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Books by Conger Beasley Jr
  | | Hidalgo's Beard, A California Fantasy by Conger Beasley Jr. Paperback, 154 Pages, Published 2013 by Sunstone Press ISBN-13: 978-0-86534-953-7, ISBN: 0-86534-953-3 "Navvy Dypes is twenty-seven years old and lives at the bottom of a swimming pool in Palm Springs, California. By an "act of will," he has changed himself into a fish-complete with gills and scales-much to the chagrin of his father, who devises an insidious cure for his son's affliction. But Navvy is determined to retain his new identity, for it is only in the water that his consciousness expands beyond the limits of the human sensibilit ..." |
 | | We Are a People in This World(1st Edition) The Lakota Sioux and the Massacre at Wounded Knee by Conger Beasley Jr. Paperback, 172 Pages, Published 1995 by University Of Arkansas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55728-386-3, ISBN: 1-55728-386-9 "In this compelling book, the author alternately recounts the events and details of the 1890 massacre of the Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee and his participation, one hundred years later, in the commemorative Big Foot Memorial Ride. The counterpoint and contrast between the two events produces a powerful effect; the oral accounts of the survivors of the slaughter are sometimes so brutal that the reader needs to be taken away, if only into ..." |
 | | The Ptomaine Kid, A Hamburger Western by Conger Beasley Jr. Paperback, 188 Pages, Published 2012 by Sunstone Press ISBN-13: 978-0-86534-905-6, ISBN: 0-86534-905-3 "Hoby Tibbs, a forty-one-year-old hamburger cook, has a secret-he has the power to cure bad hamburger meat. His gift is timely-an epidemic of ptomaine poisoning has infected the hamburger parlors of the American Southwest that threatens to alter the eating habits of the entire population. With the grit and determination of a latter-day knight, Hoby rides forth to do battle with the pernicious microbes. In pursuit of this quest, he discov ..." |
 | | Sundancers and River Demons Essays on Landscape and Ritual by Conger Beasley Jr. Paperback, 229 Pages, Published 1999 by University Of Arkansas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55728-130-2, ISBN: 1-55728-130-0 ""Beasley's travel essays are splendid, thoughtful, resonate snapshots of people, ideas and places. Conger Beasley sensitively and wisely instructs us that the spirit of place is always the spirit of the people, held like a hand cupped rose in the memory, long after the visit is over."--Andrew Salkey" |
 | | Spanish Peaks Land and Legends by Conger Beasley Jr., Barbara Sparks, Ann H. Zwinger, Jr. /Sparks Beasley Paperback, 182 Pages, Published 2006 by University Press Of Colorado ISBN-13: 978-0-87081-853-0, ISBN: 0-87081-853-8 "The Spanish Peaks stand alone some distance from the main cordillera of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, south of Pueblo, Colorado. The towering twin mountains have served as beacons for Native Americans, Spaniards, trappers, traders, travelers on the Santa Fe trail, miners, and homesteaders. "Spanish Peaks" shares the legends the mountains have inspired and tells of the peoples drawn to the peaks' shelter. Author Conger Beasley Jr. and ..." |
 | | On Becoming Apache (Voice in the American West) by Harry Mithlo, Conger Beasley Jr., Mithlo Beasley Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2020 by Texas Tech University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-68283-059-8, ISBN: 1-68283-059-4 "This is the story of Watson Mithlo, Chiricahua Apache, his family, and his life. Watson’s story embodies the life of the Chiricahua Apache people, who in 1886 were forced into exile to Fort Marion, Florida, by the US government and considered prisoners of war until 1914. This story tells Watson’s lived history as the Chiricahua were relocated from Arizona to Florida to Alabama and finally to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. But this is also a story ..." |
 | | A Little Story about Maurice Ravel by Conger Beasley Jr. Paperback, 172 Pages, Published 2015 by Jef Books ISBN-13: 978-1-884097-65-2, ISBN: 1-884097-65-0 "In this highly imaginative, delightful tale, the great composer Maurice Ravel gets lost and waylaid on a journey to Spain, which he has never before seen. Unfortunately the fact that he is tiny, the size of a mere doll, gets him into misadventures and troubles galore. The author displays genuine affection for the historical character of Ravel, but immerses him in a humorous fictional milieu akin to that of Todd Michael Cox's "Dizzlemu ..." |
 | | Shelby's Expedition to Mexico(Updated) An Unwritten Leaf of the War by John N. Edwards, Conger Beasley Jr. Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2007 by University Of Arkansas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55728-842-4, ISBN: 1-55728-842-9 "Confederate general Joseph O. Shelby and his legendary Iron Brigade refused to acknowledge the end of the Civil War. Instead, they fought their way to Mexico in search of a place where they could continue to defy the U.S. government. These veteran Missouri cavalrymen clawed their way for fifteen hundred miles, fighting Juaristas, Indians, desperados, and disgruntled gringos. They disbanded only after they had offered their services to E ..." |
