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Buffalo Gals, by Chris Enss
Women of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

Paperback: 136 pages
Publisher: TwoDot an Imprint of Falcon (October 01, 2005)
ISBN: 0762735651
Price: $12.95

buffalo_gals.jpg"What we want to do is give our women even more liberty than they have. Let them do any kind of work that they see fit, and if they do it as well as men, give them the same pay." -William F. Cody-1899

With rough-riding cowboys, sure shots, and fantastic reenactments of battles and train robberies, Buffalo Bill Cody brought the myth of the Old West to life for audiences all over the world. His Wild West Show was wildly popular - and some of the most popular cowboys in it were girls. Buffalo Gals tells the stories and celebrates the achievements of these thrill-seeking women, through historic photos, stunning, authentic publicity posters, and the meticulous research of western history writer Chris Enss.

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Changes In Harmony, by Marjorie (Gordon) Giles

Hardcover: 126 pages
Publisher: Windsor Publications; 1st ed edition (1988)
ISBN-10: 0897812328

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Gilded Girls, by JoAnn Chartier and Chris Enss

Women Entertainers of the Old West

Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: TwoDot an Imprint of Falcon (June 01, 2003)
ISBN: 0762726792
Price: $10.95

gilded_girls.jpgFrom Catherine Hayes, the "Irish prima donna," and Maude Adams, "the most popular actress in America," to the legendary Sarah Bernhardt, Gilded Girls profiles fourteen of the liveliest, wildest, and most talented female entertainers ever to light up the boards of the western frontier. You'll meet "the Jersey Lily," who was wildly admired by men as various Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Diamond Jim Brady, and Judge Roy Bean; Mrs. Leslie Carter, a scandal-plagued society women who became a famous actress as an act of revenge against her patrician ex-husband;

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Gold Rivers of Northern California, by Marjorie Gordon

Paperback: 180 pages
Publisher: Authorhouse (January 1, 2001)
ISBN-10: 1588201120

Gold Rivers of Northern California, by Marjorie GilesGold Rivers explores the history, geology and natural resources of California's unspoiled wilderness region of goldrush activity, north of the popularized Mother Lode. Illustrations and maps are included.

 

 

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Hammonton & Marigold: Vol 1, by Robert Criddle

Paperback: Not paginated
Publisher: Self
ISBN: None

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Hammonton & Marigold: Volume 2, 1904-2006, by Robert Criddle

Paperback: Not paginated
Publisher: Self
ISBN: None

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Hammonton & Marigold: Volume 3, by Robert Criddle

Paperback: Not paginated
Publisher: Self
ISBN: None

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Hearts West, by Chris Enss
True Stories of Mail-Order Brides on the Frontier

Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: TwoDot an Imprint of Falcon (June 01, 2005)
ISBN: 076272756X
Price: $10.95

hearts_west.jpgWANTED: A girl who will love, honest, true and not sour; a nice little cooing dove, and willing to work in flour.


Desperate to strike it rich during the Gold Rush, thousands of men traveled West to the emerging frontier, where they outnumbered women twelve to one. Only after they arrived did some of them realize how much they missed female companionship.

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Images of America: Hammonton & Marigold California, by Robert Criddle

Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (2007)
ISBN: 0738547603

Hammonton_Marigold.gif This is the story of one community and two towns: Hammonton and Marigold, company-owned dredger towns located 10 miles east of Marysville, California. Their founding was a direct result of the Gold Rush of 1849 and the subsequent hydraulic mining that followed.

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Images of America: Marysville by, Henry Delamere

With Tammy Hopkins

Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (2007)
ISBN: 0738547379

marysville_aradia.jpgKnown as the Gateway to the Goldfields, Marysville was once one of Californias largest and most prosperous cities during the gold rush era; millions of dollars in gold were shipped from Marysville to the U.S. Mint in San Francisco.

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Images of America: Yuba Feather Hills, by Rosemarie Mossinger
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (May 24, 2006)
ISBN-10: 0738531022

 

Images of America: Yuba Feather Hills, by Rosemarie MossingerYuba Feather Hills, part of the Images of America series published by Arcadia Press, is an absolutely wonderful historical outline of the Yuba County communities between Marysville and the Sierra Nevadas. The Yuba and Feather Rivers flank a rugged portion of the Sierra Nevada as they rush south. Gold in creeks and streams here attracted thousands of treasure hunters who panned, dug, or scoured the hills with hydraulic jets of water.

