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A Fate Worse than Death
Indian Captivities in the West 1830-1885
ISBN 978-0-87004-473-1

Caxton Press

*PAPERBACK EDITION*

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.
6 x 9, PAPERBACK, 552 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index.

$19.95

At Home Afloat
Women on the Waters
of the Pacific Northwest
ISBN 0-89301-253-x

University of Idaho Press

Nancy Pagh
Women were considered bad luck on boats at sea until far into the 19th century. Nancy Pagh studies women travelers as these prohibitions eased.
Copublished with the University of Calgary Press.
208 pages, 17 photographs, map, index.

$24.95

Automobile Gold Rushes
and Depression Era Mining
ISBN 0-89301-195-9

University of Idaho Press

Charles Wallace Miller Jr.
During the Depression, gold fields that had been abandoned for decades saw the return of people, this time in cars, who camped and worked areas wherever they could.
212 pages, Cloth, 23 photographs, 5 maps, 7 tables.

$29.95

Barns of the West
A Vanishing Legacy
ISBN 0-9631258-9-3

Historic Idaho Series

Arthur A. Hart
This book is for those who love the sight of picturesque old barns in the rich and varied landscape of the American West. It includes more than 200 photographs of barns in Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and California. Includes information on how the barns were built, their distinctive features and why they are rapidly vanishing.
8.5x11, Hardcover, 112 pages, color and black & white photos, index.

$29.95

Basin of Gold
Life in the Boise Basin, 1962-1890
ISBN 0-9631258-4-2

Historic Idaho Series

Arthur A. Hart
This book captures the flavor of life in the bustling mining camps in the Boise Basin, an area of roughly 20 square miles in the mountains of southwest Idaho. Gold was discovered there in 1862. The words of those who lived in the Basin in the 19th century have qualities that make them worth quoting -- they are often picturesque, witty, charming and humorous.
8x8, Paper, 84 pages, illustrated.

$10.95

Battlefields of Nebraska
ISBN 978-0-87004-471-7

Caxton Press

Thomas D. Phillips
Today, the state of Nebraska is as peaceful a place as one is likely to find in America. But that wasn't always the case. Located near the center of the continent, and astride the most convenient east-west routes, Nebraska has been the scene of some of the most significant clashes in Western history.
As Thomas Phillips traveled to Nebraska's battle sites and researched the fascinating events associated with them, he became aware that the state possesses a long, rich and important military history that is vivid and stirring but often only dimly remembered. (((More Info))).
6 x 9, Paperback, 300 pages, illustrated, indexed, bibliography.

$18.95

Bitterroot Crossing:
Lewis & Clark Across the Lolo Trail
ISBN 0-89301-509-1

University of Idaho Press

Gene & Mollie Eastman
A history of the management of the Lolo Trail, an ancient travel route used by American Indians, as well as Lewis and Clark in crossing the Bitterroot Range. Based on years of field and archival research.
8.5 x 11, 80 pages, Paper, 32 maps, 8 photos.

$12.00

Blood at Sand Creek: The Massacre Revisited
ISBN 0-87004-361-7

Caxton Press

Bob Scott
The dust at Sand Creek settled long ago; blood spilled there no longer stains the ground. But echoes of rifle shots, death cries of the slain, accusations, and slander reverberate yet - 150 years later. What really happened? Were the Native Americans hapless victims or aggressive fighters? How did the Civil War influence hostilities on the plains? Was John Chivington a ruthless murderer or a political scapegoat? Blood at Sand Creek reaches conclusions that will surprise some. Using rare documents, affidavits, and military records, historian Bob Scott reexamines the battle. Its drama and intrigue unfolds. The leading characters live again in these pages, inviting you to find truth amid tragedy in the Blood at Sand Creek.
6x9, Paperback, 214 pages, illustrated, bibliography, index.

$8.95

Boise Baseball
The First 125 Years
ISBN 0-9631258-6-9

Historic Idaho Series

Arthur A. Hart
A history of Boise's part in the National Pastime. Includes stories of some of the great players and interesting characters and yarns collected by Arthur Hart through years of research and interviews with former players and those closely connected to the game.
8x8, 110 pages, Paper, photographs, index.

$14.95

Bonanza West: The Story of Western Mining Rushes, 1848-1900
ISBN 0-89301-116-9

University of Idaho Press

William S. Greever
Greever’s generous inclusion of the social, economic, political, religious, and cultural aspects of the 19th century rush for gold complete this panorama of the West in its bonanza days.
6x9, Paper, 444 pages, 8 maps.

$16.95

Brains for Breakfast
Growing Up German in America
ISBN 0-9631258-7-7

Historic Idaho Series

Susan Baumgartner
This book is a reflection. It is a small piece of the big, confusing puzzle of nationality and heritage and disposition and potential. The diversity of the Germans who came to this country--Catholics, Protestants, peasants and craftsmen -- was met head on by the diversity of America itself. As German people moved across the land, they changed the land, but also were changed in turn. The book offers both general information for German Americans who know very little about their heritage and a vivid picture of northern Idaho farm life from the 1880s through the 1990s.
5.5x8.5, 160 pages, Paper.

$15.95

British Investments and the
American Mining Frontier
1860-1901
ISBN 0-89301-178-9

University of Idaho Press

Clark C. Spence
This significant study offers information on the British investors who brought capital to America’s mining industry in the late nineteenth century.
Paper, 300 pages

$29.95

Camera Eye on Idaho
Pioneer Photography 1863-1913
ISBN 0-87004-343-9

Historic Idaho Series

Arthur A. Hart
This book combines a collection of the most compelling and beautiful photographs of early Idaho people, places and events. Tables also list every professional photographer known to have worked in Idaho before 1913 as well as the towns where their studios were located. Photographs by gifted amateurs also are included.
8.5x11, 202 pages, Paper, photographs, index.

