Jack Bacon and Company Books:

From the Back Porch by Ace Remas

Newspaper publisher and author Ace Remas sought life’s secrets from his toddler sons. He recorded his resulting epiphanies in a series of short stories and essays that provide a delightful and unique view of life. From the Back Porch will engage, delight, and inspire all who seek something beyond the ordinary. Remas is able to transform the mundane duties of family and social life into meaningful and dramatic inquiries into the soul, the nature of existence, and the great honor of parenthood. Fathers will recall their own secret moments with their children. Parents and grandparents will delight in the wisdom of the young. Seekers will recognize the awe and wonder revealed by innocence. A thoughtful and sensitive gift book that everyone will value.

Item Number: 2901101

Magnificent Desolation - Images From the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission With the W
Magnificent Desolation - Images From the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission - With the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Man’s first landing on the Moon. Foreword by Gene Kranz
Item Number: 2404091

Dempsey in Nevada by Guy Clifton - Available November 21st, 2007
The latest book by writer Guy Clifton, Dempsey In Nevada, is an untold chapter in Nevada’s history and an untold story in the life of one of the great sports figures of the 20th Century. 256 pages, including 48 pages of rare photographs, hardcover.
Item Number: 2610071

Jack Johnson vs. James Jeffries – The Prize Fight of the Century
In the language of boxing promotion, hyperbole has become commonplace, so much so that nearly every title fight is hailed as “The Fight of the Century.” Seen in the light of history, however, it is the first title fight promoted under that banner that most deserves the honor. The contest between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries held in Reno, July 4, 1910 was, for several reasons, truly “The Fight of the Century.” That fight attracted more public attention around the world than any since. For weeks prior to the event newspapers in every city in the land carried stories on almost every conceivable aspect of the fight.
Item Number: 093008313X

Legends - a Collection of Western Photographs, Signatures & Memories

Unique limited edition book, produced for the benefit of the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows, limited to 250 numbered copies. Each copy authentically signed by over 40 western actors, country music stars, writers, and artists. Exquisitely bound in custom hand-made half-leather bindings with custom slip cases. 172 pages, 9" x 9."

 

Each copy has been personally signed by: James Arness, Eddy Arnold, Irene Bedard, Powers Boothe, Kix Brooks, Red Buttons, Harry Carey, Jr., Roy Clark, Lacy J. Dalton, Charlie Daniels, Ronnie Dunn, Jack Elam, Sam Elliott, Rhonda Fleming, Lou Glanzman, Lee Greenwood, Monte Hale, Emmylou Harris, Harry Jackson, Adam Jahiel, Stuart Kaminski, Frankie Laine, Trini Lopez, Barbara Mandrell, Kevin McCarthy, The Oak Ridge Boys, Hugh O’Brian, Riders in the Sky, Julie Ritter, Dale Robertson, Mickey Rooney, The Statler Brothers, Mel Tillis, Randy Travis, Eli Wallach, Dennis Weaver, Adam West and others.

Item Number: 030106

American Combat Planes of 20th Century
American Combat Planes of the 20^th Century - A Comprehensive Reference, by Ray Wagner, is the only complete reference to all the airplanes that created American airpower. It tells the story of the marriage between aircraft and war. Every combat type built in the United States for the Air Force, Navy, or for foreign governments, is included, together with foreign aircraft bought for American fighting units.
Item Number: 0930083172

You're Doing What to the Mapes?
You're Doing What to the Mapes? A collection of columns by popular Nevada writer and speaker Karl Breckenridge. Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 2005. 210 pages, 6" x 9," softcover.
Item Number: 0930083180

Sting of the Scorpion by Karl Breckenridge

The Sting of the Scorpion by Karl Breckenridge. Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 2006. 207 pages, softcover, illustrated with photographs.

Item Number: 11142006

A City For All Seasons - Tales of Turin: Wine, Castles, & Adventure
 City For All Seasons - Tales of Turin: Wine, Castles & Adventure by Lisa Mortara. Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 2006. 104 pages, softcover, with sixteen pages of full-color photographs.
Item Number: 291205

Old Greenwood - Trapper, Pathfinder and Early Pioneer
Old Greenwood - The Story of Caleb Greenwood - Trapper, Pathfinder and Early Pioneer by Charles Kelly. Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 2005. Commemorative edition benefiting the Boys and Girls Clubs of Northern Nevada.
Item Number: 0930083178

Gerald R. Ford - Rare Lettered Edition Swearing-In Speech

The 38th President - Remarks on Taking the Oath of Office as President of the United States by President Gerald R. Ford. Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 2001. Rare lettered edition limited to only 26 signed copies. 20 pages, 8" x 8," authentically signed by President Ford in blue ink. This exquisite letterpress deluxe edition is printed on the finest Arches paper and is bound in hand-made marbled papers and contained in a sumptuous gilt-stamped rust silk slipcase.

Item Number: 0930083113D

Gerald R. Ford - Signed Limited Edition

The 38th President - Remarks on Taking the Oath of Office as President of the United States by President Gerald R. Ford. Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 2001. 20 pages, 8" x 8," authentically signed by President Ford in blue ink. This exquisite letterpress edition is printed on the finest Arches paper and is hard cover with sumptuous crimson silk stamped in gilt.

Item Number: 0930083113

Nevada's Paul Laxalt – A Memoir
Senator Laxalt’s memoir is an intriguing look at a political career that spanned more than three decades and brought him into contact with some of the most fascinating personalities of the period, including Presidents Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater, and world leaders including Leonid Brezhnev and Ferdinand Marcos.
Item Number: 0930083091

Joseph E. Martin - Martin's Luck

Martin's Luck - Stories From My Years with the Washoe County Sheriff's Office by Joseph E. Martin. Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 2003. First edition, 158 pages, 5.5" x 8.5," hardcover. Illustrated with photographs.

Nevada author, Robert Laxalt used Joe Martin as the basis for his book The Law Comes to Virginia City, writing: "...I had found the living prototype of the legendary gunfighter..." A truly fascinating story.

Item Number: 0930083121

Whirlwind - When Indians Had No Rights
Whirlwind - When Indians Had No Rights by Peter D. Laxalt. Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 2004. 64 pages, 6" x 9," soft cover. A sequel to Robert Laxalt's Dust Devils.
Item Number: 0930083148