Forty West

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Beth Slutsky
Gendering Radicalism: Women and Communism in Twentieth-Century California (Women in the West)
In 1919 Charlotte Anita Whitney, a wealthy white woman, received one of the first Communist Labor Party membership cards for the charter group of the northern California Communist Labor Party. Less than a decade later in Berkeley, California, a Jewish woman named Dorothy Ray Healey became a card-car...
$33.22
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Anthony Grafton
Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West
In this book Anthony Grafton lets us in on one of the great secrets of scholars and intellectuals: although scholars lead solitary lives in order to win independence of mind, they also enjoy the conviviality of sharing a project sustained by common ideals, practices, and institutions. It’s like Ma...
$39.90
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Max Wade-Matthews
Classic Railway Journeys of the West (Illustrated Encyclopedia)
This book contains accounts of over forty of the most famous and romantic train journeys in the West. It is a book to inspire and delight the rail enthusiast and armchair traveler alike, with breathtaking images of dramatic scenery....
$11.00
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International Common Law Court of Justice
The Criminal Conspiracy to Silence Genocide Truthers in Canada: A Summary of the Case and Verdict of the West Coast Common Law Court that tried and
Throughout the summer and fall of 2023, an historic investigation and trial took place in Vancouver, Canada. Convened under indigenous and international law, the West Coast Common Law Court of Justice publicly indicted and tried forty-one top officials of Church and State, including King Charles and...
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Jean Fritz
The Cabin Faced West
Ann Hamilton's family has moved to the western frontier of Pennsylvania, and she misses her old home in Gettysburg. There are no girls her age on Hamilton Hill, and life is hard. But when the Hamiltons survive a terrible storm and receive a surprise visit from George Washington, Ann realizes that pi...
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Ray Choiniere
Presidential Temperament: The Unfolding of Character in the Forty Presidents of the United States/With Supplement
Twenty of the American Presidents were Guardians, fourteen were Artisans, eight were Rationalists, and none were Idealists. Half of them did what was sanctioned by law, the rest did what would get the job done, with or without legal authority. Their inborn temperament and acquired methods for gettin...
$23.93
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Mark A Lamport
Hymns and Hymnody: Historical and Theological Introductions, Volume 3: From the English West to the Global South
Hymns and the music the church sings in worship are tangible means of expressing worship. And while worship is one of, if not the central functions of the church along with mission, service, education, justice, and compassion, and occupies a prime focus of our churches, a renewed sense of awareness ...
$56.32
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Chauncey Canfield
The Diary of a Forty-Niner
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. A year later tens of thousands of 49ers had made the journey across America in the hope of finding their fortune. Alfred T. Jackson, the author of this diary, that was subsequently found and edited by Chauncey L. Canfie...
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David Forsyth
Eben Smith: The Dean of Western Mining (Mining the American West)
David Forsyth recounts the life of Eben Smith, an integral but little-known figure in Colorado mining history. Smith was one of the many fortune seekers who traveled to California during the gold rush and one of the few who found what he sought. He moved to Colorado in 1860 with business partner Jer...
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Robert F. Klein
Dubuque During the California Gold Rush:: When the Midwest Went West
In 1849, news from California produced a strange alchemy in the region around Dubuque. Men used to the daily grind of the local lead mines felt a sudden fever for gold half a continent away. It was like a call to war, pulling the young men of the Midwest away to far-distant climes for an adventure a...
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Gary Jeffrey
The Gold Rush (A Graphic History of the American West)
Depicts the life of a forty-niner during the California Gold Rush....
$9.15
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Dick Ebersol
From Saturday Night to Sunday Night: My Forty Years of Laughter, Tears, and Touchdowns in TV
A memoir by the legendary television executive detailing his pioneering work on Saturday Night Live , Sunday Night Football, the Olympics, the NBA, music videos, late night, and more. Think of an important moment in live TV over the last half-century. Dick Ebersol was likely involved. Dropping ou...
$46.47
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Wu Cheng'en
The Monkey King's Amazing Adventures: A Journey to the West in Search of Enlightenment. China's Most Famous Traditional Novel
Discover the thrilling exploits of this unlikely hero in China's most famous traditional novel. This classic Chinese epic tells the story of the Monkey King, his incredible origin and downfall, and his epic quest to redeem himself with his trusted companions, as they face fantastic foes, demons, a...
$11.60
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Paul L. Thompson
Shorty Thompson: U.S. Marshal: Out Of Town By Sundown: A Western Adventure Novel (Shorty Thompson: U.S. Marshal: Tales of the Old West)
A brand new Western adventure from Paul L. Thompson! When U.S. Marshal Shorty Thompson stepped down from the train in Des Moines, Iowa he was dead tired and only wanted a ride to a hotel with a nice bed. He whistled for a buggy and walked over as one stopped. “Need ah good Hotel.” “Ah Marsha...
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Walter L. Buenger
Preserving German Texan Identity: Reminiscences of William A. Trenckmann, 1859–1935 (Volume 45) (Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and
Born in Millheim, Texas, to a family of German immigrants who moved to Texas in the wake of the 1848 revolution, William Andreas Trenckmann was a teacher, journalist, and publisher who successfully combined his German heritage with a new, distinctly Texan identity. His education was cultivated at th...
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Mark A. Lamport
Hymns and Hymnody: Historical and Theological Introductions, Volume 3: From the English West to the Global South
Hymns and the music the church sings in worship are tangible means of expressing worship. And while worship is one of, if not the central functions of the church along with mission, service, education, justice, and compassion, and occupies a prime focus of our churches, a renewed sense of awarenes...
$37.03
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Tim Champlin
Flying Eagle (An Evans Novel of the West)
Former policeman Jay McGraw’s job as a messenger for Wells Fargo takes him east on the San Francisco to Chicago run of the Central Pacific. While often routine and boring, guarding the famous Wells Fargo treasure box is a steady job. Rarely does he envy his close friends who still walk a beat in C...
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Kelly F. Himmel
The Conquest of the Karankawas and the Tonkawas, 1821-1859 (Volume 20) (Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest)
In 1821, although Spain claimed what is now Texas, American Indian groups occupied it. Less than forty years later, they had been largely displaced, and their subsistence economy, supplemented by raiding and trade, had been replaced by an Anglo-Texan agricultural economy linked to a rapidly expandin...
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Tomio Taki
Zennovation: An East-West Approach to Business Success
Combining the principles of Eastern and Western business practices for powerful success As an entrepreneur, manager, and problem-solver, Tomio Taki has shared advice with businesspeople ranging from managers of mom-and-pops to high-powered executives from across the globe. The Innovation Instinct ...
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Elmore Leonard
Moment of Vengeance and Other Stories: Seven Classic Western Tales of Fatal Decisions in the American West
The  New York Times -bestselling Grand Master of suspense deftly displays the other side of his genius, with seven classic western tales of destiny and fatal decision . . . and trust as essential to survival as it is hard-earned. Trust was rare and precious in the wide-open towns that sprung up l...
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