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Research the West
Women's Voices from the Oregon Trail
Cowboy Slang
Cowboy Lingo
The Writer's Guide to Everday Life in the Wild West
The Wordsworth Dictionary of the American West
If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon
Fantastic Facts about the Oregon Trail
How Would You Survive in the American West
Pioneer Days : Discover the Past With Fun Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes
Daughters of Joy, Sisters of Misery : Prostitutes in the American West, 1865-90
A Pioneer Sampler : The Daily Life of a Pioneer Family in 1840
Daily Life in a Covered Wagon
The Gentle Tamers : Women of the Old Wild West
Soiled Doves : Prostitutes in the Early West
Covered Wagon Women : Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1840-1849
Covered Wagon Women : Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 1854-1860
Covered Wagon Women : Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1879-1903
Pioneer Women : The Lives of Women on the Frontier
Pioneer Women : Voices from the Kansas Frontier
The Middle Ages
The City (Life in the Middle Ages)
The Countryside (Life in the Middle Ages)
The Castle (Life in the Middle Ages)
Everyday Life in the Middle Ages
The Lady in Medieval England, 1000-1500
Marriage and the Family in the Middle Ages
Women in the Middle Ages
The Knight in History
Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages
Life in Medieval Village
Life in a Medieval Castle
Medieval Costume and Fashion
Medieval Costume in England and France
Medicine & Drugs -- Now and Then
Lights & Sirens: A Writer's Guide to Emergency Rescue Professions
Code Blue: A Writer's Guide to Hospitals, Including the ER, OR and ICU
American College of Physicians Complete Home Medical Guide
The Patient's Guide to Medical Terminology
The Patient's Guide to Medical Tests
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine
American Surgery: An Illustrated History
The Illustrated History of Surgery
The Alarming History of Medicine
Birth Chairs, Midwives and Medicine
Midwifery and Childbirth in America
Witches, Midwives, and Nurses : A History of Women Healers
Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge : Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Western Medicine: An Illustrated History
Vampires, Witches, and Werewolves
The Complete Book of Vampires
The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifting Beings
The Field Guide to North American Hauntings : Everything You Need to Know About
Encountering over 100 Ghosts, Phantoms, and Spectral Entities
The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot/Book and Card Set
The Book of Vodou : Charms and Rituals to Empower Your Life
The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Voodoo
The Complete Book of Spells, Curses and Magical Recipes
Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Llewellyn's Sourcebook Series)
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner
Jets, Buggies, Boats & More
Stagecoach: Wells Fargo and the American West
First Mail West : Stagecoach Lines on the Santa Fe Trail
Chapman Piloting : Seamanship & Boat Handling (Chapman Piloting
Seamanship and Boat Handling, 63rd Ed)
The Civil War in Books
Everyday Life During the Civil War: A Guide for Writers
Visual Dictionary of the Civil War
Eyewitness: Civil War
Civil War Recipes
Illustrated Catalog of Civil War Military Goods
Reliving the Civil War: A Reenactor's Handbooks
Civil War Women
Hardtack and Coffee or the Unwritten Story of Army Life
Hardtack and Coffee (CD-ROM)
The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes
A Confederate's Memoir of the Civil War
The police, the law, and more
Cause of Death : A Writer's Guide to Death, Murder and Forensic Medicine
Cop Speak: The Lingo of Law Enforcement and Crime
What Cops Know
Cops : Their Lives in Their Own Words
Police Procedural : A Writer's Guide to the Police and How They Work
Armed and Dangerous : A Writer's Guide to Weapons
Deadly Doses : A Writer's Guide to Poisons
The Writer's Complete Crime Reference Book
Just the Facts, Ma'Am : A Writer's Guide to Investigators and Techniques
Missing Persons : A Writer's Guide to Finding the Lost
Amateur Detectives
Murder One : A Writer's Guide to Homicide
Order in the Court : A Writer's Guide to the Legal System
Scene of the Crime : A Writer's Guide to Crime-Scene Investigations
Body Trauma : A Writer's Guide to Wounds and Injuries
Private Eyes : A Writer's Guide to Private Investigating
Some More Books to Help Out with Research
Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Colonial America : From
1607-1783
Whistlin' Dixie : A Dictionary of Southern Expressions
You All Spoken Here
How to Speak Southern