A Story of California Frank Norris 1901 400p MMPB Based on an actual, bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, this is the story of the waning days of the frontier West. This is the first of two books in the incomplete The Epic … Continue reading The Octopus
And Other Stories B. Traven 1929 252p 5 x 8 Here are ten of B. Traven’s remarkable short stories. Three of them are long stories: The setting of ‘The Night Visitor’ is a hacienda deep in the Mexican bush where a lonely American recreates in his imagination an eerie … Continue reading The Night Visitor
Noel Ignatiev 1995 272p 5 x 8 The Irish came to America in the eighteenth century, fleeing a homeland under foreign occupation and a caste system that regarded them as the lowest form of humanity. In the new country – a land of opportunity – they found a very different form of social hierarchy, one … Continue reading How the Irish Became White
Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 Barbara Kingslover 1989 213p 5 x 8 Hundreds of families held the line in the 1983 strike against Phelps Dodge Copper in Arizona. After more than a year the strikers lost their union certification, but the battle permanently altered the social order in … Continue reading Holding the Line
Western U.S./ Canada Peterson Field Guides 1999 560p 4.5 x 7 A massive guide with 590 species, illustrated in lifelike positions on beautiful new color plates. With descriptions of all the butterflies that occur west of the 100th meridian in the United States and Canada, this guide has accurate information on ranges, habitats, … Continue reading Butterflies
Animal Tracks Peterson Field Guides 2006 432p 4.5 x 7 $5-15 Astronomy Peterson Field Guides 1998 128p 4 x 7 $4-10 Birds of Missouri Stan Tekiela 2001 300p 4.5 x 6 $4-10 Butterflies and Moths Peterson Field Guides 1998 128p … Continue reading Field Guides
Origins of North American Dropout Culture Ron Sakolski 1994 382p 6 x 9 An absolutely incredible subversive history of america and many of its inhabitants attempts to subvert race and have a healthier relationship with nature. Viewed through cracks in the cartographies of control, including ‘tri-racial isolate’ communities, buccaneers, … Continue reading Gone to Croatan
The Story of America’s Largest Labor Uprising Robert Shogan 2004 296p 6 x 9 The Battle of Blair Mountain covers a profoundly significant but long-neglected slice of American history – the largest armed uprising on American soil since the Civil War. In 1921, some 10,000 West Virginia coal miners, outraged over years of brutality and exploitation, … Continue reading The Battle of Blair Mountain
An Indian Woman’s Amazing Journey from Peasant to International Legend Phoolan Devi 1997 497p 6 x 9 Born in India to the lowest caste and sent to live with an arranged husband at the age of 12, Devi’s story is one of defiance and reclamation. After running away from her … Continue reading The Bandit Queen of India
RECOMMENDED READING LIBROS EN ESPAÑOL Books are new and used, and all are on a sliding scale. Books are listed with the author, when it was first published and approximate page length and size. This list is about 1/5 of available titles. Please inquire about … Continue reading Books