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A Spell Created: A Sesquicentennial History of Wichita and Sedgwick County 1870-2020
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Available For Purchase In-Store (as of April 23, 2025)
(This list is not all inclusive. Books rotate regularly, not all of the below are promised to be in stock. Feel free to call or email before stopping in.)
| 100 Things to Do in Wichita Before You Die | by Vanessa Whiteside |
| A Bitter Magic | by Roderick Townley |
| A Frontier Romance- “Tiger Bill & Kate”, Episodes in Poetry | by Wendy Chapin Ford |
| A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower & the Beginning of the Civil Rights Revolution | by David A Nichols |
| Air to Air: Mustangs & Corsairs | by Paul Bower |
| Amazing Mentholatum and the Commerce of Curing the Common Cold, 1889-1955 | by Alex Taylor |
| American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains | by Dan Flores |
| An Illustrated Guide to Endangered or Threatened Species In Kansas | by Joseph T. Collins, Suzanne L Collins, Jerry Horak, Dan Mulhern, William Busby, Craig C. Freeman, & Gary Wallace |
| Around the World in 80 Years: Ken Morrison’s Life in Agriculture | by Kenneth Morrison |
| Artfully Done Across Generations: Recipes of Carlene Banks & Friends | Art from the Wichita Art Museum |
| Authenti-City- Paintings of Wichita Vol 3 (Paintings 101-150) | by Bill Goffrier |
| Authenti-City- Paintings of Wichita Vol 5 (Paintings 201-250) | by Bill Goffrier |
| Baseball in Wichita | by Bob Rives |
| Between These Walls: Working for the People | by Billy Q McCray & Jon Roe |
| Birds in Kansas Volume I | by Max C Thompson & Charles Ely |
| Birds in Kansas Volume II | by Max C Thompson & Charles Ely |
| Birds of Kansas | |
| Birger Sandzén: Celebrating the Vision | by Cori Sherman North |
| Bottled: A Mom’s Guide to Early Recovery | by Dana Bowman |
| C.A. Seward, 1884-1939: Printmaker, Artist, & Art Advocate | by Barbara J. Thompson |
| Classic Restaurants of Wichita | by Denise Neil |
| Cowboys, Plowboys, & Country Folk | by Roger Ringer |
| Crave, Covet, Collect: The Stories of Wichita’s Treasure Hunters | by Sondra Langel |
| Discover Your Fun: Kansas Off the Beaten Path | by Patti DeLano |
| Dissent in Wichita: The Civil Rights Movement in the Midwest, 1954-1972 | by Gretchen Cassel Eick |
| Driving Across Kansas: A Guide to I-70 | by Ted T Cable & Wayne A Maley |
| Dunbar School 1927-1971 | Dunbar School Reunion Committee |
| Eccentric Kansas: Tales from Atchison to Winfield | by Roger L Ringer |
| Faded Dreams: More Ghost Towns of Kansas | by Daniel C Fitzgerald |
| Farming the Dust Bowl: A First-Hand Account From Kansas | by Lawrence Svobida (with a New Forward by R Douglas Hurt) |
| Fender: The Sound Heard Around the World | by Richard R Smith |
| Field Guide to the Common Weeds of Kansas | by T.M. Barkley |
| Field Guide to the Common Grasses of Oklahoma, Kansas, & Nebraska | by Iralee Barnard |
| Fierce Ones: The Love and Art of Irma and Fred Wassall, a Unique Couple in the ‘Wrong’ Place | by Nancy Glen & Glen Sharp |
| Finding the Wild West: The Great Plains: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas | by Mike Cox |
| Fine Art Prints: A Guide to Techniques & Mediums | Illustrated with Images from the Founding & Artist Members of The Prairie Print Makers |
| Frank Lloyd Wright & Wichita: The First Usonian Design | by Pamela D. Kingsbury |
| Freedom is NOT Enough: Black Voters, Black Candidates, & American Presidential Politics | by Ronald W Walters |
| Galloping Gourmet: Eating & Drinking With Buffalo Bill | by Steve Friesen |
| Ghost Towns of Kansas: A Traveler’s Guide | by Daniel C Fitzgerald |
| Grasslands | by Debra Seely |
| Hayseeds, Moralizers & Methodists: The Twentieth-Century Image of Kansas | by Robert Smith Bader |
| Historic Communities: Colonial Life | by Bobbie Kalman |
| Historic Communities: A Child’s Day | by Bobbie Kalman |
| Historic Communities: Classroom Games | by Bobbie Kalman, Heather Levigne |
| Historic Communities: Colonial Home | by Bobbie Kalman and John Crossingham |
| Historic Communities: In the Barn | by Bobbie Kalman |
| Historic Communities: Pioneer Projects | by Bobbie Kalman |
| Historic Communities: The Kitchen | by Bobbie Kalman |
| Historic Communities: Visiting a Village | by Bobbie Kalman |
