Front Street Books is an independent bookseller serving Alpine and Marathon, Texas and the Big Bend area. We carry a large and growing inventory of general interest titles, with an emphasis on Regional subjects for Texas and the Big Bend, Natural History, Children's, Fiction, Literature, and Texana.
We're an independent dealer offering a wide range of new, out-of-print and collectible books for people of diverse interests and needs. We stock a comprehensive collection of travel information and natural history of the Big Bend region, as well as many titles on regional history and the ranching tradition.
In a mail-order world, our dedication to service is an important part of who we are. If we don't have what you want in stock, we get it, fast. Searches for collectible, used, or out-of-print titles and special orders for new titles are a priority. We mail or ship orders anywhere, with convenient, hassle-free terms, including PayPal and all major credit cards.
No Odes to Widows
by Kay Taylor Burnett
A murder mystery, a story of female friendship, an affecting portrait of small-town America in the desert and mountain country of far West Texas—all are powerfully and pleasingly presented in this first novel by Kay Taylor Burnett, a woman better known for her intellectual, artistic, and business pursuits than for writing fiction. [Click to order.]
A Word about
Our Online Bookshop
Our online bookshop features West Texas regional titles exclusively. Even though our store houses more than 20,000 books on a world of subjects, we’ve chosen to feature those you won’t find so easily elsewhere.
We think you’ll love our selection, and once you experience our first-rate service, we believe you’ll contact us again and again for special book searches, questions, and conversations about books.
Who knows? You just might decide to make us your bookstore. That’s who we are: Book people with an itch to be the best!
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Park Ranger Anna Pigeon takes a vacation with her new husband in Big Bend National Park, only to be trapped in a labyrinth of intrigue leading them from the Mexican desert to the steps of the Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas. [Click to order.]
Alpine
121 & 201 E. Holland Ave.
Alpine, Texas 79830
432/837-3360
Fax: 432/837-1126
Marathon
next to the Gage Hotel
P.O. Box 145
Marathon, Texas 79842
432/386-4249
Toll Free: 1-800-597-3360 email: amazons@fsbooks.com