This pocket-sized Las Vegas guidebook, written by Rough Guides experts, is perfect for short trips. Portable and complete with a pull-out map, it's sustainably printed to support environmental responsibility. Inside this Las Vegas travel book, you will find: Must-see recommendations - expertly chosen main attractions, hidden gems, ......
Let Secret Los Angeles guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Los Angeles travel guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of a fascinating city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. The places included in our guides are ......
The movie Jeremiah Johnson introduced millions to the legendary mountain man, John Johnson. The real Johnson was a far cry from the Redford version. Standing 62" in his stocking feet and weighing nearly 250 pounds, he was a mountain man among mountain men, one of the toughest customers on the western frontier. As the story goes, one morning in ......
Finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in History Winner of Columbia University's 2024 Bancroft Prize in American History Winner of the 2024 Caughey Western History Prize Winner of the 2024 Spur Award Named a Best Civil War Book of 2023 by Civil War Monitor In Continental Reckoning renowned historian Elliott West presents a sweeping narrative ......
In the 19th century, Daniel Waggoner and his son, W.T. (Tom), put together an empire in North Texas that became the largest ranch under one fence in the nation. The 520,000-plus acres or 800 square miles covers six counties and sits on a large oil field in the Red River Valley of North Texas. Over the years, the estate also owned five banks, three ......
Seattle parks, streets, and yards are home to thousands of mature trees and shrubs that provide crucial shade and air quality benefits for the entire city. The quality of our environment - the air, the soil, and the water - depends greatly on trees. In this beautifully detailed guide, with full-color illustrations, over 140 familiar Seattle ......
This fourth edition of Best Easy Day Hikes Olympic National Park features concise descriptions and easy-to-follow maps for thirty-one short, manageable hikes. Veteran author and hiker Erik Molvar describes the best routes for those who have limited time or abilities, without missing out on the area's scenic splendors: majestic spires, Pacific ......
From Gentleman Bandit to Movie Star and Back Again
In 1921 headlines across the country announced the death of Henry Starr, a burgeoning silent film star who was killed while attempting to rob a bank in Harrison, Arkansas. Cynics who knew the real Starr were not surprised. Before becoming a matinee idol, Starr had been the greatest bank robber of the horseback bandit era. Born in 1873, Cherokee ......
2020 Philosophical Society of Texas Nonfiction Book Prize 2019 Nonfiction Book Award Finalist, Writers' League of Texas 2021 Citation from the San Antonio Conservation Society "Harrigan, surveying thousands of years of history that lead to the banh mi restaurants of Houston and the juke joints of Austin, remembering the forgotten as well as the ......
