Howell-North Books was a book publishing company based in

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. They specialized in American history, in particular

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, the American West, and nautical history. They were active from at least 1959 to 1981.

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*''Mansions on Rails: The Folklore of the Private Rail Car'',

Lucius Beebe Lucius Morris Beebe (December 9, 1902 – February 4, 1966) was an American writer, gourmand, photographer, railroad historian, journalist, and syndicated columnist. Early life and education Beebe was born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, to a prom ...

(1959) *''Eight Immortal Flavors: Secrets of Cantonese Cookery from San Francisco's Chinatown'', Johnny Kan and Charles L. Leong. (1963) *'' The Thousand Mile Summer,

Colin Fletcher Colin Fletcher (14 March 1922 – 12 June 2007) was a pioneering backpacker and writer. In 1963, Fletcher walked the length of that portion of Grand Canyon contained within the 1963 boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park. Although ...

(1964) * *''Snowplow: Clearing Mountain Rails'', Gerald M. Best (1966)

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{{Reflist Defunct book publishing companies of the United States History of transportation in the United States Western United States Book publishing companies based in Berkeley, California Publishing companies established in 1959