Mike Armstrong
Hunter
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TAKE $1 OFF THE PRICE OF EACH BOOK AFTER THE FIRST ONE YOU ORDER!
Western/American History books
1) SPF "The Texas Revolution: a Day-by-Day Account" by Bob Boyd. Narrative of the events and battles, plus bios of the major players, Anglo and Mexican. Quality PB 205 pp. in exc. cond. illus w/many line drawings of Texas people and places and maps of battles. $6
2) SPF "Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas: by Mari Sandoz, Intro. by Vine Deloria. Full biography of the Lakota war leader by noted author on Indian history. Quality PB (Bison Press) in new cond. 445 pp. illus w/maps. $7
3) SPF "Soldiering in Sioux Country, 1865" by Lt. Charles Springer. Diary of a German immigrant cavalry officer/Civil War veteran's campaign of exploration in Sioux country in 1865. Pen and ink illustrations by John Hampton, notes by a Park Service and military historian. HB 8x10" 82 pp. in exc. cond. but w/gift inscription on flyleaf. $6
4) "Sutter's Fort Costume Manual: A Guide to the Clothing Worn in California and the Far West Ca. 1845" by David Rickman. An instructional manual for re-enactors of the historic events of the mid-1840s: the settling of California by Anglo-Americans, the discovery of gold near Sutter's Fort, the Bear Flag Revolt, and the American occupation. An 8 1/2x11" ring binder filled with reproducible color illustrations , maps and charts that picture the various peoples: Native, "Californio," Anglo settler and Mountain Man, and US military and Bear Flaggers as they actually were. Written and illustrated by the official state historian: details down to the buttons, plus weapons, tools, and tack. 201 pp. in exc./new cond. $10
5) "Old Napa Valley: The History to 1900" by Lin Weber. Napa Valley, CA wasn't always "spa/wine tasting land." Before that it was vicious Indian wars, cattle ranches, mercury mines, and The Bear Flag Republic, among other things. Find out where your vintage REALLY comes from! Quality PB 285 pp. in new cond illus w/b/w photos and maps. $6
6) SPF "The Whiskey Rebellion" by William Hogeland. Our first major civil outbreak of violence in a cultural conflict that persists today about taxation and home rule. The Rebellion was a big deal, now largely forgotten, and a precursor to the Civil War. Extremely well-written account by a professional historian. HB 310 pp. new cond. w/new dust jacket.$7
7) "Prohibition: the Era of Excess" by Andew Sinclair. Comprehensive history of the causes, reality, and repeal of the Volstead Act. Collector's leatherbound edition by the Easton Press. HB new cond. 492 pp. illus w/period cartoons and b/w photos. $8
8) SPF "The Founding Fish" by John McPhee. One of America's best nonfiction writers is a fishing nut. A shad fishing nut. Here he explores the American Shad and its fishery's history in typical McPhee detail and passion. Turns out the fish played a big part in early American history! HB new cond. illus. w/b/w repros and photos. $6
9) "Flames Across the Border: The Canadian-American Tragedy 1813-14" by Pierre Berton. The War of 1812 from a distinctly Canadian point of view. How it shaped present Canada. HB 492 pp. in exc. shape but with "library discard" stamps and stickers in front. $6
10) "A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906" by Simon Winchester. The whole story of the 1906 quake: what--geologically and historically--went into it, and what came out of it. By the author of "Krakatoa." HB new cond. 488 pp. fully illus. w/many maps and period b/w photos. $7
11) SPF "Theodore Rex" by Edmund Morris. Best-selling history of TR's presidency by a Pulitzer-winning historian. TR's social policies, his conservation campaigns, and his foreign triumphs leading to the Panama Canal and his Nobel Peace Prize. Ex. cond PB 783 pp illus w/b/w photos and maps. $6
12) "The American Revolution" by Bruce Lancaster. "American Heritage" magazine's history of the Revolution from its causes to its end and aftereffects. Covers the war mainly by region and campaign. New/exc. PB 368 pp. illus. w/maps and colored painting reproductions. $5
13) "Letters from Baja, 1910-17" by Ysabel Peabody Freeman. Collection of letters from Freeman's ancestors on their explorations into early 20th century Baja in search of gold, hunting and fishing, and oil in the period of the Mexican Revolution. 8 1/2x11" HB 225 pp. new cond illus. w/historic b/w photos and maps. $6
14) "The Enders Hotel: A Memoir" by Brandon Schrand. Growing up in an old hotel built in 1917 in Soda Springs, ID. A 1970s childhood in Idaho with some tough times and hard folks. PB 236 pp. new/exc. cond. (U.Nebraska Bison Press) $5
