Eastrn-Central U.S. Books--vistabooksencore

EAST-CENTRAL U.S.

Washington, D.C., Blue Ridge, Great Smoky Mountains & Shenandoah National Parks, NC, KY, PA, VA, WV, DC, TN, MD, DE

AMERICAN LIGHTHOUSES: a definitive guide. by Bruce Roberts and Ray Jones.
Describes more than 500 lighthouses, detailing their history and architecture and providing information on their settings and history. Text begins with lighthouse history, insights into the lives of keepers and facts about the Fresnel lens they use, and even the moving of some lighthouses when threatened by erosion. Covers east coast, Great Lakes, south coast and Gulf of Mexico, west coast, Alaska, and Hawaii. Color photos of virtually every lighthouse, maps showing lighthouse locations. 292 pages, index.
ISBN: 978-0-7627-2269-3. 2002. Order #: GLPE4818 paper$$21.95.

THE AMERICAN WAR 1812-1814. Katcher.
The bitter fighting when British burned the White House
ISBN: 0-85045-197-3. Order #: STAC3732 paper$12.95.

THE AMERICAN WAR 1812-1814. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ARMIES: (4) state troops. by Philip Katcher and Ron Volstad.
Uniform dress and equipment that identified state-raised troops from North and South. Color and black-and-white illustrations, full of detail. 48 pages. By the Osprey Military Men-at-Arms series.
ISBN: 0-85045-747-5. Order #: STAC9138 paper$12.95.

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ARMIES: (5) volunteer militia. Katcher.
Uniform dress and equipment that identified individually formed regiments from North and South. Color and b/w illustrations, 48 pages. By the Osprey Military Men-at-Arms series
ISBN: 0-85045-853-6. Order #: STAC1025 paper$12.95.

ANNAPOLIS DESTINATION--the story behind the scenery. Evans.
Explore Annapolis--early home to American political ideals and training ground for naval heroes--a waterfront community which has enriched American life since the 17th century. 9x12, 48 pages, 67 color photos, 1 map.
Inventory =1. ISBN: 0-88714-107-2. 1996. Order #: KCPU8110 paper$11.95.

ANIMAL FRIENDS OF THE SMOKIES. by Fran Hubbard.
Children's book on how animals of Great Smoky Mountains live through year, including "teeth are like tools", "facts about feet". Some of the animals included are bear, deer, fox, weasel, mink, opossum, vole, bats, and beavers. Mentions species that were once present but are now gone. Illustrations by Bob Hines, 32 large-format pages.
ISBN: None. 1981. Order #: AWAN6164 paper$4.95.

ANTIETAM NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD. by Frederick Tilberg.
National Park Service Historical Handbook #31; Shrines and memorials and historic Civil War battle at Sharpsburg, Maryland, "bloodiest day of Civil War" with 23,000 casualties. Covers strategies and maneuvers of Lee, the Confederate commander, and of McClellan of the Union, battles, daybreak strikes. The battle had no clear victor but did serve to stop Lee's march to the north. Illustrated, 64pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00892-6. 1980. Order #: USGB2255 paper$4.95.

APPALACHIA: December 1948. by Appalachian Mountain Club.
This is a volume of America's oldest journal of mouointaineeing and conservation. Includes photo and obituary on page 224b of Francois Matthes--glaciologist, topographer of Yosemite Valley, Grand Canyon, Mount Rainier, plus areas of Montana and Wyoming--all by work in the field often using plane table and alidade. He also did a geology report on Yosemite, showing the role glaciers had in shaping the valley--and resolving a dispute between John Muir and Josiah Whitney.
ISBN: None.1948. Covers scuffed. Order #: APMC2395 paper$95.00.

APPALACHIA: winter 1984-1985. by Appalachian Mountain Club.
This is a volume of America's oldest journal of mountaineering and conservation. It is identified as "New Series/Volume XLV winter 1984-1985/number 2; magazine number 179". Includes articles on "The Magic of Asia", "Scotland", hiking the John Muir Trail of the California Sierra and Death Valley plus Quebec canoe trip on the Mistasibbi. Also includes indices of the journal for volumes XL through XLIII (1974-1979). Photographs, 180 pages. Cover is of ruins of Tibetan monastery,
ISBN: None, 1984-85. Order #: APMC2394 paper$29.50.

ARLINGTON HOUSE: the Robert E. Lee Memorial. by National Park Service.
Story of home of Civil War leader which sits on a bluff overlooking the Potomac River and Washington, D.C. and of Lee himself. How this West Point graduate (for three years its superintendent) and Army officer followed his loyalties to Virginia as it seceded from the Union to become the leader of the Confederate Army--and of the house's subsequent uses by Union forces with the Lee family's loss, regain, and eventual sale of the property, now adjacent to a national cemetery. Details the layout of the house and its grounds, slaves and slave quarters, furnishings, gardens. Associated sites are also described. Timeline of Lee's life is included. Illustrations include drawings, photographs, and maps in black-and-white and color, some historical. 48pages.National Park Service Handbook #133.
ISBN: 0-912627-23-9. 1985. Order #: USGB8814 paper$4.95.

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Katcher.
Men-at-Arms Series. Color illustrations, , 48 pages.
ISBN:0-850454-208-2 . Order #: STAC6524 paper$12.95.

AT HOME IN THE SMOKIES: a history handbook for Great Smoky Mountains National Park. by Wilma Dykeman & Jim Stokely.
National Park Service Handbook #125 to people who settled and lived in these Tennessee/North Carolina mountains: native Americans, history, historical sites. Includes Cherokee presence, pioneers, sawmills, creation of the park, local handicrafts. Also sections on Oconaluftee, Cades Cove, and other historic sites in the park and nearby. Historical illustrations, 160 pages, index.
ISBN: 024-005-00902-7. 1984. Order #: USGB4605 paper$8.95.

ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTS: Audubon Society Nature Guide. by William H. Amos and Stepen H. Amos.
Comprehensive field guide to birds, plants, seashore creatures, fishes, whales, and other natural wonders of North America's eastern shores. Includes birds; fishes, whales, and dolphins; insects and spiders; mammals; reptiles and amphibians; seashells; and seashore creatures. Color photos, 6781 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-394-73109-3. Order #: RAHO2721 paper$19.00. ?PAGES

BEAUTIFUL WASHINGTON, D.C. Curran.
Ceremonial and historical buildings, parks, statues, civic events. Color photos, 72 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-89802-009-3. Order #: BEAM0112 paper$9.95.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S "GOOD HOUSE": the story of Franklin Court. by Claude-Anne Lopez.
National Park Service Handbook #114 for Independence National Historical Park at Philadelphia. Tells of the Franklin House and Franklin family, of building the house, and of Franklin's many involvements--inventions and scientific instruments, the American Revolution, printing, plus history of present memorial. Color illustrations, 64 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00817-9. Order #: USGB8815 paper$5.95.

THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. by Harley E. Jolley.
Describes the origins, development and beauty of this 469 mile scenic road that follows the crest of ridges and mountains on a ribbon-like course through scenery with vistas and past mountaineer residences and villages. Tells the political story leading up to the parkway's beginning and of the design and construction challenges to provide a road designed for pleasure instead of speed with no ugly scars on the landscape and opportunities to retain rustic settings while also providing travelers' modern conveniences and recreational opportunities. Mileage log of points along the way, bibliography, photographs, 184 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-87049-100-8. 1969. Order #: UNTN1267 paper$9.95.

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY: the story behind the scenery. by Rives.
Ranges and ridges, mountain settlers, building the parkway. 70 color photos, 48 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-916122-81-6. 1982. Order #: KCPU3812 paper$8.95.

CAMPAIGN FOR PETERSBURG: Petersburg National Battlefield. by Richard Wayne Lykes.
National Park Service Handbook # 134. Battle late in Civil War that lasted 10 months, trench warfare and tunneling and the explosion that created a crater, fortifications and equipment, dwindling of supplies for the Confederate troops an as a result their many defections, strategies of the opposing Union and Confederate forces, and final outcome that also caused the Southern capital at Richmond to fall and end the war. Maps and historical photographs., 80 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00979-5. 1985. Order #: USGB2256 paper$5.95.