| Historic Kansas Roadsides: Exploring Towns Along Two-Lane Highways in the Sunflower State | by Roxie Yonkey |
| Honky Tonkers and Western Swingers: Stories of Country Music in Wichita, Kansas | by Orin Friesen |
| Hunting & Trading on the Great Plains, 1859-1875 | by James R. Mead, edited by Schuyler Jones |
| Iconic Eats of Wichita: Surprising History, People and Recipes | by Joe Stumpe |
| Images of America: African Americans of Wichita | by the Kansas African American Museum |
| Images of America: El Dorado: Legacy of an Oil Boom | by Jay M. Price |
| Images of America: Kansas in the Heart of Tornado Alley | by Jay M. Price, Craig Torbenson, Sadonia Corns, Jessica Nellis, Keith Wondra |
| Images of America: Mexican Americans of Wichita’s North End | Anita Mendoza, Jay Price |
| Images of America: Mulvane | by Gerald McCoy |
| Images of America: Route 66 in Kansas | by Joe Sonderman & Cheryl Eichar Jett |
| Images of America: Wichita 1860-1930 | by Jay M. Price |
| Images of America: Wichita 1930-2000 | by Jay M. Price & Keith Wondra |
| Images of America: Wichita’s Lebanese Heritage | Jay M. Price, Victoria Foth Sherry, Matthew Namee |
| Images of America: Wichita’s Riverside Parks | by James E Mason |
| Images of Aviation: McConnell Air Force Base | by Steve A Larson |
| Images of Modern America: Botanica, the Wichita Gardens | by Keith Wondra |
| Images of Modern America: Old Cowtown Museum | by Keith Wondra & Barb Meyers |
| In the Whirligig of Time: Pages from Wichita History | by Beverly Henline |
| Indian Agriculture in America: Prehistory to the Present | by R Douglas Hurt |
| Indian Summer: James R. Mead’s Early Days in Kansas: a lecture at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum | by Dr. Schuyler Mead Jones, CBE |
| Josie – A Pioneer Girl | by Donnis Slusser Crane |
| Kansas Music: Stories of a Rich Tradition | by Debra Goodrich Bisel |
| Kansas Opera Houses – Actors & Community Events, 1855-1925 | by Jane Glotfelty Rhodes |
| Kansas Past: Pieces of the 34th Star | by David Hann |
| Kansas Wildflowers & Weeds | by Michael John Haddock |
| Kansas: The History of the Sunflower State, 1854-2000 | by Craig Miner |
| Kansasology- Rogers Last Ride Kansas, Kansas to the Stars | by Roger Ringer |
| Kaw Valley Landscapes: A Traveler’s Guide to Northeastern Kansas | by James R Shortridge |
| Keeper of the Plains: Blackbear Bosin’s “Great Indian” in Wichita | by Margaret Williams Norton |
| Land Grant Ladies: Kansas State University Presidential Wives | by Michaeline Chance-Reay, Ph.D. |
| Larry Steckline: A Half-Century as the Voice of Kansas Agriculture | by Carla Stovak Steckline |
| Lawn Art, Kansas | by Lu Duerksen & Kathryn Nelson |
| Lessons in Penmanship | |
| Life in the Old West: Boomtowns of the West | by Bobbie Kalman |
| Lucky to Live in Kansas | by Kate B Jerome |
| Many Wests: Place, Culture, & Regional Identity | edited by David M. Wrobel & Michael C Steiner |
| More than Petticoats: Remarkable Kansas Women | by Gina Kaufmann |
| Moving On | by Jane Candia Coleman |
| Myths & Mysteries of the Old West | by Michael Rutter |
| New Westers: The West in Contemporary America | by Michael L Johnson |
| On the Santa Fe Trail | edited by Marc Simmons |
| One Room Country Schools of Kansas (expanded 2000 edition) | by Bill Samuelson |
| People, Pride, and Promise: The Story of the Dockum Sit-In (America’s First Successful Student-Led Lunch Counter Sit-In) | by Prisca Barnes |
| Postcard History Series: Wichita | by James E Mason |
| Quilts in Red & Green & the Women Who Made Them | by Nancy Hornback & Terry Clothier Thompson |
| Radiating Like a Stone: Wichita Women and the 1970s Feminist Movement | Compiled & Edited by Myrne Roe |
| Red, Green, & Beyond | by Nancy Hornback & Terry Clothier Thompson |
| Reflections of Kansas: 1900-1930 A Prairie Postcard Album | by Frank Wood & Scott Daymond |
| Remembering Emmett Till | by Dave Tell |
| Rickenbacker For the First Time: A Completed Illustrated History of the Development of Rickenbacker Instruments From 1931 to the Present | by Richard R. Smith |
| Rockets, Ray-Guns, and Flying Saucers! Toys of the Future | Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum |
| Rush to the Rockies: “Pikes Peak or Bust!” | by Nora A Slifer, curator |
