Collectors 2007 Reprint of 1996 Revised Edition. Contains many fine Pen &amp; Ink illustrations by the author. Originally written as a proprietary business proposal in 1992, it is now a popular manual that can be used as an aid in designing western-themed entertainment venues. It includes creative concepts, thought provoking ideas and facts to consider in developing western parks. For the western fan, this manual is chock-full of general information about life and businesses in the Old West. "Redrock Canyon Territory is a dream world for western movie buffs and fans of the American West. Here they can take a trip to the past and explore all aspects of western popular culture through museum exhibits, books, films, and entertainment of the period. The grandeur of the barren landscape and the rustic, weathered towns of Redrock Canyon Territory envelop the guest in western fact and folklore. Guests step through the silver screen and find themselves inside the world of the Western movie."

Welcome to Redrock Canyon Territory: Blueprint for a Historical Park

Kirk, Don

Reference

Sweetwater Stagelines

Hardback edition. WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT, PRINT THE LEGEND. This illustrated Old West trivia book is a must-have reference for western writers, reenactors, and diehard fans that love westerns and want to relax in their favorite chair and discover hundreds of interesting lists, fascinating stories, historical events, unusual people, and special places relating to the American West. This book will entertain and educate in the ways of the Wild West and in Hollywood’s interpretation of it. 740 pages of fun and fascinating content that will take months to browse through. For those not yet into this new popular pastime, get past the tenderfoot stage with this manual so you can converse intelligently with your western-fan buddies. It’s chock-full of fun trivia quizzes to challenge you and them.

Barbed Wire, Windmills, & Sixguns: A Book of Trivia, Fact, and Folklore About Westerns & The American West

Literature & Fiction

Kirk, Donald K.

United States

Discovery Bay: A Young Detectives Mystery

Teen & Young Adult

KIRK, Donald

A science-fiction detective mystery, Tradepaper (softcover) Edition. Hardcover also available. Four world-renowned scientists, once working together, separated now, doing their own research and experimentation because of a disagreement: the ultimate utility of their startling creation. Germany is turned upside down by a freelance photographer who stumbles onto a sinister plot that could change the world. Can he stop it? Trains, car chases, and a beautiful and mysterious women will change his life forever. Reviewers have said it's a "campy cross between a Raymond Chandler detective mystery and the sci-fi of Karle Capek's R.U.R." and "a dark tale which gleefully employs beautiful women, dungeons, mad scientists, and a terribly mixed up detective." Erika is "a detective story that marches to its own drummer...marching through many deft descriptions of contemporary Europe and ending in a surprising and dark climax." "You won't be able to put this book down."

Erika: A Thrilling Mystery of Adventure And Intrigue

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

The humorous exploits of the author when he was ten years old as three industrious kids spend their summer getting into all kinds of hilarious adventures in their hometown of Hinsdale, Illinois. Each chapter is a stand-alone short story and many episodes revolve around building projects of the narrator. Fifteen thrilling stories including, “The Train to Downer’s Grove,” “The Mysterious Talking Board,” “The Soapbox Derby,” ‘Dr. Frankenstein, I Presume,” and “The Candy Machine.” The back cover reads: “[The boys] build a Ferris wheel and a candy dispensing machine for the neighborhood kids that gets them into hot water, not to mention what happens when fishing for piranhas and lost treasure in the nearby cattail swamp. Add to that a wild ride in a homemade soapbox and a Boy Scout campout with a madman on the loose and you have a summer of thrills and spills. Donald, a resourceful inventor, narrates his own story and is destined to become the next Tom Sawyer.” Adults who grew up in the 50’s and 60’s will love this book—guaranteed to bring back warm memories. Illustrated by the author.

