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The Family Ranch
Land, Children, and Tradition in the American West
by Linda Hussa,
Photographs by Madeleine Graham Blake
Ranch families in the twenty-first century face many challenges, from competition with government-subsidized agribusiness corporations to tax laws that encourage development over agriculture and prevent the smooth transfer of land from one generation to the next.... more

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A Fateful Time
The Background and Legislative History of the Indian Reorganization Act
by Elmer R. Rusco
The Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) of 1934 has been generally acknowledged as the most important statute affecting Native Americans after the General Allotment Act of 1887, and it is probably the most important single statute affecting Native Americans during the two-thirds of a century since its passage.... more

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FDR's Moviemaker
Memoirs and Scripts
by Pare Lorentz
"The films of Pare Lorentz are acknowledged masterpieces of world cinema. They are groundbreaking documentary records of our country in the hard years of the Depression.... more

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50 Classic Hikes in Nevada
From the Ruby Mountains to Red Rock Canyon
By Mike White
Nevada boasts some of the most diverse and beautiful landscapes in North America and is rich in trails that embrace the state’s scenic, geologic, and historic resources.... more

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Fifty Miles from Home
Riding the Long Circle on a Nevada Family Ranch
Photographs by Linda Dufurrena,
Text by Carolyn Dufurrena
For more than a decade, photographer Linda Dufurrena has recorded with powerful eloquence the rugged, beautiful landscape of northern Nevada and the patterns of life on the Dufurrena family ranch in the Quinn River Valley.... more

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Finding Higher Ground
A Life of Travels
by Catharine Savage Brosman
Essayist Catharine Savage Brosman explores the relationship of human beings to their environment, traveling from American deserts to dense European urban settings.... more

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First Horses
Stories of the New West
by Robert Franklin Gish
Foreword by Gordon Weaver. This fourteen stories in this collection are set in the sometimes magical, sometimes brutal Southwest: a multi-ethnic, contemporary West that encourages the reader to see beyond the stereotypes of the Old West.... more

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Fishing for Ghosts
Twelve Short Stories
by Richard E. Brown
Warm, gentle, funny, sometimes sad, these twelve stories weave common themes into a variety of patterns, each distinctive and yet related to the rest.... more