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Westerners International 100 Outstanding 20th Century Non-fiction Books on the American West, 1901-2000 by Year:

1901

THE TRANSITION PERIOD OF CALIFORNIA FROM A PROVINCE OF MEXCIO
TO A STATE OF THE AMERICAN UNION in 1850 – Samuel H. Willey

1902
A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FUR TRADE OF THE FAR WEST (3 vols.) –
Hiram M. Chittenden

1908
VANISHED ARIZONA, RECOLLECTIONS OF MY ARMY LIFE – Martha
Summerhayes

1915
THE FIGHTING CHEYENNE – George Bird Grinnell

1916
SPANISH EXPLORATIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST, 1542-1706 – Herbert Bolton,
editor

1921
SIX YEARS WITH THE TEXAS RANGERS, 1875 to 1881 – James B. Gillette

1924
RAINBOW BRIDGE: CIRCLING NAVAJO MOUNTAIN AND EXPLORATIONS IN
THE “BAD LANDS” OF SOUTHERN UTAH AND NORTHERN ARIZONA – Charles L. Bernheimer

1925
HANDBOOK OF THE INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA – Al Kroeber

1926
MISSISSIPPI STEAMBOATIN’: A HISTORY OF STEAMBOATING ON THE
MISSISSIPPI AND ITS TRIBUTARIES – Herbert and Edward Quick

1929
THE OVERLAND TRAIL: THE EPIC PATH OF THE PIONEERS TO OREGON –
Agnes C. Laut

1930
THE SANTA FE TRAIL – Robert L. Duffus

1931
OUTPOST OF EMPIRE: THE STORY OF THE FOUNDING OF SAN FRANCISCO -
Herbert E. Bolton

SCHLIEMANN, THE STORY OF A GOLD-SEEKER. TRANSLATED FROM THE
GERMAN BY D. F. TAIT -Emil Ludwig

THE GREAT PLAINS – Walter Prescott Webb

1934
TRIGGERNOMETRY: A GALLERY OF GUNFIGHTERS – Eugene Cunningham

1935
ORDEAL BY HUNGER: THE STORY OF THE DONNER PARTY – George R. Stewart

1936
RIM OF CHRISTENDOM: A BIOGRAPHY OF EUSEBIO FRANCISCO KINO,
PACIFIC COAST PIONEER – Herbert Eugene Bolton

CHARLES GOODNIGHT, COWMAN AND PLAINSMAN – J. Evetts Haley

INTERWOVEN: A PIONEER CHRONICLE – Sallie Reynolds Matthews

1937
OLD JULES – Mari Sandoz

1938
THE OUTLAW TRAIL: A HISTORY OF BUTCH CASSIDY AND HIS WILD BUNCH HOLE-IN-THE-WALL BROWN’S HOLE ROBBERS ROOST – Charles Kelley

1939
CARBINE AND LANCE, THE STORY OF OLD FORT SILL – Wilbur S. Nye

1941
NO LIFE FOR A LADY – Agnes Morley Cleaveland

THE LONGHORNS – J. Frank Dobie

WAR CHIEF JOSEPH – Helen A. Howard and Dan L. McGrath

1942
CRAZY HORSE, THE STRANGE MAN OF THE OGLALAS – Mari Sandoz

1947
ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI – Bernard De Voto

1949
WESTWARD EXPANSION: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER – Ray
Allen Billington

1950
THE RECKLESS BREED OF MEN: THE TRAPPERS AND FUR TRADERS OF THE SOUTHWEST – Robert Glass Cleland

1951
A TREASURY OF WESTERN FOLKLORE – B. A. Botkin, editor

1952
WAGON ROADS WEST: A STUDY OF FEDERAL ROAD SURVEYS AND CONSTRUCTION IN THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI WEST 1846-1869 – W. Turrentine
Jackson

1953
JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK – Bernard De Voto, editor

MOSTLY ALKALI – Stephen P. Jocelyn

CHEYENNE AUTUMN – Mari Sandoz

1954
GREAT RIVER: THE RIO GRANDE IN NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY (2 vol.) –
Paul Horgan

BENT’S FORT – David Lavender

1955
THE LOOK OF THE OLD WEST – William Foster-Harris

1956
BEFORE BARBED WIRE, L. A. HOFFMAN, PHOTOGRAPHER ON HORSEBACK -
Mark Brown and W. R. Felton

MY CONFESSION – Samuel Chamberlain

MEN TO MATCH MY MOUNTAINS: THE OPENING OF THE FAR WEST,
1840-1900 – Irving Stone

THE INDIAN WARS OF THE WEST – Paul I. Wellman

1957
THE AGE OF STEAM: A CLASSIC ALBUM OF AMERICAN RAILROADING –
Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg

THE KING RANCH (2 vol.) – Tom Lea

1958
KLONDIKE FEVER: LIFE AND DEATH OF THE LAST GOLD RUSH – Pierce
Berton

1960
THE LIVES AND LEGENDS OF BUFFALO BILL – Don Russell

TULAROSA: LAST OF THE FRONTIER WEST – C. L. Sonnichsen

1961
THE FORGOTTEN PENINSULA: A NATURALIST IN BAJA CALIFORNIA – Joseph Wood Krutch

THE MARCH OF THE MONTANA COLUMN: A PRELUDE TO THE CUSTER
DISASTER, LT. J. H. Bradley - E. I. Stewart, editor

1963
WHY THE WEST WAS WILD – Joseph Snell and Nyle Miller

THE LAST DAYS OF THE SIOUX NATION – Robert M. Utley

1964
THEY CALLED HIM WILD BILL: THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF JAMES
BUTLER HICKOK – Joseph Rosa

THE GATHERING OF ZION: THE STORY OF THE MORMON TRAIL – Wallace
Stegner

1965
THE NEZ PERCE AND THE OPENING OF THE NORTHWEST – Alvin M.
Josephy, Jr.

1966
SUTTER’S FORT, GATEWAY TO THE GOLD FIELDS – Oscar Lewis

JESSE JAMES WAS HIS NAME…NOTORIOUS JAMES BROTHERS OF
MISSOURI – William Settle, Jr.

