Author: Randy Leffingwell
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Keywords: presidios, missions, california
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2005-11-04
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0896584925
ISBN-13: 9780896584921

The missions and presidios of California are among the state’s oldest structures and are the most visited historical monuments. These notable buildings are an integral part of California’s history. The state’s recorded history essentially began with the Spanish missions along the ambitious chain of 21 missions on El Camino Real (The Royal Highway) and the men who founded them. The missions and presidios are a fascinating study in contrasts. Varying in size and architecture, churches range from small (at Pala) and modest (at Soledad) to opulent (at San Luis Rey) and elegant (at Sa

Authors:Mike Schafer, Brian Solomon,
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Keywords: railroad, history, color, mbi, pennsylvania
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2009-03-18
List price: $37.00
ISBN-10: 0760329303
ISBN-13: 9780760329306

From humble beginnings in the 1800s, the Pennsylvania Railroad grew to be one of the most powerful, influential railroads in American history--a railroad that Fortune Magazine called “a nation unto itself.” It owned its own shops, coal mines, hotels, communications system, and power plants, not to mention hundreds of depots (including the famous Penn Station in Manhattan), thousands of passenger cars, tens of thousands of freight cars, and a vast fleet of steam, electric, and diesel locomotives. The Pennsy’s 10,000 route-miles served thirteen of the most populous and most industrialized

Authors:Noel Snyder, Helen Snyder,
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Keywords: history, conservation, natural, america, north, raptors
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2006-10-15
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0760325820
ISBN-13: 9780760325827

From majestic Bald Eagles to tiny Elf Owls, raptors are nature’s most fascinating and powerful birds. As predators with wide ranging habitats and food sources, raptors also serve as a litmus test for the health of their ecosystems. To preserve a species such as the Everglade Kite or Spotted Owl is to ensure the survival of many other creatures.   Ornithologists Noel and Helen Snyder have spent nearly fifty years studying and photographing birds of prey in their natural habitat. The result of decades of firsthand field studies combined with key biological and conservation studies by other ex

Author: Randy Leffingwell
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Keywords: tractor, history, deere, john
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2006-08-31
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0760326770
ISBN-13: 9780760326770

For over 150 years, John Deere & Company has set the bar for tractor design and ingenuity. Not only is it one of the most successful companies in American history, John Deere has revolutionized agriculture throughout the world and its green and gold logo has become a symbol of quality and durability over the decades.  Acclaimed author and photographer Randy Leffingwell uses his unique brand of storytelling to chronicle this amazing company and the machines that have carried its distinctive green and yellow livery. With details gathered from exclusive interviews and access to John Deere�

Author: Helen Kelley
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Keywords: stitches, quilters, stories, threads, loose
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2008-07-15
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0760332037
ISBN-13: 9780760332030

One of the countrys best-loved quilters shares her observations on the whys, wherefores, and wonders of applying needle to fabric and creating a world. A collection of amusing, moving, and invariably wise essays from Helen Kelleys beloved "Loose Threads" column (a favorite of readers of Quilters Newsletter since 1983), this treasury comes together much like the exquisite quilts Kelley creates: painstakingly pieced and stitched to convey not just a moment and its meaning, but the care and craft of quilting that lasts longer than thread holds out. Gathered in book form for the first time, the

Authors:Michael Karl Witzel, Gyvel Young-Witzel,
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Keywords: mother, road, america, time, route, journey, legendary
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2007-10-15
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0760329788
ISBN-13: 9780760329788

It started in the heartland and originally ended in Los Angeles (not, contrary to myth, at the ocean). It carried truckers crossing the country, Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl, vacationers seeking the sun. It was Americas Main Street, the Mother Road, the Will Rogers Highway, and, at its dangerous curves, Bloody 66. Get your kicks on Route 66 with this wonderfully illustrated tribute to the best-loved highway in this car-loving nation. Michael Witzel shares his expertise and wealth of personal, archive, collector, and contributing photographer images in these pages, offering a nostalgic tour of

Author: Roger Welsch
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Keywords: feeding, ageless, care, guide, tractors, roger, old
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2001-09
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0896585638
ISBN-13: 9780896585638

Here, Roger Welsch shares his humor and unique outlook on one of his favorite subjects: farm tractors. This collection of humorous essays-from the pages of Successful Farming Magazine and Ageless Iron-about tractors, and collecting and restoring them, is sure to appeal to tractor fans nationwide. Includes amusing photos of Rog with his tractors.