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Yellowstone National Park
#THE BEARS OF YELLOWSTONE.
ISBN: 0-934948-01-1. Order #: YELL5135 cloth $25.00.
#THE BICYCLIST'S GUIDE TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. by Collings.
200 miles of roads, with information on campsites and other facilities, plus history of bicycling in the park plus natural history. Illustrated, 64 pages.
ISBN: 0-934318-15-8. Order #: MISC2404 paper $3.95.
FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT OLD FAITHFUL and other hot spring wonders in Yellowstone National Park. by Susan C. Scofield.
For children, explains that old faithful is one of many geysers, thermal pools, and hot springs in this unusual landscape. Tells how geysers work, why Yellowstone has them because of its volcanic associations, other places on Earth where there are geysers, dangers of hot water, and other things to see in this large national park. Drawings, 32 pages, maps.
ISBN: None. 1990. Order #: MISC1034 paper$4.95.
HIKING THE
YELLOWSTONE BACKCOUNTRY. by Orville E. Bach.
Gives natural history of Yellowstone-Teton Region as backdrop for trail experience--making the mountains, volcanic activity, a glacial facelift, flora and fauna, weather throughout the year. Also suggests a wilderness wardrobe, backpack to use and what to put in it, tents, and sleeping bags. Food, maps, cameras, fishing, and safety are considered, including not getting lost but what to do if you are. Presents descriptions of 84 trails with trail condition, lengths, times taken to traverse. Pertinent notes are included for longer hikes such as where to camp.
Trail guide with traveling
tips on routes, mileages. Mileages to points along selected trails. Photos, maps, 238 small pages for easier carrying in the field. Sierra Club Totebook.
ISBN: 0-87156-078-X. 1973. Order #: RAHO1212 vinyl $9.95.
NEZ PERCE COUNTRY: a guide to Nez Perce National Historical Park. by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
National Park Service Handbook #121.
Describes culture of Native American tribe from Idaho region--their goods, religion, territory, horses, customs, biographies of individuals. Includes interaction of native Americans with traders, trappers, missionaries,
soldiers--including hostilities with white settlers--and eventually the flight of the people to escape what they perceived as unacceptable relations with the government in an attempt to reach Canada while being pursued by the U.S. Army and engaging in numerous battles and even passing through land already established as Yellowstone National Park. There are travelers' tips and guide including to the sites of many of the battles. Drawings, black-and-white plus color photographs, 224 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00906-0. 1983. Scarred spot on front cover. Order #: USGB4623 paper$6.50.
SNOW COUNTRY. by Steven Fuller & Jeremy Schmidt.
Autumn, winter, and spring in Yellowstone. Shows the cycle of the cold season from start to end--what the animals do and the tracks they leave; the geysers in mist, rime frost on rocks and trees, frozen waterfalls. Color
illustrations, 48 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-934949-3-8 1980.. Order #: YELL1827 paper $4.95.
ON THE ROAD TO YELLOWSTONE: the Yellowstone Trail and American
Highways 1900-1930. by Harold A. Meeks.
Before 1900 long distance travel in America and elsewhere was strictly a
railroad phenomenon, but with improvements in the internal combustion engine,
automobile travel gradually became popular. First a sporting activity for the
wealthy, this new means of locomotion quickly spread to a greater consuming
public and a cry for better roads swept across the land. This book traces the history
of America's early roads (1900-1916) with an emphasis on the famous Yellowstone
Trail that stretched from Boston to Seattle through the northern tier of states.
8 1/2"x11", 208 pages, 276 photos, maps, documents.
ISBN: 1-57510-079-7. Order #: PIHI2765 paper $15.95.
WALKING DOWN THE WILD: a journey through the Yellowstone Rockies. by Gary Ferguson.
Naturalist's observations and musings about nature and its purpose during a 500-mile journey set in the region of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, an area around the park some four times the size of the park itself. Author recalls harrowing journeys of early explorers and the myths and legends of Native peoples as well as the glorious weave of flora and fauna that still blankets the land. Against this excitement and beauty contrast is drawn about the effects of mines, clearcut logging, and oil drilling, threatening what is natural in the face of demands for economic exploitation. 204 pages.
ISBN: 0-671-76851-4. 1993. Order #: SISC3131 cloth $20.00.
