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Title:
Taming the Sooner State
: The War Between Lawmen & Outlaws in Oklahoma & Indian Territory 1875-1941
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Author: R. D. Morgan
Brief Description: This new book-length account presents a collection of rare photographs, biographical sketches, and true stories offered in chronological order dealing with the epic battle between the forces of law and order and wrongdoers taking place in a geographic area encompassing the modern state of Oklahoma.
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Price: $25.95
Item No: 20071231
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Title:
The Campus of OAMC
: A Pictorial History of Buildings and Facilities 1891-1957
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Author: David C. Peters
Brief Description: The fourth in the New Forums Oklahoma Collector’s Series, this work fills a void by capturing images of Oklahoma’s A&M college from the very beginning up to the time the institution became Oklahoma State University. Nothing is left out, including early wooden buildings for example, and OAMC alumni will relish this in depth look into their alma mater’s history.
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Price: $36.95
Item No: 20071216
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Title:
Stillwater
: A Cradle of Oklahoma History
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Author: D. Earl Newsom
Brief Description: A Limited First Edition, each copy autographed and individually numbered – one of New Forums Press’ Oklahoma Centennial Collector’s Series – about the historic Boomer town of Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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Price: $38.95
Item No: 20071212
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Title:
Gunplay
: The True Story of Pistol Pete on the Hootowl Trail
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Author: Robby McMurtry
Brief Description: For those who know Pistol Pete only as a college mascot, here is the story of the real man who inspired the image. Frank Eaton (1860?-1958), better known as Pistol Pete, came of age in the old Indian Nations, before Oklahoma, as such, existed. Here, based on his own memoirs and testimony, is the story of a young man in search of the men who killed his father. It is a tale of foul murder; fast friendships; sweet romance; and final revenge-classical elements in the history and mythology of the American West.
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Price: $16.95
Item No: 20070912A
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Title:
Astronauts, Athletes, & Ambassadors
: Oklahoma Women from1950-2007
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Author: Glenda Carlile
Brief Description: Published for Oklahoma’s Centennial year, Carlile completes here trilogy of women in the Sooner state who have made their mark in big ways
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Price: $16.95
Item No: 20070104
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Title:
What a Dirty Shame!: 100 Unforgettable Place Names of Oklahoma
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Author: Jim Marion Etter
Brief Description: There is probably not an Oklahoman or a visitor to Oklahoma who
hasn’t wondered about the meaning or origin of the names of many of our cities and
towns and other landmarks.
Those names mirror the 46th
state’s diverse culture and unique history. They sing with the beauty of American
Indian languages, reflect the hope or earthy humor of early settlers, or ring with the
energy of entrepreneurs.
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Price: $19.95
Item No: 20060301
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Title:
Lakes of Oil: Ben Russell's Rare Photo Record of an Early-Day Oklahoma Oil Boom
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Author: Eileene Russell Huff
Brief Description: Eileene Russell Huff offers the reader a tremendous gift through the work of her photographer father in this rare photo collection of the Drumright-Cushing oil field as it was developing from 1912 through 1918. In addition to over 240 remarkable, never published photographs, Eileene richly captures life in a turn-of-the century Oklahoma boom town through her narrative –– as related by her father, Ben Russell.
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Price: $25.95
Item No: 20060201
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Title:
Once Upon a Highway: Route 66 in Oklahoma
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Author: John Calvin Womack
Brief Description: Once Upon a Highway: Route 66 in Oklahoma
Artist and author John Calvin Womack faithfully captures over 155 sites along 395 miles of historic Route 66 in Oklahoma. Over a five-year period, John traveled the old stretches of Route 66 in Oklahoma compiling notes, sketches, and photographs of the various sights along the highway. This research developed into the series of pen and ink drawings presented in this collectors’ volume. . .
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Price: $36.95
Item No: 20060105
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Title:
Petticoats, Politics, & Pirouettes
: Oklahoma Women, 1900-1950
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Author: Glenda Carlile
Brief Description: Oklahoma’s heritage is continued with more exciting stories of Oklahoma women including the Five Indian Ballerinas, Perle Mesta, U.S. Representative Alice Robertson, Chief Alice Brown Davis, Te Ata, Augusta Metcalfe, Angie Debo, Norma Smallwood, Ruby Darby, Rosemary Hogan and even the infamous “Ma” Barker.
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Price: $14.95
Item No: 20060104
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Title:
The Tri-State Terror: The Life and Crimes of Wilbur Underhill
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Author: R. D. Morgan
Brief Description: Wilbur Underhill—the "Tri-State
Terror"—is the Boogeyman of Depression-era outlaws in more ways than one. For
nearly a decade in the turbulent period of the 1920s and 30s, he was one of the most
infamous and feared criminals in the Southwest. Convicted of one of his murders in
Oklahoma he was sentenced to life and escaped, killing a cop and receiving another life
term in Kansas, and then escaped again, leading ten others in a mass breakout. In the last
months of his life, he rose to national notoriety as a prolific bank robber and suspect in
the infamous Kansas City Massacre and became the first criminal ever shot down by agents
of that fledgling agency which would soon become the FBI.
