Search Results: Authors starting with O from Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller

University of Oklahoma Press, 1991. Trade paperback. Like New. Much information (some of it factual, a lot of it fictional) is available about the famous gunfighters of the Old West―the Jameses, Billy the Kid, Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp, John Wesley Hardin, and that latter-day folk idol, Butch Cassidy. Dozens of less-well-known but sometimes even more murderous gunslingers―such men as Cullen Baker, Harvey Logan, Longhaired Jim Courtright, and Mysterious Dave Mather―have received only scant mention in scattered accounts.This encyclopedia―a who’s who of the gunfighting West-provides a compilation of facts, sifted myths, folklore, and outright lies, about the lives and deaths of 255 men, both the famous and the all but forgotten. Also included are detailed accounts of the almost six hundred gunfights the men took part in, mostly between the end of the Civil War and the turn of the century.Each entry follows a… Read More

Coward-McCann, 1969. Hard cover. Good/Good. 262 pages; 243 photos, 12 pages in color. Here is the insightful, in-depth focus on bullfighter Antonio Ordonez. Written by a female journalist, here is a close-up of what happens when a matador enters the ring and what leads up to this prized moment. "A rare and valuable record of Ordonez's life, his exploits, and his outlook.

Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1979. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Ex-lib.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1977. Book Club Edition. Hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. From preeminent Civil War historian Stephen B. Oates comes the book the Washington Post hails as “the standard one-volume biography of Lincoln.” Oates’ With Malice Toward None is recognized as the seminal biography of the Sixteenth President, by one of America’s most prominent historians.

Basic Health Publications, 2010. Trade paperback. Good.

Basic Health Publications, 2010. Trade paperback. Fine.

Basic Health Publications, 2010. Trade paperback. Fine.

Basic Health Publications, 2010. Trade paperback. Fine.

Stackpole Books, 1998. 2nd ed. Trade paperback. Like New. Professional secrets of mounting, matting, framing, and displaying artwork, photos, collectibles, carvings, and more.

Atria Books, 2010. Trade paperback. Very good.

Taunton Press, 2001. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. T.

Gibbs Smith, 2001. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jack.

W. W. Norton & Company, 1995. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Random House Trade, 2002. Trade paperback. Very Good. Signed by Author. Crease to front cover at bottom corner. Inscribed Signed "Dan O'Brien" under author frontis photo. "For twenty years Dan O'Brien struggled to make ends meet on his cattle ranch in South Dakota. But when a neighbor invited him to lend a hand at the annual buffalo roundup, O'Brien was inspired to convert his own ranch, the Broken Heart, to buffalo. Starting with thirteen calves, "short-necked, golden balls of wool," O'Brien embarked on a journey that returned buffalo to his land for the first time in more than a century and a half.Buffalo for the Broken Heart is at once a tender account of the buffaloes' first seasons on the ranch and an engaging lesson in wildlife ecology. Whether he's describing the grazing pattern of the buffalo, the thrill of watching a falcon home in on its prey, or the comical spectacle of a buffalo bull wallowing in the mud, O'Brien combines a… Read More

Rodale Press, 1998. First edition. Hard cover. Like New/Fine.

The Steck Company, 1948. First edition. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. A true account of Yellowstone and the bears. A scarce and desirable title.

The John C. Winston Co, 1935. First Edition. Hard cover. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Valiant is a wise, brave shepherd dog who lives and works on a Wyoming ranch with his boy and the boy's dad, who are ranchers in the late 1800's, during the time of a deadly range war between sheep and cattle ranchers".

Two Dot Books, 1997. Trade paperback. Fine. In Near Fine condition.

Oxford University Press, USA, 1986. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jack.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First edition. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. A.