$24.95

Chinatown
Boise, Idaho, 1870-1970
ISBN 0-9705453-0-4

Historic Idaho Series

Arthur A. Hart
Boise's Chinatown was a rich and colorful part of community life for more than a century. In this book you will learn why the Chinese came here, about the prejudice and hardships they faced, their important contributions to the city and the state, and of their ultimate success in realizing their dreams and gaining the respect of the white community.
8.5x11, 144 pages, Paper, photographs, index.

$24.95

Cool North Wind:
Morley Nelson's Life with Birds of Prey
0-87004-426-5

Caxton Press

Stephen Stuebner
Cool North Wind: Morley Nelson's Life with Birds of Prey tells the story of one of the America's foremost spokesmen for falcons, hawks and eagles, the winged hunters of the sky. The biography includes an introduction by Jim Fowler, wildlife expert and television personality. More Info.
6x9, 458 pages, Hardcover, 50 photos, 8 pgs color photos.

$24.95

Debaters and Dynamiters:
The Story of the Haywood Trial
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
6x9, 320 pages, Paper, bibliography, index, illustrated.

$16.95

Diamondfield Jack
A Study in Frontier Justice
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 into 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."
5.5x8.5, 200 pages, Paperback, photographs, bibliography, index.

$15.95

Elder Tales
Spirited Women Over Sixty Tell Their Stories
ISBN 0-9631258-5-0

Historic Idaho Series

Ruth Garrison and Lorry Roberts
Idaho women over sixty years of age have known many challenges and many joys. They have learned coping skills that have carried them through life. The authors of this book hope the stories included will validate those women, as well as being an inspiration to younger people to learn from them, to set goals, dream big and follow those dreams.
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Soroptimist International of Boise.
6x9, 268 pages, Paper, index.

$12.95

Elegant Soul:
The Life and Music of Gene Harris
ISBN 0-87004-445-1

Caxton Press

By Janie Harris and Bob Evancho
Gene Harris, the "Blues Man From Boise," as the Wall Street Journal once called him, died at the start of the new millennium, but he left a legacy of music that will outlive us all. He played on more than 80 recordings and shared the stage or recording studio with such luminaries as Joe Williams, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Benny Carter, BB King, Aretha Franklin, Herb Ellis, Oscar Peterson and Nancy Wilson. A luminous figure himself in jazz and blues, Harris was a Grammy Award-nominated pianist who performed in the world's most famous clubs and festivals.
Gene’s wife Janie and veteran writer Bob Evancho detail the career of this gifted entertainer in Elegant Soul: The Life and Music of Gene Harris.
10x8, 280 Full Color pages, Paperback, 10 x 8, more than 100 photos.

$24.95

Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History Vol III: Oregon and Washington
ISBN 0-87004-366-8

Caxton Press

Donald B. Robertson
Volume III in Robertson's Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History series. This book catalogs virtually every steam railroad that owned or operated ten or more miles of track as a common carrier in Oregon and Washington. Emphasis is on the beginnings of railroads. Robertson has distilled tens of thousands of printed pages from several sources: railroading manuals, newspapers, US Geological Survey Maps, university libraries, and historical societies. Text, maps, charts, and historic photographs create an invaluable resource for railroad history students and enthusiasts.
8.5x11, 338 pages, Hardcover, boxed, illustrations, maps, indexes for this volume plus a comprehensive index of Volumes I-III, inclusive.

$34.95

Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History Vol IV: California
ISBN: 0-87004-385-4

Caxton Press

Donald Robertson
This final volume of the Western Railroad History series focuses entirely on California. It includes detailed descriptions of companies, including dates of operation, miles of track, maximum grade, gauge and rail weight. The book also includes the histories of thousands of locomotives and dozens of photographs. A treasure chest of information for rail buffs.
8.5x11, 268 pages, Hardcover, maps, photos.

$42.95

Equus Evolves: The Story of the Hagerman Horse
ISBN 9718321-2-9

Black Canyon Communications

Mark Cohen
Idaho’s Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument opens a window into the earth to reveal an extraordinary trove of fossils. The discovery there of the modern horse’s ancestor reveals how life has persisted and evolved against incredible odds. And the story of how a natural wonder became a national monument sheds light on the development of modern paleontology and wilderness ecology.
8x9.5, 72 pages, Paper, full color photographs and illustrations.

$15.00

Four Days from Fort Wingate
ISBN 0-87004-362-5

Caxton Press

Richard French
In 1864, a party of twenty-one miners and a freighter named Adams headed west in search of the canyon del oro (of gold). In a hidden canyon, they found a fabulous bonanza of gold. But Apache raiders put an end to the miner's dreams of fame and fortune. Adams and two other men were the only ones to survive to tell the tale. But they were never able to relocate the golden canyon. The legend of the Lost Adams continues to stir the blood of those who dream. Follow the author's own modern-day quest as he explores the colorful history of this beautiful and fascinating region, searching for a treasure waiting to be rediscovered.
6x9, 240 pages, Paperback, maps, illustrations, index.

$9.95

From the Ganges to the Snake River
0-87004-397-8

Caxton Press

Debu Majumdar
This is the story of an East Indian who was raised on the banks of the Ganges River, then transplanted to a very different culture along the Snake River in Eastern Idaho. This collection of essays spans two decades in the West. More Info.
6 x 9, 250 pages, Paperback, illustrated.