CAROLINA SEASHELLS. by Nancy Rhyne
Beautiful shells are found on the North and South Carolina beaches; this guide makes identifying those shells easy, as it describes more than 200 shells that are most common in the Carolinas. Includes when and where to find seashells, how to make a collection, shell lore, fossil shells, starfish, sharks teeth and other strange things. 90 drawings, 96 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-914788-53-1. 1982. Order #: MISC1061 paper$7.95.

#CHANCELLORSVILLE: Lee's greatest battle. Stackpole.
Account of one of Civil War's greatest battles. 55 illustrations, 27 maps, 30 drawings.
ISBN: 0-8117-2238-4. Order #: STAC5067 paper$14.95.

CIVIL WAR PARKS: the story behind the scenery. Davis.
Overview of war through capsule descriptions of 26 battle parks. 71 color photos, 64 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-916122-95-6. 1984. Order #: KCPU0713 paper$8.95.

CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS: their expectations and their experiences. by Reid Mitchell.
Human detail about the war from the common soldiers who fought it--from inexperienced volunteers to hardened veterans, drawn from unpublished letters and diaries. Men on both sides--Union and Confederate--shared misconceptions about their enemy. Both sides went to war to save their ways of life, convinced they fought a savage foe. Yet meeting face-to-face forced them to reexamine. 288 pages, notes, bibliography, index..
ISBN:0-671-68641-0. Order #: SISC3257 paper$9.95.

CLARA BARTON NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (MD). by Elizabeth Brown Pryor.
Guide to this Maryland National Historic Site plus biography of teacher/humanitarian/women's rights advocate/Red Cross founder. Inspired by the need to care for Civil War soldiers, a Sanitary Commission was organized and that grew into the American Red Cross. Chronology lists Bartons, life history including her causes and accomplishments along with important national events. Includes associated sites. National Park Service Handbook #110. Photographs and drawings in black-and-white and color; some historical. 80 pages, index.
ISBN: 024-005-00806-3. 1981 . Order #: USGB2337 paper$5.50.

CLIMB PENNSYLVANIA. by Curt Harler.
Presents rock and ice climbing in this state, plus bouldering. Describes 38 climbing sites, with geologic rock types, routes, grades, locations, types of climbs. Climbing areas were selected by members of the Pennsylvania Mountaineering Association. Photographs, map, 36 pages, index.
Inventory =5. ISBN: 0910856-73-1. 1985. Order #: LASI4895 paper$2.50.

COLONIAL HOLIDAY TREATS: special recipes. by Hutcraft.
Over 100 easy-to-make special Christmas recipes--old and new--good for the holidays and some for any time of year. A long-standing title, with recipes for egg nog, angel wing popovers, southern short'nin'bread, old timey raisin spice cake, sweet potato pie, apple leather, tipsy cake. Contents include 96 recipes and variations for beverages, breads, cakes, pies and pastries, cookies, candy, miscellaneous foods, preserves, and relishes. Yuletide sketches, 25 pages.
Inventory = 52. ISBN: None. 1971. Order #: HUTC0623 paper$3.95.

COLONIAL KITCHEN HERBS AND REMEDIES: garden and kitchen secrets from early America. by Ferne Shelton.
As the early ships from Europe landed along the Atlantic coast, colonists brought their cherished seeds and plants because of virtues attributed to them in Old World medicine and cooking. Many plants indicated their usefulness to health by some aspect such as color, texture, or shape and some were named for their uses, such as " heal-all", "heartsease", "liverwort", etc. Dandelion wine was thought good for a blood tonic and the liver and kidneys, honeysuckle tea helped coughs, chest issues and nerves being "good for twitches". Chapters include Beverages and Wines, Herbs in Cooking, Useful Weeds, Household Ointments and Salves, Early Tobacco Mixtures, Lucky Charms. There was also Mary's Magic Foot tonic "to maketh the feet nimble and pains go away." Recipes, sketch drawings, 24 pages.
ISBN: None. 1972. Order #: HUTC2832 paper$3.95.

COLONIAL TREASURE COOKBOOK: special time-tested recipes from early America. by Ferne Shelton.
Hardy settlers along the Atlantic coast brought their food customs and family recipes from many different lands. Colonists provided fruits, meats, vegetables, and learned to use native foods. There were herbs from fancy flavors, beverages, and remedies. The kitchen became the heart of every home. Try crystallized orange peels, southern mint julep, dandelion wine, hopping john New Year's Day good luck dish, Brunswick stew, scalloped oysters, grandmothers molasses cookies, rum tum pie, and many more. Drawings, 24 pages.
ISBN: None. 1970. Order #: HUTC2835 paper$3.95.

COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK (VA): the story behind the scenery. Haskett.
First English colony in America--Virginia's Jamestown--and Yorktown Battlefield site where Britain surrendered. Color photos, 48 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-88714-044-0. 1990. First printing. Order #: KCPU8720 paper$11.95.

DARK SUN: the making of the hydrogen bomb--cloth. Rhodes.
Definitive, often shocking, story of the politics and science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and birth of the Cold War. Based om files in both the United States and the Soviet Union, this history discloses how and why the United States decided to create the bomb that would dominate world politics for over 40 years. Extensive notes, photographs, 731 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-684-80400-X. 1995. Order #: SISC6083 cloth$32.50.

DARK SUN: the making of the hydrogen bomb--paper. by Richard Rhodes.
Definitive, often shocking, story of the politics and science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and birth of the Cold War. Based om files in both the United States and the Soviet Union, this history discloses how and why the United States decided to create the bomb that would dominate world politics for over 40 years. Extensive notes, photographs, 731 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-684-82414-0. 1995. Order #: SISC8812 paper$16.00.

DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. by Colonel Joseph B. Mitchell.
A popular work that creates concisely and dramatically the important battles, sieges, and campaigns of America's war for independence--from Lexington to final battle at Yorktown: Progress of the war, military tactics, with maps that show troop deployments, moves of the armies, and strategies of the commanders.
Inventory = 64.ISBN:0-89176-039-3.Order #: MOCK4672 paper$2.75.

THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE: the story of the Natchez Trace (AL, MS, TN). by Jonathan Daniels.
Old trail's drama and role in American history--a path that traveled through 3 southern and eastern states from Nashville, Tennessee to Natchez, Mississippi and linking the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Mississippi Rivers. Originally developed by Native Americans and then in the late 1700s and early 1800s the trail carried explorers, pioneers and settlers and traders as well as soldiers and robbers. Conflict between government and Indians over lands occurred, and individuals on both sides sought ways to benefit from outcomes. 278 pages.
ISBN: 0-88289-438-2. 1985. Order #: PELI2817 paper$4.25.

DISCOVERING DELAWARE WATER GAP: a field book for young naturalists. by National Park Service.
Geologic origin of the Appalachian mountains in this region, the fossils the rocks contain, and how the gap was carved by the Delaware River, role of glaciers. Plants and animal communities and forest types are examined, with interesting insights into their ecology. Suggestions for further explorations beyond the materials in the book are made, with note pages for recording observations. Photographs and drawings, 44 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00707-9. 1978. Order #: USGB1112 paper$3.95.

THE EARTH-MAN STORY: starring Shenandoah Skyline--parks, man, and his environment. by Darwin Lambert.
Explore an environmental ethic for the Shenandoah National Park area. Presents history of area, with natural and cultural changes evolving into environmental considerations, illustrating what the environmental ethic and parks are all about. Over 80 photos, maps, 208 pages.
ISBN: 0-682-47501-7. 1972. Order #: MISC9392 paper$6.95.

EAST COAST LIGHTHOUSES: a postcard book. by Globe-Pequot.
20 color-photo postcards of East Coast lighthouses including Bodie Island, Cape Neddick, Saint Augustine, Cape Lookout, Ocracoke Island, Point Judith, and more.
ISBN:0-7627-2838-8. 2003. Order #: GLPE3789 paper$7.95.

EASTERN TRIPS & TRAILS. Thomas.
A wilderness lover's guide to over 60 outdoor experiences in 16 states from Maine to Florida--descriptions of each site, how to reach it, and where to hike, backpack, and camp. Photos, maps, 252 pages.
ISBN: 0-8117-2033-0. Order #: STAC3152 paper$8.95.

