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Back issues of the Humboldt Historian are available in the bookstore or by phone order. Due to the wide variation in shipping and handling costs, issues cannot be purchased online. Please call (707) 445-4342 during open hours to place your order. Bulk discounts are available!

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Book of the Month - November 2024
Two Peoples, One Place
$23.95 - 20% off the regular price of $29.95
One of the best overall histories of Humboldt County, with a significant emphasis on local indigenous peoples.

 
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A Castle in Fairyland & Other Stories of the Carson Family & Their Mansions

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A Gathering of the Past, Part 2

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A Life in History

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A Scottish Syndicate in the Redwoods: Monopoly & Fraud in the California Redwoods, 1882-1892

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An American Possiblity: Mike, Tell Us the Story About...

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An Everyday History of Somewhere by Ray Raphael

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Barnum House Ornament

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Before the Dolphins Guild

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Bellboy: A Mule Train Journey

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The Book of Petrolia: Its History, Land, and People

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California: A Slave State

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Crannell & Beyond

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The Diaries of Joseph Prince Tracy, Eureka, California, 1893-1898

The Diaries of Joseph Prince Tracy, Eureka, California, 1893-1898

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Eureka & Humboldt County

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Eureka & Sequoia Park

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Eureka: Then & Now

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Falk: Company Lumber Town of the American West

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Falk's Claim

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Ferndale

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Fortuna & the Eel River Valley

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From Humboldt to Kodiak, 1886-1895

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The Four Ages of Tsurai

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The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods

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Golden Adventures: Stories From the "Humboldt Historian"

Golden Adventures: Stories From the "Humboldt Historian"

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HCHS License Plate Frames

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Heydays in Mattole: More Wild Tales of the Mattole Valley & the Lost Coast of Humboldt County

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A History of Orick & Stone Lagoon: Southern Gateway to Redwood National Park

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The Humboldt Bay Region, 1850-1875

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Humboldt Bay Shoreline, North Eureka to South Arcata: A History of Cultural Influences

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Humboldt Redwoods State Park

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I Like It Here: Life Stories of Humboldt's Bob McKee

I Like It Here: Life Stories of Humboldt's Bob McKee

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In & Around the Arena: The 100-Year History of the Fortuna Rodeo

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In the Land of the Grasshopper Song

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It's Never Too Late... Nunca Es Tarde... A Bilingual Story

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Lighthouses of Humboldt County

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Little White Father: Redick McKee on the California Frontier

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Logging Railroads of Humboldt & Mendocino Counties

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Logging the Redwoods

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Map - A.J. Doolittle Map of Humboldt County

Map - A.J. Doolittle Map of Humboldt County

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Map - Belcher's Map of Humboldt County

Map - Belcher's Map of Humboldt County

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Mills of Humboldt County

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Mills of Humboldt County, 1910-1945

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The New Humbook: A Sampling of Humboldt History, Geography, Fauna, Flora and Hikes

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Night Crossings

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Northwestern Pacific Railroad, Eureka to Willits

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The Once and Future Forest: California's Iconic Redwoods

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Pacific Coast Highway in California

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Place Names of Humboldt County, California: A Compendium, 1542-2009

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The Raging Klamath: Remembering a Playground of Plenty

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Saving the North Coast Redwoods

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Scotia & Rio Dell

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The Sea Captain's Odyssey: A Biography of Captain H.H. Buhne, 1822-1894

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Southeast Humboldt Hinterlands

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Southern Humboldt Indians

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The Tanoak Tree: An Environmental History of a Pacific Coast Hardwood

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Timber Industry Ghosts

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Touring the Old Redwood Highway: Del Norte County

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Trinidad

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Trinidad: Looking Back From My Front Porch

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Two Peoples, One Place

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Under Seige! The War on Italian Americans in 1942

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We Are Dancing For You

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When Money Grew on Trees: A.B. Hammond & the Age of the Timber Baron

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The White Boy and the Indians: A Memoir of Reservation Life, the Depression and the Okies

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Who Saved the Redwoods? The Unsung Heroines of the 1920s Who Fought for Our Redwood Forests

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William G. Meadows: A New River Miner, and Other Stories of New River, Trinity County, California, It's History and the People Who Made It

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