Search Results: Authors starting with B from Blue Sage Collectibles

The Nebraska Sand Hills: The Human Landscape by Charles B. McIntosh. 1996 Hardcover, 266 pages. Charles Barron McIntosh has devoted a lifetime of scholarship to the history of human activity on Nebraska's Sand Hills, the spare, beautiful land that occupies much of western Nebraska. From carefully deciphering Native American occupancy through rigorous analysis of thousands of arrowheads, to patiently combing through decades of courthouse land title transaction records, McIntosh has mastered the sweep of centuries of human interaction with the land. We learn how the land shapes humankind, far more than pride would have us believe, and we see that perhaps our real success lies in learning how to live with the land, rather than attempting to master it. The Nebraska Sand Hills reflects McIntosh's lifetime of learning, reading, questioning, analyzing--in short, everything it means to be a scholar; seldom are these efforts so well demonstrated. His affection for this unique landscape is present on every… Read More

Brooks' Foreign Exchange Text Book: An Elementary Treatise on Foreign Exchange and the Monetary Systems of the World for the Instruction and Use of the Banker, Exporter, Importer, Tourist and Particularly for the Scholar and Student by Howard K. Brooks. 1908 Revised Edition, 239 pages. Good condition with mild signs of wear. No sign of writing, notes, or highlights in text. Binding solid and tight. Pages lightly age-toned. Foxing on text block edge. No dust jacket.

Memoirs of an Oklahoma Jurist by Hiram Burris King. Signed by Author on title page with personalized inscription. 1973 Hardcover, 123 pages. Book is in Very Good condition with light rubbing on board edges. No sign of writing, notes, or highlights in text. Binding solid and tight. Pages bright and clean. Dust Jacket has small tears at corners and ends of spine.