EDIBLE AND POISONOUS PLANTS OF THE EASTERN STATES. Burt.
Deck of plant identification cards includes descriptions plus color photos of the more important edible and poisonous plants of the eastern US enabling identification in their natural habitats.
Inventory = 5. ISBN: None. 1973. Order #: PLDE4004 box$6.95.

A FIELD GUIDE TO EDIBLE WILD PLANTS OF EASTERN/NORTH CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA. by Lee Allen Peterson.
Details over 370 edible wild plants in 37 states from the Atlantic coast to the Dakotas and Texas and including Quebec and Ontario in Canada--where to find in 14 habitats including seashores, running water, swamps, fields, thickets, moist woods, and more. How and when to pick them, how to prepare them for eating. Also identifies 37 poisonous look-alikes. Color illustrations, 346 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-31870-X. 1977. Order #: HOMI0604 paper$15.95.

A FIELD GUIDE TO ATLANTIC COAST FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA. by C. Richard Robins and G. Carleton Ray.
How to identify any of the saltwater fishes commonly found off the Atlantic Coast of North America from Arctic Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Where each fish is most likely to be fond throughout the year and its habits, life history, and ecology. Which species are important as game, food, or as aquarium fishes and which are known to be dangerous. Describes over 100 species--virtually all of the fishes found to a depth of 660 feet plus many of the deeper water species of the continental slope, giving range and habitat including depths, bottom types, water temperatures, and salinity. Almost 1100 illustrations (420 in color) for quick accurate identification with arrows to pinpoint field marks that distinguish the species. 354 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-39189-9. 1986. Order #: HOMI2683 vinyl$14.95.

A FIELD GUIDE TO THE ATLANTIC SEASHORE. by Kenneth L. Gosner.
How to identify the plant and animal life you find at the seashore; which species occur together and where to look for them; their ranges, habitats, and life cycles. Describes 1047 plant and animal species--such as mollusks, seaweeds, barnacles, crabs, jellyfish, sponges, and many other groups--with key identification features as well as accounts of habitats, habits, reproduction cycles, and association with other life forms. Detailed habitat descriptions explain where, when, and how to find seashore animals and plants--buy geographic range, tidal level, season, topography, and climate. Thorough species coverage from the Bay of Fund to Cape Hatteras. extending with species' range south to the West Indies and north to the Arctic. Over 1000 illustrations with 217 in color for quick and accurate identification. Peterson Identification System groups similar species for ready comparison. 345 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-31828-9. 1978. Title page loose. Order #: HOMI2678 vinyl$11.95.

A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS EAST OF THE ROCKIES. by Roger Tory Peterson.
Every species of land and water birds of eastern and central North America. Range maps show summer and winter ranges, breeding grounds; schematic drawings and arrows emphasize key field marks for quick identification; also includes accidentals, exotics and escapes--usually in several plumages. Drawings, color paintings, maps, 384 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-36164-8. 1980. Order #: HOMI614 vinyl$11.95.

FIELD GUIDE TO NORTH AMERICAN SEASHORE CREATURES: The Audubon Society. by Norman A. Meinkoth.
Provides 690 full-color pictures to identify each of the seashore creatures featured in this book on all the U.S. and West Indies coasts. Included are crabs, lobsters, sea anemones, sponges, snails, jellyfishes, shrimps, sea stars, and many invertebrates. Covers 660 species in full detail with notes on 220 others. There is an identification chart to the kinds of creatures; text gives habitat, range, and descriptions for each. Color photographs, 812 pack-sized pages, index.
ISBN: 0-394-51993-0. 1988. Order #: RAHO2000 vinyl$19.00.

A FIELD GUIDE TO REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF EASTERN/CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA. by Roger Conant.
Peterson Field Guide to 574 species with detailed recognition features--size, color, scale arrangements for males, females, and young; ranges, habits, habitats; notes for similar species; collecting and caring for them. Distribution maps show ranges of all species.472 color illustrations, 543 pages; index.
ISBN: 0-395-19977-8. 1975. Order #: HOMI605 paper$16.95.

A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BUTTERFLIES OF NORTH AMERICA EAST OF THE GREAT PLAINS. by Alexander B. Klots.
Peterson Field Guide. Detailed descriptions of all butterfly species found east of the Great Plains from Greenland to Mexico. Detailed descriptions; where to find them; habits; collecting and preserving; common and scientific names; habitats; range, food plants, subspecies. Includes accounts of families of butterflies and subfamilies, life zones, indicator plants, and basic ecology. Also list of butterfly literature, checklist, technical terms, and larval food plants. 494 drawings, photographs, and paintings, 247 in color, 365 pages, indexes.
ISBN: 0-395-25859-6. 1951. Order #: HOMI0613 paper$11.95. Note date; also see HOMI2704.

A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BUTTERFLIES OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. by Alexander B. Klots.
Peterson Field Guide. Detailed descriptions of all butterfly species found east of the Great Plains from Greenland to Mexico. Detailed descriptions; where to find them; habits; collecting and preserving; common and scientific names; habitats; range, food plants, subspecies. Includes accounts of families of butterflies and subfamilies, life zones, indicator plants, and basic ecology. Also list of butterfly literature, checklist, technical terms, and larval food plants. 494 drawings, photographs, and paintings, 247 in color, 365 pages, indexes.
ISBN: 0-395-25859-6. 1979. Order #: HOMI2704 paper$11.95. Note date; also see HOMI0613.

THE FIELD GUIDE TO WILDLIFE HABITATS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. by Janine M. Benyus.
Habitats each have their own special character--that's why they are habitats. Here 20 are described. Each has its own types of birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians as well as the plants these animals dwell in and in many cases use for food. Tells of ecological adaptations the species make to their situations of water, temperature, sunlight, and soil. Inside tips on what to look for in terms of sites and markings and how best to find, then watch and enjoy, the animals move in their environment, 75 drawings and maps, 336 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-671-65908-1. 1993. Order #: SISC7788 paper$15.95.

FLOWER FINDER: a guide to identification of spring wildflowers and flower families. by May Theilgaard Watts.
Dichotomous key to spring wildflowers of US and Canada east of the Rockies and north of the Smokies. Like our other flower guides, it keys first to the family and then to individual species. Explains botanical terms used to describe flower parts. Illustrated with author's line drawings. 64 little pages.
ISBN: 0-912550-00-7. Order #: NASG1001 paper$5.95.

FORT MCHENRY NATIONAL MONUMENT AND HISTORIC SITE (MD). by Harold I. Lessom and George McKenzie.
History of this MD fort that defended Baltimore from British attack during War of 1812, including 1814 bombardment which inspired Francis Scott Key to write Star Spangled Banner. Details the movement of ships and soldiers in the attempt to invade the city and the American response to repel them. Includes actions by individual commanders and describes the nature of warfare at that time. Historical drawings, maps, 40 pages. National Park Service Historical Handbook #5.
ISBN: 024-005-00191-3. 1961.Order #:USGB2443 paper$4.25.

FORT RALEIGH and the first English settlement in the New World (NC). by Charles W. Porter III.
National Park Service Handbook 130. Settlement at Fort Raleigh and at Roanoake, Virginia, by Sir Walter Raleigh. Customs and life of Native Americans when the colonists arrived, with watercolor drawings of the Indians by John White as "Portraits of a New World. Chapters also include "Exploration of Roanoke Island", "Raleigh's First Colony", "The Lost Colony of 1587", "Links with Jamestown and New England", and "Search for the 'Cittie of Ralieigh;" Dwellings and forts were built by the diverse skilled workmen of the colony, but re-supply ships did not come as expected and at one point the entire colony sailed back to England with Sir Francis Drake. Historical black-and-white and color photographs and drawings, suggested readings, 56 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00959-1. 1985. Order #: USGB8816 paper$4.95.

GEORGE WASHINGTON: man and monument. by Frank Freidel & Lonnelle Aikman.
Biography of first president--surveyor, war general, set precedents for those who would follow. Includes history of and building of monument in District of Columbia plus its use in historical events as well as recreation on its grounds. 83 color illustrations, 72 pages. Publication of Washington National Monument Association with the National Geographic Society.
ISBN: 0-686116-31-3. 1973. Order #: INPU9397 paper$8.95.