$14.95

Frontier Duty:
The Army in Northern Idaho, 1853-1876
ISBN 0-89301-510-5

University of Idaho Press

Donna M. Hanson, editor
This book documents the work of the frontier Army in northern Idaho in the years before the arrival of the agricultural frontier in the 1870s. It includes many primary accounts, maps, and photos, most published for the first time.
6x9, 235 pages, Paper

$14.95

Ghost Towns of the Northwest
ISBN 0-87004-358-7

Caxton Press

Norman D. Weis
Sixty-two ghost towns from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana are individually described with the history of each town and specific directions on how to find it. Nearly 20 are unknown to the general public, never before mentioned in print, or mysterious in origin and location. Many of Weis's great stories were found by listening to the old-timers who knew of these places firsthand.
6x9, 319 pages, Paperback, 248 photographs, 16 maps, bibliography, index.

$17.95

Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West
ISBN 0-87004-043-X

Caxton Press

Vardis Fisher and Opal Laurel Holmes
Few are better prepared than Vardis Fisher to write of the gold rushes and mining camps of the West. He brings together all of the remarkable men and women, all of the fascinating ingredients, all of the violent contrasts which, by chance, go to make up one of the most enthralling chapters in American history. Fisher, a respected scholar and versatile creative writer, devoted the better part of three years to the preparation and writing of this book.
9x12, 466 pages, Hardcover, boxed, 447 illustrations, end notes, bibliography, index.

$29.95

Gold Town to Ghost Town: Silver City, Idaho
ISBN 0-89301-087-1

University of Idaho Press

Julia Conway Welch
This book chronicles the story of the most fabulous of ghost towns, Silver City, Idaho.

The photographs of the town are excellent . . .as is the map of the mining district . . .a sound background to an interesting era.
—Idaho Librarian
5.5x8.5, 128 pages, Paper, 54 photographs, 4 maps, index.

$12.95

Hatchet, Hands & Hoe Planting the Pioneer Spirit
ISBN 0-87004-372-2

Caxton Press

Erica Calkins
Historical gardening specialist Erica Calkins gives practical instructions and recipes for plants used by the pioneers. Original homestead recipes offer delicious yet simple dishes. The text is illustrated with historic photographs, drawings and photos of featured plants. A 12-page section includes full-color garden plans and identification photos of flowers, pioneer roses and unique plants. A rich resource list is provided for heirloom gardeners. Featured in 1999 Better Homes and Gardens Simply Perfect Roses & Old-Fashioned Flowers special edition.
6x9, 127 pages, Paperback, photos, full color rose section.

$15.95

Historic Boise
ISBN 0-9631258-2-6

Historic Idaho Series

Arthur A. Hart
Historic Boise is a brief introduction to the architectural legacy of Idaho's capital city from its founding in 1863 to the eve of World War II.
8x8, Paper, 144 pages, index.

$10.95

Hobbled Stirrups
0-87004-454-0

Caxton Press

Jane Burnett Smith
Hobbled Stirrups is a no-holds-barred account of the career of one of the few women to ride saddle broncs professionally.
Jane Burnett Smith, a member of a Montana pioneer ranching family, tells how a ride on a steer at age 11, marked the beginning of a journey that took her from one-chute, small town rodeos all the way to Madison Square Garden and Hollywood.
During her quest, Jane experienced the best of the sport—the cowboys, clowns, announcers and other rodeo people who were closer to her than her real family. But she also had to fight to overcome unscrupulous promoters, leering drunks and abusive relationships—the dark side of early day rodeo. More Info.
6 x 9, 440 pages, Paperback, illustrated.

$17.95

In Nez Perce Country
ISBN 0-89301-503-2

University of Idaho Press

Compiled and edited by Lynn and Dennis Baird
A rare collection of many never-before-published firsthand accounts of the Nez Perce Tribe. These pieces span more than 100 years of history and were gathered from archives all over North America.
6x9, 325 pages, Paper

$16.95

J. R. Simplot: A Billion the hard way
0-87004-399-4

Caxton Press

Louis Attebery
John Richard Simplot dropped out of school at age 14 to parlay a few pigs into one of the largest privately-held companies in America. J. R. Simplot is one of the last classic Horatio Alger success stories. He spent 75 years building his empire the hard way. This is the first detailed biography of this fascinating, colorful and outspoken industrialist. Louie Attebery, one of the West's leading folklorists, uses hundreds of hours of research and interviews to bring a unique perspective to this personal history.
6x9, hardcover, 288 pages with 32 pages of rare photos.

$24.95

Lewis & Clark's Bittersweet Crossing
ISBN 0-87004-437-0

Caxton Press

Carol MacGregor
When Lewis and Clark reached the Rocky Mountains, in what is now Montana and Idaho, they didn't realize how difficult it would be to cross the rugged peaks the natives called the "Bitterroots." Had it not been for the generosity of the Nez Perce Indians, who inhabited the area west of the mountains, the members of the Corps of Discovery might have perished before completing their mission.
Carol MacGregor tells the story of the expedition, focusing on the struggle to conquer the Bitterroot Range and the interaction of the explorers with the natives.
Beautifully illustrated by artist Gaye Hoopes, this book brings history to life for young readers. The book includes a color map of the expedition route, glossary, list of expedition members and several study questions. More Info.
11x8.5, Hardcover, 32 full-color illustrated pages, study questions.