1967
FOOL’S GOLD: THE DECLINE AND FALL OF JOHN SUTTER OF CALIFORNIA -
Richard Dillon

1969
GERONIMO CAMPAIGN – Odie B. Faulk

SWEET MEDICINE: THE CONTINUING ROLE OF THE SACRED ARROWS, THE SUN DANCE, AND THE SACRED BUFFALO HAT IN NORTHERN CHEYENNE HISTORY (2 vols.) – Peter J. Powell

1970
SHOTGUN FOR HIRE, THE STORY OF “DEACON” JIM MILLER, KILLER OF
PAT GARRETT – Glenn Shirley

1971
THE GENESIS OF THE FRONTIER THESIS: A STUDY IN HISTORICAL
CREATIVITY – Ray Allen Billington

1973
DOG SOLDIERS, BEAR MEN, AND BUFFALO WOMEN: A STORY OF THE
SOCIETIES AND CULTS OF THE PLAINS INDIANS – Thomas E. Mails

FRONTIER REGULARS: THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND THE INDIANS,
1866-1890 – Robert M. Utley

1974
THE BUFFALO BOOK: THE FULL SAGA OF THE AMERICAN ANIMAL – David Dary

PAT GARRETT: THE STORY OF A WESTERN LAWMAN – Leon Metz

1975
FIFTY GREAT WESTERN ILLUSTRATORS: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC CHECK LIST –
Jeff Dykes

MOON OF POPPING TREES – Rex Allen Smith

1979
BAT MASTERSON: THE MAN AND THE LEGEND – Robert DeArment

BUFFALO BILL, HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, FAME, FAILURES, AND FORTUNES –
Nellie Synder Yost

1980
THE SOUTHWEST – David Lavender

1981
COWBOY CULTURE: A SAGA OF FIVE CENTURIES – David Dary

CUSTER LEGENDS – Lawrence A. Frost

DEADWOOD, THE GOLDEN YEARS – Watson Parker

1982
EL PASO LAWMAN: G. W. CAMPBELL – Fred Egloff

THE WORLD RUSHED IN: THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH EXPERIENCE –
J. S. Holiday

WESTERING WOMEN AND THE FRONTIER EXPERIENCE 1800-1915 - Sandra
L. Myres

1983
WESTERING MAN: THE LIFE OF JOSEPH WALKER – Bill Gilbert

1986
ADOBE WALLS: THE HISTORY AND ARCHEOLOGY OF THE 1874 TRADING
POST – T. Lindsay by Baker and Billy R. Harrison

TRAILS SOUTH: THE WAGON-ROAD ECONOMY IN DODGE CITY-PANHANDLE REGION - C. Robert Haywood

DEATH VALLEY & THE AMARGOSA: A LAND OF ILLUSION – Richard
Lingenfelter

1987
SACRAMENTO, EXCURSIONS INTO ITS HISTORY AND NATURAL WORLD –
William M. Holden

1988
PLATTE RIVER ROAD NARRATIVES: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
TRAVEL OVER THE GREAT CENTRAL OVERLAND ROUTE – Merrill J. Mattes

THE DONNER PARTY RESCUE SITE: JOHNSON’S RANCH ON BEAR RIVER –
Jack and Richard Steed

1991
CUSTER’S LAST CAMPAIGN: MITCH BOYER AND THE LITTLE BIGHORN
RECONSTRUCTED – John S. Gray

THE WEST AS AMERICA: REINTERPRETING IMAGES OF THE FRONTIER,
1820-1920 – Will H. Truettner, editor

1992
THE CUSTER READER – Paul Andrew Hutton, editor

ISHI IN TWO WORLDS: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE LAST WILD INDIAN IN NORTH AMERICA – Theodora Koreber

GOLDFIELD: THE LAST GOLD RUSH ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER – Sally
Zanjani

THE SPANISH FRONTIER IN NORTH AMERICA – David Weber

1993
DICTIONARY OF THE AMERICAN WEST – Winfred Blevins

HOKAHEY, A GOOD DAY TO DIE! THE INDIAN CASUALTIES OF THE CUSTER FIGHT – Richard G. Hardorff

BUFFALO SOLDIERS, BRAVES AND BRASS – F. N. Schubert - 1993

1995
THE LAST GUNFIGHTER, JOHN WESLEY HARDIN – Richard Marohn

A GOOD YEAR TO DIE: THE STORY OF THE GREAT SIOUX WAR – Charles M.
Robinson

1996
UNDAUNTED COURAGE: MERIWETHER LEWIS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, AND
THE OPENING OF THE AMERICAN WEST – Stephen Ambrose

1998
THE PLAINS INDIANS – Paul H. Carlson

THE NEW ENCYLOPEDIA OF THE AMERICAN WEST – Howard R. Lamar, editor

THE WEST OF BILLY THE KID – Frederick Nolan

1999
BEAR FLAG RISING, CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA 1846 – Dale Walker

LONG DAY’S JOURNEY: THE STEAMBOAT AND STAGECOACH ERA IN THE
NORTHERN WEST – Carlos Arnold Schwantes

2000
NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD – Stephen Ambrose