| Secret Wichita: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful & Obscure | by Vanessa Whiteside |
| Section 27: A Century on a Family Farm | by Mil Penner |
| Seeding Civil War: Kansas in the National News, 1854-1858 | by Craig Miner |
| Sixteen Tons: The Merle Travis Story | by Merle Travis & Deke Dickerson |
| Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: The Plains States (Smithsonian Guide to Historic America Series) | text by Suzanne Winckler |
| Sod House Days: Letters from a Kansas Homesteader 1877-78 | by Howard Ruede |
| Sophisticated Lady: The Remarkable Life of Irma Wassall, Queen of Kansas Poets | by Nancy Glenn with Glen Sharp |
| Taking Flight: The Nadine Ramsey Story | by Raquel Ramsey & Tricia Aurand |
| Telepoem Booth: Missed Calls & Other Poetry | edited by Elizabeth Hellstern |
| Thank a Farmer | by Maria Gianferrari |
| The Birds of Konza: The Avian Ecology of the Tallgrass Prairie | by John L. Zimmerman |
| The Blues-Rock Masters | by HP Newquest and Rick Maloof |
| The Homestead Trail: Kansas Calls | by Roberta Seiwert Lampe |
| The Kansas Guidebook 2 – For Explorers | by Marci Penner & Wendee Rowe |
| The Last Wild Places of Kansas: Journeys into Hidden Landscapes | by George Frazier |
| The Lonely Phonebooth | by Peter Ackerman, illustrated by Max Dalton |
| The Lonely Typewriter | by Peter Ackerman, illustrated by Max Dalton |
| The Madman and the Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth | by Scott Martelle |
| The Making of a Leader: Franklin D. Murphy, the Kansas Years | by Nancy Kellogg Harper |
| The New Kansas Cookbook: Rural Roots, Modern Table | by Frank Carey & Jayni Carey |
| The Prairie Print Makers | by Barbara Thompson O’Neill, George C Foreman, & Howard W Ellington |
| The Prairie Table Cookbook: 77 Delicious Recipes for Western Prairie Living | by Bill Kurtis with Michelle M. Martin |
| The Rural West Since World War II | edited by R. Douglas Hurt |
| The Wise Animal Handbook (Kansas) (with Pull-out Coloring Pages of KS State Animals) | by Kate B. Jerome |
| Theodore Roosevelt & Bison Restoration on the Great Plains | by Keith Aune & Glenn Plumb |
| This is the Wichita the Rotary Built: The Making of a Legacy, the Rotary Club of Wichita | by Rotary Club of Wichita |
| Through the Lens of B.G. Grondal – Keeper of His Time | by Margaret Dahlquist Eddy |
| Thursday Afternoon Cooking Club- Est 1891, Wichita, KS | by Sondra Langel |
| Time: A Premium – A Book about Premium/Promotional Watches & Clocks | by Ursula Metsker |
| To Leave a Shadow | by Michael D Graves |
| Tribal Dispossession & the Ottawa Indian University Fraud | by William E Unrau & H. Craig Miner |
| True Tales of Old-Time Kansas (revised edition) | by David Dary |
| Victorian West: Class & Culture in Kansas Cattle Towns | by C. Robert Haywood |
| Uncloistered Halls: The Centennial History of Wichita State University | by H. Craig Miner |
| Walking with the Wichita Pioneers | by Barb Myers |
| Warship Pictoral No. 14 – USS Wichita CA-45 | by Steve Wiper |
| Watching Kansas Wildlife: A Guide to 101 Sites | by Bob Gress & George Potts |
| What Kansas Means to Me: Twentieth-Century Writers on the Sunflower State | editied by Thomas Fox Averill |
| While the Kettle’s On | Poetry by Melissa Fite Johnson |
| Wichita Art Museum 75: 75 Years of American Art | by Ross Novelene & Stephen Gleissner |
| Wichita Artists in Their Studios | by Sondra Langel |
| Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community | by Patrick Joseph O’Connor |
| Wichita Haunts | by Beth Cooper |
| Wichita Jazz and Vice: Between the World Wars | by Joshua L. Yearout |
| Wichita Memories II: A Photographic History of the 1940s, 1950s, & 1960s | by Wichita Eagle and Pediment Publishing |
| Wichita Rock & Roll 1950-1980 | by The Wichita Rock Music Project Team |
| Wichita State Baseball Comes Back: Gene Stephenson & the Making of A Shocker Championship Tradition | by John E Brown |
| Wichita, The Magic City: An Illustrated History | by H. Craig Miner |
| Wichita: Where Aviation Took Wing | by Gretman Group |
| Wicked Kansas | by Adrian Zink |
| Wicked Wichita | by Joe Stumpe |
| Wildflowers & Grasses of Kansas: A Field Guide | by Michael John Haddock |
| Winfield’s Walnut Valley Festival | by Seth Bate |
| Word Souvenirs Collected on My Journey Back Home | by D. Dale Richmond |