ADVENTURING IN THE ROCKIES. by Jeremy Schmidt.
The Sierra Club Travel Guide to the Rocky Mountain
regions of the US and Canada from New Mexico north, including the national parks of Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, Banff, and Jasper. Best seasons and places for backpacking, skiing, canoing bicycling, camping, car touring, picnicking, ballooning, wildlife viewing, and more. Includes cultural events from rodeos to music and film festivals; Gives natural and human history, climate, geology, and wildlife. Suggests maps and backcountry gear. Information is presented in regions: "The Rocky Mountains", "Colorado", "Yellowstone", "Salmon River", "International Border", and "Canadian Rockies".40 photos, 9 maps, 336 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-87156-830-6. 1986. Cover slightly scuffed. Order#: RAHO2782 paper$10.95.
THE BEST BIKE PATHS OF THE SOUTHWEST. by Wendy Williams.
Safe, scenic, and traffic-free bicycling in Arizona, Nevada, California, and Utah.
Describes 56 bike paths organized by state, with maps showing locations, descriptions including mileages, general backgrounds and histories of the paths and useful tourist information; level of difficulty; type of scenery; condition of pavement; availability of food and bathroom; directions and parking. Illustrated, 222 pages.
ISBN: 0-684-81400-5. 1996. Order #: SISC8425 paper$11.00.
THE BRISTLECONE BOOK: a natural history of the world's oldest trees. by Ronald Lanner.
High among the cold, windswept peaks of America's mountain
West, strange and beautiful trees grow old but never age. The Bristlecone book: A Natural History of the World's
Oldest Trees brings together for the first time the
captivating facts about bristlecone and foxtail pines-trees
that thrive in a harsh environment and live thousands of
years-with a special focus on Great Basin Bristlecone pine,
the oldest tree species on earth.
In this extraordinary journey into the world of bristlecones,
author Ronald Lanner exposes the trees' inner workings,
taking apart a pine to examine bark, buds, needles, cones,
and roots, and wood. He follows a tree's lifespan from
seedling to great old age, presenting a new interpretation
of stages of growth. He explains the unusual colors and
forms that make bristlecones so picturesque, describes how
the forces of nature influence the trees' unique shapes, and
reveals their secrets of long life. Readers will discover
where to go to see these trees and how to identify them. A
stunning pageant of color photos shows off bristlecones and
their remarkable growth patterns, and a map shows locations
of groves. 118 pages, 6 x9.
ISBN: 0-87842-538-1. Order #: MOPR9214 paper$12.00.
THE CAÑONS OF THE COLORADO-- the 1869 discovery voyage down the Colorado River. by Major John Wesley Powell.
Note the word cañons in the title would today be spelled canyons but we have preserved the usage from the time when this voyage was made and written about by the major himself. From Wyoming, into
Colorado, through Utah, to Arizona and the Grand Canyon, and to Nevada--this was the
journey of the "Colorado River Exploring Expedition", what Powell called his
group of 9 men and 4 boats as they began charting what was the last major unexplored part
of the then United States. The trip was not only scientific in its goals, but it naturally
became a grand adventure, with two of their party opting to leave the expedition before
attempting a furious cascade, only to be killed by Indians. Much of the land and scenery
which they drifted or dashed past is today included in National Park System areas.
Illustrations are by Thomas Moran and others. 64 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
Check stock.ISBN-10: 0-89646-059-2. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-059-1. Order #: VIST0059 paper$4.95.
DESERT
HIKING. by Dave Ganci.
Special techniques for hiking and backpacking in the land of sun
and sand; desert clothing equipment. Includes introduction to many cacti and desert animals and the need for water with tips on where to find it. Vehicle considerations.. Photos, 192 pages, index, sources of information.
ISBN: 0-89997-086-9. Order #: WILD1798 paper$13.95. Note ISBN.
DESERT
HIKING. by Dave Ganci.
Special techniques for hiking and backpacking in the land of sun
and sand; desert clothing equipment. Includes introduction to many cacti and desert animals and the need for water with tips on where to find it. Vehicle considerations.. Photos, 192 pages, index, sources of information..
ISBN: 0-89997-036-2. 1983. Order #: WILD1357 paper$13.95. Note ISBN.
DESERT SURVIVAL HANDBOOK: how to
prevent and handle emergency situations. by Charles A. Lehman.
This easy-to-read
handbook provides you with the basic survival skills necessary to deal with
emergencies in the desert. It makes an ideal carry-along in your backpack, car,
boat, airplane, RV, or saddlebag.
ISBN: 1-935810-65-X. Order #: AMTR7611 paper$8.95.
DESERT WILDFLOWERS OF NORTH AMERICA. by Ronald J. Taylor.
