National Weather Center Biennale, The University of Oklahoma, Norman 2015

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art

National Weather Center

Tim Starlk (ed.)

University of Oklahoma

<p>The author was uniquely qualified to pen such an important equestrian tale. Born in 1852 to a aristocratic Scottish family, Cunninghame Graham spent his youth working as a gaucho in Argentina, before becoming an outspoken Member of Parliament in London. A lifelong horseman, Don Roberto was also one of the first European writers to defend the rights of native peoples. Fluent in Spanish, Cunninghame Graham did extensive research into Spanish archives, thereby discovering manuscripts which had lain unread for centuries. The result was a book written, Don Roberto says, out of gratitude to the horses who shaped history. Amply illustrated with drawings of period horses, their riders and various pieces of equestrian equipment, "The Horses of the Conquest" remains one of the most important equestrian books ever published.</p>

The Horses of the Conquest

Graham, R.B. Cunninghame

BINGHAM,GEORGE CALEB MCDERMOTT, JOHN FRANCIS. GEORGE CALEB BINGHAM, RIVER PORTRAITIST. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1959 , tall 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xxviii, 454 pages. $35.00 First edition. Biography of this American painter of 19th century American life. First edition. Biography of this American painter of 19th century American life. xxviii, 454 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. tall 8vo..

George Caleb Bingham River Portraitist

McDermott, John Francis

THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE, U.S.A.

Literature & Fiction

Irving, Washington & Todd, Edgeley W. , editor

Classics

The Cherokees (Civilization of American Indian)

Woodward, Grace Steele

Delightfully refreshing account of railroad life before and after the great transition from steam to diesel written by a man who rose from assistant right-of-way agent on the Santa Fe to chief engineer of the Western lines. The author's description of his 50 years on the line brings railroad life alive, whether he is writing of camp cooks or transverse fissures, Buda cars or legal cases, rail kinks or washouts, accidents or strikes. All of his vignettes are tempered by a brand of humor found only in a true railroader. Illustrated with 64 black and white photos. 205 pages with index.

From Cab to Caboose: Fifty Years of Railroading

Noble, Joseph A.

<p>"By beginning where the standard works leave off and carrying the story up to its logical conclusion in 1865, this book fills a definite void in the history of the fur trade in the American West. Set in the upper Missouri country, which was bypassed by settlement until the 1860s, it focuses primarily upon the St. Louis firm of Pierre Chouteau, Jr., and Company, usually known as the American Fur Company....This is not the distorted and romanticized approach so typical of much of the literature on the earlier fur trade. Drama is inherent, but it is sound, well-conceived, carefully documented history."-American Historical Review</p>

The Fur Trade on the Upper Missouri, 1840-1865

Sunder, John E.

In this new and enlarged edition of his popular book, the author has added not only a number of new entries but also new information to existing entries. Nearly 3,600 counties, cities, mountains, and lakes are listed alphabetically, with such information as origin of name, date of founding and abandonment of towns, existence of a post office, changes of name, and other pertinent details.The story of its place names shows the entire panorama of Oklahoma history. The state has occupied a peculiar position as the converging point of many and varied civilizations, and its names are a reflection of the romance of its racial and pioneering past. The music of Spanish and the guttural of Indian tongues are to be found in close juxtaposition in the names of geographical features. French, English, and even Bohemian names produce a medley of nomenclature probably unequaled anywhere else in the University States.The author has drawn his materials from information supplied by historical archives, government records, and the recollections of private individuals, in addition to making use of Charles Gould's pioneering work on the subject, published by the University of Oklahoma Press in 1933 and long out of print.

Oklahoma Place Names

History

Shirk, George H.

Americas

World of Laughter : The Motion Picture Comedy Short 1910-1930

Humor & Entertainment

LAHUE, Kalton C.

Movies

Gold in the Black Hills.

Parker, Watson

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