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Utah: Zion & Bryce
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 5 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSWU153) |
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Moon Handbook Zion and Bryce
• W.C. McRae
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 298 PAGES
A practical guide to traveling and hiking in Utah's Zion and Bryce National Parks, with shorter sections on nearby Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Escalante. Featuring background on history, culture and nature, as well as maps and plenty of information on sites and accommodations.
(SWU181, $17.95) |
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Desert Solitaire
• Edward Abbey
NATURAL HISTORY •
1990 •
PAPER
• 303 PAGES
• FAVORITE
A beloved classic, read aloud at campfires throughout the Southwest. It's one of the great works on the value of the desert, eloquent and laugh-out-loud funny. Although Abbey writes specifically about the Colorado Plateau and his experiences as a ranger at Arches National Park outside Moab Utah, his message is universal. Originally published in 1990.
(DES02, $14.95) |
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A Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country
• David Williams
• Gloria Brown
FIELD GUIDE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 188 PAGES
A compact field guide to the wildlife of the high desert of the Colorado Plateau and the nine national parks of the region, including Arches and Canyonlands, featuring handsome watercolor illustrations by Gloria Brown. A former ranger based in Moab, Williams includes an overview of the history, geology and ecology of the high desert in addition to basic information that you'll need to identify common plants and animals. Published in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association.
(USW289, $22.95) |
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Bryce Canyon National Park Map
• Trails Illustrated
MAP
A detailed hiker's topographic map of Bryce Canyon at a scale of 1:37,000, printed on tear-resistant, waterproof paper. Two Sides. 37x25 inches.
(USW143, $11.95) |
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Zion National Park Map
• Trails Illustrated
MAP
A detailed hiker's topographic map of Zion National Park at a scale of 1:38,000, printed on tear-resistant, waterproof paper. Two Sides. 25x37 inches.
(USW144, $11.95) |
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Also Recommended
Recreational Map of Utah
• GTR Mapping
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A very good fold-out map of Utah at a scale of 1:800,000 showing topography, parks and wilderness areas, cities, towns and roads.
(SWU48, $3.95)
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Mormon Country
• Wallace Stegner
• HISTORY
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The story of Brigham Young and the Mormon settlement of Utah. Originally published in 1942. This edition has a new introduction by Richard W. Etulain.
(USW38, $18.95)
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The National Parks, America's Best Idea
• Dayton Duncan
• Ken Burns
• HISTORY
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The widescreen edition of Ken Burn's 6-part, 12-hour ode to the national parks, featuring hundreds of interviews, fascinating archival images and dazzling cinematography in High Definition.
(USA394, $99.99)
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Zion National Park
• Tiffany Taylor
• HISTORY
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Utah native Taylor dedicates this pictorial history of the National Park and its early pioneer settlers to her grandfather, who was a park ranger in Zion. The book includes 200 historic photographs and 15 removable postcards.
(SWU289, $21.99)
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Beyond the Hundredth Meridian, John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
• Wallace Stegner
• EXPLORATION
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The classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of explorer John Wesley Powell by the great Wallace Stegner, first published in 1954. It's both an adventure and an insightful look at the politics of development in the American West.
(USW78, $17.00)
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In Search of the Old Ones, Exploring the Anasazi World of the Southwest
• David D. Roberts
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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An exuberant, engaging account of archaeological adventures in the desert Southwest. Roberts investigates the factors that may have led to the demise of the Anasazi civilization -- and looks into longstanding controversies.
(USW157, $15.00)
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The Bassett Women
• Grace McClure
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The story of a pioneering family in eastern Utah, drawn from interviews, historical documents and memoirs. "Queen" Anne Bassett and her family were a resilient group who endured the harsh life of settlers in eastern Utah.
(USW350, $14.95)
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Basin and Range
• John McPhee
• NATURAL HISTORY
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McPhee's illuminating account of travels in the company of geologist Kenneth S. Deffeyes along Route 80 from Utah to California.
(GEO13, $15.00)
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Cadillac Desert, The American West and Its Disappearing Water
• Marc Reisner
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A definitive history of water development in the American desert -- and a now-classic chronicle of wrong-headed policies and misadventures controlling the great rivers of the West.
(USW246, $18.00)
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Canyon Wilderness of the Southwest
• Jon Ortner
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Bryce, Zion, Arches, Canyonlands and Grand Canyon are all featured in this photographic tribute, a miniature version (7 x 5 1/4 inches) of Jon Ortner's stunning oversized original.
(USW632, $18.95)
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Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert
• Terry Tempest Williams
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A series of lyrical, thoughtful essays on the power and beauty of the Red Rock Wilderness of southern Utah, including Grand Staircase, Canyonlands, Glen Canyon, Moab and the Great Basin.
(USW398, $15.00)
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Roadside Geology, Utah
• Halka Chronic
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Designed for the roadside traveler, this series explains in detail the geologic history of Utah as seen through the car window. A great introduction to basic geomorphology and how the dramatic landscapes were formed.
(USW30, $20.00)
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The National Parks, America's Best Idea
• Ken Burns
• Dayton Duncan
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Now in a paper edition, this lavishly illustrated tale by the dynamic PBS duo brings to life the conservationists, politicians, presidents and dreamers who created our national park system.
(USA356, $32.50)
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The Redrock Chronicles, Saving Wild Utah
• T. H. Watkins
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A natural and human history of the Colorado Plateau, and most specifically southern Utah, illustrated with photographs. Watkins explores the complex geology, human settlement and modern issues concerning the region.
(USW267, $31.95)
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Zion Canyon, A Storied Land
• Greer K. Chesher
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Chesher, a park ranger and longtime resident of the region, brings a personal and in-depth perspective to Zion Canyon, examining its geological wonders, ecology and the interplay between the landscape and its human settlers.
(USW502, $14.95)
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A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians
• Robert Stebbins
• FIELD GUIDE
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The definitive field guide, with a special section on Baja's endemic species.
(FG08, $22.00)
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Canyon Country Wildflowers
• Damian Fagan
• FIELD GUIDE
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This comprehensive field guide covers 190 of the most commonly encountered wildflowers, shrubs and trees of the Four Corners area.
(USW155, $19.95)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southwestern States: Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah
• Peter Alden
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact photographic guide to the wildflowers, trees, mosses, butterflies, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals of the American Southwest.
(SWU14, $19.95)
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Scats and Tracks of the Desert Southwest
• James Halfpenny
• Todd Telander
• FIELD GUIDE
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A pocket guide to tracks, scats and signs of the animals of the region.
(SWU61, $9.95)
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Southwestern Desert Life
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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A pocket-size, fold-out guide to the life of the desert southwest.
(SWU43, $5.95)
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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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