Civil War books
15) "Blackjack Logan" by Gary Ecelbarger. Biography of John Alexander Logan, Union Major General described as the "best volunteer soldier of the War" who volunteered--on the battlefield--when he was still a sitting congressman! HB 399 pp. new cond. illlus w/b/w photos, repros of documents. $7
16) "April, 1865, the Month That Saved America" by Jay Wink. Basis of the History Channel special of the same name, details the many momentous events of the month and their effect on the War and its aftermath. Quality PB 473 pp. in new cond. $6
17) SPF "Letters from Lee's Army" compiled by Susan Leigh Blackford. Letters of a Confederate cavalry captain to his wife compiled by his descendent in 1894. An unvarnished record of combat, with details of "the home front" in his wife's replies. Quality PB 318 pp. in exc. cond. $5
18) "Grant, A Biography" by William D. McFeeley. Complete biography of Grant by history professor and expert on Reconstruction period. HB 605 pp. in exc./new cond. illus w/b/w photos. Focus on Grant's complex personality. $7
19) SPF "Grant Moves South, 1861-1863" by Bruce Catton. Pulitzer-winning military biography of Grant in the first half of the Civil War. PB 575 pp. new/exc. cond. $6
Outdoor Adventure books
20) SPF "Foreign Devils on the Silk Road" by Peter Hopkirk. The search for lost cities and treasures of Chinese Central Asia in the early 20th Century by Europeans. Bandits, wolves, deserts, and "unhappy natives" galore. PB exc. cond. 262 pp. illus w/maps, period b/w photos. $5
21) "Rainbow's End by Lauren St. John. A sport's journalist's memoir of her childhood on a farm in Rhodesia during their civil war. Peace, war, family, nature, and loss. HB 271 pp. in exc. cond. illus w/maps and b/w photos. $6
22) "Adventuring in East Africa: the Sierra Club Guide to the Great Safaris of Kenya, Tanzania, Eastern Zaire, Rwanda, and Uganda" by Allen Beckby. NOT a hunting book, but good basic information on how non-hunting safaris work and what kinds are available, African nature, and basic travel issues. (But do check out what is PRESENTLY going on in these countries before you make plans....). PB 458 pp. in exc. cond. with a few underlines. Illus. w/maps and b/w photos. $5
23) SPF "Looking for Alaska" by Peter Jenkins. Author of "A Walk Across America" now older and married with 6 kids. Jenkins covers Alaska in 18 months of snowshoes, bush planes, and snowmobiles, and meets a lot of Alaskans. PB 435 pp. exc. cond. w/maps and b/w photos. $6
24) "Across China" by Peter Jenkins. Jenkins travels across China from West to East, ending in Tibet and Mongolia. Real adventures like real travelers have--no tour guides, no 5-star hotels. Trade PB 379 pp. exc. cond. illus w/b/w photos. $4
25) SPF The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdoms 1879-1960" by Douglas Brinkley. History of the conservation of Alaska from John Muir and TR to Eisenhower by one of TR's biographers. Very detailed, illus. w/historic b/w photos and color photos of Alaskan wildlife. HB 586 pp. in exc/new cond. $7
26) SPF "Icebound Summer" by Sally Carrigher. Naturalist's chapters on her summer beside the Arctic Ocean. Many tales of wildlife and natives, illustrated by charming pen and ink drawings and map. Quality PB (U. Nebraska Bison Press) new cond. 262 pp. $4
27) SPF "Lieutenant Ramsay's War" by Edwin Price Ramsey and Steven Rivele. Story of the American cavalry officer who refused to surrender in the Philippines and led a successful guerrilla uprising against a ruthless Japanese occupation force for three years. "DIY warfare"! HB exc. donc 340 pp. illus. w/b/w photos and maps. $6
28) SPF "Bridge With Three Men: Across China in 1942" by Anthony Hewitt. British officer escapes Japanese POW camp and journeys across China to a British base with two other escapees. Details of life with Communist and Nationalist guerrillas resisting Japanese (and each other). Hewitt survived to fight the Nazis later in the war. HB exc. cond. 232 pp. illus w/b/w photos and maps. $6
Old Wars
29) "Samurai Warlords: the Book of the Daimyo" by Stephen Turnbull. The daimyo were the elite of the samurai class; this book describes their world in text, photos, and colored illustrations. A history of the period of their dominance that shows their homes, weapons, clothing and armor, and what their battles looked like. HB 8x10" 174 pp. in exc/new cond. illus w/b/w and color photos and repros of Japanese art, maps and full-page battle illustrations in color by James Field. $9