WHO POOPED IN THE PARK? Yellowstone National Park. by Gary D. Robson.
Sometimes the animals that live in the park are hard to find--but you can almost always find their poop.
Discover poop (scat), footprints (tracks), and learn which animals made them. For children. Animals included: grizzly bear, rabbit, moose, gray wolf, elk, horse, mule deer, bison, badger, mountain lion. For children. Color drawings, 48 pages.
ISBN: 1-56037-273-7. 2004. Order #: FARC6655 paper$9.95.
WILDLIFE @ YELLOWSTONE: the story behind the scenery (MT/WY/ID). by Sue Consolo-Murphy and Kerry Murphy.
Explore the pyramid of life and the cycles of nature at Yellowstone
National Park as grazers, predators, and scavengers as they fulfill their natural roles in
grassland, forest, and aquatic communities. 9x12, 64 pages, 123 color photos & 5 maps.
ISBN: 0-88714-149-8. 1999. First printing. Order #: KCPU8079 paper $11.95.
WINTER AT OLD FAITHFUL: natural history and ski trails. by Frank Balthis, Steve Bogen, and Fred Hirschmann.
Ways to enjoy the cold season in Yellowstone National Park, with attention given to special character of the region including managing for survival as well as enjoyment. Concern is needed for thermal features, ice formations, and wildlife encounters such as bison and even at times of early winter and late spring, bears. 12 trails are described with roundtrip distances and starting points plus points along the way and tips on where walking short distances to see thermal features may be better than using skis. Level of experience needed is often included and trails may be loops or one-way. Includes animal tracks that might be seen as well as characteristics of trees. Table of geyser eruptions with time intervals, height, and duration. Map of each trail plus overall map, drawings, 48 pages.
ISBN: None. 1980. Order #: MISC1315 paper $5.95.
WINTER COMES TO YELLOWSTONE. by Stanley G. Canter.
What is Yellowstone like in winter? What is a trip to Yellowstone like in winter? Text answers these questions with explanations of the effects of the cold and snowy months on the plants and wildlife--survival strategies, migrations, and hibernations and with some insects thriving in thermal waters and some bird species staying near these heated areas. Tells how to find and see wildlife in winter situations, with some being easier to spot then than in summer. Provides guides to the park roads, reporting winter conditions and also the unusual sites to see such as ice cones at the bases of waterfalls. Includes precautions for a safe trip. Map, drawings, 20 pages.
ISBN: None. Order #: YELL1324 paper $3.95.
YELLOWSTONE COUNTRY: voices and photographs. by Richard Phillips.
Passages from park's written history
are coupled with modern photographs and drawings. Includes capsule stories from the park history, telling of Indians trappers, park discovery, origin of the park idea, episodes of adventure told by early travelers. Illustrated, 95 large-format pages.
Inventory = 19. ISBN: None. 1977. Some scuffing. Order #: PHIL214 5paper $6.95.
YELLOWSTONE IN PICTURES: Nature's continuing story (MT/WY/ID). by Sandra de Yonge and George B. Robinson.
Through
these 83 photos and extended captions you can visit a range
of nature beyond imagination. Geysers, forests, thundering
falls, lakes, fishing, winter life, bison, grizzly bear, and
bighorn sheep are all here for you to see and enjoy. Yellowstone National Park has been featured in the Ken Burns film
"National Parks: America's Best Idea" as on of the top 10 National
Parks you don't want to miss. 9" x 12", 48 pages, 78 color photos & 2 maps.
ISBN: 978-0-88714-047-1. 2010. Twelfth printing. Order #: KCPU8059 paper$11.95.
YELLOWSTONE IN PICTURES: the continuing story (MT/WY/ID). Robinsons.
The national park's landscape and wildlife features are
shown in photography with extended captions Includes recreational activities. 48
large-format pages, color illustratrions.
ISBN:0-88714-047-5. 1990. First printing. Order #: KCPU4947 paper$ 8.95.
THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. by John Muir.
Here is what may well be Muir's most literary piece of nature writing, inspired not by
the Sierra Nevada he was more familiar with, but by the wonders of the Yellowstone region.
The text tells of the park's geysers, lakes, mountains, animals, flowers and trees,
petrified forest--of the "blessed old Yellowstone Wonderland." It is the source
for his oft-quoted phrase:
"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
Nature's
peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
The winds will blow their own
freshness into you,
and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn
leaves."
