi Women: Their Histories, Their Lives, Volume 2 (Southern Women: Their Lives and Times)
Best Price: $59.93
Volume 1 of Mississippi Women enriched our understanding of women's roles in the state's...
Red White Black & Blue: Dual Memoir Of Race & Class In Appalachia (Ethnicity & Gender In Appalach)Red White Black & Blue: Dual Memoir Of Race & Class In Appalachia (Ethnicity & Gender In Appalach)
Best Price: $38.70
As I began reading William Drennen's and Kojo Jones' book, I anticipated an enjoyable...
Wide Ruins: Memories from a Navajo Trading PostWide Ruins: Memories from a Navajo Trading Post
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"Wide Ruins" is a wonderful reading experience on an interesting topic. ...

Orange County HousecleanersOrange County Housecleaners
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Orange County Housecleaners documents the lives of seven women who make their livings cleaning...
Texas Heroes: A Dynasty of CourageTexas Heroes: A Dynasty of Courage
Best Price: $17.95
Mona Sizer Personalizes Texas History and makes it especially captivating. She develops the...
The Pastures of Beyond: An Old Cowboy Looks Back at the Old WestThe Pastures of Beyond: An Old Cowboy Looks Back at the Old West
Best Price: $48.02
I don't know if you'd exactly call this a biography or not. It's a series of...
The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston, Volume I: 1839-1845The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston, Volume I: 1839-1845
Best Price: $43.41
Fort Worth CharactersFort Worth Characters
Best Price: $7.98
Fort Worth history is far more than the handful of familiar names that every true-blue Fort...

Charles Finney: The Great Revivalist (Heroes of the Faith (Barbour Paperback))Charles Finney: The Great Revivalist (Heroes of the Faith (Barbour Paperback))
Best Price: $5.77
I would recommend any Charles Finney book to anybody who is hungry for more of God. Charles...
Red Clay & Vinegar: Looking at Family Through the Eyes of a Southern ChildRed Clay & Vinegar: Looking at Family Through the Eyes of a Southern Child
Best Price: $7.99
I started reading this book last night after putting the kids down, intending to read a chapter...
High Cotton: Four Seasons in the Mississippi DeltaHigh Cotton: Four Seasons in the Mississippi Delta
Best Price: $6.99
Helferich weaves a fine tale of life in the Mississippi Delta from the perspective of cotton...
Maria von Blucher's Corpus Christi: Letters from the South Texas Frontier, 1849-1879 (Canseco-Keck History Series)Maria von Blucher's Corpus Christi: Letters from the South Texas Frontier, 1849-1879 (Canseco-Keck History Series)
Best Price: $15.98
Adroitly edited by Texas historian Bruce S. Cheeseman, Maria Von Blucher's Corpus Christi:...
Honky Tonk Parade: New Yorker Profiles of Show PeopleHonky Tonk Parade: New Yorker Profiles of Show People
Best Price: $0.01
These are Lahr's insights into show people living and dead, American and otherwise, from...

Simple Times, Simple PleasuresSimple Times, Simple Pleasures
Best Price: $11.66
There are some eras that are just too special to forget. Growing up in the 30s on her...
Walden West (North Coast Books)Walden West (North Coast Books)
Best Price: $8.29
I read this book because I was given a signed copy of it as a gift (the author is now deceased)....
American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994
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The second of four volumes comprising a biographical dictionary of state house speakers from...
Beauty Before ComfortBeauty Before Comfort
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I think most of Jean Thornberry's dissapointment in life came not from the town/area, but...
A Coach's Life: My Forty Years in College BasketballA Coach's Life: My Forty Years in College Basketball
Read by Eric Conger 5 CDs / approx. 5 hours For almost forty years, Dean Smith coached the...

Ava's ManAva's Man
Best Price: $1.75
I can't recommend this book highly enough. My husband and I listened to the audiobook, read...
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir (Random House Large Print)The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir (Random House Large Print)
Best Price: $42.00
Bill Bryson recalls fascinating details of the Fifties and Sixties that are surprisingly...
Sky of Stone (Random House Large Print)Sky of Stone (Random House Large Print)
Best Price: $42.20
Homer served in the army in Viet Nam 1967-68, worked for NASA in Huntsville, Alabama; during his...
See You in a Hundred Years: Discover One Young Family's Search for a Simpler Life . . . Four Seasons of Living in the Year 1900See You in a Hundred Years: Discover One Young Family's Search for a Simpler Life . . . Four Seasons of Living in the Year 1900
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Country Real Estate, #74: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, February 19, 2009 Back to 1900 is not the...
Willie Brown: A BiographyWillie Brown: A Biography
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Willie Brown is a politician regarded as both a political reformer and a modern political boss,...

Anna Plus Tales from a Town Called WellsAnna Plus Tales from a Town Called Wells
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For those of us born during the Great Depression of the 30's or World War 2, Anna's...
Cidermaster Of Rio OscuroCidermaster Of Rio Oscuro
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This is a wonderful book, beautifully written and immensely touching. The author interweaves...
Adventures with a Texas HumanistAdventures with a Texas Humanist
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For the first half of the twentieth century, Texas literature, culture, and folklore were...
Irma: A Chicago Woman's Story, 1871-1966Irma: A Chicago Woman's Story, 1871-1966
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Ellen FitzSimmons Steinberg literally tripped over a collection of Irma Rosenthal...
Four Girls on a Homestead (Local History Paper 3)Four Girls on a Homestead (Local History Paper 3)

William Henry Jackson: Framing the FrontierWilliam Henry Jackson: Framing the Frontier
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A really well-written book. This is not a children's book as it lists. It can be easily read...
The Baxters of Maine: Downeast VisionariesThe Baxters of Maine: Downeast Visionaries
Best Price: $66.56
This is a double biography of two men?father and son?who left a vivid imprint on the State of...
A Private in the Texas Rangers: A.T. Miller of Company B, Frontier Battalion (Canseco-Keck History Series)A Private in the Texas Rangers: A.T. Miller of Company B, Frontier Battalion (Canseco-Keck History Series)
Best Price: $14.99
For those who have a keen interest in Texas history or the early istory of the Texas Rangers,...
A Mug Up with ElisabethA Mug Up with Elisabeth
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If you are an Ogilvie descendent or an Elizabeth Ogilvie fan, you'll appreciate reading this...
On Any Given DayOn Any Given Day
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I must admit my bias up front. I know the Author, although we've never met face-to-face. I...
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