New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set in a New Mexico mining town in 1880 where Jake Hollander, a mean hard man, former gunslinger and cardshark, finds himself the reluctant custodian of two Mexican orphans. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1269300.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974. dj. Hardcover first edition - A poignantly moving story of HuffakerÕs parents, a young couple growing up in a small Utah town. A suprisingly uncommon title by this very popular Western writer.

El Paso, TX: Bravo Press, (1998). SIGNED first edition - A history of the town of White Oaks, New Mexico, from its founding through its boom years as a mining town - the cover calls it "A True Western American Story . A Town Called Hearts Desire" Illustrated throughout with watercolors in full color (including one of Billy the Kid), maps, many drawings, reproductions of vintage photographs and modern photographs. SIGNED on the first page by the author/illustrator Bill Rakocy with the words 'from Old White Oaks' and dated in 2003. Oblong format. 175 pp. ISBN: 1-888711019.