30) SPF "The Battle of Hastings" by Jim Bradbury. Complete history of the background, combat, and historical effects of the 1066 Norman victory over the Anglo-Saxons. HB new cond. 288 pp. extensively illus. w/b/w repros of period documents, map, and color plates. $7
31) SPF "The Terror" by David Andress. History of the merciless class wars that comprised the French Revolution from 1789-1795. Civil wars within a civil war. PB exc. cond. 448 pp. illus w/maps and b/w repros of contemporary portraits and illustrations. $5
32) "The Zulu War: A Pictorial History" by Michael Barthorp. Covers the Zulu War of 1879 with comtemporary b/w photos, detailed maps, sketches by combatants and correspondents. Shows both British and Zulu armies. 8x9 1/2" PB 189 pp. in exc. reading cond. but with some stains on outer page edges (don't affect illus. or text). $6
33)"Fields of Battle: the Wars for North America" by John Keegan. Most famous contemporary British military historian's analysis of all the North American wars from the French and Indian War through the Plains Indian Wars and what impact this experience had on our performance in WWi and WWII. HB new cond. 364 pp. illus w/b/w photos and repros of historic illustrations, many maps. $8
34) "Someone Has Blundered: Calamities of the British Army in the Victorian Age" by Dennis Judd. The British Empire's bloody defeats at Balaclava, the Zulu War, the Boer War, Afghanistan, and the Indian Mutiny. Details of these battles and campaigns w/many maps. Quality PB in new condl 198 pp. $5
35) "Life in Nelson's Navy" by Dudley Pope. Comprehensive description of naval life in the Napoleonic Wars. Details the ships, the lives of officers and crew, and the large and small "economies" of the Navy and the wars. Quality PB (Bluejacket Press) 290 pp. illus w/b/w repros, drawings. $6
36) "Last Stand: Famous Battles Against the Odds" by Bryan Perrett. 13 desperate battles from Napoleonic Europe to the Korean War: the Alamo, Little Big Horn, Rorke's Drift, The Western Desert in WWII, Wake Island, and others. Quality PB (Cassell Military Classics) 224 pp. in exc. cond. $5
Thanks for reading my long post! Don't forget the little discount of $1 per book after the first one you order!
Mike Armstrong
Please send any comments or questions by PM only.
TAKE $1 OFF THE PRICE OF EACH BOOK AFTER THE FIRST ONE YOU ORDER!
Western/American History books
1) SPF "The Texas Revolution: a Day-by-Day Account" by Bob Boyd. Narrative of the events and battles, plus bios of the major players, Anglo and Mexican. Quality PB 205 pp. in exc. cond. illus w/many line drawings of Texas people and places and maps of battles. $6
2) SPF "Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas: by Mari Sandoz, Intro. by Vine Deloria. Full biography of the Lakota war leader by noted author on Indian history. Quality PB (Bison Press) in new cond. 445 pp. illus w/maps. $7
3) SPF "Soldiering in Sioux Country, 1865" by Lt. Charles Springer. Diary of a German immigrant cavalry officer/Civil War veteran's campaign of exploration in Sioux country in 1865. Pen and ink illustrations by John Hampton, notes by a Park Service and military historian. HB 8x10" 82 pp. in exc. cond. but w/gift inscription on flyleaf. $6
4) "Sutter's Fort Costume Manual: A Guide to the Clothing Worn in California and the Far West Ca. 1845" by David Rickman. An instructional manual for re-enactors of the historic events of the mid-1840s: the settling of California by Anglo-Americans, the discovery of gold near Sutter's Fort, the Bear Flag Revolt, and the American occupation. An 8 1/2x11" ring binder filled with reproducible color illustrations , maps and charts that picture the various peoples: Native, "Californio," Anglo settler and Mountain Man, and US military and Bear Flaggers as they actually were. Written and illustrated by the official state historian: details down to the buttons, plus weapons, tools, and tack. 201 pp. in exc./new cond. $10
5) "Old Napa Valley: The History to 1900" by Lin Weber. Napa Valley, CA wasn't always "spa/wine tasting land." Before that it was vicious Indian wars, cattle ranches, mercury mines, and The Bear Flag Republic, among other things. Find out where your vintage REALLY comes from! Quality PB 285 pp. in new cond illus w/b/w photos and maps. $6
6) SPF "The Whiskey Rebellion" by William Hogeland. Our first major civil outbreak of violence in a cultural conflict that persists today about taxation and home rule. The Rebellion was a big deal, now largely forgotten, and a precursor to the Civil War. Extremely well-written account by a professional historian. HB 310 pp. new cond. w/new dust jacket.$7
