Best of Mingus Press

Here are a few examples of books completed by Mingus Press, Inc.

A Taste of Mingus:
Recipes and Stories from Mingus Mountain Camp

A group of members of an Arizona United Methodist congregation in Paradise Valley were looking for a way to increase the awareness of the denomination's Mingus Mountain Camp in Arizona located midway between Prescott and Jerome.

The group came up with a plan to publish a book that would share the history, lore and recipes from the camp. The members researched the camp, located photos in the camp's archives and interviewed past camp managers. The group wrote the text, tested the recipes and Mingus Press designed and published their book.

Recipes and Stories from Mingus Mountain Camp lovingly celebrates the history, setting and stories of the camp nestled in a forest atop Arizona’s Mingus Mountain.

With a foreword by Arizona Official State Historian Marshall Trimble, the book shares beloved recipes of the camp, archival photographs from the camp’s history, John Chidester’s stunning photography of the camp and its mountain setting, and Mary Sue Ingraham’s narrative about the creation of the camp, its traditions and development, and stories of the pioneering people who built and have tended it.

All of the work done on the book—research, writing, book design, photography—was gifted by volunteers as a labor of love.

Donors funded the cost of the book’s printing so that all proceeds from book sales go directly to camp scholarships.

A $20 price was set for the full-color, 8.5 x 11" 100-page wire-O bound book A Taste of Mingus.

Order A Taste of Mingus by mail for $20 + $5 shipping and handling. CLICK HERE for a PDF order form.

View 16 sample pages from A Taste of Mingus. CLICK HERE - PDF file opens in a new window.

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The Official Collectors Guide:
Harbour Lights

Published in 2006, this 480 page all-color guide includes product information on over 725 detailed collectible replicas of lighthouses, lightships, USCG ships, Fresnel lenses and lifesaving stations made by the Harbour Lights company between 1991 and 2005.

The guide book includes information on more than 330 lighthouses and photographs of all the known variations made by the company through the publication date.

A forward was written by Harbour Lights Founder Bill Younger and a new history of the company was written by John Chidester who also edited and designed the book.

Product photography was provided by Paul L. Brady and includes detailed images of the known variations among similar replicas.

The 8.5 x 7" 480 page wire-O bound book was sold through Harbour Lights retail dealers for $39.99. Harbour Lights ceased operations in December, 2011.

Order The Official Collectors Guide: Harbour Lights for $38 + $3.99 shipping and handling from http://www.amazon.com/shops/minguspress. (Out of print; limited availability.)

View 26 sample pages from The Official Collectors Guide to Harbour LIghts. CLICK HERE - PDF file opens in a new window