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Price: $17.95
Item No: 20050108
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Title:
Just for Kicks: Oklahoma Route 66 Music Guide
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Author: Hugh W. Foley, Jr.
Brief Description: Featuring:
- An in-depth essay on music from Oklahoma
- Notable music histories of Oklahoma cities, towns, and tribes on Route 66
- Notable musicians from Oklahoma Cities and towns on Route 66
- Where to hear live music, sing karaoke, and find a good jukebox
- Annual music events along Route 66 in Oklahoma
- Museums and other places with a musical focus
- more . . .
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Price: $11.95
Item No: 20050107
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Title:
One Oklahoma Summer
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Author: Keith Cole
Brief Description: Clint Thompson is in trouble. The famous barrel horse trainer faces a long, hot summer
full of problems. The drought has hit hard, hay is scarce, and the money is running out.
The ranch he and his family have owned for three generations might be lost.
Twelve-year-old Mary Mitchell has problems of her own. She has moved to a strange new town
with an uncaring father who is too busy for her. Somehow the old cowboy and the young girl
find each other and face their problems together. Mary's quest to become a champion
barrel racer becomes part of Clint's quest to save his ranch. Through good times and bad,
they form an unbreakable bond of friendship. But their friendship is about to be tested
and Clint has to make a heartbreaking choice Ð will he lose the family ranch or will he
lose Mary forever . . .
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Price: $11.95
Item No: 20040109
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Title:
Drumright’s Unique History
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Author: Eileene Huff
Brief Description: This series of articles published in the Drumright Gusher in 1995
was awarded first place in the "Distinguished Service Award For Preservation of State
and Local History" by the Oklahoma Heritage Association.
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Price: $9.95
Item No: 20040108
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Title:
The Bandit Kings of the Cookson Hills
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Author: R. D. Morgan
Brief Description: This book chronicles the true adventures of a loose-knit confederation of daring bank
bandits originating from the infamous Cookson Hills of Eastern Oklahoma who terrorized the
Arkansas-Oklahoma borderlands for more than a half decade following the close of the First
World War. The original leader of the group was Henry Starr, the Cherokee bandit, who
claimed to have robbed more banks than any man. Upon his death, a middle-age storekeeper
along with an audacious young war hero named Ed Lockhart took over the helm.
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Price: $15.95
Item No: 20030203
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Title:
Desperadoes: The Rise & Fall of the Poe-Hart Gang
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Author: R. D. Morgan
Brief Description: In the months prior to America’s involvement in the First World War there came
charging out of the West an organized band of cutthroats dubbed the Poe-Hart Gang. This
notorious group of outlaws cut a swath of robbery, murder, and wholesale theft not seen on
the frontier since the arrival of the infamous Dalton Brothers.
This is the story of that lawless band of renegades and how they made the transition
from horse to automobile.
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Price: $12.95
Item No: 20030108
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Title:
The Bad Boys of the Cookson Hills
: Their reign of terror lasted 18 long months!
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Author: R. D. Morgan
Brief Description: The story contained in these pages is a detailed description of a vicious crime and the
eighteen-month long manhunt to track down the criminals involved. It details the history
and crimes of a loose-knit gang of bold outlaws originally known as the Cookson Hills
Gang, then the Ford Bradshaw Gang and finally the Underhill-Bradshaw Gang whose members
blazed a path of robbery and murder through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and Arkansas in
1932-34. It also chronicles the efforts and sacrifices of a handful of brave lawmen that
tracked them down.
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Price: $15.95
Item No: 20020106
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Title:
Thunder in the Heartland: Parables from Oklahoma
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Author: Jim Marion Etter
Brief Description: Note: Temporarily Out-of-Stock
This unique book of fiction, with a foreword by actor Dale Robertson, breathes life
into many of Oklahoma’s fascinating facts. Stories inspired by incidents ranging in
time from the 1860s to the 1990s awaken countless memories, and portray the Sooner State
in its own beauty, ugliness and humor.
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Price: $14.95
Item No: 20000106
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Title:
Claiming the Unassigned Lands
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Author: Clyde Shroyer
Brief Description: Mr. Shroyer has researched and gathered family information, backing it up with historical research to accomplish the task of telling his family story and their role in Oklahoma History. Recommended by the 1889er Society
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Price: $19.95
Item No: 20000105
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Title:
Stillwater History: The Missing Links
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Author: D. Earl Newsom
Brief Description: Fascinating events, Stories and Pictures not included in Previous Books. D. Earl Newsom’s final book dealing with Stillwater history and at his request a limited edition was published. The Madeline Webb Murder Trial, the Mathews Murder Case, the Ku Klux Klan, Stillwater’s Movie Histories, “Doc” Whittenberg, the Ramsey Oilfield,Stories behind Street Names and Hotels, Taxis and Buses.
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Price: $15.95
Item No: 20000104
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Title:
Oklahoma Cowboy Cartoons
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Author: Daryl Talbot
Brief Description: Award winning cartoonist Daryl Talbot returns with this collection of cartoons depicting the funny side of modern cowboyin’. If you you’ve ever owned a horse or worked on a ranch (or wished you did), you’ll get a kick out of this lighthearted look at ranchin’ and ropin’.
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Price: $7.95
Item No: 19990301
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