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Stories filed under Books from the classic okchistory.com collection.
By Terry L. Griffith, Arcadia Publishing, 2000, in print.Review: Arcadia Publishing entered the Oklahoma City market with three Griffith books, all of them mostly drawing from the collection…
By Terry L. Griffith, Arcadia Publishing, 2000, in print.Review: Arcadia Publishing entered the Oklahoma City market with three Griffith books, all of them mostly drawing from the collection…
By Terry L. Griffith, Arcadia Publishing, 1999, in print.Review: Arcadia Publishing entered the Oklahoma City market with three Griffith books, all of them mostly drawing from the collection…
Directorate of Maintenance, Army and Navy Publishing, 1962. It exists. That's all I know. Archive editor note (not part of the original article): Related History Archive stories: Bricktown;…
By Odie B. Faulk, Laura E. Faulk and Bob Blackburn, Windsor Publications, 1988, out of print, easily obtainable online or at second-hand book stores. Expect to pay $15…
By Bill Moore and Rick Moore, Oklahoma Heritage Association, 2005, in print, $26.95.Mini-review: A good effort at detailing the careers of two pivotal Oklahoma City leaders, but the…
By Howard and Mary Ellen Meredith, University of Oklahoma, 1982. Essential OKC History Review:If this biography were to be written today, would it reveal more of this extraordinary…
By Walter Mumford Harrison, Britton Printing Co., 1954, not in print, available at www.amazon.com. Review: Walter Harrison was an outspoken writer and editor during the early years of…
By Bob Blackburn and Jim Argo, published by the Oklahoma Historical Society, 2005, in printReview: Bob Blackburn is someone I admire - he has been a big influence…
By Christopher A. Mauldin, Oklahoma City University Press, 1989 Review: In 1989 Oklahoma City University entered the publishing business and it's no surprise the school started with a…
By Bonnie Speer, Reliance Press, 1997 Archive editor note (not part of the original article): Related History Archive stories: Bricktown; A Very Nice Mention of OKC Second Time…
By Larry Johnson, Turner Publishing, 2007, in printReview: "Buddy" and I have known each other since high school, and it was while I was doing research for OKC…
By Robert C. Hardy, published by the Oklahoma Health Sciences Foundation, 1985, out of print.Review:Oklahoma City author Robert C. Hardy has been cited for his book chronicling the…
By Howard K. Berry Sr., Oklahoma Heritage Association, 2001. In print.Review: A great act of preserving Oklahoma's early day legal history has been accomplished with the recent publication…
By Bob Blackburn, Windsor Publications, 1982, out of print.Review: This 1982 book with commentary by Bob Blackburn contains a nice blend of text and images tracing the historical…
By Mark Singer, Mariner Books, still available in paperback ESSENTIAL OKC HISTORY Review: This account of the collapse of Penn Square Bank is a quick, interesting reader but…
By Bob Burke and Dick Dugan, Oklahoma Heritage Association, 2007, $29.95, in print.Synopsis: For a half century the All Sports Association has made a huge economic impact on…
By the City of Oklahoma City, 1996, out of print, but available online for $5 Review: I bought this book in error, thinking it was the same as…
By Bob Burke and Gini Moore Campbell, Oklahoma Heritage Association, 2004, in print, $26.95.Review: In 1950, John W. Nichols created the world's first public oil and gas drilling…
By Anna Katherine Curfman, Barry Rosen, Teresa N. Rishel, and Terry Rishel, Portland Press, 2005, in print.Review: People who have seen the Oklahoma City Museum of Art's Dale…
By Anita Arnold, published by the Black Liberated Arts Center, 1994, not in print Review: Ever since the Charlie Christian Jazz Festival was inaugurated in 1984, it had…
Belly Up, the Story of Penn Square Bank, by Philip Zweig, Ballentine Books, 1986 Review: Wall Street Journal reporter Zweig details how the Oklahoma City Penn Square Bank…
By Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture and American Institute of Architects, 2007, in print, $19.95, in print. Review: Great survey of the city's most significant architecture. This book…
By Roy P. Stewart Oklahoma Heritage Association, $24.95 Review: A decade after the death of legendary Oklahoma newspaper columnist Roy P. Stewart, the Oklahoma Heritage Association has released…
By Roy P. Stewart, published by Fidelity Bank, 1974, out of print, copies easily obtainable online, at second hand book stores for $10 to $30.Review: Roy Stewart is…
By Bob Burke, Arcadia Press, 2003, in print, $19.99Review: Oklahoma City is completing its first century of minor league baseball. Since 1904, organized professional teams called the Mets,…
By Bob Burke, Vicki Miles-Lagrange and Kenny Arthur Franks, Oklahoma Heritage Association, 1999, in print, $18.95Review: Great biography of a pioneering civil rights leader and executive with Oklahoma…
By Albert Leroy McRill, Britton Publishing, 1955, out of print, a few copies can be bought online or at antique stores for $150 to $200.ESSENTIAL OKC HISTORY Review:…