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Resources about Oklahoma

Many books about Oklahoma history are available through the Oklahoma History Center Gift Shop. Below is a list of resources available for purchase. Click on the shopping cart link for more information about those items available to purchase online. You may also contact the OHC Gift Shop by phone at 405/522-5214 to order any of the items listed.

Books

The Territories

  • 100 Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangster, and Lawmen, 1839-1939, Dan Anderson and Lawrence Yadon
  • The 101 Ranch, Ellsworth Collings and Alma England
  • Bad Boys of the Cookson Hills, R.D. Morgan
  • The Bandit Kings of the Cookson Hills, R.D. Morgan
  • Belle Starr and Her Times: The Literature, the Facts and the Legends, Glenn Shirley
  • Belle Starr: The Bandit Queen, Burton Rascoe
  • Black, Red, and Deadly: Black and Indian Gunfighters of the Indian Territories, Art Burton
  • Hanging Judge, Fred Harvey Harrington
  • Isaac C. Parker: Federal Justice on the Frontier, Michael Brodhead
  • Jelly Bryce: Legendary Lawman, Ron Owens
  • "Let No Guilty Man Escape": A Judicial Biography of "Hanging Judge" Isaac C. Parker, Robert Tuller
  • The Life and Death of Pretty Boy Floyd, Jeffery S. King
  • Oklahoma Outlaw Tales, Second Edition, David Farris
  • Oklahoma Renegades: Their Deeds and Misdeeds, Ken Butler
  • Oklahohombres: Particularly the Wilder Ones, Evett Dumas Nix
  • Pawnee Bill: A Biography of Major Gordon W. Lillie, Glenn Shirley
  • The Real Wild West: The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West, Michael Wallis
  • Starr Tracks: Belle and Pearl Starr, Phillip Steele
  • West of Hell's Fringe: Crime, Criminals, and the Federal Peace Officer in Oklahoma Territory, 1889-1907, Glenn Shirley

Pioneer Life

  • Barbecue, Biscuits & Beans: Chuck Wagon Cooking, Bill Cauble and
    Cliff Teinart
  • Best of the Best from Oklahoma Cookbook: Selected Recipes from Oklahoma's Favorite Cookbooks, edited by Gwen McKee & Barbara Moseley
  • The Day of the Run, Paul Sidney Laune
  • Pioneer Cookery Around Oklahoma, edited by Linda Kennedy Rosser

War Efforts

Governors

  • Mansion Fare: The Culinary Heritage of Oklahoma Governors, Rhonda Walters

Transportation

  • Oklahoma Route 66, Jim Ross
  • Once Upon a Highway: Route 66 in Oklahoma, Milton Rafferty and
    John Catau
  • Roadside History of Oklahoma, Francis L. and Roberta B. Fugate
  • Route 66: The Mother Road, Michael Wallis
  • Traveling Route 66: 2,250 Miles of Motoring History from Chicago TO L.A., Nick Freeth
  • Wiley Post: From Oklahoma to Eternity, Bob Burke

Sports

  • Bill Pickett Bulldogger, Colonel Bailey Hanes

Arts & Culture

  • Allan Houser: An American Master (Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994),
    W. Jackson Rushing III
  • Celebrating Oklahoma! The Oklahoma Centennial Photographic Survey, Mike Klemme
  • Centennial Stitches: Oklahoma History in Quilts, Judy Howard
  • Cooking with Will Rogers, Sharon & Gene McFall
  • Just For Kicks: Oklahoma Route 66 Music Guide, George Carney and Hugh Foley, Jr.
  • Native American Art, OHS Collections
  • Oklahoma City Impressions, Jim Argo
  • Oklahoma Impressions, Jim Argo
  • Oklahoma, Simply Beautiful, Jim Argo, John Elk, R.E. Lindsey
  • The Papers of Will Rogers, Volume IV: From Broadway to the National Stage, September 1915-July 1928, edited by Steven Gragert and M. Jane Johansson
  • The Papers of Will Rogers, Volume V: The Final Years, August 1928-August 1935, edited by Steven Gragert and M. Jane Johansson
  • The Quotable Will Rogers, Joseph Carter
  • Will Rogers: A Biography, Ben Yagoda

General

  • Ghost-Town Tales of Oklahoma: Unforgettable Stories of Nearly Forgotten Places, Jim Marion Etter
  • Oklahoma Off the Beaten Path, Sixth Edition, Deborah Bouziden and Kendra Fox
  • Women in Oklahoma: A Century of Change, Melvena Thurman