Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


james o long

Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “james o long
Skip side bar filters
  • Rough Justice

    Crime and Punishment on the Northwest Frontier & The Origins of Oregon State Penitentiary

    Before Oregon had a constitution or courthouses, it had chaos. Rough Justice uncovers the turbulent birth of law and order of the Northwest frontier, where fur traders, missionaries, Native communities and opportunists wrestled with how to live in a place without laws - and for much of the time without a single jail.Drawing on eyewitness diaries, newspapers and public documents, James Long brings ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

People who read this also enjoyed

  • Dreams of El Dorado

    A History of the American West

    by H. W. Brands ...
    **From a New York Times bestselling author, a masterful history of the American West—from the California Gold Rush to the settling of Oklahoma and beyond."Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope, this is a bravura performance from one of our master historians." —Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Blood and Thunder**In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling panoramic story of the ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • "I Am a Man"

    Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice

    by Joe Starita ...
    The harrowing story of a Native American man's tragic loss of land and family, and his heroic journey to reclaim his humanity.In 1877, Chief Standing Bear's Ponca Indian tribe was forcibly removed from their Nebraska homeland and marched to what was then known as Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), in what became the tribe's own Trail of Tears. A third of the tribe died on the grueling march, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Wagons West

    The Epic Story of America's Overland Trails

    by Frank McLynn ...
    An acclaimed historian's "compellingly told" year-by-year account of the pioneering efforts to conquer the American West in the mid-nineteenth century ( The Guardian).In all the sagas of human migration, few can top the drama of the journey by Midwestern farmers to Oregon and California from 1840 to 1849—between the era of the fur trappers and the beginning of the gold rush. Even with mountain men ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Standing Bear Is a Person

    The True Story of a Native American's Quest for Justice

    A "remarkable" account of a Native American's battle for his civil rights in 19th century America ( Washington Times ).In a federal courtroom in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1879, Standing Bear, clan chief of the small and peaceful Ponca tribe, was in court demanding the same basic right that white Americans enjoyed—the right to be recognized legally as a human being. The compelling, behind-the-scenes ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • The Oregon Trail

    An American Saga

    by David Dary ...
    A major one-volume history of the Oregon Trail from its earliest beginnings to the present, by a prize-winning historian of the American West.Starting with an overview of Oregon Country in the early 1800s, a vast area then the object of international rivalry among Spain, Britain, Russia, and the United States, David Dary gives us the whole sweeping story of those who came to explore, to exploit, ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Murder at the Mission

    A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West

    by Blaine Harden ...
    **Finalist for the 2022 Will Rogers Medallion Award“Terrific.” –Timothy Egan, The New York Times****“A riveting investigation of both American myth-making and the real history that lies beneath.” *–*Claudio Saunt,author of Unworthy RepublicFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14, a “terrifically readable” (Los Angeles Times) account of one of the most persistent ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Continental Reckoning

    The American West in the Age of Expansion

    by Elliott West ...
    Series series History of the American West
    Finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in HistoryWinner of Columbia University's 2024 Bancroft Prize in American HistoryWinner of the 2024 Caughey Western History PrizeWinner of the 2024 Spur AwardNamed a Best Civil War Book of 2023 by Civil War MonitorIn Continental Reckoning renowned historian Elliott West presents a sweeping narrative of the American West and its vital role in the transformation ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Hell on Wheels

    Wicked Towns Along the Union Pacific Railroad

    by Dick Kreck ...
    Overnight settlements, better known as "Hell on Wheels," sprang up as the transcontinental railroad crossed Nebraska and Wyoming. They brought opportunity not only for legitimate business but also for gamblers, land speculators, prostitutes, and thugs. Dick Kreck tells their stories along with the heroic individuals who managed, finally, to create permanent towns in the interior West. ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 38 Nooses

    Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End

    by Scott W. Berg ...
    In August 1862, after decades of broken treaties, increasing hardship, and relentless encroachment on their lands, a group of Dakota warriors convened a council at the tepee of their leader, Little Crow. Knowing the strength and resilience of the young American nation, Little Crow counseled caution, but anger won the day. Forced to either lead his warriors in a war he knew they could not win or ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Beyond Hope

    An Illustrated History of the Fraser and Cariboo Gold Rush

    Gold. With that one little word and its promise of fabulous wealth, people from all parts of the world came to British Columbia in the 1850s and 1860s. Most were ill equipped for the difficult terrain, the icy water, and the inhospitable climate. Some found the motherlode. Others settled for becoming rich merchants. Most became impoverished, and a large number lost their lives. With new roads and ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scoundrels and Saloons: Whisky Wars of the Pacific Northwest 1840-1917

    Whisky Wars of the Pacific Northwest 1840-1917

    by Rich Mole ...
    Series series Amazing Stories
    From the days of the fur trade, one constant thread weaves its way through the tumultuous history of frontier British Columbia, Washington and Oregon—the war over liquor. Between 1840 and 1917, the whisky wars of the west coast were fought by historical heavyweights, including Matthew Baillie Begbie (the “Hanging Judge”) and Wyatt Earp, and a contentious assortment of murderous whisky traders, ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD