Suggestions for “the Western Experience” titles from the Colorado Library Community

gathered via libnet 8/25/05 through 9/5/05




Author Title
Abbey, Edward Desert Solitaire
Adams, Ansel Photographs
Alexie, Sherman Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Ambrose, Stephen Undaunted Courage
Anaya, Rudolfo Bless Me Ultima
Athearn, Robert G. Union Pacific Country
Backus, Harriet Fish Tomboy Bride
Bain, David H.
Old Iron Road
Baum, Frank L. the Wizard of Oz
Becher, Cynthia S. and P. David Smith Chipeta, Queen of the Utes
Benet, Stephen Vincent John Brown's Body
Bird, Isabella L. A lady's life in the Rocky Mountains
Black, Robert C. Island in the Sky
Borland, Hal High, Wide, and Lonesome
Borland, Hal When the Legends Die
Brett, Jan Armadillo Rodeo J
Brown, Dee Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Carter, Forrest Watch for Me on the Mountain
Cather, Willa Song of the Lark
Cather, Willa My Antonia
Cather, Willa Death comes to the Archbishop
Cather, Willa O Pioneers!
Chavez, Denise Face of an Angel
Childs, Craig Secret Knowledge of Water
Cisneros, Sandra Woman hollering creek
Clark, Walter VanTillburg Oxbow Incident
Clemens, Samuel Huckleberry Finn
Colorado Historical Society Western Voices: 125 years of Colorado writing
Cornelle, Virginia Doc Susie: the true story of a country physician in the Colorado Rockies
Creel, Ann Howard Magic of Ordinary Days
Dallas, Sandra Diary of Mattie Spencer
Dary, David Santa Fe Trail
Deckers, Peter Old Fences, New Neighbors
Doig, Ivan House of Sky
Doig, Ivan English Creek
Edwards, Judith Lewis and Clark's journey of discovery in American history
Egan, Timothy Lasso the Wind: Away to the New West
Erhlich, Gretel Solaces of Open Spaces
Erickson, Jon Hank the Cowdog J
Edrrich, Louise The BirchBark House
Etcheson, Nicole Bleeding Kansas
Ferber, Edna So Big
Fielder, Henry and Jackson, W.H. Colorado 1870-2000
Fitzgerald, John The Great Brain
Galvin, James Meadow
Galvin, James Fencing the Sky
Gardner, Rulon Never Stop Pushing
Guthrie, A.B., Jr. Big Sky
Harrison, Jim Dalva
Harrison, Jim Road Home
Haruf, Ken Plainsong
Hawken, Paul The Ecology of Commerce
James, Will Smokey the Cowhorse
Johnson, Dirk Biting the dust: the wild ride and dark romance of the rodeo cowboy and the American West
Josephy, Alvin Civil War in the American West
Keltz, Iris Scrapbook of a Taos Hippie
Kerouac, Jack Dharma Bums
Ketteman, Helen Bubba the Cowboy Prince J
Kingsolver, Barbara
Kingsolver, Barbara
Bean Trees
Pigs in Heaven

Kogawa, Joy Obasan
Kruger, Frances Alley Explore Colorado: a naturalist's notebook
Kukla, Jon A Wilderness So Immense
Laman, Russell Mainfest Destiny
Laubin, Reginald Indian Tipi: It's History, Construction and Use
Lavender, Dave David Lavender's Colorado
Lavender, Dave Rockies
Lavender, Dave One Man's West
Lavender, Dave Bent's Fort
Lavender, Dave Great West
Lavender, Dave Big Divide
Lavender, Dave Red Mountain
Lavender, Dave Trail to Santa Fe
Lavender, Dave Southwest
Letts, Billie Where the Heart Is
Levy, JoAnne For California's Gold
Levy, Leonard Williams Origin of the Bill of Rights
Limerick, Patricia Legacy of Conquest: the unbroken past of the American West
London, Jack Call of the Wild
Lopez, Barry Crow and Weasel
Lopez, Barry Crossing Open Ground
Lowell, Susan Three Little Javalinas J
Lynes, Barbara Georgia, O'Keefe and New Mexico
MacLean, Norman Young Men and Fire
MacLean, Norman A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
Martin, Bill Knots on a Counting Rope J
McCain, Nancy Leadville
McCollum, David Truman
McMurtry, Larry Roads: Driving America's Great Highways
McMurtry, Larry Lonesome Dove
McPhee, John Rising from the Plains
McPhee, John Basin and Range
Michener, James Centennial
Miller, Robert Reflections of a Black Cowboy
Momaday, N. Scott House Made of Dawn
Moody, Ralph Little Britches
Moon, Willian Least Heat Blue Highways
Morris, Willie Taps
Muir, John My first summer in the Sierra
Neihardt, John G. Black Elk Speaks
Nichols, John Milagro Beanfield War
O'Brien, Dan In the Center of the Nation
Otsuka, Julie When the Emperor Was Divine
Peck, Robert Newton Soup J
Pettit, Jan Utes: the mountain people
Powell, John Wesley Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
Preston, Douglas Talking to the Ground: one family's journy on horseback across the sacred land of the Navajos
Proulx, Annie Close Range and Bad Dirt
Reisner, Marc Cadillac Desert
Richter, Conrad Sea of Grass
Robbins, Tom Even Cowgirls Gets the Blues
Robinson, Gerald H. Elusive Truth:: Four Photographers at Manzanar
Rolvaag, O.E. Giants in the Earth
Rossiter, Clinton American Presidency 1959!
Sandoz, Mari Cheyenne Autumn
Sandoz, Mari Crazy Horse
Sandweiss, Martha Print the Legend
Schlsissel, Lillian Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airpot J
Silko, Leslie Marmon Ceremony
Snyder, Gary Gary Snyder Reader
Spragg, Mark Where Rivers Change Direction
Stansfield, John Writers of the American West: Multicultural Learning Encounters
Stegner, Wallace The Sounds of Mountain Water
Stegner, Wallace Beyond the Hundredth Meridian
Stegner, Wallace Angle of Repose
Stegner, Wallace Wilderness Letter
Steinbeck, John Cannery Row
Steinbeck, John Grapes of Wrath
Steward, George R. Ordeal by Hunger
Stone, Irving Men to Match My Mountains
Storm, Hyemeyohsts Seven Arrows
Stratton, Joanna Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier
Stutson, Caroline Cowpoke
Terkel, Studs American Dreams: Lost and Found
Tunnell, Michael O. Mailing May J
Turner, Nancy E. These is my words: the diary of Sarah Agnes Prine 1881-1901 Arizona Territories
Utley, Robert Lance and the Shield (biography of Sitting Bull)
Utley, Robert Frontiersmen in Blue: the United States Army and the Indian, 1848-1865
Waters, Frank Woman at Otowi Crossing
Waters, Frank Man Who Killed the Deer
Waters, Frank
Watson, Larry
Watson, Larry
People of the Valley
Montana 1948: a novel
Justice

Williams, Terry Tempest Reguge: an unnatural history of family and place
Wilmsen, Steven Silverado: Neil Bush and Savings and Loan Scandal
Wister, Owen Virginian
Worster, Donald A River Running West: the life of John Wesley Powell
Zinn, Howard People's History of the United States

Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide to the Southern Rockies