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  • Ballantine, Bill.
    HIGH WEST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Rand McNally & Co, (1969.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the front flap: "Ballantine, his wife and three of their teen-aged children traveled throughout eight Rocky Mountain states: Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. [This book] is an offbeat and highly personal (and a bit impertinent) look at the vacation places and tourist centers within these states, both well known and obscure, and at Americans at large, both tourist and native." Starting at Frontier Days in Cheyenne to the Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, from mining towns like Cripple Creek and Leadville in Colorado to visiting artist Georgia O'Keefe in New Mexico, this is a combination of interviews, and…

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    New York: Rand McNally & Co, (1969.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the front flap: "Ballantine, his wife and three of their teen-aged children traveled throughout eight Rocky Mountain states: Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. [This book] is an offbeat and highly personal (and a bit impertinent) look at the vacation places and tourist centers within these states, both well known and obscure, and at Americans at large, both tourist and native." Starting at Frontier Days in Cheyenne to the Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, from mining towns like Cripple Creek and Leadville in Colorado to visiting artist Georgia O'Keefe in New Mexico, this is a combination of interviews, and reporting on the West, illustrated with photographs (including one of O'Keefe) by the author. Note at the beginning of the book states that the trip was made in a 'Goldline pickup camper, Model 220, manufactured by Travel Industries, Inc, Oswego, Kansas and mounted on a Ford Motor Co. camper special.' 303 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (chipping to upper edge of dj spine, slight sunning to spine.)

    Book ID: 38961
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  • Brave Bird, Mary (also known as Mary Crow Dog) with Richard Erdoes.
    OHITIKA WOMAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Grove Press, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second book in the autobiography of this woman who was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, grew up fatherless, was drinking at 12, raped at 15, but who joined the New American Indian movement and became a leader in the movement for Indian rights in the 70's and later. Her first book - Lakota Woman - written about those years and under the name of Mary Crow Dog - won the American Book Award. This continues her story after the ending of her marriage to Leonard Crow Dog, raising children as a single mother, her fight against alcoholism and struggling to survive - while still finding humor and hope in life. Illustrated with photographs. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-14369.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 32210
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  • OHITIKA WOMAN. by Brave Bird, Mary (also known as Mary Crow Dog) with Richard Erdoes.
    Brave Bird, Mary (also known as Mary Crow Dog) with Richard Erdoes.
    OHITIKA WOMAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Grove Press, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second book in the autobiography of this woman who was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, grew up fatherless, was drinking at 12, raped at 15, but who joined the New American Indian movement and became a leader in the movement for Indian rights in the 70's and later. Her first book - Lakota Woman - written about those years and under the name of Mary Crow Dog - won the American Book Award. This continues her story after the ending of her marriage to Leonard Crow Dog, raising children as a single mother, her fight against alcoholism and struggling to survive - while still finding humor and hope in life. Illustrated with photographs. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-14369.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name)

    Book ID: 43946
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  • WINTER COUNT. by D. Chief Eagle.
    D. Chief Eagle.
    WINTER COUNT.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    Boulder, CO: Johnson Publishing Co., (c. 1967.) dj. Hardcover - A historical novel, written by a Sioux Indian Chief, about the Teton Sioux from 1874-1890. 211 pp. Map endpapers.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (spine of dj sunned.)

    Book ID: 13061
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  • WINTER COUNT. by D. Chief Eagle.
    D. Chief Eagle.
    WINTER COUNT.

    Edition: Early printing.

    Boulder, CO: Johnson Publishing Co., (c. 1967.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A historical novel, written by a Sioux Indian Chief, about the Teton Sioux in Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska and the Dakotas from 1874-1890 . INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page: "To --- With love & gratitude, With love and more thanks, Neta Kola, D Chief Eagle" and dated 5/15/70. 211 pp. Map endpapers.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some edgewear to the dj.)

    Book ID: 42703
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  • THE MURDER OF BOBBY OATES. by Drake, Lee.
    Drake, Lee.
    THE MURDER OF BOBBY OATES.

    Edition: First edition.

    Bloomington, Indiana: Xlibris Corp, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel, set in a small town in South Dakota where a former LAPD detective has accepted the position of sheriff, after her husband was killed in a shoot-out. INSCRIBED on the half title page and dated in the year of publication. 193 pp. ISBN: 1-413465390.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81288
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  • A PROUD AMERICAN: The Autobiography of Joe Foss. by Foss, Joe (1915-2003) with Donna Wild Foss.
    Foss, Joe (1915-2003) with Donna Wild Foss.
    A PROUD AMERICAN: The Autobiography of Joe Foss.

    Edition: First thus.