Tips on how to travel in the park around the turn-of the-century are
included! Illustrated with drawings and engravings. 80 pages, 6 x 9, coated stock. See sample pages, illustrations.
Inventory = in stock. ISBN 978-0-89646-101-7. Order #VIST0101 paper $7.95.
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. by Ruth Radlauer.
For young readers. Getting to Yellowstone, what the park is like: canyons, hot springs and geysers, fumaroles, and mudpots; life in hot water. And the rich wildlife of the park's more typical areas: trees, bison, swans, bears, and other animals--how they live and interact with each other as predator and prey. Park history and the future of Yellowstone. Plus other parks in the area. Color photos, 48 pages, map.
ISBN:0-516-47487-1 . Order #: CHIL5723 cloth $4.95.
YELLOWSTONE SKETCHES. by Marj Dunmire.
Set of 12 charcoal sketches capturing essence of the park, with
interpretive notes of each, 9 " x 12". Scenes included: Shoshone Geyser Basin, Echinus Geyser, Minerva Spring, Black Dragon's Cauldron, Ghost Trees, Abiathar Mountain, Yellowstone Lake, Hayden Valley, Lower Yellowstone Falls, Union Falls, Wickiups, Lodgepole forest. Folio.
ISBN: None: 1979. Cover with small tear; contents intact. Order #: YELL1826 folio$4.95.
THE YELLOWSTONE STORY, Volume I--paper. by Aubrey L. Haines.
Park history from Native Americans, mountain men, and explorers to park pioneers.
Development of the idea for a national park in this area, with references to Yosemite (established in 1864) as an example to be applied to Yellowstone but on a national level is explained along with the legislative process to establish Yellowstone. Flight of Nez Perce through the park in their failed attempt to reach Canada. Early park superintendents and their efforts to protect the park resources and provide services for visitors with little staff or resources. There were poachers of the park's wildlife, specimen collectors, and vandals. The story continues in Volume II with chapters on "Rescued by the Army" and "A park comes of age". Historical photographs, 405 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-87801-104-5. Order #: UNCO0318 paper$12.95. Also see Vol. I cloth (UNCO4460) and Vol. II (UNCO0319)
THE YELLOWSTONE STORY: Volume I--cloth. by Aubrey L. Haines.
Park history from Native Americans, mountain men, and explorers to park pioneers.
Development of the idea for a national park in this area, with references to Yosemite (established in 1864) as an example to be applied to Yellowstone but on a national level is explained along with the legislative process to establish Yellowstone. Flight of Nez Perce through the park in their failed attempt to reach Canada. Early park superintendents and their efforts to protect the park resources and provide services for visitors with little staff or resources. There were poachers of the park's wildlife, specimen collectors, and vandals. The story continues in Volume II with chapters on "Rescued by the Army" and "A park comes of age". Historical photographs, 405 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-87801-103-7. Order #: UNCO4460 cloth $15.00. Also see Vol. I paper (UNCO0318) and Vol. II (UNCO0319).
THE YELLOWSTONE STORY, Volume II. by Aubrey L. Haines.
Continuation of the story from Vol. I.: The fledgling national park is "rescued" by the Army as its first protectors, arriving in the park in 1886, long after the park's creation in 1872. They were needed to ensure the park was to remain "imparted for the enjoyment of future generations" as required by the founding legislation. The Army patrolled the park, provided engineering and construction for a road system. Railroads lobbied to provide access for tourists and threatened to construct lines in the park itself. But this changed with the coming of the auto and therefore the phasing out of stagecoach tours. Next came the park rangers and how they evolved management practices best for the park and its visitors. Back material includes extensive chapter notes, bibliography, biographies of park explorers and figures, statistics of visitation and appropriation, and legislation. Historical photos,
maps. 562 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-87801-116-9. 1977. Order #: UNCO0319 paper $12.95. Also see Vol. I. (UNCO0318--paper & UNCO4460--cloth).
YELLOWSTONE TRAILS--a hiking guide. by Mark C. Marschall.
Backcountry guide covering over 2 million
acres and 1,000 miles of trails. Introduces hiking in the park with special information on the character of the country, river and stream crossings, wildlife encounters. Trails are organized by park region and separated into suggested short, medium, and long hikes (with some being multi-day). Access points, trail miles, features to be seen, and route-finding notes are included including natural history noes. Drawings, maps, 120 pages, index.