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Memories: My Seventy Two Years in the Romantic County of Yuba, by W.T. Ellis

Paperback: 307 pages
Publisher: Eugene:The University of Oregon (1939)
ISBN: None

Memories: My Seventy Two Years in the Romantic County of Yuba

William Turner Ellis (b. 1866) was the son of a Marylander who became a well-to-do merchant in Marysville, California. Turner carried on the family business and served on Marysville’s Levee Commission for forty years. Memories (1939) contains Ellis’s account of his boyhood in Marysville and the town’s early history from the 1850s and his experiences as a local business and political leader.

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Peaches: The Early Years, by Henry Delamere

Paperback: 28 pages
Publisher: Self (2001)
ISBN: None

Peaches Made Yuba & Sutter Counites The Peach Bowl of the World

Peaches, Peaches, Peaches! The full title of this book is, Peaches Made Yuba & Sutter Counties the Peach Bowl of the World. Although this is a short book, it covers an amazing amount of historical detail about the local peach industry.

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Squaw Man, by Louise Butts Hendrix

Paperback
Publisher: Normart; L.B. Hendrix (1987)
ISBN: None

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St. John's Episcopal Church, by Henry Delamere

150 Years of History

St. John's Episcopal Church: 150 Years of History

Like ivy creeping up the castle walls, there has been rising with the years an interest in California’s colorful beginning days. Adventure, primitive trail blazing, uncharted seas, Indians, Caballeros, Spanish guitars, rivers of gold, mining camps, pack trains, stage coaches, desperados, and Chinese grab the attention of almost every historian living in the State.

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Sutter Buttes, by Louise Butts Hendrix

:Land of Histum Yani

Unknown Binding: 152 pages
Publisher: Normart (1980)

Sutter Buttes the Land of Histum YaniSutter Buttes Land of Histum Yani, is one of the most quoted books in our region. In it she tells of the Buttes as they were becoming know in the west. Gabriel Moraga, a Spaniard trying to locate possible mission sites, was the first European to see the Buttes, in 1806. Another Spaniard, Luis Arguello, led an expedition in 1817 to explore Northern California by water.

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The Early Years, by Henry Delamere

A Sketch of Marysville's History

Paperback: 52 pages
Publisher: Self (2001)
ISBN: None

A Sketch of Marysville: The Early Years

Once called California's Third City, those who founded Marysville and toasted the new city with french champagne in 1850, would be puzzled by the notion that this historic gold rush town had become California's Oldest "Little" City.

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Woodleaf Legacy, by Rosemarie Mossinger

Paperback: 180 pages
Publisher: Carl Mautz Publishing (January 1998)
ISBN-10: 0962194042

Woodleaf Legacy, by Rosemarie Mossinger A powerful and rich historical documentation of a local icon, written to delight even those who have never before been to, or even heard of Woodleaf.

This captivating saga of California's bygone days features photographs, wood engravings, lithographs, drawings and maps, and includes comprehensive notes, bibliography, and index.

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Local Books at Random

Schizophrenic Rescue, by K.I. Smet

Paperback: 229 pages
Publisher: Dragon Publishing (2006)
ISBN: 0978966325

schizophrenic_rescue.jpg

The is the first book review featured on Amicus Books website in which the author has written a full and discriptive review of his own work. But then this is not any ordinary book, and Gregory Cox is not any ordinary author. His book was written specifically for the purpose of changing the World from disconnected and inbalanced to a state of cohesion and equailty.

The following is exerpts from a letter in Cox's own words in reference to his passion, purpose and ideas:

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Ordinary World, by Stacy Baggett

Paperback: 249 pages
Publisher: Publish America (April 30, 2007)
ISBN-10: 1424174171
Price: $24.95

ordinary_thumb.jpg Life does not end just because you die. This is the first of many lessons Sherrie is faced with when her life is tragically cut short at the age of fourteen. Overcome with a sense of loss and desperation, Sherrie is suddenly thrust into the unknown and a Heaven she never could have imagined. It is a Heaven where there is no one answer to anything; a Heaven where lives are played out like movies and flowers grow tall in each individual’s garden. There, with the help of her spirit guide, Sera, she must review her own life in order to move on to the next level. In order to do this, she must learn to let go of the things—and people—she cares for, come to terms with her unhappy past, accept that which she cannot change, and forgive the mother who never loved her.


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Changes In Harmony, by Marjorie (Gordon) Giles

Hardcover: 126 pages
Publisher: Windsor Publications; 1st ed edition (1988)
ISBN-10: 0897812328

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