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  Title: Fatal Holiday : A True Crime Story
Author: Judy Gigstad

Brief Description: The true story of the sensational 2001 holiday murder of Robert Andrew in his own home under remarkable circumstances.


Price: $19.95 
Item No: 20091214A



  Title: Laughing in Cadence : Dress Right Dress Military Cartoons
Author: Daryl Talbot

Brief Description: A collection of humorous U.S. military cartoons by artist Daryl Talbot, who served in all four services.


Price: $10.95 
Item No: 20091001A


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  Title: Point Four: Touching the Dream : A Bold, New U.S. Foreign Policy
Author: Paul William Bass

Brief Description: The third book in the Henry G. Bennett Centennial series, this book details the need, creation and accomplishments of the Point Four program, the United State's highly successful overseas recovery program that followed World War II.


Price: $17.95 
Item No: 20090901


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  Title: Little Tom and Fats
Author: Alvan L. Mitchell

Brief Description: This book, written so lovingly by Alvan Mitchell, recounts what it was like to grow up in small-town Oklahoma during the 1920s. Specifically, it reconstructs the activities of Little Tom, or Thomas E. Berry, and Fats, that is Alvan Mitchell, during the golden days of their youth in Ripley, Oklahoma. Now a classic for residents of Payne County, Oklahoma, this delightful book will entertain, amuse, and take the reader back to a time when life held great adventures for young boys.


Price: $19.95 
Item No: 20090830


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  Title: Dream Big : Coping With Life in the Great Depression
Author: Eileene Russell Huff

Brief Description: 

In her inspiring book, the author shows how the people of a small Oklahoma community sorted the important from the unimportant - her family and the townspeople learned to cope with the insecurity of the Depression.

This is no "dust bowl saga." It is an education in survival and preservation.




Price: $13.95 
Item No: 20090603A


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  Title: Once in a Blue Moon
Author: Molly Levite Griffis

Brief Description: Here is an intriguing story of a young boy's special relationship with his grandfather and his effort to cope with one of today's most challenging diseases.


Price: $14.95 
Item No: 20090414A



  Title: Grandpa's Oklahoma Farm: High on a Hill
Author: Juanita King

Brief Description: Poems for children are featured in this book that takes a brief look into the lives and adventures of grandparents and their farm, high on a hill in Oklahoma.


Price: $11.95 
Item No: 20081230A


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  Title: Buckskin, Calico, & Lace : Oklahoma Territorial Women
Author: Glenda Carlile

Brief Description: Stories of a variety of women that contributed to the formation of the state including Anna Overholser, Elva Ferguson, Cattle Annie and Little Britches, Belle Starr, Kate Barnard, "Kentucky" Daisey, Will Rogers Mother Mary and the all woman town of Bethsheba.


Price: $15.95 
Item No: 20081101A



  Title: The Journey : U.S. Border Patrol and the Solution to the Illegal Alien Problem
Author: Donald R. Coppock

Brief Description: The author tells how he was able to control the illegal entry of aliens while he was in the field and while he was Chief of the Border Patrol. He also tells how the present illegal alien problem should be solved. It would be humane and effective. Take "The Journey" through the years in the Border Patrol as seen through the eyes of author, Don Coppock.


Price: $14.95 
Item No: 20080920A


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  Title: The Life & Times of Edwin E. Glover : Story of a Patriot
Author: Edited by Douglas Dollar

Brief Description: The story of Edwin Glover's life is in large part the story of the "Greatest Generation." It is the story of a patriot, and a life of service. The edited book is compiled from the personal reflections of Ed himself, and is presented in his own words. It is organized and edited by Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Douglas Dollar.


Price: $12.95 
Item No: 20080829A


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  Title: Fellow Dreamers : Oklahoma, Education and the World
Author: Paul William Bass

Brief Description: In Fellow Dreamers, author Paul Bass continues the story of educator and statesman Henry G. Bennett’s distinguished career and friendships that developed over his life. Such “fellow dreamers” as President Harry Truman, Senator Robert S. Kerr, and Governor William Holloway are included in this second in a series of three works devoted to Oklahoma, Education and, through the Point Four Program, the World.


Price: $18.95 
Item No: 20080722A



  Title: No Little Dreams : Henry Garland Bennett, Educator and Statesman
Author: Paul William Bass

Brief Description: This is the story of Dr. Henry Garland Bennett, of whom it could be said that few had the potential to accomplish more. Taking time out from his long and distinguished career in higher education in Oklahoma, Bennett answered the call of the President of the United States in 1950 to serve as assistant secretary of state and to begin implementing the most ambitious program of international good will and economic revitalization conceived to that time. Had not his tragic death cut the venture short, Bennett’s accomplishments no doubt would have earned him a more prominent place in U.S. history.

Price: $16.95 
Item No: 20080613A



  Title: Taming the Sooner State : The War Between Lawmen & Outlaws in Oklahoma & Indian Territory 1875-1941
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.


Price: $25.95 
Item No: 20071231



  Title: The Campus of OAMC : A Pictorial History of Buildings and Facilities 1891-1957
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.


Price: $36.95 
Item No: 20071216



  Title: Stillwater : A Cradle of Oklahoma History
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.


Price: $38.95 
Item No: 20071212



  Title: Gunplay : The True Story of Pistol Pete on the Hootowl Trail
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.


Price: $16.95 
Item No: 20070912A



  Title: Astronauts, Athletes, & Ambassadors : Oklahoma Women from1950-2007
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


Price: $16.95 
Item No: 20070104



  Title: What a Dirty Shame!: 100 Unforgettable Place Names of Oklahoma
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.

Price: $19.95 
Item No: 20060301



  Title: Lakes of Oil: Ben Russell's Rare Photo Record of an Early-Day Oklahoma Oil Boom
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.

This special hardcover collectors' edition is individually numbered and signed by the author.




Price: $36.95 
Item No: 20060201



  Title: Once Upon a Highway: Route 66 in Oklahoma
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. . .


Price: $17.95 
Item No: 20060105


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