#GETTYSBURG: 1863 and Today. Nitchkey.
A compilation of facts and events--from the first shot fired to the latest battlefield tribute. Maps, over 60 photos, 144 pages.
ISBN: 0-682-49495-X. Order #: EXPO5194 cloth$8.50.

GETTYSBURG: the story behind the scenery (PA). Davis.
Battle, landscape, reunions of soldiers of both sides, meanings. 46 color photos, 48 large-format pages. 1983/
ISBN: 0-916122-89-1. 1983. Order #: KCPU4041paper$8.95.

THE GOOD SERVANT: making peace with the Bomb at Los Alamos. by Janet Bailey.
Roles of this scientific community in making nuclear weapons and peacetime research. How these products have been and could be used in war and how they have also helped reduce the chance of war, even perhaps causing the end of the Cold War. Behind-the-scenes look at the labs and scientists involved in this work, including those in Russia. 188 pages.
ISBN: 0-684-80939-7. 1995. Order #: SISC6103 cloth$22.00.

GRASSLANDS: Audubon Society Nature Guide. by Lauren Brown.
Comprehensive field guide to birds, wildflowers, trees, grasses, insects, and other natural wonders of North America's prairies, fields, and meadows. The varied grassland regions of the United States are outlined--tallgrass, desert, intermountain, for instance--with their associated plants and animals. Also in the book individual species are described with their habitats and ranges and a line drawing of each. Color photos show the character of the different grasslands and their flora and fauna. 606 pages, index..
ISBN: 0-394-73121-2. 1985. Order #: RAHO2724 paper$19.95.

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS & SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARKS, BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY and surrounding area. by Dorothy Millikan.
Rand McNally National Parks Recreation Directory published in cooperation with National Parks Foundation. Includes Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; Baltimore; Knoxville; and Chattanooga. Describes points of interest and rates each by must visit, worth visiting, and visit if time permits. Includes guided tours, seasons, gateways, scenic overlooks and drives, terrain, and activities plus concise coverage of the major sights of leading nearby cities. Color photographs, maps, 176 large-format pages, index.
ISBN: 0-528-84759-7. 1984. Back cover bent, scuffed. Order #: RAMC2399 paper$9.95.

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. by Rand McNally.
Rand McNally National Parks Recreation Directory. Including surrounding area, Atlanta, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. History and sightseeing opportunities and scenic drives and tours are presented for localities, parks, and museums. Verify data pre-trip. Maps, 160 pages.
ISBN:0-528-84762-7. 1984. Order #: RAMC2952 paper$3.95.

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. by Ruth Radlauer.
Historical and geographical features: pioneers and their ways of building houses, raising food, making molasses, home-made music. Color photos and maps, 48 pages. Grades 4-5.
ISBN: 0-516-47489-8. Order #: CHIL5722 paper$4.95.

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS: the story behind the scenery (VA). Canter.
Shaping land, wildlife and flowers, hill people of national park in NC/TN. 46 color photos, 48 large-format pages.
Check stock. ISBN: 0-916122-59-X. 1981. Second printing. Order #: KCPU0743 paper$8.95.

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS: wonderland for boys and girls. by Lura D. Dickson.
Describes features of this national park in juvenile format--domes and balds, wildlife, pioneers, waterfalls, more. Illustrated, 144 pages.
ISBN: None. 1968. Order #: MISC9388 paper$6.00.

#GUIDE TO THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL in the Great Smokies, the Nantahalas, and Georgia.
Appalachian Trail Conference. Include foldout maps. 1973.
ISBN: . Order #: MISC9372 vinyl$9.95.

A GUIDE TO TREASURE IN TENNESSEE. Henson.
County listings give treasure leads and helpful info on lost mines, ghost towns, mill sites, and sunken ships. 124 pages.
ISBN: 0-941620-04-2. Order #: CARS9195paper$7.95.

GUIDE TO VIRGINIA. by Rand McNally.
Where to go, what to see and do, historic highlights, accommodations & restaurants, campgrounds. Verify data pre-trip. Photos, maps, 186 large-format pages, index.
ISBN:0-528-84540-3. 1981. Order #: RAMC2940 paper$7.95.

GUILFORD COURTHOUSE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, North Carolina. by Courtland T. Reid.
Battle of Guilford Courthouse (1781)--beginning of end of Revolutionary War. Although a British victory, their win left them so weak they lost the overall campaign to defeat the Americans. Includes events leading up to this battle, officers, uniforms of the soldiers and militia. Maps show battle lines and points of interest. Drawings, photographs, suggested readings, 44 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-0019-4. 1961. Order #: USGB2362 paper$4.75.

HERBERT HOOVER'S HIDEAWAY. by Darwin Lambert.
The story of Camp Hoover on the Rapidan River in Shenandoah National Park, used while president by Herbert Hoover. It was selected to be a retreat in natural surroundings with trout fishing and horseback riding as an escape from dealing with the challenges of his office term including the Great Depression. Tells of how the president and first lady used the camp while on visits, of interactions with neighbors, delivery of important mail by airplane drop,and visitors and events. Photos, 157 pages.
ISBN: None. 1971. Order #: MISC3948 paper$6.95.

HIKING FROM INN TO INN: wilderness walking tours with comfortable overnight lodging from Maine to Virginia. by David and Kathleen Macinnes.
Experience the great outdoors by day and sleep between clean sheets at night. Covers 13 adventurous day hikes linked by overnight accommodations, including Mount Desert Walk, Maine; Presidential Range Walk, New Hampshire; Cape Cod Walk, Massachusetts; Palisades Walk, New York; Delaware Canal Walk, Pennsylvania; and more. Includes what to wear and what to carry, safety tips, wilderness manner. Tours take 3 days or longer, each day's hike in the 8 to 12 mile range, with detailed directions and descriptions of the hikes. Verify lodging pre-trip. Drawings, maps, 191 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-914788-49-3. 1982. Order #: GLPE0413 paper$7.95.

HIKING GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS. by Rodney & Priscilla Albright.
Describes 42 walks in detail and suggests 38 more in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Includes hikes in Cades Cove, Cucumber Gap, Pinnacle Creek, Sugarland Mountain, more. Lists for each trail its length, degree of difficulty, access, and points of current and historical interest. Comments are made on environmental changes in the park including reintroduction of river otter and red wolf. Includes comprehensive bird list. 14 maps, 12 photos, 160 pages--small for easier carrying on the trail..
1-56440-378-5. Order #: GLPE7883 paper$9.95.

HIKING THE OLD DOMINION: the trails of Virginia. by Allen de Hart.
Presents trails over lands managed by U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, state parks and wildlife management areas, cities and counties, and more. Basic trail information includes length and difficulty, topographic maps to use, trailhead locations, route descriptions, introduction to regions and features. Includes Blue Ridge Parkway, Shenandoah National Park, part of Appalachian Trail. Sierra Club Totebook. Photographs, 13 maps, index, 488 little pages for easy carrying in the field.
ISBN: 0-87156-812-8. 1984. Order #: RAHO2714 vinyl$14.00.

HIKING VIRGINIA'S NATIONAL FORESTS. by Karen Wuertz-Schaefer.
Describes 50 trails in George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. Introduction explains "Finding Your Way in the Woods" including trail finding and even cross-country travel, "Climate, Terrain, and Equipment" so you will know what to expect and prepare for in this area, and "Outdoor Ethics" so your actions will not impair your own trips or those of others and there will be minimum impact on the land. Individual trail descriptions give trail mileages, difficulties, elevation differences, and markings. Photos, maps, 201 pocket-sized pages.
ISBN: 0-8914788-05-1. 1980. Order #: GLPE0423 paper$9.95.

HISTORIC SPRINGS OF THE VIRGINIAS: a pictorial history. by Stan Cohen.
Describes 75 of the many spas that were popular resorts from late 1700s to early 1900s when these sites were declining. The springs themselves, hot baths, canoing, and tennis were among the attractions along with often-handsome architecture and gardens, Photographs, period engravings, ads of the time, maps, 216 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-933126-14-X. Order #: PIHI1571 paper$9.95.

