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Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated American communities where some 40,000 Mormon Fundamentalists still practice polygamy.
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith [Book]
Winner of the 2015 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards for Arizona Biography! In Death Valley National Monument, 1947, a handsome young park ranger idly plucks his guitar, writes a cowboy song, and strikes gold. This is the true story of Stan Jones, now told in full for the first time. His great song Ghost Riders in the Sky, continues to have a life of its own, performed all around the world in ever-changing musical modes, still casting an eerie spell over listeners today.
Ghost Riders in the Sky: The Life of Stan Jones, the Singing Ranger [Book]
The Searchers The New Yorker
They have the sky above, the sand below and a song in their hearts. Kathryn Grayson (Kiss Me Kate) and Gordon MacRae (Oklahoma!) capture the romance
The Desert Song (1953)
This book is the magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War II. It is the twentieth century's unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how the American-led coalition fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory.
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 [Book]
The ultimate desert reading list. If 2021 has you inspired to learn more…, by Mojave Desert Land Trust
Book recommendations that can teach you something new about all 50 states : NPR
Night & Horses & the Desert: An Anthology by Irwin, Robert
Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry, a brilliant and haunting novel richly capable of standing on its own, completes the author's epic four-volume cycle of novels of the American West that began in 1985 with the Pulitzer Prize -- winning masterpiece, Lonesome Dove. We join Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow F.
Comanche Moon [Book]