$16.95

Lewis and Clark's Mountain Wilds
ISBN 0-89301-258-0

University of Idaho Press

Sharon A. Ritter
Wildlife ecologist Sharon A. Ritter takes the reader from high on the Lolo Pass through the Bitterroot Mountains, while describing more than 100 plants and animals first recorded by Lewis and Clark. Color throughout.
5.2x9, Paper, 330 pages

$19.95

Life in Old Boise
ISBN 0-9631258-3-4

Historic Idaho Series

Arthur A. Hart
Here are the interesting people, dramatic moments, high adventures and everyday life of a small Western town that had a unique character from the beginning. The photographs were chosen from the collection of the Idaho Historical Society.
9x12, 208 pages, Hardcover, photographs.

$27.50

Massacre Along the Medicine Road
ISBN 0-87004-387-0

Caxton Press

Ronald Becher
In August, 1864, Sioux and Cheyenne warriors swept down on the California-Oregon Trail, virtually shutting down that vital transcontinental route. The raids along the Platte and Little Blue Rivers are cited by historians as one of the causes of the infamous Sand Creek Massacre, later that year. Sand Creek, where Colorado Volunteers attacked a Cheyenne camp, killing men, women and children, is well documented. However, few details of the Nebraska attacks on settlers have been published. Ronald Becher, a Nebraska native, spent seven years researching Massacre Along the Medicine Road. He profiles many of the people who lived and worked along the trail painting a graphic picture of what happened to families and individuals--and how those tragic events forever changed the survivors.
6x9, 500 pages, 40 photos, 8 maps.
Available in paper ($22.95) and hardcover ($32.95)
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Massacre Along the Medicine Road
ISBN 0-87004-387-0

$22.95

Massacre at Bear River
First, Worst, Forgotten
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.
6x9, Paper, 220 pages, maps, illustrated, bibliography, index.

$18.95

McClure of Idaho

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.

$27.95

Mining Engineers
and the American West
ISBN 0-89301-167-3

University of Idaho Press

Clark C. Spence
Voted No. 1 Mining History Book by Mining History News.

This book is a treasure trove of tales about the early mining engineers and their experiences on the Western frontier.
—Mining History News
Paper, 420 pages, 17 photos, 4 illustrations, 5 maps, 6 tables

$29.95

Murder, Morality and Madness
Women Criminals in Early Oregon
ISBN 978-0-87004-470-0

Caxton Press

By Diane Goeres-Gardner.
The Victorians that settled the Oregon Territory were quite adept at keeping immoral or bad behavior a secret. Goeres-Gardner does a wonderful job of uncovering their secret past of abuse, neglect and double standards that existed for women criminals.
Turning these pages will allow you to discover what drove normally proper Victorian women to murder. You’ll learn about women’s trials and their all male jurors and the horrid conditions they faced in all male prisons.
Murder, Morality and Madness reveals the hidden history of Oregon's female criminals and the criminal system that brought them to justice.
6x9, 200 pages, Paper, bibliography, index.

$16.95

Necktie Parties
Legal Executions in Oregon, 1851 - 1905
0-87004-446-x

Caxton Press

By Diane Goeres-Gardner.
Diane Goeres-Gardner makes readers eyewitnesses to frontier justice. This is the story of the men who climbed the gallows steps and faced the hangman’s noose during the early years of settlement in Oregon.
Today, capital punishment is a controversial topic, in the United States and around the world. That wasn’t the case during the 1800s on America’s western frontier. Executions were public events drawing hundreds —sometimes thousands— of spectators.
The author examines the backgrounds of the condemned and their victims, the crimes and the investigations. She uses trial records, witness testimony, newspaper reports and other historical records to bring to life each of the 50 cases. Contains the names of more than 1,500 residents of early-day Oregon.
6x9, Paperback, 375 pages, illustrated, comprehensive index.

$16.95

New Mexico Treasure Tales
0-87004-429-x

Caxton Press

W. C. Jameson
New Mexico: The Land of Enchantment! In addition to all of its natural wonders, New Mexico claims a history unlike that of any of the other grand United States. It is filled with characters from myriad cultures along with dramatic, compelling, and colorful events generating an edge-of-your-seat kind of excitement. The state of New Mexico has given birth to some of the most amazing and incredible legends and tales of lost mines and buried treasures.
New Mexico is incredibly rich in legend and folklore, particularly as it relates to tales of lost mines and buried treasures. There are some who would argue that New Mexico is the location for some of the largest natural deposits of lost gold and silver in the nation.
The twenty-six legends and tales of lost mines and buried treasures presented in this book by veteran treasure hunter W. C. Jameson are the result of more than four decades of search, research, exploration, and discovery.
W. C. Jameson is a professional treasure hunter and an award-winning author of more than thirty-five books, including Colorado Treasure Tales, also available from Caxton Press. Other works include, Buried Treasures of Texas, Buried Treasures of the American Southwest, Buried Treasures of the Ozarks and Buried Treasures of the Appalachians. W. C. is an active member of the Western Writers of America and a past president of that organization. He also is a gifted musician and western songwriter.
6x9, Paper, 200 pages, map

$13.95

On Sidesaddles to Heaven:
The Women of the Rocky Mountain Mission
ISBN 0-87004-384-6

Caxton Press

Laurie Winn Carlson
Veteran author Laurie Winn Carlson analyzes the lives of the first six white women -- missionary wives -- to cross the Rocky Mountains. At a time when a woman's entire fortune and future was tied to the man she married, four of the six women married virtual strangers on short notice, with no financial security. Why did they take such a gamble?
6x9, Paperback, 268 pages, 35 photos, map.
*Also available in leather-bound hardcover edition signed by author.