 | | Past & Repast(1st Edition) The History and Hospitality of the Missouri Governor's Mansion by Conger Beasley Jr., June Jamieson Hughes, Carolyn Reid Bond, Carolyn Bond, Hugo H. Harper, Neil W. Sauer, Missouri Mansion Preservation Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 1983 by Missouri Mansion Preservation, Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-913504-83-3, ISBN: 0-913504-83-1 "Every governor of Missouri puts out this history and the guests they've enteretained at the MO. Mansion" |
 | | Messiah The Life and Times of Francis Schlatter by Jr Conger Beasley Paperback, 252 Pages, Published 2008 by Sunstone Press ISBN-13: 978-0-86534-666-6, ISBN: 0-86534-666-6 "While living in Denver in the early 1890s, Francis Schlatter, a poor immigrant cobbler from Alsace-Lorraine, heard a voice inside his head that told him to put down his tools and go outside and walk east. For several years Schlatter, a deeply pious man, had been aware that he possessed the potential to cure people of their afflictions if he could only muster enough faith; the time to test that faith had arrived. So began a grueling two- ..." |
 | | The Ptomaine Kid A Hamburger Western by Conger Beasley Jr. 190 Pages, Published 2013 by Sunstone Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61139-122-0, ISBN: 1-61139-122-9 "Bob was entertaining the day shift with stories about his movie career. One of the workers, a Papago Indian, recognized him; too shy to say anything, he had a friend inquire if he was in fact Cowboy Bob Pringle. The workers at the Ajo plant ..." |
 | | Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument by Conger Beasley Jr. Paperback, 16 Pages, Published 2001 by Western National Parks Association ISBN-13: 978-1-58369-009-3, ISBN: 1-58369-009-3 "Flint is a form of chert. When properly struck, its crystalline structure reacts like a fluid, making a conchoidal fracture that splinters in a predictable manner Paleo- Americans sometimes heated the stones they intended to shape to make them flake more easily They buried the stones in sand between layers of smoldering coal and warmed them to around 500 degrees Fahrenheit to make them more tractable. Once the stone cooled, they cou ..." |
 | | The Sierra Club Guides to the National Parks of the Desert Southwest(Updated) by Sierra Club, Conger Beasley Jr., Irene Pavitt, James V. Murfin Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 1995 by Random House, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-679-76493-9, ISBN: 0-679-76493-3 "This Revised And Updated Volume Features:-- 261 color photographs-- 19 maps-- Facility charts for each park with addresses, phone numbers, hours, and much more practical information at a glance-- Trail charts indicating length, ascent, degree of difficulty, and where to go to get away from the crowds-- Appendix identifying animals and plants commonly found in the parks." |
 | | The Sierra Club Guide to the National Parks of the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains(Updated) (Sierra Club Guides to the National Parks) by Sierra Club Books, Conger Beasley Jr. Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1995 by Random House, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-679-76496-0, ISBN: 0-679-76496-8 "Newly revised and updated, this guide offers practical travel information anddetailed histories of national parks in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. d and updated, this guide offers practical travel information and detailed histories ..." |
 | | Hidalgo's Beard A California Fantasy by Jr. Conger Beasley Paperback, 147 Pages, Published 1979 by Andrews And Mcmeel, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-8362-6100-4, ISBN: 0-8362-6100-3 |
 | | The Blood Of Dead Poets(1st Edition) (Wordcraft Speculative Writers Series, #12) by Conger Beasley Jr., Richard Schindler Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1996 by Wordcraft Of Oregon ISBN-13: 978-1-877655-15-9, ISBN: 1-877655-15-5 "stories, illus Richard Schindler, signed" |
 | | The Magic Deer by Conger Beasley Jr. Paperback, 31 Pages, Published 1989 by Wordcraft Of Oregon Import ISBN-13: 978-1-877655-01-2, ISBN: 1-877655-01-5 |
 | | Counting Back Voices of the Lakota and Pioneer Settlers by Sylvia Griffith Wheeler, Conger Beasley Jr. Hardcover, 124 Pages, Published 1992 by Bkmk Pr/Umkc ISBN-13: 978-0-933532-85-4, ISBN: 0-933532-85-7 |
 | | The Ptomaine Kid A hamburger western by Jr. Conger Beasley Paperback, 268 Pages, Published 1981 by Sheed And Ward ISBN-13: 978-0-8362-6115-8, ISBN: 0-8362-6115-1 |
 | | Channel Islands National Park and National Marine Sanctuary by Tim Hauf -. Photographer, Conger Beasley, Jr. -. Text, Cheryl Carnahan Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2008 by Tim Hauf Photography ISBN-13: 978-0-9788219-2-0, ISBN: 0-9788219-2-0 "A short distance off the mainland of Southern California stand five intriguing islands that make up Channel Islands National Park. On a clear day the islands are easily viewable from just about anywhere along the coastline, from Point Conception to the Santa Monica Mountains. Relatively few visitors make the trip by boat or by plane across the Santa Barbara Channel to the unspoiled shores of these five islands. Those who do encounter a ..." |
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