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PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Idaho: Snake River Rafting
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 4 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXUSW178) |
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Compass Guide Idaho
• John Gottberg
• Kit Duane
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
Handsomely produced, illustrated and informative, this guide is an overview of the culture, history and attractions of Idaho, including a long chapter on the Sun Valley region. It features archival photographs, literary excerpts and much practical travel information.
(USW296, $21.95) |
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Snake River in Hell's Canyon
• Ace Barton
• Cort Conley
• Johnny Carrey
GUIDEBOOK •
2003 •
PAPER
• 399 PAGES
A mile-by-mile guide to the history of the canyon, boating and homesteading, from Cambridge to Lewiston. With 16 maps and 265 photographs.
(PNW255, $16.95) |
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Home Below Hell's Canyon
• Grace Jordan
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2003 •
PAPER
A Depression-era memoir of scraping by on a sheep ranch tucked away in the Snake River Gorge. Grace tells of how she and husband Len (future governor of Idaho) raised three children under difficult circumstances.
(RKY30, $19.00) |
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Recreational Map of Idaho
• GTR Mapping
MAP
A colorful, topographic map of Idaho at a scale of 1:800,000. Two Sides. 39x27 inches.
(USW300, $3.95) |
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Also Recommended
Idaho River Tours: A Guide to Touring Idaho's Most Popular Wilderness Whitewater Rivers
• John Garren
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN
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A guide to the Middle Fork of the Salmon, Main Salmon (River of No Return), Lower Salmon, Selway and Hells Canyon of the Snake.
(PNW214, $12.95)
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The Complete Whitewater Rafter
• Jeff Bennett
• REFERENCE
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A popular, practical guide to whitewater rafting, with information on preparing for your trip, choosing equipment, safety and rescue, the history of rafting, as well as introductions to water currents and rapid classifications.
(OCE59, $17.95)
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Chief Joseph and the Nez Perces: A Photographic History
• Jan and Bill Moeller
• HISTORY
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A husband and wife team track the trail of the Nez Perce Indians through Idaho, Montana and down to Oklahoma in this book of color photographs, showing the landscapes they encountered.
(PNW93, $15.00)
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In Mountain Shadows, A History of Idaho
• Carlos A. Schwantes
• HISTORY
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A concise, illustrated history of Idaho from the early 19th century to the present, covering Native Americans, economics, geography, industry and territorial disputes.
(USW298, $26.00)
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Adventure Without End
• Richard Bangs
• EXPLORATION
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A collection of 16 globe-spanning reports from the field (including Patagonia, Idaho and Borneo) by the peripatetic river rat and writer.
(TVL30, $16.95)
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In the Wilderness, Coming of Age in Unknown Country
• Kim Barnes
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A memoir of growing up during the 1960s and 70s in the isolation of the woods of rural Idaho.
(USW299, $15.00)
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Indian Creek Chronicles, A Winter Alone in the Wilderness
• Peter Fromm
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Fromm's lyrical tale of a winter as a ranger deep in Idaho's Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness displays his sense of the land, self-deprecating humor, and the joys and solace of a winter alone.
(USW310, $15.00)
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Standing Up to the Rock
• T. Louise Freeman-Toole
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Freeman-Toole chronicles her ten-year romance with the rugged and spectacular landscape of a small Idaho town on the banks of the Snake River in this deft and evocative memoir.
(PNW256, $15.95)
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Angle of Repose
• Wallace Stegner
• LITERATURE
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of one man's search for his grandparents' story. It beautifully weaves the history of the American West and a glimpse of their life in California, Colorado and Idaho.
(USW301, $16.00)
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Housekeeping
• Marilynne Robinson
• LITERATURE
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A both tragic and comic novel of a girl and her sister growing up in the mountains of Idaho. It's evocative of the landscape and written with vivid, poetic prose.
(PNW89, $15.00)
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Myths of the Idaho Indians
• Deward E. Walker
• LITERATURE
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This short collection of traditional stories from Idaho's Indian population is published by the University of Idaho.
(RKY32, $11.95)
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River Tales of Idaho
• Darcy Williamson
• Jim Paxton
• ANTHOLOGY
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These 58 stories range from Native American legends to early accounts by explorers and settlers to modern tales of adventure.
(RKY29, $17.95)
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Water, The Fate of our Most Precious Resource
• Marq de Villiers
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An examination of the world's water supply and the global impact of its mismanagement.
(NAT57, $16.00)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain States
• Peter Alden
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact field guide to 1,000 commonly encountered plants and animals of Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. With 1,500 color photographs, 11 maps, and 16 night-sky charts.
(USW286, $19.95)
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Roadside Geology, Idaho
• Donald Hyndman
• David D. Alt
• FIELD GUIDE
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The geological history of Idaho as seen through the car window. A great introduction to basic geomorphology and how the dramatic landscapes were formed.
(USW297, $20.00)
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Rocky Mountain Wildflowers
• John J. Craighead
• FIELD GUIDE
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A Peterson guide to 590 species of wildflowers, with both line drawings and a section of color photographs. Focusing on family and genus, the book includes the most conspicuous and commonly encountered flowers.
(USW41, $21.00)
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Scats and Tracks of the Rocky Mountains
• James Halfpenny
• Todd Telander
• FIELD GUIDE
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An essential pocket guide to 70 species of mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds, with line drawings, range map and description.
(USW118, $9.95)
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
• David Sibley
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, geographically specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird.
(USW418, $19.95)
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