$19.95

Oregon Trail, Yesterday and Today
(Revised Edition)
ISBN 0-87004-319-6

Caxton Press

William E. Hill
Hill's book is a concise and interesting explanation of what the Oregon Trail was really like. He has blended history, maps, guides, diaries/journals, and old drawings with his contemporary photographs and experiences. Revised in 2000 to include information on new visitors' centers.
6x9, Paperback, 230 pages, 169 illustrations, end map, bibliography, index.

$12.95

Our Ladies of the Tenderloin
Colorado's Legend in Lace
ISBN 0-87004-444-3

Caxton Press

Linda Wommack
Our Ladies of the Tenderloin is a unique look at life in the oldest profession in early day Colorado. Linda Wommack tells the story of the women who made the night life come alive and brought excitement to the new frontier. Wommack puts the women of the “hog ranches” of the eastern plains and the houses of the Rocky Mountain mining camps into their rightful place in history — as pioneers.
The author brings Colorado’s soiled doves to life through in-depth research and never-before-seen photographs. History and folklore are wrestled apart so readers can focus on the prostitute as a member of frontier society, rather than a mere footnote in accounts of the wild west.

Linda Wommack once again brings Colorado's colorful pioneer past to life in this richly-detailed account of nineteenth-century prostitution. She recreates the underside of boom town life with its colorful cast of sometimes, heroic, often tragic, and always fascinating characters. Here is grassroots history at its best.
-- Paul Andrew Hutton, author of Phil Sheridan and his Army, Professor of History at The University of New Mexico and past president of the Western Writers of America.
6x9, Paperback, 250 pages, illustrated.

$16.95

Owyhee Canyonlands
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. More Info.
10x10, Hardcover, 124 Full Color pages, photographs.

$27.95

Owyhee Trails: The West's Forgotten Corner
ISBN 0-87004-281-5

Caxton Press

Mike Hanley with Ellis Lucia
The Owyhees (pronounced oh-WAH-hees), sharp and ragged peaks rising from the high desert of Oregon and Idaho, have been the site of mining booms and Indian battles, holdups and range wars. Gold and silver abound on their slopes and their valleys are rich with water and pasture. Author Mike Hanley ranches near Jordan Valley, Oregon, in the shadow of the Owyhee Mountains. With Ellis Lucia, he recounts the boisterous past and present of this wild and rugged corner of the west.
6x9, Paperback, 314 pages, 106 illustrations, 4 maps, index.

$14.95

Pioneer Trails West
ISBN 0-87004-304-8

Caxton Press

Western Writers of America
Donald E. Worcester, Editor
Some of the greatest American writers have combined talents to produce a classic book of American wilderness trails. Nineteen chapters feature the old roads and trails which crisscrossed early America from the east coast to the western shore.
8.5x11, Hardcover, 292 pages, 54 illustrations, 22 maps, index.

$24.95

Plain Enemies:
Best True Stories of the Frontier West
ISBN 0-87004-364-1

Caxton Press

Bob Scott
The four decades between 1830-76 comprised an era of Western expansion in North America. The US government encouraged its patriots to civilize the great untamed wilderness from the Ohio Valley to the Pacific. Natives, realizing the flood of immigrants would change their way of life, resisted. Plain Enemies covers one of the most exciting and violent periods of American history. Herein are stories of faith and fear, heroism and horror, strength and stupidity, love and hatred. The author discovered evil walking in both boots and moccasins, and commendable human qualities dwelling in forts, soddies and tepee villages as well.
6x9, Paperback, 312 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index.

$14.95

Red was the Blood of Our Forefathers
Episodes from Crow Indian Intertribal Warfare

Caxton Press

Brian L. Keefe
Because a man’s status in his tribe was based on deeds in combat, Crow history revolves around stories of intertribal warfare. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Sioux, Cheyenne, Blackfeet and Shoshoni applied constant pressure in attempts to take over Crow land in the Big Horn and Yellowstone regions of Montana and Wyoming. The conflict ranged from horse-stealing expeditions to battles where the losing group was “rubbed out.” (((More Info))).
6x9, 319 pages, Paper, photographs, maps, bibliography, index.

$18.95

Rotting Face: Smallpox and the American Indian
ISBN 0-87004-419-2

Caxton Press

R.G. Robertson
R.G. Robertson tells the story of the smallpox epidemic of 1837-1838 that forever changed the political and social structure of the Northern Plains Indian tribes. Before it ran out of human fuel, "Rotting Face," as it was called by natives, claimed an estimated 20,000 people. The epidemic did more damage in one year than all the military expeditions sent against the American Indian before or since. More Info.
6x9, Hardcover, 350 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index.

$24.95

Salmon River Country
ISBN 0-87004-441-9

Caxton Press

Photographs by Mark Lisk
Essays by Stephen Stuebner
Idaho’s Salmon River flows through the largest primitive region in the lower 48 states— an area almost the size of the state of Ohio.
Much of Salmon River Country is as primitive as it was 200 years ago when Lewis and Clark explored the river’s headwaters and concluded there had to be an easier route to the Pacific Ocean. Today, however, the “River of No Return” draws visitors from all over the world.
Award-winning photographer Mark Lisk and writer Stephen Stuebner team up to present a colorful view of Salmon River Country and some of the hardy people who live and work along this famous stream.
10x10, Hardcover, 120 full color pages.

$27.95

Santa Fe Trail, Yesterday and Today
ISBN 978-0-87004-354-3

Caxton Press

William E. Hill
William Hill patterned Santa Fe Trail after his best-selling Oregon Trail, Yesterday and Today. Easy to use whether you are in an armchair or automobile. The book is divided into sections on history, maps, diaries, artists and what to see along the way. Contemporary and historical photos illustrate the presentation.
6x9, Paperback, 232 pages, illustrations, map, bibliography, index.

