Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1986.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A detailed account of the 'silent army' of merchants, outfitters, freighters, land speculators, town builders, railroad promoters and others... who came after the mountain men and fur traders." Illustrated with 120 contemporary photographs and line drawings and 20 pen and ink drawings by Al M. Napoletano. Notes, bibliography, index. 368 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-8032-65727.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Hardcover - Illustrated with many photographic plates. Frontispiece of a fold-out map of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The 'heartland,' agriculture, fishing, creativity (including Frank Lloyd Wright) are just some of the topics covered. Index. 312, x pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1995). Probably his best known book (this was certainly his 'break-through' book), and the longest, this is a fascinating study of Alaska and of contemporary Alaskans. Originally published in 1977. Map frontispiece. 417 pp. ISBN: 0-374-522871.

New York: Meeker, Ezra. 1926. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Meeker, born in 1830, who first crossed the Oregon Trail in 1852 by oxcart, with his young wife, describes himself as the only remaining survivor of those adults who took the Oregon Trail at the height of the migration of 1852. In 1906-1910 and again in 1915, he crossed the trail by automobile as he worked to help erect monuments to the wagon train pioneers. Illustrated with 20 drawings, most full-page, and some on glossy paper. The verso of the rather uncommon dust jacket contains a larger map of the route. SIGNED by Meeker on front free endpaper. Includes several pages on the work of the Oregon Trail Memorial Association and a one page list of Meeker's other works. 287 pp.

New York: Vantage Press, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, an historical novel set in Nevada, and featuring gold hunters in the 1850s and in the 1930s settlers during the Depression hoping for a fresh start - but all of whom were influenced by the Juniper Trail. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-533057345.

San Francisco: Frank Eastman and Co., 1888. First edition - A booklet issued by The Society of California Pioneers to commemorate the celebration in honor of the 38th anniversary of the Admission of California into the Union on Sept 10. 1850; this event was held at Camp Taylor in Marin County on Sept 10, 1888. About 600 Pioneers and their families took the steamer 'San Rafael' from San Francisco to Sausalito and then a special train to the camp, where a rather expansive outdoor feast awaited them. Includes the text of the various speeches, a poem by Rev. Joseph Benton, in addition to a description of the festivities. 30 pp, sewn, in light blue wrappers with a small engraving on the front cover. Uncommon.

New York: Harper Collins, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Poems reflecting the points of view of three pioneer children describing their family's journey from Kentucky to Oregon" in a covered wagon. Illustrated in full color by Robert J. Blake. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-06-024433X.