AMERICANISMS: Gary Luke, Susan Quinn, Sasquatch Books, 192 pages, $14.95. Two Seattle editors compile an irresistible photo-illustrated dictionary of words with their origins in the United States, from "meter maid" to "scalawag" to "intestinal fortitude." This little volume is as fun to browse as a Fourth of July picnic.

FIRE AND ASHES: John N. Maclean, Henry Holt, 213 pages, $25. The son of esteemed writer Norman Maclean ("Young Men and Fire") continues in his father's writing footsteps with a strong analysis of several legendary Western wildfires; the former Chicago reporter lives parttime in Montana.

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THE LEWIS AND CLARK COMPANION: Stephanie Ambrose Tubbs, Clay Straus Jenkinson, Henry Holt, 327 pages, $30. Historical writers from Montana and Nevada produce a fascinating encyclopedia to the people, places and events involved with the legendary Corps of Discovery; a welcome addition to the outpouring of Lewis and Clark books with the approach of the bicentennial of the expedition.
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