HOPEWELL FURNACE. by W. David Lewis and Walter Huggins.
National Park Service Handbook #124 to Hopewell Village National Historic Site in Pennsylvania, a reconstructed 19th century iron-making community. Tells how they got the ore and limestone and the coal used for heat to make it into metal products like stove parts, pots and pans, weights, buckets, and even cannon balls; how these products were made, and their distribution to a widespread market. Transportation wagons, tools, buildings, and the people and company involved. Color illustrations, 96 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00904-3. 1983. Order #: USGB2458 paper$6.95.

INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK: the story behind the scenery. Thomson.
Origin and meaning of this park where the U.S. Constitution was created, along with the buildings where it happened and the people who did it. 48 large-format pages, color illustrations.
ISBN: 0-88714-045-9. 1990. Order #: KCPU4777 paper$8.95.

INDEPENDENCE: a guide to Independence National Historical Park. by Richard B. Morris.
National Park Service Handbook #115 to Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. Role of Independence Hall as site where American government was formed. History of the Constitution, Philadelphia as capital of the United States, history of the Liberty Bell (which is on site), related historic sites nearby including the house where Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.. Color illustrations, 64 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00830-6. 1982. Order #: USGB2447 paper$4.95.

JOHN BROWN: the thundering voice of Jehovah, a pictorial heritage. by Stan Cohen.
Revisit the raid on the Harpers Ferry arsenal and the fiery abolitionist who led it. 8-1/2x11",196 pages, 270 photos, maps & drawings.
Out of print; we have 1 copy left. ISBN: 1-57510-055-X. 2001. Order #: PIHI2790 paper$14.95.

JOHN BROWN MYSTERIES. by Allies for Freedom.
6x9",128pgs., illustrations.
ISBN: 1-57510-059-2. Order #: PIHI1566 paper$11.95. Out of print: we have 1 copy

LIFE AND TIMES IN COLONIAL PHILADELPHIA. by Joseph J. Kelley, Jr..
History of the rapid growth of this city from 1640 to 1799 and the roles of the men and women who conceived the American concept of freedom. Presented as 13 essays reflecting the lives of important persons such as William Penn and Ben Franklin, the planning of the city-to-be, art and culture, Swedes and Quakers and other foreign influences, taverns, marriage, sex, and finally politics. Photographs, 256 pages.
ISBN: 0-8117-0949-3 1973. Dust jacket scuffed. Order #: STAC3299 cloth$16.95.

LIFE ON INTERTIDAL ROCKS: a guide to marine life of the rocky North Atlantic coast. by Cherie Hunter Day.
Identifies plants and animals (Kelp, Sea Anemones, Sea Slugs, Crabs, and Starfish, and many more) that live in the intertidal zone of the rocky Atlantic Coast, from Rhode Island north to the Bay of Fundy.
The granite bedrock of this glacier-scoured coast forms a habitat with many places for living things to hide. The twice-daily rise and fall of the sea with the tides creates the intertidal zone, extending from the splash zone, which gets wet from wave splash at high tide, but is never under water, to the lower zone, which is exposed only during the most extreme low tides. Organisms that live here endure many stresses, including winter cold and ice, alternating exposure and submersion, pollution, and the danger of being ripped away by waves during a storm. This book will help you identify organisms that live in and on tidepools, rocks, pilings, and wharves, and understand how they survive. Illustrated with the author's clear and detailed line drawings. 64 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
Inventory = 25.ISBN: 0-192550-15-5. Order #: NASG5406 paper$5.95.

LIGHTHOUSE ENCYCLOPEDIA.
ISBN: 978-07627-2735-3. Order #: GLPE3788 paper$24.95.

THE LIGHT-HOUSES OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1874. by Charles Nordhoff & Gustav Kobbe.
Showing lighthouses and keepers on all U.S. coasts--Pacific, Atlantic, Gulf, and Great Lakes, with three extra articles by Gustav Kobbe: "Life in a Lighthouse", and if that isn't lonely enough there comes "Life on the South Shoals Lightship". Last is "Heroism in the Lighthouse Service".
Here are four articles on that romantic historic aspect of the maritime industry--the lighthouse. The first is a history and survey of lighthouses to 1874, giving a look at the federal service that operated them and how the lighthouses were run as well as their importance to shipping when when a light was main--sometimes the only--navigational aid. Then there are insights into keepers' lives in one of the most exposed lighthouses ever built (Minot's Ledge outside Boston Harbor). Portrayed, too is the role played by offshore lights on anchored ships. And recalled, too, are dramas and devotion to fellow man and duty that must never be forgotten. First published at the pre-1900 time when lighthouses held greatest importance: Lighthouses remain intriguing for their function and dramatic vertical architecture, and are now historic, recalling dramas of the past. Many of the lighthouses described are in national and state park areas and are maintained as historic sites, with museums and visitor centers open to the public. In many you can still climb to the top for a view keepers once saw. A visit to one of these is all the more meaningful with the insights gained from this collection of articles. 75 period engravings. 64 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
Inventory = in stock in quantity. ISBN-10: 0-89646-086-X. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-086-7. Order #: VIST0086 paper$6.95.

LINCOLN MEMORIAL: a guide to the Lincoln Memorial, District of Columbia. by E.J. Applewhite & Paul Angle.
National Park Service Handbook #129 to monument and history, with brief biography of Lincoln and his family plus Civil War involvement and his personality. Creation of the memorial and the statue of seated Lincoln. Describes the setting and the architecture and building of the structure plus early and modern events that took place there. Color illustrations, 48 pages.
ISBN: 0-912627-28-X. 1986. Order #: USGB8817paper$4.95.

THE LIVING LAND: an outdoor guide to North Carolina. by Marguerite Schumann.
Surveys the state's natural areas--coastal plain, piedmont, and mountain areas--with histories, incidents, features to see, and how to visit. Covers state parks, game lands, national seashores, national wildlife refuges, national forests, TVA lakes, caverns. Describes the history of each of the various areas: replanting forests, mines, power development, farming, fishing, tourism, forestry research and horticulture. Photos, maps, 203 pages, index.
ISBN: None. 1977. Order #: MISC2991 paper$6.95.

#THE LIVING WHITE HOUSE. Aikman.
Human element in presidential life--hobbies, lifestyles, family events. 164 color illustrations, 152 pages.
ISBN: 0-912308-44-3. Order #: INPU9103 paper$9.95.

THE MAKING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB. by Richard Rhodes.
Complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the 1900s discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan. Beginning as an interesting speculative problem in physics, the effort grew into the Manhattan Project and then rapidly into the bomb itself, produced by scientists known only to their peers but to assume notoriety and controversy. Photographs, 886 pages, bibliography and index.
ISBN: 0-684-81378-5. 1986. Order #: SISC6151 paper$16.00.

#MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK. by Ruth Radlauer.
Children's book explores underground world of cavern formations, cave tours and explorers, rivers, animals; plants and animals of forests above. Color photos, 48 pages.
ISBN: 0-516-47496-0. Order #: CHIL4000 paper$4.95. check ISBN

MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK. by Ruth Radlauer.
Children's book explores underground world of cavern formations, cave tours and explorers, rivers, animals; plants and animals of forests above. Color photos, 48 pages.
ISBN: 0-516-17496-7. 1978. Order #: CHIL1032 cloth$8.95.

MAMMOTH CAVE: the story behind the scenery. Lyons.
Welcome to the two worlds of Mammoth Cave National Park. In the worlds of light, see the wildlife of the landscape. Within the cave, encounter creatures with special adaptation to the dark. 9x12, 48 pages, 72 color photos & 2 maps.
Inventory= 1. ISBN: 0-88714-003-3. 1993. Third printing. Order# : KCPU4791 paper$8.95.

MID-AMERICA TRIPS AND TRAILS. by Bill Thomas.
From sand dunes and plateaus to densely wooded forests, over 50 unspoiled wilderness areas in 17 states are pinpointed: MI, WI, MN, ND, NE, OH, IN, IL, MO, KY, TN, AR, OK, AL, MS, KY, TX. For each trip tells what the area is like, how to reach it, where to drive, backpacking opportunities, hikes, where to camp. Photos, maps, 238 pages.
ISBN: 0-8117-2037-3. 1975. Order #: STAC5166 paper$8.95.

