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Yellowstone, A Visitor's Companion
George Wuerthner
GUIDEBOOK 1992 PAPER 218 PAGES
A handbook to the geology, ecology, wildlife and plants of Yellowstone. With photographs, a bird list, and brief field guide with black-and-white drawings.
(USW54, $15.95)
Yellowstone Country, The Enduring Wonder
Seymour L. Fishbein
NATURAL HISTORY 1997 PAPER 288 PAGES
An overview of Yellowstone presented in the style of National Geographic, featuring spectacular color photographs, maps and good travel information.
(SWU76, $15.00)
Wapiti Wilderness, The Life of Olaus & Margaret Murie in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Margaret Murie Olaus Murie
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR 2001 PAPER 302 PAGES
In this classic book, Margaret and her biologist husband (who did the illustrations for the book) write of a winter, and especially the elk, at a ranch in Jackson Hole. Olaus and Mardy alternate chapters, mixing tales of work as a field biologist with stories of life in the region, where they lived for 37 years. Olaus Murie, who was born in 1889 in Moorhead, Minnesota, was named the first president of the Wilderness Society in 1945. The Murie ranch is now a conservation center, run in cooperation with Grand Teton National Park.
(USW68, $24.95)
Lonely Planet Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks
Bradley Mayhew
Carolyn McCarthy
GUIDEBOOK
With personality and local savvy, Montana residents Bradley Mayhew and Carolyn McCarthy cover the practicalities of where to go and what to do. With more photographs, detailed itineraries, family-friendly options, suggested hikes, two-color maps and a good overview of natural history.
(USW438, $19.99)
National Geographic Expedition Journal
National Geographic
JOURNAL
This flexi-bound journal, with lined heavy-weight paper, features photographs and notes from the expeditions of Roy Chapman Andrews, Ernest Shackleton, Charles Lindbergh and others.
(GEN157, $24.00)
The Yellowstone Winter Guide
Jeff Henry
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guide to Yellowstone in winter geared towards snowmobilers. With maps, ski trails, color photographs -- and a chapter on wildlife.
(USW69, $13.95)
Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park
Lee H. Whittlesey
HISTORY
A how-to-guide to safety in the park -- and a wry chronicle of what can go terribly wrong (including death by drowning, hypothermia, animal attacks, and such). A reminder to visitors that Yellowstone is the wilderness, not an amusement park.
(USW276, $16.95)
The Solace of Open Spaces
Gretel Ehrlich
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A loosely organized travelogue and meditation on the high plains of Wyoming. While Ehrlich writes of ranchers, cowboys and weather, the real star of this lyrical celebration of Wyoming is the landscape itself.
(USW67, $14.00)
The Spirit of Yellowstone
Judith L. Meyer
Vance Howard
HISTORY
An engaging, scholarly history of Yellowstone and its place in America's imagination, covering the establishment of the park, geography, wildlife, and more. Complemented by color photographs, archival illustrations and maps.
(RKY25, $19.95)
The Yellowstone Story, A History of Our First National Park, Volume 1
Aubrey L. Haines
HISTORY
The first entry in a two volume history of the park.
(USW383, $22.95)
Journal of a Trapper
Osborne Russell
Aubrey L. Haines
EXPLORATION
A simply told account of the life of a fur trapper in the 1830s and 1840s, mainly in and around Yellowstone. It's both an eyewitness report from the heydey of fur trading and an engaging account of the region.
(USW439, $14.95)
Lost in My Own Backyard, A Walk in Yellowstone National Park
Tim Cahill
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Tim Cahill mixes tales of walks, hikes and three good backcountry treks with history, lore and gee-whiz wonder in this breezy celebration of America's first national park.
(USW430, $16.95)
Mountains and Plains, The Ecology of Wyoming Landscapes
Dennis H. Knight
NATURAL HISTORY
This book documents the landscape ecology of Wyoming through dozens of photographs, maps, text and line drawings. The author pays particular attention to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. Of interest to both serious students and curious travelers.
(USW64, $30.00)
Of Wolves and Men
Barry Lopez
NATURAL HISTORY
This eloquent, powerful book is an outstanding overview of the wolf, as well as a survey of wolf mythology and its relationship to human society. First published in the 1980s, it has been reprinted with a new afterword by the author.
(BST31, $18.00)
Rising from the Plains
John McPhee
NATURAL HISTORY
McPhee's elegant and accessible essays show the geology the Rockies though his travels with U.S. Geological Survey scientist David Love.
(USW18, $15.00)
Searching For Yellowstone, Ecology and Wonder in the Last Wilderness
Paul D. Schullery
NATURAL HISTORY
An engaging social and environmental history of Yellowstone from the Pleistocene to the present focusing on the park since its founding in 1872. Schullery has worked in Yellowstone as a ranger, a historian and the chief of cultural resources.
(USW59, $19.95)
Yellowstone Wolves in the Wild
James Halfpenny
NATURAL HISTORY
A dazzling set of photographs of Yellowstone's wolf packs, paired with commentary and natural history from park researchers.
(RKY59, $19.95)
Mac's Field Guide to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Birds and Mammals
Craig MacGowan
FIELD GUIDE
This laminated card is waterproof and small enough to slip into your backpack.
(USW195, $4.95)
Mac's Field Guide to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Trees and Wildflowers
Craig MacGowan
Gary McCue
FIELD GUIDE
This laminated card is waterproof and small enough to slip into your backpack.
(USW194, $4.95)
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
National Geographic
FIELD GUIDE
From Alaska to Baja California, this field guide, now in its fifth edition is the one to carry.
(FG09, $24.00)
National Geographic Photography Field Guide: Travel
Bob Caputo
FIELD GUIDE
A concise, practical guide to taking better travel photos covering equipment, digital photography and technique. With suggestions and how-to.
(PHT23, $21.95)
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