September 2012 | Mule Trader

Across the High Lonesome Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Molly Mendoza has just graduated from Cal Poly with her teaching certificate, ready for marriage to finance Scott Campbell and a life in the yuppie mainstream. That is, until she walks in on Scott with her best friend Shelly. Young and heartbroken, Molly has never really thought about any life outside...

Jeff Davis's Own: Cavalry, Comanches, and the Battle for the Texas Frontier Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Arnold has a gift for military history that while informative of facts is also a good read. He makes history interesting even to the casual reader. This book fills what is usually a gap in US military history and a blank in most accounts of R.E. Lees life. Who knew that Lee was an Indian fighter as well...

The Ungodly: A Novel of the Donner Party (Stanford General Books) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As an introduction to the story of the Donner Party, this is a good choice. Unfortunately, that's because of some "wrong reasons." Rhodes takes huge liberties with the historical record in order to create a good novel. As one example, the terrific climax, which is foreshadowed by a number of details...

Old Spanish Trail North Branch and Its Travelers: Stories of the Exploration of the American Southwest Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As an avid Spanish Trail fan I found this book linked a lot Of loose areas. I live and study the Trail where it courses thru Utah & Nevada.Click Here to see more reviews about: Old Spanish Trail North Branch and Its Travelers: Stories of the Exploration of the American SouthwestClick here for more...

INDIAN WAR VETERANS: Memories of Army Life and Campaigns in the West, 1864-1898 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Christmas at Fort Robinson, 1882 as experienced by Martin J. Weber, 1st sergeant, Troop H, Fifth U.S. Cavalry:"Little children of the army were just as anxious for the advent of Santa Claus as the somewhat more highly favored little ones in the midst of the civilized East[...]We got safely down the Breakneck...

Their Eyes Were Watching God Literature Guide (Common Core and NCTE/IRA Standards-Aligned Teaching Guide) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is very useful as support material for reading the book. It has everything one would need to support the teaching/reading of TEWWG. It has many activities such as vocabulary lessons, character analysis, quizzes and exams, worksheet with background information to aid in understanding the book....

Ghost Dancing on the Cracker Circuit: The Culture of Festivals in the American South Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Roger Lyle Brown has successfully penetrated the mass psyche of the Southern festival culture. At first glance, one might not consider "festivals" to be an engaging topic, but Brown explores this subject like a psychoanalyst, providing real insight into the southern mind via one of its most cherished...

Guitar Pickers Fakebook: The Ultimate Sourcebook for the Traditional Guitar Player, Contains over 250 Jigs, Reels, Rags, Hornpipes & Breakdowns from All the Major Traditional Instrumental Styles Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This excellent (and scarce!) book is good for all playing situations. It is unquestionably the ultimate source for traditional guitar players.Invaluable for new, practicing, working, and intermediate players. The addition of the discography, indexed by tune title, lets you locate a recorded source for...

Rebel Private: Front and Rear--Memoirs of a Confederate Soldier Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Just as compelling as "Co.Aych", this would make an incredible movie. That is certainly one of the reasons it is found on so many bookstore shelves. It does not receive the attention it deserves because, like every other book of its kind written as a participant, it deflates slavery aa a possible motive...

Labradoodle-Do Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is reminiscent of the "Little Duck," "Little Lamb," "Little Bunny" series of young children's books from the late '70's/early '80's, complete with action packed photographs of a day in the life of a labradoodle. Esme, the star of this book, looks like a real life teddy-bear!The only danger...

Muletrain to Maggody: An Arly Hanks Mystery (Arly Hanks Mysteries) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Three days before the Battle of Farbersville in Arkansas during the Civil War, there was a skirmish in the small town of Maggody. The Stump County Historical Society has obtained funding to do a documentary on the battle thanks to the donation of the diary of one of the men who fought in that encounter....

Big Game Hunter's Guide to Montana (Big Game Hunting Guide Series) (Big Game Hunting Guide Series) (Wilderness Adventures Big Game Guidebooks) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Big Game Hunter's Guide to Montana, in my opinion, is an absolute necessity for any hunting trip to Montana. It contains a great deal of information on each type of game animal in Montana. It also gives regional game population and harvest information. There are several cities listed with everything...

Silver Mountain Slaughter (The Trailsman, No. 326) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This episode finds our friend Fargo in Arizona and mixed up in some situations that even he wonders how he ever got so involved.Fargo,who longs to keep his freedom and wander the West,does something he would never have believe he would do.He buys a young girl to get her away from someone who is making...

Foxfire Light: Foxfire Light Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I READ THIS BOOK WHEN JANET FIRST PUT IT OUT .I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN .JANET HAS WROTE A LOT OF GREAT BOOKS BUT THIS ONE IS THE ONE THAT I LOVEED THE BEST .THE PEOPLE ARE SO REAL THAT YOU CAN'T HELP FALLING LOVE WITH THEM ,AND WHEN SHE TELLS ABOUT PLACES AND THE FOXFIRE LIGHT YOU CAN ALMOST SEE IT.Click...

Black Folktales Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The book I am reviewing is called Black Folktales, it is by Julius Lester and illustrated by Tom Feelings. This book falls under the category folktales and fairytales. Before I tell you more about the book let me say that the illustrations were amazing. Anyways, the book consisted of short stories about...

The Companion Guide to Venice (Companion Guides) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I received this guidebook as a gift in 1992, and wandered all over Venice, reading it for 10 days. It's one of the finest guidebooks I've ever read, with helpful maps, organized by neighborhoods, and much, much information that will make your trip to Venice, even richer than you expected it would be....

Aconcagua: A Climbing Guide, Second Edition Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)A useful primer for those considering climbing Aconcagua. Describes routes of many different difficulty levels. If you are planning on doing the normal route, most of the book will be irrelevant since it describes more difficult and technical approaches. However, even the introduction and normal route...