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The Duke of the Chutes
Harry Vold's Sixty Years in Rodeo By Loren R. Whittemore |
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Harry Vold's produced his first rodeo in 1944 when he joined his brothers to put on the Asker Stampede near the little community of Asker in southern Alberta, Canada. Harry remains active today in the Harry Vold Rodeo Company and is the patriarch of a rodeo family. He is an eleven-time winner of 'Stock Contractor of the Year' from the Pro Rodeo Cowboy Association, a member of the ProRodeo Hall of Fame, and member of the Canadian Rodeo Hall of Fame. Three of his children operate the Triple V Rodeo Company and his son operates the Wayne Vold Rodeo Company. Loren R. Whittemore, long-time writer for Western Horseman magazine and an eastern Colorado rancher conducted extensive interviews with Harry and Karen Vold and with family and friends to compile this compelling profile of the man known as "Duke of the Chutes." Harry Vold's story is rodeo's story. Read a selection from the book. Order The Duke of the Chutes from Ranch House Publications or direct from Filter Press now.
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| Hardcover; 144 Pages
ISBN: 978-0-86541-103-6
Price: $25.00
AVAILABLE 11/01/2009
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| Infinite Possibilities
A Haiku Journal
By Laurie Wagner Buyer 
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Laurie Wagner Buyer, award winning poet and author of Spring’s Edge: A Ranch Wife's Chronicles, wrote a haiku each day for a year. The experience was empowering. Now, Filter Press brings these 365 haiku to readers in the form of Laurie’s year-long collection, Infinite Possibilities: A Haiku Journal.
Learn from and enjoy Laurie’s haiku, but just as importantly, use this book as a journal. The practice of journaling goes back centuries; and now there is increasing evidence of the benefits in terms of stress reduction, critical self-reflection, and problem solving. Try journaling as your path to creating your own infinite possibilities. This is a perfect gift for friends or loved ones. Learn more about Laurie and her writing at her website. Purchase Spring's Edge: A Ranch Wife's Chronicles , nominated for a 2009 Colorado Book Award, from Amazon.com.
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| Paperback;
ISBN: 978-0-86541-097-8
Price: $ 12.95
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General William Palmer was a Civil War hero and recipient of the Medal of Honor. He was founder of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad company, and he established the city of Colorado Springs.
Joyce B. Lohse, author of Now You Know Bio's for educator Emily Griffith, Dr. Justina Ford, and Molly Brown, brings the story of General William Palmer: Railroad Pioneer as Number 12 in the Now You Know series.
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Bob Sakata overcame poverty, prejudice, and personal hardships to become one of America's most successful and innovative farmers. His family has operated Sakata Farms near Brighton, Colorado, for more than sixty years.
Daniel Blegen, co-author with Melvin Bacon of Bent's Fort: Crossroads of Culture on the Santa Fe Trail, adds Bob Sakata: American Farmer as lucky Number 13 to the Now You Know series.
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New Young Adult Historical Fiction 
Soaring Eagle By Mary Peace Finley |
With his blond hair and green eyes, young Julio Montoya is different from others in his Taos village but as far as he's concerned, he's Mexican. Soaring Eagle launches Julio on a an adventure-filled journey in 1846 toward Bent's Fort on the Santa Fe Trail and toward a deeper understanding of his place in the world. Soaring Eagle is the award-winning first book in Mary Peace Finley's Santa Fe Trail Trilogy of historical novels. Soaring Eagle was published first by Simon and Schuster and until recently by Eakin Press. All books in the Santa Fe Trail Trilogy are award winners: Soaring Eagle (winner of Top Hand Award and a Colorado Book Award Finalist), White Grizzly (winner of a Benjamin Franklin Award and a Colorado Book Award Finalist) and Meadow Lark (winner of the Colorado Book Award and WILLA Award finalist). |
With this edition of Soaring Eagle, all books in the Santa Fe Trail Trilogy are together under the Filter Press imprint.
Purchase the Trilogy as a set for a 20% discount from the individual retail price.
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