$16.95

Sawtooth Tales

Caxton Press

Dick d'Easum
Dick d'Easum first glimpsed the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho when he was a boy. It was love at first sight. He spent a lifetime getting better acquainted with this remote wilderness. For more than a half century he collected stories of its people, history and legends. After a distinguished career as a writer, editor and historian, d'Easum assembled his stories into Sawtooth Tales, the first book about this area sometimes called "The Alps of America."
6x9, Paperback, 280 pages, illustrations.

$12.95

Secrets of the Magic Valley and Hagerman’s Remarkable Horse
ISBN 9718321-0-2

Black Canyon Communications

Todd Shallat, Editor
In Idaho’s Magic Valley, water transformed a desert into a significant agricultural region. Here fur trappers encountered Snake River Native Americans, Oregon Trail emigrants suffered deprivation and death, miners rushed for placer gold, and an ancestor of the modern horse was found in a world-class fossil trove that would become a national monument site. This richly illustrated, full color book traces Magic Valley life through every facet of the western experience.
Winner of the Idaho Library Association Book of the Year award
8x9.5, 240 pages, color photographs

$27.95

Shoshoni Pony: Lewis & Clark and the Native American horse
0-87004-431-1

Caxton Press

Carol MacGregor
Illustrated by Dick Lee
Carol MacGregor presents a colorful and lively story for young people that explains the importance of the horse to Native Americans and how the Shoshoni tribe helped Lewis and Clark on their journey across the continent. The color artwork by Dick Lee illustrates Indian life and the meeting with members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. More Info.
11x8.5, Hardcover, 32 Full Color pages, illustrated.

$15.95

Six Decades Back
ISBN 0-89301-137-1

University of Idaho Press
Originally published by The Caxton Printers

Charles S. Walgamott
Charles Shirley Walgamott arrived by stage at Rock Creek Station, Idaho Territory, in 1875. In an untamed land, far from his native Iowa, he survived illness, hardship, and lawlessness. Walgamott mined, trapped, ranched, and hunted, while living with settlers, Indians, and outlaws.
6x9, Paper, 384 pages, 7 photos

$19.95

Sixty-Four Years as a Writer
0-87004-453.2

Caxton Press

Bill Gulick
Bill Gulick’s writing career, spanning more than six decades, is truly remarkable. He has written twenty-seven novels, eight nonfiction books and several plays. He was a regular contributor to The Saturday Evening Post and other national magazines. His stories have become major motion pictures starring screen legends Burt Lancaster and Jimmy Stewart.
A list of his literary friends reads like a Whose Who of Western Writing — Elmer Kelton, A. B. Guthrie, Max Evans, Don Coldsmith, Norman Fox, Tommy Thompson, William McCleod Raine, Nelson Nye and his mentor, Walter Stanley Vestal Campbell. Gulick is considered one of the foremost authorities on Pacific Northwest history.
In Sixty-Four Years as a Writer, Gulick details the journey from his Depression era Oklahoma roots to his position as one of the nation’s premier Western authors.
6x9, 368 pages, Paperback, illustrated, index.

$16.95

Smokechaser
ISBN 0-89301-180-0

University of Idaho Press

Warren Yahr
In Smokechaser, Warren Yahr recalls his experiences as a teen-age lookout in the remote Bungalow Ranger Station, 28 miles from Pierce, Idaho.
Winner of the 1996 Idaho Library Association Book Award, Honorable Mention.
6x9, Paper, 264 pages, 12 photographs, maps.

$17.95

Snake River Country
ISBN 0-87004-215-7

Caxton Press

Bill Gulick
Photography by Earl Roberge
"Born in incredible beauty, flowing through incredible desolation, nourishing incredible fertility . . . This is the Snake River." The Snake is perhaps the last important wild river left in the Pacific Northwest, and has played a monumental role in exploration, empire-building, and settlement. Gulick tells of yesterday, as well as tomorrow for the Snake River, in this colorful book.
15x12, 195 pages, Hardcover, boxed, 104 full color photographs, 2 endsheet maps, bibliography, index.

$39.95

Steens Mountain in Oregon's High Desert Country
ISBN 0-87004-028-6

Caxton Press

E.R. Jackman and John Scharff.
Photography by Charles Conkling
Winner of the coveted 3M award, First Place, for "International Excellence in Lithography," Steens Mountain pays tribute to the high desert country of southeastern Oregon. The well-written text and superb photography artfully combine to show the lovely scenery, animals, and people of this remote area. Pictorial.
15x12, 203 pages, Hardcover, boxed, 90 full color illustrations.

$49.95

The Boise Massacre on the Oregon Trail, Vol.. 1
ISBN 0-9635828-1-x

Snake Country Publishing

By Donald H. Shannon
Donald Shannon devoted more than two decades to documenting attacks on emigrant trains on the Oregon and California trails in the region that later became the state of Idaho. In The Boise Massacre on the Oregon Trail, Shannon details attacks that occurred in 1854 and 1859, including the grisly Ward Massacre on the Boise River near present-day Caldwell, Idaho.
Included is the background of the Snake Indians: the Shoshone, Northern Paiute, and Bannock
6x9, 300 pages, Paper, illustrated, maps.

$16.95

The Boiseans: At Home
ISBN 0-9631258-8-5

Historic Idaho Series

Arthur A. Hart
This is a collection of short essays that attempt to capture the flavor of the life and times of some of the families that played a significant role in the history of the city of Boise, Idaho.
8x8, 86 pages, Paper, photographs, index.

