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Oklahoma Rough Rider  
The colorful career of Billy McGinty, one of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders. (Read More!)

Oklahoma Rough Rider: Billy McGinty's Own Story Oklahoma Rough Rider: Billy McGinty's Own Story
by McGinty, Billy
When Americans answered the call-to-arms after the sinking of the USS Maine in 1898, a wiry little Oklahoman was in the front ranks. Veteran cowboy Billy McGinty put his horseman's skills to work as one of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, participating in the battles of Las Guasimas, and the famed charge up San Juan Hill. Oklahoma Rough Rider recounts McGinty's exploits on the battlefield and later on the stage. It contains his firsthand account of how he began cowboying at fourteen and went on to become a world champion bronco buster. After the Spanish-American War, he performed in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show and won the Cowboy Hall of Fame's Great Westerner award. Yet his colorful career has remained largely untold-until now. Editors Jim Fulbright and Albert Stehno provide historical context for McGinty's story-from his common-soldier's view of the war with Spain, to his days as a Wild West show performer. They also tell of McGinty's later years, including his part as a country-western music pioneer when he put a cowboy band on live radio for the first time.

Local Authors  
A collection of books by Ponca City, Oklahoma, area authors.

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Madness in the Heart Madness in the Heart
by Donahoe, Edward
Originally published in 1937, this was Donahoe's first novel, big with unrestrained vitality. He recreated the crudeness and power and evil that oil brought into the land; and in the mighty figure of Thomas McGraw he imaged all that was great, both good and bad, in the American builders of Empire. This loosely ficticious book so infuriated some of the leading families of Ponca City, Oklahoma, that they destroyed every copy of the book they possibly could; thus making it now very rare and quite valuable. John J. McGraw, great-grandson of the central character, has republished the book, replacing the vaguely disguised characters and other aspects with their actual models.

Native American Books  
A collection of books of Native American Interest.

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Standing Bear Is a Person: The True Story of a Native American's Quest for Justice Standing Bear Is a Person: The True Story of a Native American's Quest for Justice
by Dando-Collins, Stephen
In a federal courtroom in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1879, Standing Bear, clan chief of the small and peaceful Ponca tribe, was in court demanding the same basic right that white Americans enjoyed-the right to be recognized legally as a human being. The compelling, behind-the-scenes story of that landmark court case, and the subsequent reverberations of the judge's ruling across nineteenth-century America is told in Stephen Dando-Collin's "brisk and evocative account" ("Kirkus"). It is a story of memorable Old West characters who joined to fight for Standing Bear and paved his way to the courthouse-the former Indian-fighting Army general who changed sides to stand with Standing Bear, the crusading Midwestern newspaper editor who had once been a gun-toting frontier preacher, and the "most beautiful Indian maiden of her time," Bright Eyes. Full of colorful characters, battles of legal wits, and the twists and turns of a cause in search of an audience, "Standing Bear Is a Person" is a captivating read.

Oklahoma Books  
A collection of books about the state of Oklahoma.

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Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation: Writings from America's Heartland Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation: Writings from America's Heartland
by Wallis, Michael
A deeply sympathetic, colorful evocation of life on the American prairies


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Upcoming Autographings

Jim Fulbright and Albert Stehno
Oklahoma Rough Rider
Saturday, July 26th
1:00 - 2:30pm

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Ponca City Books

A collection of books about the Ponca City, Oklahoma, area.

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Historic Homes of Ponca City and Kay County
by Walton, John Brooks, Adams, Kathy
More than a book about houses and architectural styles, this is a book about memories. The homes of Kay County, Oklahoma, tell lasting stories about the families who built them, the times they lived in, and the things they loved and preserved. 224 pages. Brimming with B/W photos.



Indie Next List

Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America. (Read More!)

The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
by Wolf, Naomi
"In this brief pamphlet in the tradition of Common Sense, Naomi Wolf warns us of the methods used by modern tyrants and implores patriotic Americans to hold fast to the strongest tool the founders gave us for our defense: the Constitution." --Harry Payne, Constellation Books, Reisterstown, MD



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