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24 titles for readers of Kings County by Robin Michael Roberts, selected for shared themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY), State & Local, and United States.

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Top related books to Kings County

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Kings County.

American Massacre The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857 — Sally Denton

American Massacre The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

The Frontier World of Fort Griffin The Life and Death of a Western Town — Charles M. Robinson

The Frontier World of Fort Griffin The Life and Death of a Western Town

Charles M. Robinson

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

Black Hawk and Central City — David Forsyth

Black Hawk and Central City

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

Durango — Frederic B. Wildfang

Frederic B. Wildfang

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

The Plains Across The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60 — John D. Unruh

The Plains Across The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

Irish San Francisco — John Garvey

Irish San Francisco

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

Anaconda, Montana Copper Smelting Boom Town on the Western Frontier — Patrick F. Morris

Anaconda, Montana Copper Smelting Boom Town on the Western Frontier

Patrick F. Morris

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

Mad at the World A Life of John Steinbeck — William Souder

Mad at the World A Life of John Steinbeck

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

The West From Lewis and Clark to Wounded Knee: the Turbulent Story of the Settling of Frontier America — William C. Davis

The West From Lewis and Clark to Wounded Knee: the Turbulent Story of the Settling of Frontier America

William C. Davis

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

The King Of California J.G. Boswell and the Making of A Secret American Empire — Mark Arax

The King Of California J.G. Boswell and the Making of A Secret American Empire

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

Haunted Hollywood Tinseltown Terrors, Filmdom Phantoms, and Movieland Mayhem — Tom Ogden

Haunted Hollywood Tinseltown Terrors, Filmdom Phantoms, and Movieland Mayhem

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

Stagecoach Rare Views of the Old West, 1849-1915 — Sandor Demlinger

Stagecoach Rare Views of the Old West, 1849-1915

Sandor Demlinger

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky The World of Octavia Butler — Lynell George

A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky The World of Octavia Butler

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

The Hoopa Project Bigfoot Encounters in California — David Paulides

The Hoopa Project Bigfoot Encounters in California

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

Wyoming: the Paradox of Plenty The Allure and Risk of a Mineral Economy — David D. Freudenthal

Wyoming: the Paradox of Plenty The Allure and Risk of a Mineral Economy

David D. Freudenthal

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

Puget’s Sound A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Sound — Murray Morgan

Puget’s Sound A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Sound

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

Killdozer The True Story of the Colorado Bulldozer Rampage — Patrick Brower

Killdozer The True Story of the Colorado Bulldozer Rampage

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

In the Heart of the Sierras The Yo Semite Valley, Both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves … and Other Objects of Intest; With Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, Etc. — James Mason Hutchings

In the Heart of the Sierras The Yo Semite Valley, Both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves … and Other Objects of Intest; With Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, Etc.

James Mason Hutchings

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

The Johnson County War — Bill O’Neal

The Johnson County War — Bill O’Neal

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

San Jose Gambling — Ted Ramos

San Jose Gambling

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

A Crack in the Edge of the World The Great American Earthquake of 1906 — Simon Winchester

A Crack in the Edge of the World The Great American Earthquake of 1906

Simon Winchester

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

Dying for Joe McCarthy’s Sins The Suicide of Wyoming Senator Lester Hunt — Rodger McDaniel

Dying for Joe McCarthy’s Sins The Suicide of Wyoming Senator Lester Hunt

Rodger McDaniel

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

U.S. Navy SEALs in San Diego — Michael P. Wood

U.S. Navy SEALs in San Diego — Michael P. Wood

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

Tough Men in Hard Places A Photographic Collection — Esther Greenfield

Tough Men in Hard Places A Photographic Collection

Esther Greenfield

Themes: West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) • State & Local • United States

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY), State & Local, United States — the same threads that run through Kings County by Robin Michael Roberts. Among the authors featured: Sally Denton, Charles M. Robinson, David Forsyth, Frederic B. Wildfang, and others.

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