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Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Rappe-Flowers, Hedvig (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The third edition of this popular guide is now even better it's full color. Colorado's multihued rocks from white and red sandstones to green shales and pink granites are vividly splashed across the pages in stunning color photographs. Detailed color maps and diagrams clearly distill the state's complex bedrock geology. Updated text includes information about new discoveries, such as the mastodons and other Pleistocene fossils found at Snowmass, and new parks, such as Chimney Rock National Monument. Roadside Geology of Colorado is a must-have for any Colorado rock enthusiast.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The Roadside History series charts a course to the present through carefully selected and thoroughly researched stories relating what we see today with what happened before. Through vivid anecdotes, old photographs, and maps, the Roadside History guides provide entertaining insight into the states they describe.Each state is divided into geographical and historical regions, and each region is described in the context of highways that pass through it. This road log approach helps place modern travelers in the past.Roadside History of Florida invites readers to explore the Sunshine State's rich history while enjoying its natural beauty.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Before the mid-1800s, much of the American West was a vast expanse of open plains. Native tribes followed buffalo herds unimpeded for hundreds of miles, cowboys ran cattle wherever water and grass led them, and the cattleman's Law of the Open Range ruled. All this changed when settlers pouring into the West under the Homestead Act of 1862 brought with them the Eastern farmer's concept of fencing in farms. With the invention and mass production of barbed wire in the 1970s, it soon became possible for homesteaders to fence off millions of acres of what was once open range. But barbed wire threatened the livelihood of the cattlemen who depended on unfenced grasslands, and a clash of cultures was inevitable. In a style that will capture the interest of adult and teen readers, Barbed Wire: The Fence That Changed the West reveals the suprisingly critical role the invention of barbed wire played in the settling of America. From the legal battles over barbed wire patents to the brutal fencing wars that erupted on the frontier and the ultimate end of the open range, author Joanne Liu tells the fascinating story of how a simple twist of wire transformed a country's landscape and ushered in a new way of life.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. This follow-up to the disgustingly popular Nature's Yucky takes young naturalists and other lovers of foul facts and icky information on an expedition to the American Southwest. Nature's Yucky 2 introduces readers to sixteen desert creatures and vividly answers such scintillating scientific questions as: How does the regal horned lizard squirt blood from its eyes? Why do dung beetles eat poop? Why does the piglike javelina smell like stinky socks? Astonishingly detailed illustrations capture not just Mother Nature's revolting qualities but her stunning beauty. With it's Eeewww That's Yucky refrain, the book is especially fun for reading aloud. Serious scholars will enjoy gathering further information about each animal in the More Fun Facts section. Those with an appetite for further yuckiness can use the kid-friendly recipe for raven-gut upside-down cake or sing the Nature's Yucky song. There is also a list of books and Web sites to encourage further scientific exploration. Rogge, Rachel (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This follow-up to the disgustingly popular Nature's Yucky takes young naturalists and other lovers of foul facts and icky information on an expedition to the American Southwest. Nature's Yucky 2 introduces readers to sixteen desert creatures and vividly answers such scintillating scientific questions as: How does the regal horned lizard squirt blood from its eyes? Why do dung beetles eat poop? Why does the piglike javelina smell like stinky socks? Astonishingly detailed illustrations capture not just Mother Nature's revolting qualities but her stunning beauty. With it's Eeewww That's Yucky refrain, the book is especially fun for reading aloud. Serious scholars will enjoy gathering further information about each animal in the More Fun Facts section. Those with an appetite for further yuckiness can use the kid-friendly recipe for raven-gut upside-down cake or sing the Nature's Yucky song. There is also a list of books and Web sites to encourage further scientific exploration. Rogge, Rachel (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. This follow-up to the disgustingly popular Nature's Yucky takes young naturalists and other lovers of foul facts and icky information on an expedition to the American Southwest. Nature's Yucky 2 introduces readers to sixteen desert creatures and vividly answers such scintillating scientific questions as: How does the regal horned lizard squirt blood from its eyes? Why do dung beetles eat poop? Why does the piglike javelina smell like stinky socks? Astonishingly detailed illustrations capture not just Mother Nature's revolting qualities but her stunning beauty. With it's Eeewww That's Yucky refrain, the book is especially fun for reading aloud. Serious scholars will enjoy gathering further information about each animal in the More Fun Facts section. Those with an appetite for further yuckiness can use the kid-friendly recipe for raven-gut upside-down cake or sing the Nature's Yucky song. There is also a list of books and Web sites to encourage further scientific exploration. Rogge, Rachel (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. In remote central Montana and northeastern Wyoming colorful pioneers blazed the old west as its history faded into a land of cattlemen and homesteading settlers. Jordan is a story of the closing days of the old West, and the early years of the new West. Lynde, Stan (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair.

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Join the excitement of discovery in Oregon-from its high desert plateau and majestic mountain peaks to its storm-wracked coast and the depths of the Columbia Gorge. The stirring, colorful stories of Oregon's empire builders are told here with skill and style by a man who has spent a lifetime writing about the Pacific Northwest.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Join the excitement of discovery in Oregon-from its high desert plateau and majestic mountain peaks to its storm-wracked coast and the depths of the Columbia Gorge. The stirring, colorful stories of Oregon's empire builders are told here with skill and style by a man who has spent a lifetime writing about the Pacific Northwest.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair.

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Bleed, Blister, and Purge traces the fits and starts of medical progress on the western frontier. With the authority of a scholar and the sparkle of an old-time storyteller, Dr. Volney Steele takes the reader from rotgut whiskey to modern anesthetics, from castor oil to antibiotics, and from barroom surgery to modern hospital operations. Citing everything from government reports to first-person remembrances, combined with his own sensitive interpretations, the author creates a full, clear, and colorful picture of illness and the healing arts in the old West.…

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good.

Hardback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Did you know that honey is really bee barf? That grizzly bears sometimes eat rotting meat? Or that turkey vultures poop on their own feet? Nature's Yucky uses kids' natural fascination with the stinky, the gross, and the icky to help them learn more about wild animals and why critters behave as they do. Bergum, Constance R. (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Did you know that honey is really bee barf? That grizzly bears sometimes eat rotting meat? Or that turkey vultures poop on their own feet? Nature's Yucky uses kids' natural fascination with the stinky, the gross, and the icky to help them learn more about wild animals and why critters behave as they do. Bergum, Constance R. (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The government in the mid-1800s needed better communication with its far-flung citizens in the West. Three visionaries dreamt up a seemingly impossible solution: the Pony Express. An elite cadre of riders would carry the U.S. mail across 2,000 miles on inhospitable wilderness in 10 days. The Saga of the Pony Express proves there's a reason some legends endure.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The government in the mid-1800s needed better communication with its far-flung citizens in the West. Three visionaries dreamt up a seemingly impossible solution: the Pony Express. An elite cadre of riders would carry the U.S. mail across 2,000 miles on inhospitable wilderness in 10 days. The Saga of the Pony Express proves there's a reason some legends endure.…