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The Story of Columbia Coloring Book
By Don "Captain" Kirk
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This book is a companion piece to the Capitol of Texas Park in West Columbia, Texas. It contains the text and illustrations... More > from the monuments in the park. It is designed to be used by children to color in the illustrations while reading the history of the first capitol. 60 B&W pages, color cover. Saddle stitched in "comic book" format. < Less
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Mining Relics
By Don Kirk
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Photos by Don Kirk of gold and silver mining relics found in the American West dress up this exciting calendar. BUT, It's a... More > Lulu production that limits layout options (no photo captions for example) so I can't recommend it. There Calendar Creator is very limiting, designed for personal family photos only and not for resale. Sorry. < Less
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Cool Short Stories: Psychodramas with a Twist
By Don Kirk
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A fun collection of gruesome tales of mystery and the macabre in the style of Twilight Zone and Hitchcock. Stories include... More > "Where Time Stopped," "The Contrarian's Husband," "The Visitor," "Redemption in a Watery Grave," and "100 Ways to Dispose of a Body." If you like the macabre, the gruesome, the grim, or ghastly, and you like to get in the head of eccentric characters who are a tad off balance and extremely unpredictable, this book is for you. If you like Hitchcock, the Twilight Zone, or Tales from the Crypt and you have a healthy but morbid sense of humor, you'll like this book. If you're not squeamish, sensitive to blood and gore, weak of heart or mind, love a good mystery, and you look forward to the dead of night to devour a good book when the shadows grow frightfully long and dance strangely across your bedroom ceiling, you should definitely read this book. (This book is not for young teens as it contains some violence, R-rated language, and sex.) < Less
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Hinsdale: The Summer of '58
By Donald Kirk
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Junior teen novel.The humorous exploits of the author when he was ten years old. Three industrious kids spend their summer... More > getting into all kinds of hilarious adventures in their hometown of Hinsdale, Illinois. Each chapter is a stand-alone short story and many episodes revolve around building projects of the narrator. Fifteen thrilling stories including, "The Train to Downer's Grove," "The Mysterious Talking Board," "The Soapbox Derby," 'Dr. Frankenstein, I Presume," and "The Candy Machine." The back cover reads: "[The boys] build a Ferris wheel and a candy dispensing machine for the neighborhood kids that gets them into hot water, not to mention what happens when fishing for piranhas and lost treasure in the nearby cattail swamp...Donald, a resourceful inventor, narrates his own story and is destined to become the next Tom Sawyer." < Less
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Discovery Bay: A Young Detectives Mystery
By Donald Kirk
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A Young Detectives Mystery™ for junior teens. Trade paper, Pen &Ink illustrations by the author. Jason Lockwood and Wendy... More > Masterson meet in a small fishing village called Crab Creek and are thrown into a mystery brimming with thrilling action and wild adventures as they, along with a raucous old seafaring captain, try to discover the secret of the haunted Skull Island. For all boys and girls, ages 10 to 14, who like thrilling adventure stories and Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys-type mysteries. Includes glossary of nautical terms. Reviews: "Great, fun novel for kids who like to lay in bed at night and read." and "I couldn't put the thing down, read it straight through and I'm 73." < Less
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Barbed Wire, Windmills, & Sixguns: A Book of Trivia, Fact, and Folklore...
By Donald K. Kirk
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Softbound edition. This illustrated Old West trivia book is a must-have reference for western writers, re-enactors, and... More > diehard fans that love westerns and want to relax in their favorite chair and discover hundreds of interesting lists, fascinating stories, historical events, unusual people, and special places relating to the American West. This book will entertain and educate in the ways of the Wild West and in Hollywood’s interpretation of it. 740 pages of fun and fascinating content that will take months to browse through. For those not yet into this new popular pastime, get past the tenderfoot stage with this manual so you can converse intelligently with your western-fan buddies. It’s chock-full of fun trivia quizzes to challenge you and them. Great for parties. < Less
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Barbed Wire, Windmills & Sixguns: A Book of Trivia, Fact, and Folklore...
