New Listings
Christopher Columbus, The Great Adventure and How We Know About It by Delno & Jean West ... $3.50 (1991, 136 pages. Ages 10 to 14. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "Describes the early life and studies of Christopher Columbus, his search for support of a voyage across the Atlantic, and his experiences in the New World.")
Christopher Columbus, How He Did It by Charlotte and David Yue ... $3.50 (1992, 136 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "Detailed description of Columbus's voyage to the New World in 1492.")
Explorers of the Americas Before Columbus by George DeLucenay Leon ... $3.00 (1989, 64 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "Examine the voyages of explorers who reached the shores to North America before Columbus. Discusses Eric the Red, Leif Ericsson, the Norse settlements, and ancient visitors to South and Latin America.")
I Sailed with Columbus by Miriam Schlein ... $2.50 (1991, 136 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "Describes Columbus' first voyage of discovery as seen through the eyes of a twelve-year-old ship's boy.")
Magellan and da Gama - To the Far East and Beyond by Clint Twist ... $3.50 (1994, 46 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "Describes the explorations of Ferdinand Magellan and Vasco da Gama in the sixteenth century which led to the establishment of Spanish and Portuguese empires around the world." Beyond the Horizons series.)
La Salle, A Life of Boundless Adventure by William Jay Jacobs ... $2.50 (1994, 63 pages. Ex-library, overall good. Franklin Watts, A First Book.)
Magellan, Voyager with a Dream by William Jay Jacobs ... $3.00 (1994, 63 pages. Ex-library, overall good. Franklin Watts, A First Book.)
Pizarro, Conqueror of Peru by William Jay Jacobs ... $3.00 (1994, 63 pages. Ex-library, overall good. Franklin Watts, A First Book.)
Famous Explorers: Samuel de Champlain by Claude Hurwicz ... $3.00 (2001, 24 pages. Ex-library, very good. "A biography of the French explorer who founded Quebec, discovered Lake Champlain, and was called the Father of New France." For younger children.)
Great Lives: Captain Cook by Alan Blackwood ... $2.50 (1987, 32 pages. Ex-library, some wear but nothing excessive. " ... an intrepid explorer, expert navigator and skilled scientist.")
World Explorers: Harnando de Soto and the Explorers of the American South by Sylvia Whitman ... $3.50 (1991, 112 pages. Ex-library, overall good.)
World Explorers: Marco Polo and the Medieval Explorers by Rebecca Stefoff ... $4.50 (1992, 112 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "Examines the life and travels of the medieval explorer.")
Marco Polo, Voyager to the Orient by Carol Greene ... $4.00 (1987, 108 pages. Ex-library, some wear to cover, pages are overall good. People of Distinction Biographies.)
World Leaders Past & Present: Cortes by Dennis Wepman ... $3.50 (1986, 115 pages. Ex-library, wear to cover, pages are overall good.)
Matthew Henson, Polar Adventurer by Jean Kinney Williams ... $3.00 (1994, 63 pages. A First Book. Ex-library, overall good.)
We the People: Champlain, Explorer of New France by Dan Zadra ... $3.50 (1988, 32 pages. Ex-library, some wear to cover, pages are overall good. "A biography of the French explorer who founded Quebec, discovered Lake Champlain, and was called the Father of New France.") --
Watts Library: Samuel de Champlain by Liz Sonneborn ... $3.50 (2001, 64 pages. Ex-library, overall good. " ... discovered the Ottawa River and Lakes Champlain, Ontario, and Huron. ... worked hard to establish colonies for France in what is now Canada.")
The World's Great Explorers: Ferdinand Magellan by Jim Hargrove ... $3.50 (1990, 128 pages. Ex-library, some wear to cover but overall good. "The life of the Portuguese navigator and explorer who launched the first voyage around the world in the early 1500s but met his death before his men completed the expedition.")
