Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1968.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An excellent overview of the 1870's debate on the worth or worthlessness of the western lands, especially those proposed to be crossed by the Northern Pacific Railroad. Covers Custer's expedition into the Black Hills in 1873. In the 1870's a glowing report was written about the worth of the land, especially those proposed to be tranversed by the Northern Pacific. A letter of contradiction was written by General William B. Hazen with a retort that the land wasn't "worth a penny an acre." With this as the starting point, the author has brought together various documents (including the Hazen pamphlet, the Haas report of 1871), setting forth the arguments on both sides. Includes fold-out map. Index. ix, 268 pp.

New York: Macmillan, 1930. Hardcover first edition - In an attempt to deal with the farm price and surplus problems, President Hoover created the Federal Farm Board. It was designed to allow cooperatives to hold crop surpluses and market them in an orderly fashion. One of the first important acts of the farm board was setting up a $20 million grain sales corporation, headquartered in Chicago. This book sets forth problems facing agriculture and the scope of the Agricultural Marketing Act. Chapter headings include: Economic factors which led to the Passage of the Agricultural Marketing Act; The Drive for Farm Relief; Loans; Price Insurance; Clearing House Associations; Advisory Commodity Committees; Possiblities and Limitations of the Farm Board, and more. 197 pp.

Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. (1988.) dj. Hardcover - Stories or vignettes about 10 Civil War battle sites, including Harper's Ferry, Roanoke Island, Mobile Bay, Petersburg and more, and reflections on the significance of these sites. Maps, photographs, index. 155 pp. ISBN: 0-87249-4772.

New York: Macmillan / Free Press, (1974.). Covers the colonial period to the post World War II decades. Bibliographies after each chapter. Index. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-02-9327008.

Sacramento, CA: Spectrum Publications, (1987). SIGNED first edition - A book which focuses on the aftermath of the Civil War, and the protests during the national Centennial and the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty. The author, feminist pioneer Sally Roesch Wagner, PhD, is a nationally recognized lecturer and storyteller of the history of women's rights, as well as a founder of one of the country?s first college women's studies programs (at California State University, Sacramento) Illustrated with drawings and facsimiles. An association copy INSCRIBED on the title page "to my favorite first-born son who will find himself mentioned within." Sources. 134 pp.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (2009). First edition - A book which approaches the issue in two sections: The first "examines seven historical cases of how and how not to withdraw: Britain's departure from the American colonies and from India, the French withdrawal from Algeria, Israel's unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, and the U.S. decision to leave (or not leave) the Philippines, Korea, and Vietnam." The second section focuses on how the United States got into Iraq and it might leave. Many years later, this has still not been resolved. Includes contributions by Shlomo Avineri, Rajeev Bhargava, David Bromwich, Frances FitzGerald, Stanley Karnow, Brendan O'Leary, George Packer, Todd Shepard, Fred Smoler, and Stanley Weintraub. 148 pp.

Chicago: Nelson-Hall, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which "touches on the highlights of the German-American contribution the the rise of America. Written in three parts it covers (1) the diverse roles German-Americans have played in American life from colonial times to the present, (2) the German-American participation in U.S. military history since the frontier wars of the 1750s and 60s, and (3) the German-American contributions to America in Science and education." Just to cite two specific examples: the first formal protest against Negro slavery came out of Germantown, Reobling built the first railroad bridge and when German immigration reached its crest in 1854 half of all immigrants that year were German. Bibliography, index. xi, 238 pp. ISBN: 0-882291475.

Lexington, KY: University Of Kentucky Press, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - A long autobiographical essay on Southern politics, American history and Jefferson Davis, which grew out of a visit in 1979 to Warren's native Todd Country, Kentucky, to attend ceremonies in honor of another native son, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, whose United States citizenship had been restored, 90 years after his death, by an act of Congress. "A meditation by one of our most respected men of letters on the ironies of American history and the paradoxes of the modern South." 114 pp. ISBN: 0-813114454.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. dj. Hardcover first edition - An excellent biography of Washington, as a young man, general, and president, one which 'eloquently conveys the magnitude of Washington's accomplishments.' (NY Times). Photographs, notes, index. xiv, 320 pp. ISBN: 1-400040310.

New York: Pantheon, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - An analysis of Southern culture and lifestyles in the 1960s and their possible influence on the rest of the United States by a former journalist and information director for the Southern Regional Council, whose major concern has been with race relations and the civil rights movement. Bibliography, index. xviii, 390 pp.

Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, (2006). First edition - A look at an almost unknown episode in the Civil War from the Union perspective. Based on diaries, letters and contemporary newspaper accounts, this account describes the recruitment of 1,000 men in Colorado, their epic march to Glorieta Pass, New Mexico, and their triumph over 3,000 Confederate (mostly Texan) soldiers. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Notes, bibliography. xix, 278 pp.

Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which focuses on the period when California began its rise to national prominence. Includes a reassessment of the role of the Southern Pacific Railroad and a look at the roots of California Progressivism. 8 pages of photographs, footnotes, bibliographical note, index. End-paper maps. x, 290 pp. ISBN: 0-804708479.

Boston: Little, Bown, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - A retrospective look at the history of the Kennedy family. Index. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-316-943851.

New York: Harper Collins, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which "brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless westward expansion. . . an informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive force." SIGNED on a special preliminary page. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. Appendix, glossary, suggestions for further reading, index. xiv, 462 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0571993.

New York: Harper Collins, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which "brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless westward expansion. . . an informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive force." Illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. Appendix, glossary, suggestions for further reading, index. xiv, 462 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0571993.

Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, (1994) dj. Hardcover - An account of the combined Union army and naval assault on Charleston which included the Battle for Ft. Wagner and the use of black troops. Numerous maps and photographs. Appendix: The Roll of Battle. Notes, bibliography, index. xii, 312pp. ISBN: 9780872499850.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1979.) dj. Hardcover first edition - These reporters now classic study of the US Supreme Court, of the men and women who are justices, and of its landmark decisions during the 1960s and 1970s. Reprinted many times, this is relatively uncommon in first printing. Photographs. Index. 467 pp. ISBN: 0-671-241109.

Austin TX: Synergy Books, (2004). SIGNED first edition - A book by a former Oregon state representative which challenges everyone to "rejoin the political scene as public leaders, actively participating in the evolution of the rapidly-changing phenomenon we call democracy." SIGNED on the title page with the words "Help keep hope alive." Bibliography, index. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-974764485.