Covers major portions of southeastern California, Nevada, Utah, southwestern Arizona, and central-southern New Mexico--includine over 500 species of flowering plants and full-color. 359 pages, color photos, maps, drawings, charts. Deserts included are Mojave, Sonoran, Painted, Chihuahan, and Great Basin.
ISBN: 0-87842-376-1. Order # MOPR1197 paper$24.00.
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 ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS: from northern Arizona and New Mexico to British Columbia. by John J. Craighead, Frank C. Craighead, Jr., and Ray J. Davis.
Identifies the most common flower species in this region, which includes Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, and Rocky Mountain National Parks: when and where they are found, interesting facts about them and what they can tell the observer--animals that may be nearby, altitude, and even what birds of certain species might be leaving the nest.
Describes 500 species with common and scientific names, detailed recognition features, flowering seasons related species, and range and habitat information. Includes key to plants for positive identification of families and species. Illustrated glossary explains technical terms for leaf shapes, flower parts, and other descriptive data. Over 200 color photographs and more than 100 plant drawings, 312pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-18324-3. 1963. Used; good condition. Order #: HOMI2670 paper$10.95.
A FIELD GUIDE TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS: northern Arizona and New Mexico to British Columbia. by John J. Craighead, Frank C. Craighead, Jr., and Ray J. Davis.
Identifies 590 of the most common flower species in this region, which includes Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, and Rocky Mountain National Parks: when and where they are found, interesting facts about them and what they can tell the observer--animals that may be nearby, altitude, and even what birds of certain species might be leaving the nest.
Describes 500 species with common and scientific names, detailed recognition features, flowering seasons related species, and range and habitat information. Includes key to plants for positive identification of families and species. Illustrated glossary explains technical terms for leaf shapes, flower parts, and other descriptive data. Over 200 color photographs and more than 100 plant drawings, 312pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-18324-3. 1991. Used; good condition. Order #: HOMI2679 paper$15.95.
A FIELD GUIDE TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS: northern Arizona and New Mexico to British Columbia. by John J. Craighead, Frank C. Craighead, Jr., and Ray J. Davis.
Identifies 590 of the most common flower species in this region, which includes Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, and Rocky Mountain National Parks: when and where they are found, interesting facts about them and what they can tell the observer--animals that may be nearby, altitude, and even what birds of certain species might be leaving the nest.
Describes 500 species with common and scientific names, detailed recognition features, flowering seasons related species, and range and habitat information. Includes key to plants for positive identification of families and species. Illustrated glossary explains technical terms for leaf shapes, flower parts, and other descriptive data. Over 200 color photographs and more than 100 plant drawings, 312pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-93613-6. 1991. Used; good condition. Order #: HOMI2677 paper$19.00.
A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN BIRDS: North America west of the 100th meridian, with a section on the birds of the Hawaiian Islands. by Roger Tory Peterson.
Covers over 700 species in this region. Organized buy families and visual characteristics for quick, easy comparison and identification. Additional detail and extra drawings help with similar species, family characteristics, songs and calls, and difficult identifications. More than 1000 paintings with over 500 in color showing males, females, adults, juveniles, and unusual plumages. 335 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-13692-X. 1961. Order #: HOMI2660 vinyl$12.95.
A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN BIRDS: North America west of the 100th meridian, with a section on the birds of the Hawaiian Islands. by Roger Tory Peterson.
Covers over 700 species in this region. Organized by families and visual characteristics for quick, easy comparison and identification. Additional detail and extra drawings help with similar species, family characteristics, songs and calls, and difficult identifications. More than 1000 paintings with over 500 in color showing males, females, adults, juveniles, and unusual plumages. 335 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-13692-X. 1961. Soiled covers; water-wrinkled pages but intact and usable. NOTE COVER. Order #: HOMI2668 paper$10.95.
A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN BIRDS: a completely new guide to field marks of all species found in North America west of the 100th meridian and north of Mexico. by Roger Tory Peterson.
Covers over 700 species in this region. Organized by families and visual characteristics for quick, easy comparison and identification. Additional detail and extra drawings help with similar species, family characteristics, songs and calls, and difficult identifications. More than 1000 paintings with over 165 in color showing males, females, adults, juveniles, and unusual plumages. Includes 442 range maps. 432 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-13218-X. 1990. Used copy in good shape, minor wear on cover. Order #: HOMI2662 vinyl$20.00.
A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. by Robert C. Stebbins.
Presents field marks of all species in western North America, including Baja California--244 species plus 260 subspecies focusing on the key features needed to identify them. Gives information on how to find reptiles and amphibians, how to study them in the wild or raise them from eggs and care for them at home. Includes 600 illustrations, 256 in color, plus line drawings showing details of anatomy, reproduction, scale arrangement, and life stages--plus 200 range maps of where they occur. 416 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-38253-X. 1985. Order #: HOMI2666 vinyl$16.95.