ISBN: None. 1981. Order #: YELL1832 paper $6.95.
YELLOWSTONE WILDLIFE.
Inventory =1. ISBN: 978-1-58355-3169-5. Order #: WATE6921 paper $6.95.
YELLOWSTONE: a Wish You Were Here book. by Jim Wilson, Lynn Wilson, & Jeff Nicholas.
Special places of national
park in Wyoming/Montana/Idaho with interpretive notes to explain features in each image. Includes mailer. 47 color photos, 48 pages.
ISBN: 0-939365-08-1. Order #: SIER4257 paper$4.95.
YELLOWSTONE: the story behind the scenery (MT/WY/ID). Anderson & Anderson.
Wildlife,
geology, geysers, scenery, history of this great national park. 48 large-format
pages, color photos.
ISBN: 978-0-88714-140-9. 2010. Sixteenth printing. Order #: KCPU4097 paper$11.95.
YELLOWSTONE: the story behind the scenery (MT/WY/ID). Crandall.
Wildlife and geysers of this great
national park, plus history and geology. 48 large-formatpages, color illustrations.
ISBN: 0-916122-21-2. 1994. Eighth printing. Order #: KCPU4958 paper$8.95.
YELLOWSTONE'S GEYSERS: the story behind the scenery (MT/WY/ID). by Duncan Foley.
Ancient rainfall and snowmelt seep into the earth, where the waters are
heated by residual magma in a supervolcano. The waters then rise to form
more than 10,000 thermal features, including hot springs, mud pots,
fumaroles and the world's greatest concentration of geysers.
In 1883 Henry J. Winser described " The Park is a region of wonder,
terror and delight. Nature puts forth all her powers, and her moods are
ever changing from "grave to gay, from lively to severe." "Here tremendous
geysers shoot up their mighty fountains, causing the earth to groan and
tremble by their violence; countless hot springs, indescribable in their
strange beauty, show depths as translucent as the ambient air; pools of
seething mud, casting up jets of colored paste, bewilder by their curious
activity." 48 pages, 68 color photos,
large-format.
ISBN: 978-0-88714-264-2. 2011.Third printing. Order #: KCPU6841 paper $11.95.
YELLOWSTONE: a Wish You Were Here book. by Jim Wilson, Lynn Wilson, & Jeff Nicholas.
Special places of national
park in Wyoming/Montana/Idaho with interpretive notes to explain features in each image. Includes mailer. 47 color photos, 48 pages.
ISBN: 0-939365-08-1. Order #: SIER4257 paper$4.95.
List of National Park System areas in Idaho:
California National Historic Trail
City of Rocks National Reserve
Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Minidoka National Historic Site
Nez Perce National Historical Park
Oregon National Historic Trail
Yellowstone National Park
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FIELD KEY TO THE FLORA OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. by Don G Despain.
Thorough presentation of the plants of this national park in Wyoming (and edges in Idaho and Montana) with extensive key based on plant parts to identify the many species. Explains how to use the key, gives references to sources used including park herbarium and has a 14-page glossary-of petal, leaf, stem, and root structures along with sketches illustrating them. 257 pages, index of species with common names. A scholarly work.
ISBN: None. 1975. Small tear top of back cover. Order #: YELL1298 spiral $
YELLOWSTONE SPORT FISHES: a portfolio. by Michael Simon.
13 color plates of fishes as 8"x10" watercolor prints, suitable for
framing, with introductory text explaining the character of fish and fishing in the park--some native and some introduced before 1900--but all today wild, stream-bred animals. Portraits include cutthroat trout with antique tackle, brook trout with pondlily, Lock Leven trout with chubs, Snake River cutthroat trout and mountain whitefish, Yellowstone cutthroat trout and redside shiners, westslope cutthroat trout and mottled sculpin over swift water, crowfoot, Von Behr brown trout and snail, rainbow/cutthroat hybrid and mayfly, female Yellowstone cutthroat trout excavating redd and male, Montana grayling and mayfly, rainbow trout and stonefly nymph, rainbow trout inspecting artificial fly, lake trout.
ISBN: None. 1982. /Order #: YELL1842 portfolio$29.50.
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