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Owyhee Canyonlands$27.95 978-0-87004-464-9 Caxton Press Photographs by Mark Lisk, Essay by William Fox The Owyhee region of southwest Idaho is one of the truly unique areas in the continental United States. About 10,000 people inhabit this high desert, geographically larger than the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Natives, settlers and miners battled for control of the Owyhees during the 19th century. Today Owyhee Country contains some of the most spectacular, pristine canyonlands in the United States. Mark Lisk is a nationally-recognized outdoor photographer. He is author or contributor to several books dealing with Idaho’s natural beauty, including Salmon River Country, published by Caxton Press. Mark’s photographs of the Owyhees, presented with essays written by people who love the region, create a book in the tradition of Caxton award winners like Steens Mountain and Snake River Country. Hardcover, $27.95, 10 x 10, 124 pages full color, photographs. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Massacre at Bear RiverFirst, Worst, Forgotten $18.95 978-0-87004-462-5 Caxton Press Rod Miller The Bear River Massacre, on January 29, 1863, claimed at least 250 Shoshoni lives. And it changed the culture of the natives who lived in the area along what later became the Utah-Idaho border. Rod Miller provides a compelling narrative account of the Bear River Massacre and the events leading up to the bloody clash on a frozen riverbank in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. He gives historical context to three major players in the massacre—the Shoshoni, the military, the Mormon settlers and their leaders—and the interplay among those groups. Miller also explains why the massacre has remained in the historical shadows for 145 years and details the fight by Shoshonis and a few dedicated researchers to move the event to its rightful place in Western history. Paper, $18.95 6 x 9, 220 pages, maps, illustrated, bibliography, index [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Insatiable Government$17.95 978-0-87004-463-2 Caxton Press Garet Garrett Edited by Bruce Ramsey Garet Garrett was a journalist of what is now called the "Old Right," the precursors of today's Libertarians. Insatiable Government is a collection of Garrett’s writing over a 28-year period focused on his bedrock idea of the self-reliant individual, and government's penchant for unrestrained growth. Insatiable Government, edited by Bruce Ramsey, joins several other Garet Garrett books published by Caxton Press, including Ex America, Salvos Against the New Deal and Defend America First. Paper, $17.95 6 x 9, 300 pages, index. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Diamondfield JackA Study in Frontier Justice $15.95 978-0-87004-466-3 Caxton Press David H. Grover Diamondfield Jack Davis was a young cowboy hired in 1895 by a cattle company to keep sheepmen from bringing their flocks inti the ranges in Cassia County, Idaho. When two Mormon sheepherders were found murdered, Davis became the prime suspect. He was tried in a Mormon farming community some distance from the cattle ranges, before a jury that contained no cattlemen. Diamondfield Jack was quickly sentenced to hang. Appeals kept him alive until the true killers confessed. But Davis was not released until 1902. Reviewers call Diamondfield Jack "a valuable social document." Paperback. 5.5 x 8, 200 pages, photographs, bibliography, index. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
The Deadliest Indian War in the West$18.95 Caxton Press Gregory Michno The Snake War is one of the least known of the many clashes of culture that occurred in the American West during the 19th century. Gregory Michno, author of several critically acclaimed books on America’s Indian wars, gives readers the first comprehensive look at the natives, soldiers and settlers who clashed on the high desert of Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Oregon and Northern California in a struggle that over a four-year period claimed more lives than any other Western Indian War. 6x9, 400 pages, paper, photographs, maps, bibliography, index. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
A Fate Worse than DeathIndian Captivities in the West 1830-1885 $24.95 ISBN 978-0-87004-451-9 Caxton Press Gregory and Susan Michno Gregory and Susan Michno spent years collecting, sorting and checking facts from scores of military and newspaper reports, family histories and interviews with people captured by Indians. This book, the result of that research, is the most extensive collection ever assembled of what it was like to be an Indian captive in the West. Covering captivities in virtually all regions of the West, with special emphasis on Texas, A Fate Worse Than Death is both a record of human brutality and a testament to the durability of the human spirit. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 552 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
The Deadliest Woman in the West Mother Nature on the Prairies and Plains 1800-1900 $18.95 ISBN 0-87004-455-9 Caxton Press Rod Beemer The destruction wrought on the Gulf Coast in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina increased public awarness that there are natural forces that still are beyond the control of modern technology. But the battle between man and the elements is nothing new. Between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains lies the Great Plains corridor, unique to the world’s topography and weather patterns. Upon this huge stage, particularly during the 19 century, was played out some of the planet’s most intense weather events. Earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, fires, lightning, droughts and hurricaines tested the mettle of both native and newcomer. This is the story of encounters with Mother Nature on America's prairies and plains. 6x9, paper, 400 pages, maps, photos, index, bibliography. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
McClure of Idaho$27.95 Caxton Press By William L. Smallwood On February 2, 1966 the Republican candidate for Idaho’s First Congressional District seat died in a north Idaho plane crash. No one would have guessed the tragedy would trigger a career that would make a young Payette County attorney one of the state’s best known political figures of the 20th century. 6x9, Hardcover, 512 pages, photographs, index. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Debaters and Dynamiters:The Story of the Haywood Trial $16.95 0-87004-394-3 Caxton Press David H. Grover “In December of 1905, ex-Governor Frank Steunenberg of Idaho was killed when a dynamite bomb shattered his home in Caldwell, Idaho. The dynamiter’s confession implicated four officials of the powerful Western Federation of Miners, a militant union which had figured prominently and violently in the labor wars which had marred Steunenberg’s term as governor. “The trial of the union men became a subject of national interest, and the issues became rapidly obscured by the larger confrontation between Socialists and other pro-labor forces and those who opposed the growth of unionism. The prosecution was handled by a U.S. Senator and a future governor of Idaho; counsel for the defense included a rising attorney from Chicago named Clarence Darrow. Needless to say, the trial was as explosive as the dynamite which took the life of Governor Steunenberg. . .” --William and Mary Law Review 320 pages, Bibliography, Index, Illustrated. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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