New Books — October 2009 (41 titles)

The nature way / Corbin Harney, as told to and edited by Alex Purbrick foreword by Tom Goldtooth. Reno : University of Nevada Press, c2009. xviii, 118 p. 21 cm.
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All for God, home and country : a history of the first one hundred years of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Nevada / edited by Stacy M. Woodbury. Gilroy, Calif. : Bookstand Publishing, c2009. 209 p. : ill. 25 cm.
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The letters of Helen J. Stewart. Las Vegas, Nev. : Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas, 2009. iv, 183 p. : ill. 28 cm.
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Churchill County U.S. census, 1910. Fallon, Nev. : Churchill County Museum Association, [200-]. 48 p. : ill. 26 cm.
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Leaving my mark / by Helen Sell Chadwick. Reno, Nev. : Washoe County Library System, c2006. 49 p. : ill. 28 cm.
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Journeys : Lifescapes 2005 anthology. Reno, Nev. : Washoe County Library System, c2005. 228 p. : ill., maps 28 cm.
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A penny for your thoughts / by Penny Whalen. Reno, Nev. : Washoe County Library System, Northwest Reno Library, c2005. 58 p. 28 cm.
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Adventures with my Mexican friends in the 1980's / Jean Wells. Reno, Nev. : Washoe County Library System, c2005. 24 p. : ill. 28 cm.
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Lost in Austin : a Nevada memoir / Jim Andersen. Reno : University of Nevada Press, c2009. vii, 135 p. 21 cm.
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From our families to yours-- mangia bene!. Reno, NV : Order Sons of Italy in America, Cristoforo Colombo Lodge, [2009?]. xii, 185 p. : col. ill. 22 cm.
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Reminiscences of an old timer. A recital of the actual events, incidents, trials ... of a pioneer, hunter, miner and scout of the Pacific Northwest, together with his later experiences ... the several Indian wars, anecdotes, etc.,. Battle Creek, Mich., Review and herald, 1888. xxv, 508 p. front. (port.) plates. 21 cm.
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Searching for Tamsen Donner / Gabrielle Burton. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2009. xii, 314 p. : ill., maps 24 cm.
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Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada / by Clarence King. London : Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1872. 292 p. 19 cm.
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Gold hunting in Alaska as told by Joseph Grinnell. Ed. by Elizabeth Grinnell ... Elgin, Ill., Chicago, David C. Cook Pub. Co. [c1901]. 96 p. illus. 22 cm.
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Two years in the Klondike and Alaskan gold-fields a thrilling narrative of personal experiences and adventures in the wonderful gold regions of Alaska and the Klondike, with observations of travel and exploration along the Yukon ... including full and authentic information of the countries described ... by William B. Haskell ... Hartford, Conn., Hartford Pub. Co., 1898. xxxii, 33-558 p. incl. front., illus., plates, fold. map. 21 cm.
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Gold fields of the Klondike and the wonders of Alaska. With an introd. by Henry W. Elliott. [N.p.] Edgewood [1897]. xiv, 512 p. illus. 20 cm.
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Ho, for the Klondike! / by Hamlin Garland. 1898. p. [443]-454 : ill., map. 23 cm.
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Klondike number. Washington, D.C., 1898. [105]-192 p. : illus., port., fold. col. map. 25 cm.
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Homeruns and jackpots : baseball in Nevada / written by Tim Mueller edited by Mark Souder. Carson City, NV : T. Mueller, c2009. 136 p. : ill. 22 cm.
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The feel of steel : the art and history of bank note engraving in the United States / by Mark D. Tomasko. Newton, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 2009. 177 p. : ill. (some col., part. fold.) 31 cm.
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The Hilton legacy : serving humanity worldwide. Los Angeles, Calif. Reno, Nev. : Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, c2009. 148 p. : ill. (some col.) 30 cm.
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American ArtParades : when pigs flew, guitars rocked and cows jumped over the moon / created and written by Karlynn Keyes [and] Rod Barker. Carefree, AZ : Trail of Painted Ponies, Inc. : American ArtParades, LLC, c2007. 190 p. : col. ill. 30 cm.
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Engravings on wood : by members of the Society of American wood-engravers / with an introduction and descriptive text by William M. Laffan. New York : Harper and brothers, 1887. 1 v. (unpaged), [25] leaves of plates : ill. 62 cm.
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Enabling creative chaos : the organization behind the Burning Man event / Katherine K. Chen. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009. xii, 240 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. 23 cm.
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Digging for gold : or, Adventures in California / by R. M. Ballantyne. London : J. Nisbet & Co., 1890. vi, 126 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. 15 cm.
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About "The Hights" with Juanita Miller / illustrated by the author. Oakland, Cal. : The Press of C.P. MacLafferty, c1917. 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.) 21 cm.
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Maurine Whipple and her Joshua / by Veda Tebbs Hale. St. George, Utah : Dixie State College of Utah, [2008]. 21 p. : ill. 22 cm.
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Iron wind : poems / William L. Fox. Surrey, B.C. : Sono Nis Press, c1971. 28 p. 23 cm.
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Monody / William L. Fox. Woodinville, Wash. : Laughing Bear Press, 1977. 62 p. : ill., maps 22 cm.
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Trial separation : poems / by William L. Fox graphics by Jack McAllister. Dunedin, New Zealand : Caveman Press, c1972. 34 p. : ill. 21 cm.
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Pure river-- dark hearts / Stephen Sprinkel. [United States] : XLibris, c2009. 126 p. 23 cm.
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Bull rider / Suzanne Morgan Williams. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2009. 241 p. 22 cm.
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Driving to Mars / William L. Fox. Emeryville, CA : Shoemaker & Hoard : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2006. 264 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., col. map 23 cm.
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Mining in the Pacific Northwest. A complete review of the mineral resources of Washington and British Columbia. With maps. Edited by L.K. Hodges. Seattle, Wash., The Post-Intelligencer, 1897. 192 p. front., illus., 28 maps (part fold.) 23 cm.
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A century of mining and metallurgy in the United States. Centennial address of Abram S. Hewitt, president elect of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. Philadelphia, June 20, 1876. Philadelphia, Sherman & Co. [1876]. 33 p. 24 cm.
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L'or dans le monde géologie--extraction --économie politique. Paris, A. Colin, 1907. xxi, 265 p. fold. table, fold. diagr., map 19 cm.
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The Alaskan gold fields and the opportunities they offer for capital and labor / by Sam C. Dunham. Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1898. p. 297-425 : maps, fold. 24 cm.
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Odyssey : the photographs of Linda Connor / featuring a conversation with Robert Adams, Emmet Gowin, and Linda Connor essay by William L. Fox. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2008. 142, [25] p. : ill. 29 x 31 cm.
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Observations in an occupied wilderness : photographs / by Terry Falke introduction by Carol. McCusker essay by William L. Fox. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2006. 71 p. : chiefly ill. (col.) 27 x 30 cm.
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Violent legacies : three cantos / by Richard Misrach fiction by Susan Sontag. New York : Aperture, c1992. 93 p. : chiefly col. ill., map 29 cm.
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Aereality : essays on the world from above / William L. Fox. Berkeley : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2009. 338 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. 24 cm.
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