$10.95

The Deadliest Indian War in the West

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.

$18.95

The Deadliest Woman in the West
Mother Nature on the Prairies and Plains 1800-1900
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 19th century, played out some of the planet’s most intense weather events. Earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, fires, lightning, droughts and hurricanes 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, bibliography, index.

$18.95

The Lewis & Clark Trail, Yesterday and Today
ISBN 0-87004-439-7

Caxton Press

William E. Hill
William Hill's latest "trail" book celebrates the 200th anniversary of one of the most important events in America's history -- the trek of the Corps of Discovery. The Lewis & Clark Trail, Yesterday and Today, is one of the most comprehensive books available on the epic journey.
Hill's book includes maps from the period, excerpts from journals, a chronology of events before, during and following the trek, and a detailed list of visitors centers along the route that have been opened or remodeled in conjunction with the Bicentennial. He also describes Meriwether Lewis's travels during the summer and fall of 1803, as he made preparations for the expedition. He follows Lewis from Thomas Jefferson's home at Monticello, to Harper's Ferry, Phildelphia and Pittsburg, then down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi to St. Louis.
Other Caxton titles by Hill include The Oregon Trail, Yesterday and Today, and The Santa Fe Trail, Yesterday and Today.
A hallmark of the author's detailed research is his use of nearly 200 old paintings, rare photographs and his own pictures to show the route then and now.
6x9, Paperback, 300 pages, illustrated, index.

$16.95

The Medicine Bows
ISBN 0-87004-415-x

Caxton Press

Scott Thybony and
Robert and Elizabeth Rosenberg
Escape from the pressures of the twenty-first century with a literary visit to the high country of southeastern Wyoming. The Medicine Bows tells the 8,500-year story of a mountainous region rich in the history of the Plains Indians, mountain men, tie hacks, and early forest rangers. The Medicine Bow region provides an escape to a place the early explorers and mountaim men might still recognize--a repository of silence, natural beauty, and history.
5.5x8.5, Paperback, 200 pages, photos, index.

$13.95

The Milwaukee Road Revisited
ISBN 0-89301-198-3

University of Idaho Press

Stanley W. Johnson
The Milwaukee Road’s route from Three Forks, Montana, to Spokane, Washington, touched many lives.

Milwaukee Road enthusiasts will enjoy the description of their railroad in the 1930s and ‘40s . .
—George Drury, Train
Cloth, 240 pages

$29.95

The Other Side of Oregon
ISBN: 0-87004-352-8

Caxton Press

By Ralph Friedman
"A deepter dimension..." said Ralph Friedman when talking about his latest (and possibly greatest) book, The Other Side of Oregon. This volume is filled with stories about the people and places that make Oregon special, spiced with the author's philosophical tidbits.
6x9, Paper, 420 pages, illustrated, index.

$12.95

The Pony Express Trail, Yesterday and Today
ISBN-13:978-0-87004-476-2

Caxton Press

William E. Hill
It operated less than two years. It lost an enormous amount of money. But the Pony Express delivered the mail across a continent at a critical time and captured the imagination of people all over the world like few events in the history of the American West. (((More Info))).
6x9, 321 pages, Paper, photographs, maps, bibliography, index.

$18.95

The Settlers' War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s *Hardcover*
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Hardcover Edition
Caxton Press

Gregory Michno

In Texas in the 1860s, there were no large scale battles between the army and the Indians. The targets of the Comanches, Kiowas, and Apaches usually were the homesteaders on the Texas frontier. In Texas the non-combatants bore the brunt of the warfare, losing far more than the soldiers who were supposedly there to protect them.

The majority of killings were done by Indians on unsuspecting white families. But their story is seldom told—a tale of white victims is not a popular one today. The conflict in Texas had the trappings of a “modern” guerrilla war in which non-combatants suffered because of the inability of most chiefs, soldiers, and politicians to find a diplomatic path to peace. It was hell on the home front. (((More Info))).
6x9, 480 pages, Hardcover, maps, bibliography, index.
Also available in Paperback

***COMING AUGUST 2011***

$24.95

The Settlers' War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s *Paperback*
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Caxton Press

Gregory Michno

In Texas in the 1860s, there were no large scale battles between the army and the Indians. The targets of the Comanches, Kiowas, and Apaches usually were the homesteaders on the Texas frontier. In Texas the non-combatants bore the brunt of the warfare, losing far more than the soldiers who were supposedly there to protect them.

The majority of killings were done by Indians on unsuspecting white families. But their story is seldom told—a tale of white victims is not a popular one today. The conflict in Texas had the trappings of a “modern” guerrilla war in which non-combatants suffered because of the inability of most chiefs, soldiers, and politicians to find a diplomatic path to peace. It was hell on the home front. (((More Info))).
6x9, 480 pages, Paperback, maps, bibliography, index.
Also available in Hardcover

***COMING AUGUST 2011***

$19.95

The Utter Disaster on the Oregon Trail, Vol. II
ISBN 970-9635828-2-8

Snake Country Publishing

By Donald H. Shannon
The greatest disaster to befall an emigrant party on the Oregon Trail occurred in September 1860 in what is now southwestern Idaho. A party composed of eight wagons and 44 men, women and children were attacked by hostile Indians. Almost two months later, a rescue party found 10 survivors clinging to life in crude shelters nearly 100 miles from where the train was first attacked. The survivors had resorted to canabalism to stay alive.
Donald Shannon tells the story of the Utter-VanOrum massacres, clearing up many historical inaccuracies that had persisted for more than a century.
6x9, Paper, 240 pages, illustrated.