7) "Prohibition: the Era of Excess" by Andew Sinclair. Comprehensive history of the causes, reality, and repeal of the Volstead Act. Collector's leatherbound edition by the Easton Press. HB new cond. 492 pp. illus w/period cartoons and b/w photos. $8
8) SPF "The Founding Fish" by John McPhee. One of America's best nonfiction writers is a fishing nut. A shad fishing nut. Here he explores the American Shad and its fishery's history in typical McPhee detail and passion. Turns out the fish played a big part in early American history! HB new cond. illus. w/b/w repros and photos. $6
9) "Flames Across the Border: The Canadian-American Tragedy 1813-14" by Pierre Berton. The War of 1812 from a distinctly Canadian point of view. How it shaped present Canada. HB 492 pp. in exc. shape but with "library discard" stamps and stickers in front. $6
10) "A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906" by Simon Winchester. The whole story of the 1906 quake: what--geologically and historically--went into it, and what came out of it. By the author of "Krakatoa." HB new cond. 488 pp. fully illus. w/many maps and period b/w photos. $7
11) SPF "Theodore Rex" by Edmund Morris. Best-selling history of TR's presidency by a Pulitzer-winning historian. TR's social policies, his conservation campaigns, and his foreign triumphs leading to the Panama Canal and his Nobel Peace Prize. Ex. cond PB 783 pp illus w/b/w photos and maps. $6
12) "The American Revolution" by Bruce Lancaster. "American Heritage" magazine's history of the Revolution from its causes to its end and aftereffects. Covers the war mainly by region and campaign. New/exc. PB 368 pp. illus. w/maps and colored painting reproductions. $5
13) "Letters from Baja, 1910-17" by Ysabel Peabody Freeman. Collection of letters from Freeman's ancestors on their explorations into early 20th century Baja in search of gold, hunting and fishing, and oil in the period of the Mexican Revolution. 8 1/2x11" HB 225 pp. new cond illus. w/historic b/w photos and maps. $6
14) "The Enders Hotel: A Memoir" by Brandon Schrand. Growing up in an old hotel built in 1917 in Soda Springs, ID. A 1970s childhood in Idaho with some tough times and hard folks. PB 236 pp. new/exc. cond. (U.Nebraska Bison Press) $5
Civil War books
15) "Blackjack Logan" by Gary Ecelbarger. Biography of John Alexander Logan, Union Major General described as the "best volunteer soldier of the War" who volunteered--on the battlefield--when he was still a sitting congressman! HB 399 pp. new cond. illlus w/b/w photos, repros of documents. $7
16) "April, 1865, the Month That Saved America" by Jay Wink. Basis of the History Channel special of the same name, details the many momentous events of the month and their effect on the War and its aftermath. Quality PB 473 pp. in new cond. $6
17) SPF "Letters from Lee's Army" compiled by Susan Leigh Blackford. Letters of a Confederate cavalry captain to his wife compiled by his descendent in 1894. An unvarnished record of combat, with details of "the home front" in his wife's replies. Quality PB 318 pp. in exc. cond. $5
18) "Grant, A Biography" by William D. McFeeley. Complete biography of Grant by history professor and expert on Reconstruction period. HB 605 pp. in exc./new cond. illus w/b/w photos. Focus on Grant's complex personality. $7
19) SPF "Grant Moves South, 1861-1863" by Bruce Catton. Pulitzer-winning military biography of Grant in the first half of the Civil War. PB 575 pp. new/exc. cond. $6
Outdoor Adventure books
20) SPF "Foreign Devils on the Silk Road" by Peter Hopkirk. The search for lost cities and treasures of Chinese Central Asia in the early 20th Century by Europeans. Bandits, wolves, deserts, and "unhappy natives" galore. PB exc. cond. 262 pp. illus w/maps, period b/w photos. $5
21) "Rainbow's End by Lauren St. John. A sport's journalist's memoir of her childhood on a farm in Rhodesia during their civil war. Peace, war, family, nature, and loss. HB 271 pp. in exc. cond. illus w/maps and b/w photos. $6
22) "Adventuring in East Africa: the Sierra Club Guide to the Great Safaris of Kenya, Tanzania, Eastern Zaire, Rwanda, and Uganda" by Allen Beckby. NOT a hunting book, but good basic information on how non-hunting safaris work and what kinds are available, African nature, and basic travel issues. (But do check out what is PRESENTLY going on in these countries before you make plans....). PB 458 pp. in exc. cond. with a few underlines. Illus. w/maps and b/w photos. $5
