Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Idaho’s backcountry wilderness is renowned for its stark beauty. Remarkably, some of the state’s most beautiful sites are easily access
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressGregroy Michno, author of several critically acclaimed books on America's Indian wars, gives readers the first comprehensive look at the
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressSettle into your four-wheel-drive vehicle or a chair and take off for the mining camps of Colorado! This book is an illustrated history
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press"When everybody thinks alike, everyone is likely to be wrong." The ten words quoted above are, according to Humphrey B. Neill, a potent
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressAfter booming with the discovery of gold and silver in the last century, Telluride went bust and slept for decades only to revive and en
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press"It requires but little if any, stretch of the imagination to regard Omaha as a cesspool of iniquity, for it is given up to lawlessness
Folklorist Attebery (formerly English, the College of Idaho, Caldwell) tells the story of the self-made Idahoan, how he made his fortune in potatoes, his fervent patriotism, and his family's plans for
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressThis book includes 368 pages of maps, photographs and technical data on the history of railroading in California. There are detailed rep
Miller is a freelance writer and lifelong student of the culture and history of the Western US. Here, he describes the US Army's massacre of 250 Shoshone natives at Bear River (near the current border
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressIn response to the Great Depression FDR rolled out the collection of sweeping reforms known as the New Deal - and few dared to oppose th
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressBecause a man's status in his tribe was based on deeds in combat, Crow history revolves around stories of intertribal warfare. During th
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressThis is the storyof Diamondfield Jack Davis, a young cowboy hired in 1895 by a wealthy cattle company. When two of the sheepherders Dav
Located on the most convenient east-west routes, Nebraska has been the scene of some of the most significant clashes in Western history. This work identifies, locates, and describes battles large and
Garet Garrett (1878-1954) was an American journalist whose critiques of the New Deal and of the foreign policy commitments of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman retain significant influence among sec
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho PressIn the 1980s, a community in northern Idaho unwittingly became the home to the Aryan Nations, one of the most virulent