$16.95

Thunder in the Mountains:
The Story of the Nez Perce War
ISBN 0-941734-02-1

Alpha Omega Publishing

Ronald K. Fisher
Thunder in the Mountains, The Story of the Nez Perce War tells the story of the Nez Perce tribe, focusing on the 1877 Nez Perce War. Writing for young adult readers, Thunder in the Mountains includes legend of how the tribe came to be. Author Ronald K. Fisher also tells how the friendly Nez Perce interacted with members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and early missionaries before new waves of invaders pushed them until they fought back in one of the epic sagas of the American West.
Thunder in the Mountains was edited by Dr. Merle Wells of the Idaho Historical Society.
6x9, Paper, 354 pages, illustrations, index.

$14.95

Tough Trip Through Paradise 1878-79
ISBN 0-89301-250-5

University of Idaho Press

Andrew Garcia
This book grew out of a manuscript left by Andrew Garcia. Bennett Stein edited the manuscript to tell Garcia’s story of the 1877 Nez Perce War, the end of the buffalo herds, and other historic events in Western life.
Paper, 410 pages, 2 maps

$8.95

Trails of the Smoky Hill
ISBN-13: 978-0-87004-276-8

Caxton Press

Wayne C. Lee and
Howard C. Raynesford
Kansas' Smoky Hill River is actually a shortcut between the Missouri River and Denver. The area was coveted by white men for their new stage lines, and Indians for the abundant buffalo. Most of the colorful characters of the day passed through here. This is the story of the conflict that resulted when two cultures clashed.
8.5x11, Paper, 235 pages, illustrations, maps, footnotes, index.

$17.95

Travelers in an Antique Land
ISBN 0-89301-203-3

University of Idaho Press

Poems by William Studebaker
Photographs by Russell Hepworth

This elegant book delivers the emotional body blows only possible when artists boil prose down to poetry and render kaleidoscopic scenery in black and white. To read Bill’s words and scan Russell’s images is to feel what it’s like to be on the high desert, free and alone
—Diane Ronayne, Idaho Wildlife
10.5x10.5, Cloth, 100 pages, 42 photographs.

$29.95

Treaties and Treachery: The Northwest Indians' Resistance to Conquest
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Caxton Press

Kurt R. Nelson
The seven years from 1853 to 1859 are probably more important to the Pacific Northwest than any period of its recorded history. It was in the 1850s that officials began carving the Oregon Territory into the states. It was the period when most Indian tribes signed treaties that were supposed to protect their future. It was also when the natives of the region learned that no matter what the treaties promised, they would have little control over their destiny. So they fought a hopeless battle to preserve their way of life. (((More Info))).
6x9, 304 pages, Paper, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index.

$18.95

Trolley: Boise Valley’s Electric Road
ISBN 9718321-1-0

Black Canyon Communications

Casner and Kiesig
The history of Southwest Idaho’s electric railroad also tells the story of valley life at the beginning of the 20th century. Entertainment, business, school, local politics, even how we buried our dead — all revolved around the remarkable trollies and interurban. These quaint machines in old photographs were powerful engines of change.

Nick Kasner and Valeri Kiesig have given us a warm and nostalgic reminder of those days long ago when life in Idaho’s Treasure Valley focused around the interurban line. Trolley reminds us that our grandparents knew what they were doing when they used a transit system to link our communities.
—H. Brent Coles
9x7, Paper w/wire coil binding, 84 pages, 62 photographs and illustrations, map.

$12.00

Walking in Two Worlds
Mixed-Blood Indian Women Seeking Their Path
ISBN 0-87004-450-8

Caxton Press

Nancy M. Peterson
Nancy M. Peterson tells the stories of mixed-blood women who, steeped in the tradition of their Indian mothers but forced into the world of their white fathers, fought to find their identities in a rapidly changing world.
In an era when most white women had limited opportunities outside the home, these mix-blood women often became nationally recognized leaders in the fight for Native American rights. They took the tools and training whites provided and used them to help their people. They found differing paths — medicine, music, crafts, the classroom, the lecture hall, the stage, the written word — and walked strong and tall.
These women did far more than survive; they extended a hand to help their people find a place in a hard new future.
6x9, Paper, 264 pages, illustrated, index.

$16.95

West to the Pacific:
The Story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
ISBN 0-941734-01-3

Alpha Omega Publishing

Ronald K. Fisher
Ronald K. Fisher's West to the Pacific, The Story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition is a book for young adults on the famous expedition that opened the American West -- from its beginnings to the conclusion and aftermath.
Edited by noted Idaho historian Dr. Merle Wells.
6x9, Paper, 152 pages, illustrations, index.

$12.95

Wild Towns of Nebraska
ISBN-13: 978-0-87004-325-3

Caxton Press

Wayne C. Lee
Nebraska's early towns were wild and woolly, and Wayne Lee's book features ten of them. Lee describes the lawmen, desperadoes, vigilantes, and killers. He tells the stories of the men and women who lived with the violence running rampant around them.
8.5x11, Paper, 147 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index.

$17.95

Wings Over Idaho
An Aviation History
ISBN 0-9631258-0-x

Historic Idaho Series

Arthur A. Hart
The story of the early days of aviation in Idaho, beginning with the first successful flight on October 13, 1910 in Lewiston. Includes the photos and details of the establishment of Boise's Gowen Field, as a training base for bomber crews during World War II. Many historic photographs are included.
8.5x11, 176 pages, Paper, photographs, index.

$22.95

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