GAMBLER'S DIGEST. by Clement McQuaid.
Friendly games, casinos, sports, horse racing,international gambling, lotteries, stocks.
Explains the various ways to gamble and how the games are played, what the odds are of wining (and losing). Gives 11 sure ways for fun and profit and any game, money management, time-proven methods for profitable play, sports betting advice, how to handicap horse races. Photos, glossary, 320 large-format pages.
Inventory = 16.ISBN: 0-910676-24-0. 1981. Order #: DBIB0361 paper$10.95.
GRAND CIRCLE ADVENTURE. by Reed.
Parks and monuments in southern Utah and Colorado, northern
Arizona and New Mexico--desert and rockscapes, Indian sites. 72 color photos, 48
large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-916122-94-8. 1983. Order #: KCPU0726 paper$8.95.
GREAT BASIN: the story behind the scenery (NV). by Michael L. Nicklas.
From windswept playas to mysterious caverns and icy summits, the
Great Basin region covers large portions of four states.
The park is a great example of all the region offers. 9x12, 48
pages, 72 color photos & 1 map.
ISBN: 0-88714-105-6. 2008 Third printing. Order #: KCPU8215 paper$11.95.
A GUIDE TO ROCK ART SITES: Southern California and southern Nevada. by Whitley.
Covers 38 sites describing their content, preservation conditions, and locations taking into account different
environments when some were made such as during a later Ice Age period. 224 pages, color photos, drawings, maps.
ISBN: 0-87108-926-2. Out of print. Order #: MOPR1816 paper$20.00.
HUNTING THE GHOST TOWNS. by Carson.
How to search abandoned sites for treasures and
memorabilia. Photos, 84p.
ISBN: 0-941620-08-5. Order #: CARS0253 paper$8.95.
THE McCARTYS--They Rode with Butch Cassidy. by E. Richard Churchill.
Records the misdeeds of an exciting and colorful bunch of outlaws through Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, and Oregon. "They were the "Wild Bunch" who terrified the
Southwest 1880-90s. Cattle rustling, bank robberies, posse-avoiding, flights, gunfights, prison are all related. Photographs, 44 pages, index. See sample pages, illustrations.
Inventory = 27. ISBN: 0-913488-02-X. Order #: TIMB0762 paper$3.95
#NATURAL AREAS OF NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, & NEVADA: the Sierra Club guide to the. Perry & Greverus.
18 maps, 448 pages.
ISBN: . Order #: RAHO2784 paper$12.00.
NORTHWEST TRAILS. by Ira Spring & Harvey Manning.
Overview-guidebook to 73 park, wilderness areas in WY, MT, ID, NoCA, OR,
WA, BC, Canadian Rockies. Answers myriad questions of visitors: best mountain scenery, open-country trail hiking, desert rambles, high-lakes fishing, rock-peak scrambles, best seasons, crowds, weather, sources. Maps, photographs, 192 pages,index.
ISBN: 0-89886-037-7. 1982. Order #: MOUN0893 paper$9.95.
ROCK ART OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN. by Campbell Grant.
This book surveys the myriad rock paintings and carvings--numbering possibly some
15,000 sites--pecked into and painted onto boulders and rock surfaces throughout North
America by its aboriginal artists. With photographs and drawings on virtually every page,
this book presents the rock artists through the work they left--illustrating their
extraordinarily diverse techniques, styles, and subjects. Meanings of the designs are
discussed, and their roles in hunting or puberty rites interpreted. Major rock art sites
are located, and methods of recording, preserving, and dating them are indicated. Author
Grant has done rock art books on the Chumash Indians, the Coso Range, and Canyon de
Chelly. 192 pages + 16 page color insert. Large-format. See sample pages, illustrations.
. ISBN-10: 0-89646-084-3.
ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-084-3. Order #: VIST0084 paper$12.95,
SAVE! Scuffed copies of Rock Art of the American Indian are available at discount;
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SAGUARO: the desert flower book. by Millie Miller with flowers drawn by Millie Miller, Sally King, and Cyndi Nelson.
A couple hundred color drawings and notes on common flowers of Southwest deserts with descriptive notes and common and scientific names, including desert mallow, blazing star, creosote, yucca, desert phlox, paintbrush, barrel cactus, tidy tips, buckhorn cholla, and many more. 68
pages 4" x 6".
Inventory =1. ISBN:0-933472-69-2. 1982. Order #: JOHN3772 paper$5.95.
SCENES OF THE PLATEAU LANDS and how they came to be. by Wm. Lee Stokes.
Geologic origin of rock formations in the Four Corners country of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. The scenery of this region is unusual, perhaps even unique in the world, and although the processes that formed the landscape are the same forces of wind and rain for erosion and gentler slopes for deposition, because of nature of the rocks and the weather here special forms have been created. Author explains natural bridges, spires, fossilized dinosaurs, slot canyons, table mesas, and more.. Sketches, 74 pages.
