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  • SANTA RITA DEL COBRE
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    SANTA RITA DEL COBRE
    CHRISTOPHER J. HUGGARD / TERRENCE M. HUMBLE
    An account of the rise and fall of a mining town over two centuries, including photos: " An excellent story of the people and their community." ― New Mexico Historical Review The Spanish, Mexicans, and Americans, successively, mined copper for more than two hundred years in Santa Rita, New Mexico. Starting in 1799 after an Apache man led the Spanish to the native copper deposit...

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  • BIG WONDERFUL
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    BIG WONDERFUL
    KEVIN HOLDSWORTH
    What begins with simple observations from a Utah transplant to Wyoming becomes an ode to family and place, and perhaps an elegy for it all." —Jeffe Kennedy, author of Wyoming Trucks, True Love, and the Weather Channel In this unconventional memoir, Kevin Holdsworth vividly portrays life in remote, unpredictable country and ruminates on the guts—or foolishness—it takes to put do...

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  • DISTANT BUGLES, DISTANT DRUMS
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    DISTANT BUGLES, DISTANT DRUMS
    FLINT WHITLOCK
    The epic story of the 1,000 Colorado Union troops who fought against 3,000 Confederate troops in New Mexico during the Civil War. Drawing on previously overlooked diaries, letters, and contemporary newspaper accounts, military historian Flint Whitlock brings the Civil War in the West to life. Distant Bugles, Distant Drums details the battles of 1,000 Coloradans against 3,000 Co...

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  • AMERICAN WOMEN IN WORLD WAR I
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    AMERICAN WOMEN IN WORLD WAR I
    LETTIE GAVIN
    A comprehensive history of how women of the United States served their country during the First World War. Interweaving personal stories with historical photos and background, this lively account documents the history of the more than 40,000 women who served in relief and military duty during World War I. Through personal interviews and excerpts from diaries, letters, and memoi...

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  • A CHORUS OF CRANES
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    A CHORUS OF CRANES
    PAUL A. JOHNSGARD
    A look at the natural history, biology, and conservation issues faced by cranes in North America, featuring beautiful photos. Accompanied by the stunning photography of Thomas D. Mangelsen, A Chorus of Cranes details the natural history, biology, and conservation issues surrounding the abundant sandhill crane and the endangered whooping crane in North America. Author Paul A. Jo...

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  • LIFE ON THE ROCKS
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    LIFE ON THE ROCKS
    BRUCE L. SMITH
    National Outdoor Book Award Winner: A photo-filled study of the elegant, elusive American mountain goat in its rugged natural habitat.   Confined to the remote, rugged mountains of the western United States and Canada, the American mountain goat is one of the least familiar species of hoofed mammals in North America. These extraordinary mountaineers are seldom seen, and their l...

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  • GAMBLING DEBT
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    GAMBLING DEBT
    A look at Iceland's 2008 meltdown from multiple perspectives: "The story is at once shocking and hilarious . . . But also a testament to human resilience." —Keith Hart, London School of Economics   Iceland's 2008 financial collapse was the first case in a series of meltdowns, a warning of danger in the global order. This full-scale anthropology of financialization and the econo...

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  • DEEP FREEZE
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    DEEP FREEZE
    DIAN OLSON BELANGER
    "A comprehensive and lively book about the people and events that transformed Antarctica into an international laboratory for science." — Raimund E. Goerler, Chief Archivist/Byrd Polar Research Center of The Ohio State University   In Deep Freeze, Dian Olson Belanger tells the story of the pioneers who built viable communities, made vital scientific discoveries, and established...

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  • LISTENING TO COUGAR
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    LISTENING TO COUGAR
    CARA BLESSLEY LOWE
    "Awe. It's the overwhelming emotion 20 authors express for the cougar—or mountain lion or panther or puma—in [this] beautiful literary anthology." — The Durango Herald Foreword by Jane Goodall This spellbinding tribute to Puma concolor honors the big cat's presence on the land and in our psyches. In some essays, the puma appears front and center: a lion leaps over Rick Bass's f...

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  • BOYS OF WINTER
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    BOYS OF WINTER
    CHARLES J. SANDERS
    "An immensely valuable and substantial addition to 10th Mountain literature and to the history of skiing in the United States." — International Ski History Association   The Boys of Winter tells the true story of three young American ski champions and their brutal, heroic, and fateful transformation from athletes to infantrymen with the 10th Mountain Division. Charles J. Sander...

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