Christopher Columbus, On the Green Sea of Darkness by Gardner Soule ... $4.00 (1988, 128 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "Describes the voyages of Christopher Columbus, detailing the events and discoveries connected with each." ... "Part of the story is less well known. It is about the great storehouse of scientific information gained from his four voyages.")
An Easy-Read Fact Book: Arms and Armor by F. Wilkinson ... $3.50 (1984, 32 pages. Ex-library, minor wear to cover, pages are overall good.)
Eyewitness Books: Knight by Christopher Gravett ... $4.00 (1993, 64 pages. Ex-library, cover has wear, pages are overall good. "Discusses the age of knighthood, covering such aspects as arms, armor, training, ceremonies, tournaments and the code of chivalry, and the Crusades.")
Usborne - The Time Traveller Book of Knights and Castles by Judy Hindley ... $4.00 (1976, 32 pages. Ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
Worldwise: Knights and Armor by Daisy Kerr ... $3.50 (1997, 39 pages. Ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
Lewis and Clark - Exploring the Northwest by Clint Twist ... $4.50 (1994, 46 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "Their journey was an amazing feat of endurance and opened up the American West for the United States." Beyond the Horizons series.)
We the People: Lewis and Clark, Western Trailblazers by Dan Zadra ... $3.00 (1988, 32 pages. Ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
Outlaws and Lawmen of the Wild West: Butch Cassidy by Carl. R. Green and William R. Sanford ... $3.50 (1995, 48 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "Butch Cassidy is one of the most famous outlaws of the 1800's. ... the authors tell the true story of this legendary outlaw.")
Outlaws and Lawmen of the Wild West: Jesse James by Carl. R. Green and William R. Sanford ... $3.50 (1995, 48 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "A biography of the outlaw who, with his brother Frank, led a gang of bank and train robbers from the late 1860's through the 1870's.")
Western Lawmen by Frank Surge ... $3.00 (1969, 62 pages. A Pull Ahead Book. Ex-library, some typical wear - still a good reading copy. "Brief biographies of some well-known lawmen and other personalities of the old West whose characters and exploits have become legendary.")
The Ordeal of Olive Oatman, A True Story of the American West by Margaret Rau ... $4.50 (1997, 110 pages. Ex-library, very good. "In 1851, Olive Oatman's family was attacked by a small band of Apaches ... The Apaches seized Olive and her younger sister. During her six years held captive by the Apaches and Mohaves, Olive's face was disfigured by a brand to mark her as a slave and her sister died during a terrible famine. But Olive also received compassion and love from a people she had thought of as savages, and learned that her captors had deeply spiritual beliefs that forever altered the way she thought of the earth and its proper use.")
Trail of Apple Blossoms by Irene Hunt ... $3.50 (1968, 64 pages. Follett Publishing. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. Story of Johnny Appleseed.)
Will Rogers by Jane A. Schott ... $4.00 (1996, 48 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. Carolrhoda On My Own Books. "Will Rogers was one of the best-loved Americans of his day. ... Will Rogers always remained a slow-talking, wise-cracking, rope-throwing cowboy.")
Frontier Merchants - Lionel and Barron Jacobs and the Jewish Pioneers Who Settled the West by Jerry Stanley ... $4.50 (1998, 100 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "Tells the story of Lionel and Barron Jacobs, Jewish merchants who started with a general store in Tucson in 1867 and went on to found Arizona's first bank.")
To Fly with the Swallows - A Story of Old California by Dana Chatharine de Ruiz ... $3.50 (1993, 53 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "A biography of the woman who became California's first native-born nun, describing a life that spanned the transitional period from Spanish rule to American statehood." Story of Dona Concha. Stories of America series.)
Heores of the Wild West: Buffalo Bill Cody, Showman of the Wild West by William R. Sanford and Carl R. Green ... $3.50 (1996, 48 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "Pony Express rider, scout, hunter, showman.")
Shooting Star - Annie Oakley, the Legend by Debbie Dadey ... $3.00 (1997, picture book. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading copy. "An exaggerated account of the life and exploits of the sharp-shooting entertainer.")
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