Book Notices

American Nations: Encounters in Indian Country, 1850 to the Present. Edited by Frederick E. Hoxie, Peter C. Mancall, and James H. Merrell. (New York: Routledge, 2001. xviii + 519 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, index. $95, cloth; $32.95, paper.)

Banking on Alaska: The Story of the National Bank of Alaska. Vol. 1 of A History of the NBA. By Terrence Cole and Elmer E. Rasmuson. (Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2001. xvii + 525 pp. Illustrations, maps, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index. No price listed; paper.)

Banking on Alaska: The Story of the National Bank of Alaska. Vol. 2 of Elmer's Memoirs: Anecdotes and Vignettes of My 90 Years. By Elmer E. Rasmuson. (Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2001. xvii +525 pp. Illustrations, index. No price listed; paper.)

Caleb Reynolds, American Seafarer, Based on the Papers of Caleb Reynolds, 1771–1858. Alaska History, no. 50. By Emily Reynolds Baker. (Fairbanks: Limestone Press, 2000; distributed by University of Alaska Press. xiv + 213 pp. Illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index. $28.)

The Civil War in West Texas and New Mexico: The Lost Letterbook of Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley. Edited by John P. Wilson and Jerry Thompson. (El Paso: Texas Western Press, 2001. 193 pp. Notes, index. $18, paper.)

Contemporary Ranches of Texas. By Lawrence Clayton, photographs by Wyman Meinzer. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2001. 166 pp. Illustrations, glossary, bibliography. $29.95.)

The Dallas Public Library: Celebrating a Century of Service, 1901–2001. By Michael V. Hazel. (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2001. Illustrations, appendix, notes, index. $29.95.)

Different Travellers, Different Eyes: Artists' Narratives of the American West, 1820–1920. Edited by Peter Wild, Donald A. Barclay, and James H. Maguire. (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 2001. xi + 270 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. $18.95, paper.)

Exploring the Olympic Mountains: Accounts of the Earliest Expeditions, 1878–1890. Compiled by Carsten Lien. (Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 2001. 483 pp. Illustrations, maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $35, paper.)

Feeding the Wolf: John B. Rayner and the Politics of Race, 1850–1918. By Gregg Cantrell. (Wheeling, IL: Harland Davidson, 2001. ix + 149 pp. Illustration, index. $12.95, paper.)

The Flock. By Mary Austin. 1906. Reprint, with an afterword by Barney Nelson. (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2001. 319 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography. $17, paper.)

The Fox and the Whirlwind: General George Crook and Geronimo: A Paired Biography. By Peter Aleshire. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000. xii + 372 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $15.95, paper.)

From Angels to Hellcats: Legendary Texas Women, 1836–1880. By Don Blevins. (Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing, 2001. xi + 149 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. $12.)

The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949–1967. Vol. 1 of Academic Triumphs. By Clark Kerr. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. xxxiii + 540 pp. Illustrations, appendix, notes, index. $35; £24.95.)

The Great Thirst: Californians and Water, A History. By Norris Hundley, Jr. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. xxiii + 800 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $65, £45, cloth; $24.95, £17.95, paper. )

The Griffith Family & the Founding of Georgetown. By Liston E. Leyendecker. (Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2001. xii + 106 pp. Illustrations, glossary, appendixes, bibliography, index. $35.)

Ham, Eggs, and Corn Cake: A Nebraska Territory Diary. By Erastus F. Beadle. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001. xxiv + 130 pp. Maps, index. $12.95, £9.50, paper.)

Images of America: Mari Sandoz's Native Nebraska--The Plains Indian Country. By LaVerne Harrell Clark. (Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2000. 128 pp. Illustrations, maps. $18.99, paper.)

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