WordsWorth is an independent publishing company founded in 2005.
Located in Cody, Wyoming, we focus on books that celebrate the history, people, and culture of the American West.
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Tribal Government: Wind River Reservation
By Janet Flynn, A.W. Baldwin, contributor
$19.50 paperback
•170 pages, 5.5×8.5 in., 18 images
Published January 2026
ISBN 979-8-9939600-0-5
Subject: Native American History, Indigenous Governance & Sovereignty, Wyoming.
$19.50 paperback
•170 pages, 5.5×8.5 in., 18 images
Published January 2026
ISBN 979-8-9939600-0-5
Subject: Native American History, Indigenous Governance & Sovereignty, Wyoming.
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The Birney Day School
By Philip Hall
• $20.00 paperback
• 186 pages, 6×9 in
• Published November 2025
• ISBN: 978-1-7334897-9-9
Subject: Fiction: Romance/Multicultural & Interracial, Indigenous History, Montana
• $20.00 paperback
• 186 pages, 6×9 in
• Published November 2025
• ISBN: 978-1-7334897-9-9
Subject: Fiction: Romance/Multicultural & Interracial, Indigenous History, Montana
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Welcome To Wyoming
By Christina Wray
$17.95 paperback
•128 pages, 5.5×8.5 in.
Published November 2025
ISBN 978-1-7334897-8-2
Subject: Personal Memoirs, Western Essays, Wyoming.
$17.95 paperback
•128 pages, 5.5×8.5 in.
Published November 2025
ISBN 978-1-7334897-8-2
Subject: Personal Memoirs, Western Essays, Wyoming.
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No Forgiveness: family, polygamy, murder, and justice among Idaho’s pioneering Mormons
By Daniel H Neal
• $24.00 paperback
• 213 pages, 6×9 in
• Published June 2025
• ISBN: 978-1-7334897-7-5
• LCCN 2025909041
• Subject: Western History, Idaho History, Utah History, Mormons, Pioneers
• $24.00 paperback
• 213 pages, 6×9 in
• Published June 2025
• ISBN: 978-1-7334897-7-5
• LCCN 2025909041
• Subject: Western History, Idaho History, Utah History, Mormons, Pioneers
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The Bat House: A Montana Memoir
By Michael B. Riley
2025 Western Horizon Award Winner
• $20.00 paperback
• 282 pages, 5.5×8.5 in
• Published December 2024
• ISBN: 978-1-7334897-6-8
• Subject: Personal Memoirs, Western Essays, Wyoming, Montana
2025 Western Horizon Award Winner
• $20.00 paperback
• 282 pages, 5.5×8.5 in
• Published December 2024
• ISBN: 978-1-7334897-6-8
• Subject: Personal Memoirs, Western Essays, Wyoming, Montana
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Eye to the Holy: The Story of One Congregation’s Mission and Art
by Douglas Goodwin
• $22.00 paperback
• 78 pages, 10″ x 8″ inches
• 63 photographs
• published December 2024
• ISBN 978-1-7334897-5-1
• Subject: Wyoming History, Spirituality
• $22.00 paperback
• 78 pages, 10″ x 8″ inches
• 63 photographs
• published December 2024
• ISBN 978-1-7334897-5-1
• Subject: Wyoming History, Spirituality
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Challenging the Canyon: a Family Man Builds a Dam
by Beryl Gail Churchill
• $24.95 paperback
• 110 pages, 11″ x 8.5″ inches
•131 b&w photographs and maps
•published May 2024
•ISBN: 978-1-7334897-4-4
• Subject: US and Wyoming History, Engineering, Biography
• $24.95 paperback
• 110 pages, 11″ x 8.5″ inches
•131 b&w photographs and maps
•published May 2024
•ISBN: 978-1-7334897-4-4
• Subject: US and Wyoming History, Engineering, Biography
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HEART MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: The History of a Japanese Relocation Center
By Bernard and James Murphy
Winner of the 2025 Wyoming Historical Society Award for a Reference Work
• $36.00 paperback
• 678 pages, 6.125″ x 9.25″ in
• 219 B&W images
• Published April 2024
• ISBN: 978-1-7334897-2-0
• Subject: Western History, Wyoming, World War II Japanese Internment Camps, Personal Memoirs.