By Donald K. Kirk
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Hardback edition. WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT, PRINT THE LEGEND. This illustrated Old West trivia book is a must-have... More > reference for western writers, re-enactors, and diehard fans that love westerns and want to relax in their favorite chair and discover hundreds of interesting lists, fascinating stories, historical events, unusual people, and special places relating to the American West. This book will entertain and educate in the ways of the Wild West and in Hollywood’s interpretation of it. 740 pages of fun and fascinating content that will take months to browse through. For those not yet into this new popular pastime, get past the tenderfoot stage with this manual so you can converse intelligently with your western-fan buddies. It’s chock-full of fun trivia quizzes to challenge you and them. Great for parties. < Less
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Erika
By Donald Keith Kirk
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A science-fiction detective mystery, Hardcover Edition (softcover also available). Four world-renowned scientists, once... More > working together, separated now, doing their own research and experimentation because of a disagreement: the ultimate utility of their startling creation. Germany is turned upside down by a freelance photographer who stumbles onto a sinister plot that could change the world. Can he stop it? Trains, car chases, and a beautiful and mysterious women will change his life forever. Reviewers have said it’s a “campy cross between a Raymond Chandler detective mystery and the sci-fi of Karle Capek’s R.U.R.” and “a dark tale which gleefully employs beautiful women, dungeons, mad scientists, and a terribly mixed up detective.” Erika is “a detective story that marches to its own drummer…marching through many deft descriptions of contemporary Europe and ending in a surprising and dark climax.” “You won’t be able to put this book down.” < Less
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Erika
By Donald Keith Kirk
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A science-fiction detective mystery, Tradepaper (softcover) Edition. Hardcover also available. Four world-renowned... More > scientists, once working together, separated now, doing their own research and experimentation because of a disagreement: the ultimate utility of their startling creation. Germany is turned upside down by a freelance photographer who stumbles onto a sinister plot that could change the world. Can he stop it? Trains, car chases, and a beautiful and mysterious women will change his life forever. Reviewers have said it’s a “campy cross between a Raymond Chandler detective mystery and the sci-fi of Karle Capek’s R.U.R.” and “a dark tale which gleefully employs beautiful women, dungeons, mad scientists, and a terribly mixed up detective.” Erika is “a detective story that marches to its own drummer…marching through many deft descriptions of contemporary Europe and ending in a surprising and dark climax.” “You won’t be able to put this book down.” < Less
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Hinsdale: The Summer of '58
By Donald Kirk
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Junior teen novel, but for all ages, Collector's hardcover edition (paperback also available). The humorous exploits of the... More > author when he was ten years old as three industrious kids spend their summer getting into all kinds of hilarious adventures in their hometown of Hinsdale, Illinois. Each chapter is a stand-alone short story and many episodes revolve around building projects of the narrator. Fifteen thrilling stories including, “The Train to Downer’s Grove,” “The Mysterious Talking Board,” “The Soapbox Derby,” ‘Dr. Frankenstein, I Presume,” and “The Candy Machine.” The adventurous boys build a Ferris wheel and a candy dispensing machine for the neighborhood kids that gets them into hot water, not to mention what happens when fishing for piranhas and lost treasure in the nearby cattail swamp, a wild ride in a homemade soapbox, and a camping trip with a madman on the loose. Adults who grew up in the 50’s and 60’s will also love this book. < Less
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Don Kirk, a reclusive character with unkempt hair and threadbare clothing—happy to be locked up with just pen and paper—has never conformed to the bustling urban world of cell phones and television sets. He doesn’t seem to cogitate like the rest of us, processing information and observing the world in a way we can’t quite understand—though it seems completely clear to him. He has dabbled in many different things—a student, he says, of architecture, filmmaking, graphic arts, the old west, and human behavior—but being home alone allows his mind to wander beyond the bounds of reality, beyond what may, or may not, be healthy, allowing him to conjure up original ideas, and some not so original—since he has no idea what the rest of the world is doing—but it’s his world, and he likes it, and some of it is put down in ink in these books for you to enjoy—or not. You’ll have to be the judge.
Sweetwater Stagelines™ is the publisher of a small collection of books by noted author Don Kirk.