23) SPF "Looking for Alaska" by Peter Jenkins. Author of "A Walk Across America" now older and married with 6 kids. Jenkins covers Alaska in 18 months of snowshoes, bush planes, and snowmobiles, and meets a lot of Alaskans. PB 435 pp. exc. cond. w/maps and b/w photos. $6
24) "Across China" by Peter Jenkins. Jenkins travels across China from West to East, ending in Tibet and Mongolia. Real adventures like real travelers have--no tour guides, no 5-star hotels. Trade PB 379 pp. exc. cond. illus w/b/w photos. $4
25) SPF The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdoms 1879-1960" by Douglas Brinkley. History of the conservation of Alaska from John Muir and TR to Eisenhower by one of TR's biographers. Very detailed, illus. w/historic b/w photos and color photos of Alaskan wildlife. HB 586 pp. in exc/new cond. $7
26) SPF "Icebound Summer" by Sally Carrigher. Naturalist's chapters on her summer beside the Arctic Ocean. Many tales of wildlife and natives, illustrated by charming pen and ink drawings and map. Quality PB (U. Nebraska Bison Press) new cond. 262 pp. $4
27) SPF "Lieutenant Ramsay's War" by Edwin Price Ramsey and Steven Rivele. Story of the American cavalry officer who refused to surrender in the Philippines and led a successful guerrilla uprising against a ruthless Japanese occupation force for three years. "DIY warfare"! HB exc. donc 340 pp. illus. w/b/w photos and maps. $6
28) SPF "Bridge With Three Men: Across China in 1942" by Anthony Hewitt. British officer escapes Japanese POW camp and journeys across China to a British base with two other escapees. Details of life with Communist and Nationalist guerrillas resisting Japanese (and each other). Hewitt survived to fight the Nazis later in the war. HB exc. cond. 232 pp. illus w/b/w photos and maps. $6
Old Wars
29) "Samurai Warlords: the Book of the Daimyo" by Stephen Turnbull. The daimyo were the elite of the samurai class; this book describes their world in text, photos, and colored illustrations. A history of the period of their dominance that shows their homes, weapons, clothing and armor, and what their battles looked like. HB 8x10" 174 pp. in exc/new cond. illus w/b/w and color photos and repros of Japanese art, maps and full-page battle illustrations in color by James Field. $9
30) SPF "The Battle of Hastings" by Jim Bradbury. Complete history of the background, combat, and historical effects of the 1066 Norman victory over the Anglo-Saxons. HB new cond. 288 pp. extensively illus. w/b/w repros of period documents, map, and color plates. $7
31) SPF "The Terror" by David Andress. History of the merciless class wars that comprised the French Revolution from 1789-1795. Civil wars within a civil war. PB exc. cond. 448 pp. illus w/maps and b/w repros of contemporary portraits and illustrations. $5
32) "The Zulu War: A Pictorial History" by Michael Barthorp. Covers the Zulu War of 1879 with comtemporary b/w photos, detailed maps, sketches by combatants and correspondents. Shows both British and Zulu armies. 8x9 1/2" PB 189 pp. in exc. reading cond. but with some stains on outer page edges (don't affect illus. or text). $6
33)"Fields of Battle: the Wars for North America" by John Keegan. Most famous contemporary British military historian's analysis of all the North American wars from the French and Indian War through the Plains Indian Wars and what impact this experience had on our performance in WWi and WWII. HB new cond. 364 pp. illus w/b/w photos and repros of historic illustrations, many maps. $8
34) "Someone Has Blundered: Calamities of the British Army in the Victorian Age" by Dennis Judd. The British Empire's bloody defeats at Balaclava, the Zulu War, the Boer War, Afghanistan, and the Indian Mutiny. Details of these battles and campaigns w/many maps. Quality PB in new condl 198 pp. $5
35) "Life in Nelson's Navy" by Dudley Pope. Comprehensive description of naval life in the Napoleonic Wars. Details the ships, the lives of officers and crew, and the large and small "economies" of the Navy and the wars. Quality PB (Bluejacket Press) 290 pp. illus w/b/w repros, drawings. $6
36) "Last Stand: Famous Battles Against the Odds" by Bryan Perrett. 13 desperate battles from Napoleonic Europe to the Korean War: the Alamo, Little Big Horn, Rorke's Drift, The Western Desert in WWII, Wake Island, and others. Quality PB (Cassell Military Classics) 224 pp. in exc. cond. $5
Thanks for reading my long post! Don't forget the little discount of $1 per book after the first one you order!
Mike Armstrong
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