Winner of the 2025 Wyoming Historical Society Award for a Reference Work
• $36.00 paperback
• 678 pages, 6.125″ x 9.25″ in
• 219 B&W images
• Published April 2024
• ISBN: 978-1-7334897-2-0
• Subject: Western History, Wyoming, World War II Japanese Internment Camps, Personal Memoirs.
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Craven Creek: A Collection of Essays
By Walt Gasson
• $20.00 paperback
• 110 pages, 6×9 in
• 13 B&W images
• Published January 2024
• ISBN: 978-1-7334897-3-7
• Subject: Personal Memoirs, Western Essays, Wyoming
• $20.00 paperback
• 110 pages, 6×9 in
• 13 B&W images
• Published January 2024
• ISBN: 978-1-7334897-3-7
• Subject: Personal Memoirs, Western Essays, Wyoming
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Profiles in Courage: Standing Against the Wyoming Wind.
Rodger McDaniel.
$24.00 paperback
372 pages, 6″ x 9″
18 black & white images
Published December 2022
ISBN 978-1-7334897-1-3
Library of Congress Control Number: 2022923096
Subject: Wyoming and U.S. history, civil rights
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Wyoming: The Paradox of Plenty
by former Wyoming governor, David Freudenthal.
2023 Winner of Wyoming Historical Society’s Non-fiction award.
$20.00 paperback 266 pages, 6″ x 9″ 12 black & white images Published December 2022 ISBN: 978-1-7334897-0-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2022921565 Subject: Wyoming and U.S. history, politics, economics
2023 Winner of Wyoming Historical Society’s Non-fiction award.
$20.00 paperback 266 pages, 6″ x 9″ 12 black & white images Published December 2022 ISBN: 978-1-7334897-0-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2022921565 Subject: Wyoming and U.S. history, politics, economics
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The Indian’s Pony: From Bones To Bronze
Gerald Anthony Shippen.
Foreword by Peter S. Hassrick
76 pages, 9″ x 9″,
90 full color images.
$24.99 paperback
ISBN: 978-0-9896405-8-9
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Howard Zinn and Lois Mottonen Fistfight in the Equality State
Rodger McDaniel
with Lois Mottonen
$15 paperback
172 pages, 5.5×8.5″
ISBN 9780989640572
with Lois Mottonen
$15 paperback
172 pages, 5.5×8.5″
ISBN 9780989640572
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Dying for Joe McCarthy’s Sins: The Suicide of Wyoming Senator Lester Hunt
Rodger McDaniel
$15 paperback, 364 pages, 13 photographs
b&w 9×6″
ISBN-13: 978-098302759
$15 paperback, 364 pages, 13 photographs
b&w 9×6″
ISBN-13: 978-098302759
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On Sacred Ground: A Religious and Spiritual History of Wyoming
Warren Murphy
$14.95 paperback, 198 pages, 22 illustrations. b&w 6×9″
ISBN-13: 978-0983027515
$14.95 paperback, 198 pages, 22 illustrations. b&w 6×9″
ISBN-13: 978-0983027515
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Victor Alexander and the Saddle: Art, Craft and Business
Paul Fees
$20.00 paperback, 108 pages, 6×9″
ISBN-13: 978-0983027539
$20.00 paperback, 108 pages, 6×9″
ISBN-13: 978-0983027539
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Better Known as Boxcar Murphy
Hunter Patrick
$10.00 paperback, 44 pages, 6×9″
ISBN-13:978-0-9830275-6-0
$10.00 paperback, 44 pages, 6×9″
ISBN-13:978-0-9830275-6-0
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Places and Fables
Ron Hitchcock
$20 paperback 148 pages, 6×9″ Published 2016 ISBN13: 978-0989640558 Subject: Poetry, Environment, Nature
$20 paperback 148 pages, 6×9″ Published 2016 ISBN13: 978-0989640558 Subject: Poetry, Environment, Nature
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Natures Cadence: Paintings by Clyde Aspevig
Robyn G. Peterson
$25 paperback
66 pages, 8×10″
Illustrations: 37 color plates
ISBN978-0-9668494-6-2
$25 paperback
66 pages, 8×10″
Illustrations: 37 color plates
ISBN978-0-9668494-6-2
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Emil Carlsen’s Quiet Harmonies
William H. Gerdts, William Eric Indursky, and Robyn G. Peterson
$25 paperback
80 pages, 8×10″
Illustrations: 39 color plates
ISBN978-0-9668494-5-5
$25 paperback
80 pages, 8×10″
Illustrations: 39 color plates
ISBN978-0-9668494-5-5
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The Best of Proctor’s West
Peter H. Hassrick
$25 Paperback, 8×10″, 110 Color and B&W Illus.