MORRISTOWN: A History and Guide. Weigley.
National Park Service Handbook to 1777 and 1779-80 winter encampments of General George Washington's Continental Army at Morristown, NJ. Color illustrations, 112 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00905-1. Order #: USGB2460 paper$7.95.

MOUNTAIN HOME: the Walker family farmstead, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. by Robert R. Madden and T. Russell Jones.
Genealogy of the family and early history of the house's occupants, of the farmstead adjacent to the house, construction style of squared logs, layout of rooms and functions, furnishings, hand-made products, adaptation of the family to the mountain ways of living. Photographs, drawings 55pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00671-1. 1977. Front cover top edge ragged. Order #: USGB9578 paper$9.50.

MOUNTAINS AND MEADOWLANDS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. by William A. Bake.
Presents the scenic beauty available to travelers of the Blue Ridge Parkway, from Pennsylvania t o Georgia. Covers not only mountains and meadowlands but also the wildflowers and trees plus animals and the mountain folk whose villages and homesites and even gravesites occur along the way along with local handicrafrts and music. Color photographs, 46 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00598-6. 1975. Order #: USGB2348 paper$5.95.

NATIONAL PARKS OF WASHINGTON, D.C.: the story behind the scenery (DC). by Robert Fudge.
Wherever people go in Washington DC, they are not far from a National Park area. These parks represent a remarkable array of places all with a treasure trove of stories giving expression to American values. 9x12, 48 pages, 59 color photos & 4 maps. 2006.
ISBN: 088714-266-4. 2006. Order #: KCPU9521 paper 11.95.

ON THE SPINE OF TIME: an angler's love of the Smokies. by Harry Middleton.
Evokes the deep, rich beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains while introducing local characters and bringing to life the pleasures of fishing its trout-filled streams. Part autobiography and part homage to the two old men who taught him to love the outdoors. Filled with neat anecdotes and salty reflections. Award-winner. 240 pages.
ISBN:0-671-69141-4 1991. Order #: SISC7154 cloth$18.95.

PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE: discovering Independence National Historical Park. by Shirley Milgrim.
Traces the history of Philadelphia to become the leading metropolis of Colonial America and the capitol of the United States from 1790 to 1800.Details the stories of the buildings and sites of the park and its region, including Carpenters's Hall, Christ Church and Cemetery, Franklin Court, First Bank of the United States, Friends' Meeting House, Philadelphia Exchange, and more. Drawings,127 pages.
ISBN: 0-85699-101-5. 1974. Order #:CHAT3364 cloth$7.95.

PIONEER COMFORTS AND KITCHEN REMEDIES: old-timey highland secrets from the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains. by Ferne Shelton.
America's first settlers were able from their Old World lives able to recognize and use many coastal plants. In the Appalachians they found great variety of plants some of which could be used for food, medicine, and comforts. Much has bee learned about medieval herb lore but the old-timey remedies listed here are neither suggested nor recommended. Chapters include beverages and wines, coughs and colds, aches and pains, miscellaneous miseries, perfumes, dyeing with natural colors, plants as insecticides, and lucky charms. Carrots were said to make strong eyes, horseradish was for dropsy, sage was good for loose teeth. Drawings, 24 pages.
Check stock. ISBN: None. 1965. by Hutcraft. DAMAGED--1" x 1" of upper left corner of book (covers and all pages) is missing, but contents are intact. Order #: HUTC2834 paper$3.95.

THE PIONEERS: or, The Sources of the Susquehanna. by James Fenimore Cooper.
Novel from 1823 set at a time only 10 years after the Revolutionary War when the frontier of white settlement is gradually advancing across the American continent to the Pacific, carrying with it pioneers, hunters, and trappers. The frontier setting is Upper New York State around Otsego Lake. 350 pages.
ISBN: 0-8049-0049-3. 1964. Order #: AIRM1071 paper$1.95.

ROADSIDE GEOLOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Van Diver. Oceans appear and disappear, colliding continents crumple sedimentary layers into fold mountains. Illustrated, 352 pages.
ISBN: 0-87842-2. MOPR3811 paper$20.00.

ROADSIDE GEOLOGY OF VIRGINIA. Keith Frye.
Diverse features: Natural Bridge, caverns, Paleozoic geologic structures and fossils, ancient beaches. With Roadside Geology [of Virginia] in your glove compartment, the dullest drive can be transformed into time travel." —Richmond News Leader. The geologic features seen in Virginia are as varied as any in the country. Indeed, in 1985 the highway east of Natural Bridge was identified as the most geologically interesting 24 kilometers of roadway in the southeastern United States and one of the four most interesting in the country. In addition to Natural Bridge, you can see caverns still developing their unique architecture, geologic structures developed at the end of the Paleozoic era, fossils of Paleozoic life, preserved beaches from late Precambrian shores, and more, all in a single stretch of highway. Illustrated, 256 pages.
ISBN: 0-87842-199-8. Order #: MOPR5615 paper$20.00.

SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK. Radlauer.
Children's guide to human history and natural features. Color photos, 48 pages.
Check stock.ISBN: 0-516-47744-7. Order #: CHIL2066 paper$4.95.

SHENANDOAH: the story behind the scenery (VA). Crandall.
Ancient mountains, forest trees, wildflowers, man in VA National park. 81 color photos, 48 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-916122-15-8. 1982. Third printing. Order #: KCPU4088 paper$8.95.

SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK, NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. by Rand McNally.
Rand McNally National Parks Recreation Directory. Including surrounding area with Washington, D.C. and Baltimore plus Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. History and sightseeing opportunities and scenic drives and tours are presented for localities, parks, and museums. Verify data pre-trip. 160 pages.
ISBN:0-528-84764-3. 1984. Order #: RAMC1169 paper$3.95.

SHILOH NATIONAL MILITARY PARK (TN). by Albert Dillahunty.
National Park Service Historical Handbook # 10. Story of 2 -day Civil War battle of 1862 which showed Confederates the abilities of the Union Army, doubted before, and led to continued difficulties for the South. The war campaign preliminary to this battle is presented as troops moved into positions and then events of each day are detailed with attacks, stand-offs, retreats, relocations. Roles of leaders is presented, and their tactics and fates. The battle resulted in the two sides reporting 24,000 troops killed, wounded, or missing, a significant portion of both armies lost. Includes guide to and descriptions of battlefield sites and remaining evidence. Presents some of the music and poetry that followed the engagement and observes the nearby national cemetery. Black-and-white photographs, some historical, and maps, 48 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00161-1. 1961. Order #: USGB2330 paper$4.95.

SKYLAND: the heart of the Shenandoah National Park. by George Freeman Pollock.
History of how the Skyland resort was founded in 1894 on a plateau on Stony Man Mountain long before this park was created, written by an individual deeply involved in the area for his lifetime, with insights on how the area became a national park. Describes natural history of region, staff and guests of resort, pageants. Historical photographs, reference notes, 299 pages.
ISBN: None. 1960. Order #: MISC3949 paper$9.95.

SIGNALS OF THE SEA AND HEROES OF THE SURF: the epic story of America's light-houses and life-savers, written at their heyday. by Arthur Hewitt and John R. Spears.
Two of the most romantic traditions of the sea are here combined to form the content of this book--light-houses and life-savers. Stories of the work of the keepers and savers span the range from daytime monotony, and even loneliness, between storms, to the thrill of daring sea rescues in raging winter surf. Through all, dedication of the men involved shines as brightly as the lights they tended and as steadily as their massive surfboats while heading through the breakers to sea. Reprinted from The Outlook for 1903 and 1904. Good reading for anyone intending to visit the many lighthouses and life-saving stations maintained as historic sites on all U.S. coasts. Period engravings. 24 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
Check stock. ISBN-10: 0-89646-088-6. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-088-1. Order #: VIST0088 paper$4.95.

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN COOK BOOK. by Ferne Shelton..
Over 175 old-timey Highland recipes and remedies from the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains: apple brown betty, gooseberry preserves, roasted quail, fried green apples, Smoky Mountain mystery cake, rhubarb nectar, corn pones, pickled d crab apples, and many more both unusual and more traditional. 32 pages.
ISBN: None. 1964. Order #: HUTC0622 paper$3.95.