    Pacifica, CA: Pacifica Military History, (2001, c 1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of the life of Marine ace and Medal of Honor winner Joe Foss. When the US became involved in World War II, Foss was considered too old to be a fighter pilot, and he was assigned to photographic reconnaissance. He persisted in trying to become a fighter pilot and eventually was transferred to the Marine Fighting Squadron. He shot down a Japanese Zero on his first combat flight, and 26 Japanese aircraft in the Battle of Guadalcanal. After the war he was elected as the youngest governor of South Dakota, and he was the first commissioner of the American Football League. SIGNED on…

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    Pacifica, CA: Pacifica Military History, (2001, c 1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of the life of Marine ace and Medal of Honor winner Joe Foss. When the US became involved in World War II, Foss was considered too old to be a fighter pilot, and he was assigned to photographic reconnaissance. He persisted in trying to become a fighter pilot and eventually was transferred to the Marine Fighting Squadron. He shot down a Japanese Zero on his first combat flight, and 26 Japanese aircraft in the Battle of Guadalcanal. After the war he was elected as the youngest governor of South Dakota, and he was the first commissioner of the American Football League. SIGNED on the front endpaper by his wife and the primary author, Donna Wild Foss. Illustrated with photographs. Originally published in 1992, this includes an 8 pp epilogue which recounts selected events in his life up to 2001. Chronology, selected bibliography. xviii, 347 pp plus the epilogue and index. ISBN: 0-93555355x.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 86295
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  • THE SECRET OF DEAD MAN'S MINE: A Rinnah Two Feathers Mystery. by Johnson, Rodney.
    Johnson, Rodney.
    THE SECRET OF DEAD MAN'S MINE: A Rinnah Two Feathers Mystery.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Los Angeles: Ugly Town, (2001.). SIGNED first edition - Mystery featuring 13 year old Rinnah Two Feathers, a sleuth-minded Lakota Sioux Indian in South Dakota who investigates a mysterious stranger poking around a long-abandoned house, SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated by Jill Thompson. 221 pp plus a recipe for fry bread. ISBN: 0-9663473-31.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 52021
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  • Lee, Warren M. [1908-1978.]
    THE LEGEND OF DEVIL'S GULCH: An Historical Fantasy of Early Days in the Black Hills.

    Edition: First printing.

    Vermillion, South Dakota: University of South Dakota Press, (1990.). Hardcover first edition - Volume One in the Wayne S. Knutson Dakota Playwrighting Project. A play originally staged in 1948 at the Black Hills Playhouse, and one which has remained the most enduring work of South Dakota's most produced playwright. Foreword by Wayne S. Knutson, introduction by L. D. (Hap) Haberman, edited by Kenn Robbins, music by
    Don S. Sundquist and lyrics by Richard L. Lippke (added in 1956) . Photographs. List of cast members. xi, 85 pp.m Patron of the Arts edition. Uncommon. ISBN: 0-929925-076.

    Condition: Fine in green cloth with gilt lettering.

    Book ID: 29522
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  • THE MISSING PLACE. by Littlefield, Sophie.
    Littlefield, Sophie.
    THE MISSING PLACE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Gallery Books, (2014). SIGNED first edition - Set against the backdrop of North Dakota's oil boom, this is the story of two very different mothers who form an uneasy alliance to find their missing sons. SIGNED on the title page. 367 pp plus a reading guide. ISBN: 978-1476757827.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 62373
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  • THE MISSING PLACE. by Littlefield, Sophie.
    Littlefield, Sophie.
    THE MISSING PLACE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Gallery Books, (2014). SIGNED first edition - Set against the backdrop of North Dakota's oil boom, this is the story of two very different mothers who form an uneasy alliance to find their missing sons. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 367 pp plus a reading guide. ISBN: 978-1476757827.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 71675
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  • THE MISSING PLACE. by Littlefield, Sophie.
    Littlefield, Sophie.
    THE MISSING PLACE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Gallery Books, (2014). SIGNED first edition - Set against the backdrop of North Dakota's oil boom, this is the story of two very different mothers who form an uneasy alliance to find their missing sons. SIGNED on the title page. 367 pp plus a reading guide. ISBN: 978-1476757827.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (an unread copy, but corners bumped).

    Book ID: 72226
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  • CONQUERING HORSE. by Manfred, Frederick aka Feike Feikema (1912 - 1994.)
    Manfred, Frederick aka Feike Feikema (1912 - 1994.)
    CONQUERING HORSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: McDowell, Obolensky, (1959) dj. Hardcover first edition - His eleventh book, a novel set in "Siouxland," the story of a young Sioux who wins his manhood and the right to lead his trible. As a "maverick" writer Manfred was always an outsider in terms of the literary establishment, although some of his books were best-sellers and his novel 'Lord Grizzly' was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1954. Glossary. 355 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (previous owner's name stamped on front endpaper, some overall edgewear and chipping to the dj) Uncommon in the hardcover first edition.

    Book ID: 80394
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  • Manfred, Frederick Feikema (1912-1994.)
    ARROW OF LOVE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Denver: Allan Swallow, Publisher, (1961.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Three novellas, all set in Manfred's "Siouxland" (the area where the borders of Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska meet). In addition to the title story (described as 'a romance'), this contains "Lew and Luanne" (a comedy) and "Country Love" (a pastoral). As a "maverick" writer Manfred was always an outsider in terms of the literary establishment, although some of his books were best-sellers and his novel 'Lord Grizzly' was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1954. Reportedly only 500 copies of this book were printed. 220 pp.

