Great West Books
A publisher of books and maps and distributor for a unique group of independent publishers specializing in books on northern California.

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Great West Books presents
Death Valley Books - a Special Collection
The Desert, Ghost Towns, Mining

The Far West and the Rockies
Historical Series, 1820–1875

USGS Water-Supply Papers,
including two Collectors' items

Early California history and exploration,
San Francisco history, walking guide, & ghost stories,
San Francisco Memoirs, 1906 Earthquake,
Working for Wages - On the Road in the '50s,
Bay Area hidden walks,
Bay Area back roads,
Sierra Nevada exploration,
the Gold Rush, geographic names,
John Muir quotations, Tahoe artists,
historic Yosemite maps & Yosemite history,
biographies of Meriwether Lewis,and Henry Miller,
autobiography of Isobel Field.
Contra Costa County history,
Angel Island history and stories.

NEW TITLES IN RED

SAN FRANCISCO
AND THE BAY AREA

Exploring the Back Roads
Haunted San Francisco
Historic Walks in San Francisco
Historic San Francisco, a Concise History and Guide
San Francisco Memoirs 1835 to 1851
More San Francisco Memoirs 1852 to 1899
Three Fearful Days, San Francisco Memoirs of the 1906 earthquake & fire
Bummer & Lazarus, San Francisco's Famous Dogs
San Francisco/Yerba Buena
Hidden Walks in the East Bay & Marin
The Discovery of San Francisco Bay
Russian Hill: The Summit, 1853-1906
San Francisco Nightlife Guide
San Francisco Budget Gourmet
Everybody's San Francisco Cookbook

SIERRA NEVADA
Splendid Mountains

YOSEMITE
Yosemite Place Names    The Call of Gold
Yosemite's Innkeepers     Enchanted Childhoods
Yosemite Tomboy        Protecting Paradise
John Muir in Yosemite     Galen Clark
Pioneers in Petticoats      Yosemite Valley Railroad
Yosemite's Yesterdays
Five historic Yosemite maps, from 1865 to 1896


GOLD RUSH

To the Golden Shore    Bright Gem of the Western Seas
Outline History of an Expedition to California.
         The Call of Gold


LAKE TAHOE

Embracing Scenes About Lakes Tahoe & Donner
Tahoe Place Names


JOHN MUIR

John Muir, In His Own Words
John Muir in Yosemite 


BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR

This Life I've Loved
Meriwether Lewis      Captain John Sutter
Working for Wages: On the Road in the Fifties
The Cattle King

Santa Cruz Mountains, Palos Verdes,
Monterey, the Central Valley, the Mother Lode,
the Sierra, Death Valley, and hiking in Los Angeles.

Ghost Towns of the Santa Cruz Mountains
East of the Gabilans 
Bicycling Country Roads       Palos Verdes Peninsula
Place Names of the Sierra Nevada
Hike Los Angeles, Volumes 1 and 2
The San Joaquin, the Sierra, and Beyond
Guide to the Theodore Solomons Trail
Death Valley Scotty


CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

Days Gone By, Volume 3
Days Gone By, Volume 1
Days Gone By, Volume 2


ANGEL ISLAND

Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain

Miwoks to Missiles
Angel Island Prisoner 1922