THE SOUTHERN GUEST HOUSE BOOK. by Corinne Madden Ross.
Includes houses offering overnight lodging in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and District of Columbia. Stay in one of these often charming, diverse establishments and likely experience Southern hospitality,too. Verify data per-trip. Illustrated, 190 pages.
ISBN: 0-914788-35-3. 1981. Order #: GLPE4178 paper$8.95.

SOUTHERN ROCK: a climber's guide. by Chris Hall.
Comprehensive guide to 21 areas in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, & Tennessee with accurate directions to each, location of routes by description, grade ratings, first ascents, sketch, or photo, and an extensive selection of available routes with variations. Better descent routes are included for some climbs. Illustrated, 144 pages pocket-size for carrying on a climb, index. with ;.
ISBN: 0-914788-37-X. 1981. Order #: GLPE4177 paper$9.95.

A SOUTHERN WOMAN'S STORY: life in Confederate Richmond (VA). by Phoebe Yates Pember.
A wry and realistic account of work in a Confederate military hospital, 1862-65, in besieged Richmond, Virginia. Author writes with "merciless realism tempered with humor. She tells of the scandals, the gossip, the greed, and the selfishness, along with the courage and the needless suffering of the wounded solders in that dark age of medicine.147 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-89176-024-5 1984. Order #: MOCK3595 paper$4.95.

STONES RIVER--bloody winter in Tennessee. by James Lee McDougall.
Documents Civil War battle at Greensboro, Tennessee, that began the last day of 1862 when 10,000 Confederate soldiers streamed into the Federal forces while they were still breakfasting in camp. Despite such a surprise, victory was won by the Union forces and the result was to offset other losses they had had, to discourage Britain and France from intervening for the Confederacy, and to cause dissension in the high command of the South's leaders and to demoralize their rank soldiers. It was one of the significant engagements of this war. Now a National Park Service historic area Drawings, 271 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-87049-301-9. 1980. Order #: UTEN2132 cloth$16.95.

THE STORY OF MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK: a brief history. by Margaret M. Bridwell.
From early discovery in 1816, this cave in Kentucky has attracted not only sightseers but commercial enterprises. Explains the cave origin, its prehistoric and aboriginal history, early guides and discoverers of new passages and new entrances, mining operations for saltpeter and nitrate, early visitors and artistic performances inside the cave, stagecoach and railroad travel, creation of the national park to manage the cave, development of cave interpretation, museum, and visitor center. Photos, 64 pages.
Check stock. ISBN: None. 1971. Order #: MACA0812 paper$3.95.

THE STORY OF THE FLIGHT AT KITTY HAWK. Stein.
Children's history about how the Wright Brothers invented and flew the first airplane. Illustrated, 31 pages.
ISBN: 0-516-44614-2. Order #: CHIL2059 paper$3.95.

THE STORY OF THE LIBERTY BELL. by Natalie Miller.
Children's history of America's famed freedom symbol--idea for the bell and getting it made in England and then at length installed in the Philadelphia State House, secreted away during the War for Independence, then reinstalled and rung until it cracked (the second time, after repair). In this history the bell became a symbol of American freedom and has gone on tour throughout the United States now to be seen again at Independence National Historic Park in Pennsylvania. Illustrated, 30 pages.
ISBN: 0-516-44622-3. Order #: CHIL2067 paper$3.95.

THE SUMMER LAND. by Burke Davis.
Novel of the tender and hilarious story of Fax Starling growing up in North Carolina tobacco country around 1916: a loving family of red-soil tobacco farmers, with chapter like "Good Men Don't Cheat--Much", "The Teacher Comes". and "Jimroe Goes Too Far." 223 pages.
ISBN: 0-345-24374-9. 1975. Order #: MOCK3592 paper$1.50.

TENNESSEE TRAILS. by Evan Means.
Guide to state's best walking and backpacking trails outside Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Provides details and maps of over 100 trails including urban trails and trails for the handicapped and gives historical overview of Tennessee trails dating back to De-Soto and revival of interest in trails in modern times. Maps, 186 little pages suitable for carrying in pocket or small pack.
ISBN: 0-914788-11-6. 1979. Order #: GLPE2289 paper$9.95.

THEY MET AT GETTYSBURG. Stackpole.
Retelling of battle, first-hand accounts. Photos, maps, 344p.
Check stock. ISBN: 978-0-8117-2089-2. Order #: STAC1382 paper$19.95.

THEY MET AT GETTYSBURG. Stackpole.
Retelling of battle, first-hand accounts. Photos, maps, 344p.
ISBN: 978-0-8117-2089-6. Order #: STAC2387 paper$19.95.

THIS HALLOWED GROUND. by Bruce Catton.
Lead-up to America's Civil War, causes, start of the conflict, conduct of the war, battles, conclusion by a Pulitzer Prize winning author. An important study not only for its history-story but also because some of the issues that led to the war are still among us and understanding their roots remains important in understanding aspects of present American society. Maps, bibliography, 559 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-671-63884-X. 1961. Order #: SISC1073 paper$5.95.

TRACK FINDER. by Dorcas S. Miller, illustrated by Cherie Hunter Day.
Guide to mammal tracks of eastern US and Canada. Includes key to print shapes, key to track patterns, discussion of scat and other signs, habitat information, range maps, and drawings of the animals and their tracks. For identifying tracks in mud or snow. A favorite of young naturalists. 64 little pages.
ISBN: 978-0-912550-12-1. Order #: NASG0998 paper$5.95.

A TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS REGION. by Jeff Bradley.
Features museums, events of the southern Appalachians of Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, & Georgia. Includes famous attractions like Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cumberland Gap, the Biltmore Estate and also the back roads and hills, illuminating the uniqueness of this region's people. Maps, 288 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-91678-64-4. 1985. Order #: KAMP0698 paper$10.95.

TROUT FISHING THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. by J. Wayne Fears.
State-by-state guidebook to the trout streams, lakes, and tailwarters of the eight states bordering the Southern Appalachians: Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. Tells best ways to catch, release, clean, and cook trout; flies or lures for certain streams. Photographs, maps, 188 pages.
ISBN: 0-914788-10-8- 1979. Order #: GLPE0417 paper$7.95.

THE UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE--1880: predecessor to today's Coast Guard by J. H. Merryman.
Story of chain of life-saving stations that once lined all U.S. coasts--Atlantic, Gulf, Great Lakes, Pacific--with rescue dramas, apparatus and technique used by heroic federal surfmen. The U.S. Life-saving Service was at its heyday when this material was written in 1880. Shipping was a busy industry among the seaport cities, yet navigation was often unsure, and storms poorly predicted. Wrecks were all too common; ships in peril were even run toward shore to founder them where they would be closer to possible rescue. A chain of life-saving stations on all four U.S. coasts was therefore established to save lives. Accounts of heroism at these lonely outposts remain amazing--and chilling. Our author was chief inspector of the board examining these station's crews. He tells of the organization of the Service, the desperate need for the life saving function, of rescues, and of rescue methods and apparatus. Today many of these stations are maintained as historic reminders of past deeds, and several are in parks and/or include museums. Some provide demonstrations of how rescues were made in the surf and by lifeboats. Read this book and visit one or several of the stations on any coast for an appreciation of the life-saving service heritage. 79 period illustrations. 64 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
. ISBN-10: 0-89646-071-1. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-071-3. Order #: VIST0071 paper$6.95.

VANDERBILT MANSION NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. National Park Service.
Mansion and family with details of building and grounds. Illustrated, 52 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00956-6. Order #: USGB2453 paper$3.95.

A VOICE FROM HARPERS FERRY. by Osborne P. Anderson, a Black revolutionary who was there.
Anderson joined others both Black and white to join John Brown's attempt to start a cause to end slavery and was the only Black combatant to survive the raid. Included essays tell of the cause to be demonstrated by the raid and events leading to it as well as the other raiders and leaders. Explains other early attempts to free slaves. Photographs and drawings, 130 pages.
ISBN: 0-89567-136-0. 2000. Order #: MISC2755 paper$12.00.