Hinsdale: The Summer of '58

Humor & Satire

Cool Short Stories: Psychodramas With a Twist

Genre Fiction

Stories of Adventures for Junior Teens Donald Kirk will thrill and captivate kids and adults alike with his brilliant retelling of his own adventures in the late 1950s when life was simpler and kids could safely run free in the neighborhood. He wrote this book hoping today's kids could see that there are other things they can do besides video games and "the boob tube," if only they would choose to do so. The book is a collection of humorous short stories that can stand alone, but are tied together by the same fascinating characters. Most involve the creative "projects" of the neighborhood kids that kept them busy and engaged, and often taught them a moral lesson about life. The baby-boomer generation may well enjoy reading this book even more than today's kids as life in the fifties comes alive again. It may also open up a dialog between generations as the kids read about what their parents used to do. Table of Contents:  1. Prologue 2. The Ferris Wheel 3. The Train to Downer's Grove 4. Pat's Crazy CafE 5. The Mysterious Talking Board 6. The Soapbox Derby 7. The Candy Machine 8. Dr. Frankenstein, I Presume 9. The Swamp Thing 10. Snipe Hunt at Hadley's Glen1 11. A Scary Story 12. Larry and Little Lulu 13. Friday the 13th 14. The Puppet Theatre 15. The Three Stooges 16. Destination Basement 17. Epilogue Don's writing career began in the fourth grade with cartoon strips starring Long Nose of Long Nose Town and a story about his traumatic experiences in a hospital when his tonsils were removed. At that time, he also enjoyed making things like a Three Bears outdoor village and a fully functioning pinball machine while he was just nine years old. Over the years his building projects got bigger--much bigger--and his interest in telling others about them continued. After writing horror and sci-fi, he returned to chronicling his youth, including his wild summer adventures in Hinsdale, Illinois.

SP4 Kirk. My Remembrances of Life at Tompkins Barracks. San Antonio: Sweetwater Stagelines, 2015. ISBN: 978-0-9801743-9-7 . 302 pages, 6X9 Tradecloth. Includes B&amp;W photos by the author. A memoir. This is a brief look at three years in the life of a college-educated soldier drafted during the Vietnam war. It is one soldier's experiences, opinions, and frustrations, and the resultant rage he came away with because of his unwillingness to adapt to his situation. He made history with Project Orange Peel, a military protest that should have put him in the stockade. And, while stationed in West Germany, he came to the conclusion that something was horribly wrong with the military system. This book is written for those who were there.

My Remembrances Of Life At Tompkins Barracks: Notes From A Vietnam-Era Vet

Biographies & Memoirs

Kirk, Donald Keith

Leaders & Notable People

Volume One of Two. Don Kirk has been traveling the West for many years searching for the physical remains of the American West of the 1800's. He found many abandoned buildings with weathered clapboards sitting precariously on rotting cedar posts. He found desert towns with dilapidated boardwalks, squeaking windmills on the open plains, and boarded-up mine shafts. He found recreations of Old West villages built as movie sets for westerns, and he drew from scratch fictional towns to be built for the next great western theme park. These Pen & Inks were originally drawn back in the early 1990's for use on notecards, stationary, postcards, and art prints and this is the first reproduction of some of those works of art that you can use for coloring with pencil or crayon or for just looking at. Now you can flip through these pages and rediscover the Old West with Don Kirk's Western Art.

Western Art Coloring Book: Pen & Ink Old West Art (Vol I)

Arts & Photography

Kirk's Kostumes: The Western Collection

If you're a fan of the Old West, and more so if you like duding up in western ware, this book is for you. Don collected the artifacts of Old West clothing-cowboy hats, high-heeled boots, vests, neckerchiefs, pistols, leather chaps, spurs, pocket watches, string ties, and sleeve garters-so he could participate in various reenactments in San Antonio... And his collection grew bigger and bigger and bigger until he had a garage full of period clothing and accoutrements from the 19th century. Don't buy this book if you don't want to see others outfitted in the clothing of the Old West, but if you want to see a host of ideas for your own reenactment club or closet wardrobe then this book is for you. Lawman, gunfighter, saloon keeper, cowboy, miner, rancher, bounty hunter, banker, pastor, outlaw...

Kirk, Don Captain

Photography & Video

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Welcome to Redrock Canyon Territory: Blueprint for a Historical Park

Barbed Wire, Windmills, & Sixguns: A Book of Trivia, Fact, and Folklore About Westerns & The American West

Discovery Bay: A Young Detectives Mystery

Erika: A Thrilling Mystery of Adventure And Intrigue

Hinsdale: The Summer of '58

Cool Short Stories: Psychodramas With a Twist

Hinsdale: The Summer of '58

My Remembrances Of Life At Tompkins Barracks: Notes From A Vietnam-Era Vet

Western Art Coloring Book: Pen & Ink Old West Art (Vol I)

Kirk's Kostumes: The Western Collection