Lewis and Clark and the Image of the American Northwest

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Author: John Logan Allen 
Page Count: 448 
Dimensions: 5 5/8 x 8 1/4 
How Lewis and Clark’s epic journey of 1804–06 and their charting of the American Northwest dramatically revised generally held concepts of the area’s geography. With 45 maps. "Splendidly researched and highly readable"—Donald Jackson, editor of the Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

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Author: Merritt Lyndon Fernald Alfred Charles Kinsey
129 figures. 
25 plates. 
Bibliography. 
Page Count: 480 
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 
Authoritative, information-packed guide offers a detailed enumeration of 1000 species of edible plants and ferns. Arranged according to uses: purees and soups, cereals, salads, nibbles and relishes, condiments and seasonings, much more. Also, helpful data on poisonous plants, mushrooms, seaweeds, lichens, etc. Indispensable for naturalists, hikers, campers—any lover of wild foods.

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Smoke Bellew

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Author: Jack London 
Page Count: 240 
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 
A sweeping adventure saga in the tradition of White Fang and The Call of the Wild, bringing to vivid life the cold, bleak, unforgiving Alaskan wilderness and the colorful, desperately uncertain lives of both natives and intruders. On a lark, the novel’s hero, Christopher Bellew, a San Francisco newspaperman and dandy, sets off on what he believes will be a brief trek into the Klondike to cover the latest gold rush. The lark turns into a rough, raw adventure that transforms the young chekako (tenderfoot) into a tough, hardened survivor.

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Hunting Weapons from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century: With 288 Illustrations

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Page Count: 480 
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 
Detailed, comprehensive account of swords, knives and bayonets, staff weapons, bows, crossbows, guns and other miscellaneous arms—dating from the Middle Ages to modern times. Over 280 contemporary illustrations catalog the spear of a Roman hunter, a medieval broad arrow, a harpoon gun fired by whalers, and much else. An indispensable reference for collectors, students of weaponry, and anyone intrigued by antique hunting weapons and their use.

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The Story of Maps

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Author: Lloyd A. Brown
86 illustrations. 
Extensive notes and 
Bibliography. 
Page Count: 464 
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 
The first authoritative history of maps and the men who made them. The historical coverage of this volume is immense: from the first two centuries A. D. (Strabo and Ptolemy) through the end of the 19th century, with some discussion of 20th-century developments.

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Lindbergh: A Biography

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Author: Leonard Mosley 
Source Notes. 
Index. 
40 halftone illus 
Page Count: 496 
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 
With his historic 1927 flight across the Atlantic in The Spirit of St. Louis, Charles Lindbergh overnight became one of America’s most celebrated heroes. In this highly readable biography, best-selling author Leonard Mosley offers an fascinating account of Lindbergh’s childhood, days as a barnstormer and mail pilot, the flight to Paris and its aftermath, the Hauptmann trial, his later life, and much more. 

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All About Lightning

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Author: Martin A. Uman  
Illustrated. 
Page Count: 192 
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 
Highly readable non-technical survey of nature and causes of lightning, thunderstorms, ball lightning, St. Elmo’s Fire, much more.

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Wonders of the Sky: Observing Rainbows, Comets, Eclipses, the Stars and Other Phenomena

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Page Count: 299 
Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 
Fascinating layman’s guide to naked eye astronomy. Explores such topics as eclipses, coronas, mock suns, halos, sun pillars and more. 56 illustrations and photos supplement the text. "...practical, detailed, and informative commentary on the heavens...written with care and a sense of delight in the visual pleasure around and above us..."—Astronomy Magazine.

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