A WALKER'S GUIDE TO HARPERS FERRY, WEST VIRGINIA. by Dave Gilbert.
See remnants from the past of this historically important town where the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers come together to flow through a break, or "water gap" in ridges of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Here was the site of extensive water-powered and coal-fired factories, a federal armory, and a firehouse where John Brown and some brave followers attempted to start a movement they felt would speedily free America's enslaved humans. There is also the C&O Canal and its locks, which raised boats 605 feet in its 184 1/2 miles. Text includes the Robert Harper's ferry, too, which gave the place its name. Geologic aspects and natural trees are also covered, contributing to its scenic appeal. 28 photos, 11 maps, 80 pages.
Check stock. ISBN: 0-933126-28-X. Out of print. 1984. Order #: PIHI2793 paper$7.95.

#WHERE INDUSTRY FAILED: water-powered mills at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Gilbert.
60 photos and maps, 92 large-format pages. Out of print.
Inventory= Check stock. ISBN: 0-933126-49-2. Order #: PIHI5548 paper$9.95.

#WELCOME TO WASHINGTON. National Park Service.
Includes map of downtown Washington, District of Columbia, and map of region with information on highlights, day trips. Illustrated, folder.
ISBN: 024-005-01117-0. Order #: USGB2354 map$2.95.

#WHITE HOUSE: an historic guide. White House Historical Association.
History, architecture, furnishings. 180 color illustrations, 160 pages.
ISBN: 0-912308-42-7. Order #: INPU6065 paper$9.95.

WHITEWATER RAFTING IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. Armstead.
A guide to rivers and outfitters for beginning and advanced rafters. Photos, maps, 143 pages.
ISBN: 0-87106-519-3. Order #: GLPE0428 paper$9.95.

WILDFLOWERS OF THE EAST. Crittenden.
Guide to eastern U.S. wildflowers based on key to flower parts. Drawings, 224 pages.
ISBN: 0-89087-132-9. Order #: CEAR0276 paper$9.95.

A WILLIAMSBURG HORNBOOK. by Felicity Wise.
Mini-encyclopedia to this colonial city. Photos, 128 pages.
ISBN: 0-8117-1203-6. Order #: STAC1383 paper$9.95.

WINTER TREE FINDER: a manual for identifying deciduous trees in winter. by May Theilgaard Watts and Tom Watts.
Key to identifying deciduous trees in the winter (when they've lost their leaves) by examining twigs and other features. Describes parts of the twig and their function. Line drawings show twigs, buds, fruits, shape, habitat, and range of trees. Covers US and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, except Florida. Drawings, 64 little pages.
ISBN: 978-0-912550-0-9. Order #: NASG0995 paper$5.95.

WINTER TREE FINDER: a manual for identifying deciduous trees in winter. by May Theilgaard Watts and Tom Watts.
Explains where trees grow and how they came to be where they are, which themselves are clues to the tree species. Also describes a part of the tree present in winter in the buds that were set at the end of fall to be held for sprouting the following spring; these are the evidence that leads to identification when the leaves are gone. Illustrated with line drawings and maps. 64 little pages.
Inventory = 103. ISBN: None. This edition is out of print. Order #:NASG0988. paper$4.95.

WORTHWHILE PLACES: correspondence of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Horace M. Albright. edited by Joseph W. Ernst.
Illustrates a remarkable public-private partnership that helped shape our national park system, documented through 211 letters covering a 36-year period. Rockefeller and Albright shared a common concern and love of America;s natural had historic heritage and combined the opportunities of both the private sector by Rockefeller and the public one of Albright, a National Park Service director who remained active in parks conservation his entire life. Parks involved include--in some cases as to their establishment: Acadia, Grand Teton, Great Smoky Mountains, Yosemite, Virgin Islands as well as other areas such as the California Big Trees, Florida's Bald Cypress Swamp, and Virginia's Colonial Williamsburg. Photographs, maps, 366 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-8032-1330-7. 1991. /Order #: MISC2732 paper$65.00.

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19th CENTURY WHALING TALES.by James Temple Brown and Gustav Kobbe.
Pursuing the world's largest mammal in boats powered only by sail and oar.
Perhaps the sea's highest adventure was the whaling chase, as great or greater than exploring uncharted waters. Why else would men risk their lives and their families' securities? The money could be good, too, and for some, there was the chance at freedom, for the industry was mainly blind as to skin color at a time when opportunities for non-whites were scarce. The whaling industry flourished for two centuries, and its traditions are recounted in seaport museums and the stories here:
"Stray Leaves from a Whaleman's Log" is reprinted from Century Magazine, 1893. It tells about chasing of whales on a cruise from the standpoint of the individual whaleman.
"The Perils and Romance of Whaling" came out in Century Magazine in 1890. It gives more of the detail of the subject and also includes anecdotes of episodes from the early days.
a final section "Cutting in and Trying Out" explains the butchering process. Period illustrations. 48 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-089-4. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-089-8. Order #: VIST0089 paper$4.95.
Parks and museums now tell of this period of history, for instance at New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park in Massachusetts and Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut.

THE LIGHT-HOUSES OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1874. by Charles Nordhoff & Gustav Kobbe.
Showing lighthouses and keepers on all U.S. coasts--Pacific, Atlantic, Gulf, and Great Lakes, with three extra articles by Gustav Kobbe: "Life in a Lighthouse", and if that isn't lonely enough there comes "Life on the South Shoals Lightship". Last is "Heroism in the Lighthouse Service".
Here are four articles on that romantic historic aspect of the maritime industry--the lighthouse. The first is a history and survey of lighthouses to 1874, giving a look at the federal service that operated them and how the lighthouses were run as well as their importance to shipping when when a light was main--sometimes the only--navigational aid. Then there are insights into keepers' lives in one of the most exposed lighthouses ever built (Minot's Ledge outside Boston Harbor). Portrayed, too is the role played by offshore lights on anchored ships. And recalled, too, are dramas and devotion to fellow man and duty that must never be forgotten. First published at the pre-1900 time when lighthouses held greatest importance: Lighthouses remain intriguing for their function and dramatic vertical architecture, and are now historic, recalling dramas of the past. Many of the lighthouses described are in national and state park areas and are maintained as historic sites, with museums and visitor centers open to the public. In many you can still climb to the top for a view keepers once saw. A visit to one of these is all the more meaningful with the insights gained from this collection of articles. 75 period engravings. 64 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-086-X. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-086-7. Order #: VIST0086 paper$6.95.

SIGNALS OF THE SEA AND HEROES OF THE SURF: the epic story of America's light-houses and life-savers, written at their heyday. by Arthur Hewitt and John R. Spears.
Two of the most romantic traditions of the sea are here combined to form the content of this book--light-houses and life-savers. Stories of the work of the keepers and savers span the range from daytime monotony, and even loneliness, between storms, to the thrill of daring sea rescues in raging winter surf. Through all, dedication of the men involved shines as brightly as the lights they tended and as steadily as their massive surfboats while heading through the breakers to sea. Reprinted from The Outlook for 1903 and 1904. Good reading for anyone intending to visit the many lighthouses and life-saving stations maintained as historic sites on all U.S. coasts. Period engravings. 24 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-088-6. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-088-1. Order #: VIST0088 paper$4.95.

THE UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE--1880: predecessor to today's Coast Guard. by J. H. Merryman.
Story of chain of life-saving stations that once lined all U.S. coasts--Atlantic, Gulf, Great Lakes, Pacific--with rescue dramas, apparatus and technique used by heroic federal surfmen. The U.S. Life-saving Service was at its heyday when this material was written in 1880. Shipping was a busy industry among the seaport cities, yet navigation was often unsure, and storms poorly predicted. Wrecks were all too common; ships in peril were even run toward shore to founder them where they would be closer to possible rescue. A chain of life-saving stations on all four U.S. coasts was therefore established to save lives. Accounts of heroism at these lonely outposts remain amazing--and chilling. Our author was chief inspector of the board examining these station's crews. He tells of the organization of the Service, the desperate need for the life saving function, of rescues, and of rescue methods and apparatus. Today many of these stations are maintained as historic reminders of past deeds, and several are in parks and/or include museums. Some provide demonstrations of how rescues were made in the surf and by lifeboats. Read this book and visit one or several of the stations on any coast for an appreciation of the life-saving service heritage. 79 period illustrations. 64 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-071-1. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-071-3. Order #: VIST0071 paper$6.95.

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