112 Pages
ISBN 978-0-931618-71-0
$25 Paperback, 8×10″, 110 Color and B&W Illus.
112 Pages
ISBN 978-0-931618-71-0
distributed by University of Oklahoma Press
Drawn To Yellowstone: Artists in America’s First National Park
Peter H. Hassrick
$25 Paperback, 8×10″, 105 Color and B&W Illus.
160 Pages
ISBN 978-0-931618-71-0
$25 Paperback, 8×10″, 105 Color and B&W Illus.
160 Pages
ISBN 978-0-931618-71-0
distributed by University of Oklahoma Press
Bacon, Beans, Tobacco ‘n’ Whiskey
Lynn Edwards
$18.95 paperback
184 pages, 7×10 in
ISBN 978-0-9652942-2-5
$18.95 paperback
184 pages, 7×10 in
ISBN 978-0-9652942-2-5
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The Sagebrush Gospel: Searching for answers to contemporary questions in the retelling of the parables and other Bible stories.
Rev. Rodger McDaniel
$9.95 paperback, 144 pages, 5.25×8″
ISBN13: 9-780983-027553
$9.95 paperback, 144 pages, 5.25×8″
ISBN13: 9-780983-027553
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The Lady Doc
Caroline Lockhart
$19.95 paperback, 340 pages, 5×7.5″
ISBN: 0-9652942-8-5
$19.95 paperback, 340 pages, 5×7.5″
ISBN: 0-9652942-8-5
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Lilian’s Last Dance
by Christene Meyers and William Jones
$14.99 paperback, 336 pages, 6×9′
ISBN13: 978-0989640534
$14.99 paperback, 336 pages, 6×9′
ISBN13: 978-0989640534
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Wilderness Heritage: The Borner-Hale Connection
Beryl Churchill
$12.99 paperback. 78 pages. Color 8.5×8.5″
ISBN 978-0-9830275-2-2
$12.99 paperback. 78 pages. Color 8.5×8.5″
ISBN 978-0-9830275-2-2
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The Burgess Long Range Repeating Rifle Model 1878
Dale A. Olson
$9.95 paperback. 172 pages 6×9″
ISBN 978-0-9771286-6-2
$9.95 paperback. 172 pages 6×9″
ISBN 978-0-9771286-6-2
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Journeys To Jerusalem: Troubling Times in a Holy Land
By Daphne Grimes
$16.99 paperback. 396 pages. 8.25×11″
ISBN 978-0-9771286-9-3
$16.99 paperback. 396 pages. 8.25×11″
ISBN 978-0-9771286-9-3
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Garland: The History of the Gate City as Told by the Residents
By Christy Fleming
$9.95 paperback, 136 pages, 7.5×9.25″
ISBN 9780977128648
$9.95 paperback, 136 pages, 7.5×9.25″
ISBN 9780977128648
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Paintrock Tales and Bonanza Trails
Oral and Written Accounts From the Hyattville/Bonanza Area
by The Hyattville History Committee
$45.00 hardcover.
440 pages, 7×10″
ISBN 9780977128631
by The Hyattville History Committee
$45.00 hardcover.
440 pages, 7×10″
ISBN 9780977128631
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