    Condition: Good in very good dust jacket (the rather inexpensively produced binding has cracked before the title page and is "over-opened" at the end of the book, Dustjacket has a little toning to the spine, minor wear - still a quite presentable copy.

    Book ID: 32978
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  • IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE. by Matthiessen, Peter.
    Matthiessen, Peter.
    IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Penguin, (1992.). A detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new trial. When this book was first published in 1983, it was suppressed…

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    New York: Penguin, (1992.). A detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new trial. When this book was first published in 1983, it was suppressed and pulled from shelves and only finally reissued, in a somewhat revised form, in 1991. Afterword by Martin Garbus in which he discusses the attempts to censor this book by filing libel suits. Three maps, notes, index. xli, 646 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0144560.

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    Condition: Near fine in in illustrated wrappers (spine slightly faded.)

    Book ID: 53811
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  • IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE. by Matthiessen, Peter.
    Matthiessen, Peter.
    IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true first edition of this detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new…

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    New York: The Viking Press, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true first edition of this detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new trial. While the dust jacket refers to this book as controversial, I don't think the publisher realized how controversial it would be: as the result of lawsuits, it was suppressed and pulled from shelves and only finally reissued, in a somewhat revised form, in 1991. Three maps, notes, index. xli, 628 pp. ISBN: 0-670-397024.

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    Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (one corner bumped, some edgewear to dj.)

    Book ID: 65368
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  • IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE. by Matthiessen, Peter.
    Matthiessen, Peter.
    IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true first edition of this detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new…

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    New York: The Viking Press, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true first edition of this detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new trial. While the dust jacket refers to this book as controversial, I don't think the publisher realized how controversial it would be: as the result of lawsuits, it was suppressed and pulled from shelves and only finally reissued, in a somewhat revised form, in 1991. Three maps, notes, index. xli, 628 pp. ISBN: 0-670-397024.

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    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (crease to front flap of dj.)

    Book ID: 48488
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  • AFTER AND BEFORE THE LIGHTNING. by Ortiz, Simon J.
    Ortiz, Simon J.
    AFTER AND BEFORE THE LIGHTNING.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1994.). First edition - Poems which grew out of a winter he spent in South Dakota on the Rosebud Lakota Sioux Reservation. Volume 28 in the Sun Tracks series. 135 pp. ISBN: 0-8165-14488.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85736
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  • A MEMOIR OF MY DAYS IN CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA by Pereira, Percival E (1926+-2002)
    Pereira, Percival E (1926+-2002)
    A MEMOIR OF MY DAYS IN CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

    Edition: First printing.

    By the author, (1996). SIGNED first edition - Autobiography of a man born in 1926 into a Portuguese family in Shanghai and who lived there with his family during World War II - leaving in 1946 for the United States, where he attended a school of pharmacy in Philadelphia, relocated to South Dakota, enlisted in the military during the Korean War and retired as a Colonel. Written to tell his grandchildren of the 20 years in Shanghai and the fifty years that followed in the United States. He was also very involved with the Boy Scouts so the chronology of special events in his life includes both attending World Jamboree and his promotions in the military. Illustrated with many…

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    By the author, (1996). SIGNED first edition - Autobiography of a man born in 1926 into a Portuguese family in Shanghai and who lived there with his family during World War II - leaving in 1946 for the United States, where he attended a school of pharmacy in Philadelphia, relocated to South Dakota, enlisted in the military during the Korean War and retired as a Colonel. Written to tell his grandchildren of the 20 years in Shanghai and the fifty years that followed in the United States. He was also very involved with the Boy Scouts so the chronology of special events in his life includes both attending World Jamboree and his promotions in the military. Illustrated with many photographs. INSCRIBED inside the front cover and dated in 1996. Very uncommon - WorldCat has a listing, but does not show any holdings. 114 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85516
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  • PICTURES FROM A TRIP. by Rumsey, Tim.
    Rumsey, Tim.
    PICTURES FROM A TRIP.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: William H. Morrow, (1985). Hardcover first edition - The author's first and only novel, inspired by the death of his brother. It follows four young people - Mark, Ben, Leslie, and Mark's brother (Tim, the narrator) - into the South Dakota Badlands as they search for lost American heroes and the biggest dinosaur bone in history. Rumsey is a Minnesota physician and amateur paleontologist. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-688039898.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80140
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  • KUNU: Winnebago Boy Escapes. by Thomasma, Kenneth
    Thomasma, Kenneth
    KUNU: Winnebago Boy Escapes.

    Edition: 5th printing, a trade paperback..

    Jackson, WY: Grandview Publishing Co., (2003, c 1989). SIGNED - Story for older children based on the story of the forced relocation of 2000 Winnebago Indians in 1862 after a Sioux uprising. Many died from the inhumane conditions on their journey from Minnesota to the Crow Creek reservation in South Dakota, and more died there. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated by Jack Brouwer. A title in the Amazing Indian Children Series. 183 pp. ISBN: 1-880114-038.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 67860
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