ISBN: None. 1980. Order #: STST1906 paper$3.95.
TRACKING DINOSAURS IN THE WESTERN US (A
TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO). (Rocky Mountain Traveler Guidebook). by Bill Panczner.
The Rocky Mountains and surrounding areas contain some of the biggest and best preserved dinosaur
remains on earth. This book describes the types that have been found, where they
were located, and the museums that display them. 48 pages.
ISBN: 1-55838-149-X. Order #: AMTR7602 paper$6.95.
THE WAY IT IS. by Corbin Harney.
This elder and spiritual leader of Western Shoshone Nation tells of lifeways of
his people, who are native to Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and California. He also practices healing as a medicine man, provides sweat lodge ceremonies, leads prayers, and has been instrumental in helping to stop nuclear testing. The philosophy he proposes is to come back to the native way of life, not misuse Mother Earth but to take care of her for the younger generation. To do this, he notes, we have to put our thoughts together: one water, one air, one Mother Earth. Photos, 245 pages.
ISBN: 0-931892-80-5. Order #: BLDO5821 paper$16.00.
WESTERN TREES. by George A. Petrides & Olivia Petrides.
Covers 387 species--all the native trees of western North America plus introduced species that have escaped from cultivation. Provides descriptions and rage maps with keys that give step-by-step clues to identifying even leafless trees. Trees are arranged in six groups according to leaf patterns and other conspicuous characteristics. 47 painted color plates show leaves, flowers, and other distinctive features of each tree, emphasizing details that may not show clearly in a photograph, 308 pages, index. A Peterson Field Guide.
ISBN: 0-395-46729-2. 1992. Order #: HOMI2695 paper$15.95.
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ACROSS THE PLAINS IN THE DONNER PARTY: a personal narrative of the overland trip to California, 1846-47. by Virginia Reed Murphy.
Virginia was 12 years old when her family left Springfield, Illinois to trek across the
plains to California, their intended new home, along with 25 fellow emigrants. Along the
way, her grandmother died, her pony had to be left, her family lost their oxen and had to
abandon a wagon with their possessions, her stepfather killed a man and was banished from
the train, and then she and her group were trapped in snows at the eastern foot of the
Sierra Nevada crest at and near what is now Donner Lake and Truckee, California.
As a result, 13 of those who started with her in Springfield, and 29 more who
joined her along the way, never did cross those mountains. Here is the little
girl's story, written by her later as an adult, now a part of the American epic
of winning the West.
Reprinted from Century Magazine with illustrations added from Frederic
Remington and others. 64 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
Inventory = in stock in quantityISBN: 978-0-89646-099-7.O rder #: VIST0099 paper$7.95.
DIARY OF PATRICK BREEN: one of the Donner Party. by Frederick J. Teggart.
Diary kept by 1846-47 Donner Party emigrant who survived over-winter entrapment in
Sierra snow near Truckee, California. Breen and his family all survived the ordeal, but many from other groups perished. The diary records days of snowfall, the experiences of others who were marooned with them, and the scant food available, plus delayed attempts from outside to rescue them. 7 photos, 16 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
Check stock. ISBN: 978-0-89646-102-4. Order #VIST0102 paper$3.95.
C.P.R.R.: the Central Pacific Railroad. by Charles Nordhoff.
Reprinted from Marvels of the New West,1882. This is the epic story of
building the line across the Sierra Nevada of California, the deserts of Nevada, and the
salt flats of Utah to meet the Union Pacific Railroad at Promontory Point on May 10, 1869.
Rail fans and history buffs have access today to historic parks and museums at the ends of
this line in Old Sacramento, California, and Promontory Point, Utah, and along the way at the Donner Lake State
Park in eastern California. There is also an article explaining train travel by passengers at this early date. Period engravings, 48 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-097-8. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-097-3. Order #: VIST0097 paper$6.95.
ROCK ART OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN by Campbell Grant.
This book surveys the myriad rock paintings and carvings--numbering possibly some
15,000 sites--pecked into and painted onto boulders and rock surfaces throughout North
America by its aboriginal artists. With photographs and drawings on virtually every page,
this book presents the rock artists through the work they left--illustrating their
extraordinarily diverse techniques, styles, and subjects. Meanings of the designs are
discussed, and their roles in hunting or puberty rites interpreted. Major rock art sites
are located, and methods of recording, preserving, and dating them are indicated. Author
Grant has done rock art books on the Chumash Indians, the Coso Range, and Canyon de
Chelly. 192 pages + 16 page color insert. Large-format. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-084-3.
ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-084-3. Order #: VIST0084 paper$12.95.
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