American History from Bluebird Books

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Near Fine. 1992. Softcover. 0803292066 . An advance review, paperback edition of Maurice S. Sullivan's presentation of the journal of Jedediah Smith which covers the period from 1822 to 1828. Also included is the diary of fur trader Alex R. McLeod's 1828 expedition to recover some of Smith's property following the Umpqua… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. Robert M. Utley describes the activities of the US Army in its 19th century conflicts with Native Americans, known as the Indian Wars. Most of the major battles during this period are discussed. With 2 sections of plates bearing black & white photos &… Read more about this item

Wyk auf Foehr, Germany: Verlag für Amerikanistik. Fine. 2008. Hardcover. 3895101176 . A history of the taming of the American West, presented entirely in the German language. In this work, Dietmar Kuegler discusses the settling of the West, with special emphasis on conflicts between lawmen and outlaws. With black & white and color photos and drawings throughout.… Read more about this item

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Near Fine. 1992. Softcover. 0803297327 . A scholarly examination of the fur trade in the American West in the 19th century. Author David J. Wishart has organized his work by sections covering the Upper Missouri River, the Rocky Mountains and the far West, with plenty of maps and illustrations. This paperback reprint… Read more about this item

Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Very Good+. 1982. Softcover. 0252009681 . A paperback edition of John D. Unruh, Jr.'s highly-regarded history of the movement of a quarter million emigrants across the Great Plains to settle in the American West in the 19th century. With numerous maps, tables and black & white photos, drawings and reproductions of art… Read more about this item

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Very Good+. 1989. Softcover. 0806118288 . Stated fourth printing. A paperback edition of Angie Debo's biography of the fierce Apache leader Geronimo. Objecting to the influx of white people into Apache home country in present-day Arizona and New Mexico, Geronimo led various attacks on US Army units as well as civilians. With… Read more about this item

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Near Fine. [c.1970s-80s]. Softcover. 0806111755 . A softcover edition of historian and West Point graduate Wilbur S. Nye's examination of the ". . .military subjugation of the Plains Indians and their removal to reservations in Indian Territory" (per the back panel of the book). Includes 223 pages of drawings along with historic… Read more about this item

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Very Good-. 1985. Softcover. 0806119349 . Bil Gilbert's biography of American mountain man and frontiersman Joseph R. Walker (1798-1876). Walker is credited with blazing the California Trail through northern Nevada and the Sierra Nevada and with organizing the first wagon train to California. With several maps by Michael Serres. --- In… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated. Fair with no dust jacket. 1935. Hardcover. A first edition of Robert H. Lowie's examination of the culture of the Crow Indian tribe. Originally, the tribe's homeland was present-day Ohio, but conflicts with other tribes caused them to push westward, eventually to the plains of present-day Montana. The author describes various… Read more about this item

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 0806102748 . An ex-library, first edition of the University of Oklahoma Press's entry in their The Western Frontier Library series. A diary kept by Montana hero John X. Beidler (1831-1890) edited by Helen Fitzgerald Sanders with assistance from William H. Bertsche, Jr. Known… Read more about this item

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0806102748 . A stated ninth printing of the University of Oklahoma Press edition, 1972. Thomas Dimsdale's account of the gang of outlaws headed by Henry Plummer in western Montana during the 1860s. This work first published in installments beginning in 1865. With an… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0674006380 . A first edition of Daniel K. Richter's history of the United States from the perspective of the aboriginal Indian people who resided there when Europeans started arriving. With illustrations scattered throughout the text and four maps. With extensive endnotes… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Fine with no dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Leather. A first edition of Bruce and William Catton's work of American history in a deluxe Franklin Library issuance. In this work the authors tell of events from Christopher Columbus's time through the early part of the 19th century. With a special introductory… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1977. Leather. A deluxe leatherbound Franklin Library edition presenting the influential 1920 work by historian Frederick Jackson Turner (1861-1932). In this study, Turner expanded the earlier concept of "Manifest Destiny" with his "Frontier Thesis." With a preface by the author and illustrations by Phero … Read more about this item

New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Good in Good dust jacket. 1954. Hardcover. An ex-library copy of a facsimile of the original 1865 report of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in that same year, and on the subsequent trial of 8 of the conspirators. Includes 2 frontis photos, a facsimile of the original testimony, title page, map, and… Read more about this item

London, New York: Longmans, Green and Co.. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition of John M. Stahl's memoirs of growing up in farm country in the American Middle West in the latter half of the 19th century. In this work, the author describes the life of the early settlers and… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 030729014X . A first printing of William H. Rehnquist's new, revised edition, per the jacket flap, "Fifteen years after he became the first sitting Chief Justice to write a book about the United States Supreme Court, William H. Rehnquist has added new chapters… Read more about this item

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. 0393064743 . A first printing (with complete number line on copyright page) of Jeff Shesol's examination of the attempt by US President Franklin Roosevelt to add six additional justices to the Supreme Court in order to force his New… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1979. Leather. Playing a significant role in fomenting the American Revolution, Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" appeared in 1775-1776 in pamphlet form. It is offered here in a little fancier Franklin Library edition, along with two additional of Paine's writings, edited by Moncure Daniel Conway. An… Read more about this item

London: British Broadcasting Corporation. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0563121823 . A first edition of Alistair Cooke's companion volume to his popular BBC television series, "America." The author presents the history of America, from Columbus's voyages to the 1970s. The words of Mr. Cooke are accompanied by dozens of color and… Read more about this item