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DENALI & SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA
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Alaska Light: Ideas and Images from a Northern Land
• Kim Heacox
NATURAL HISTORY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 112 PAGES
Kim Heacox, one of Alaska's most renowned photographers, turns his camera to landscapes and wildlife found throughout the state in this attractive book of photographs, complemented by informative essays.
(ALA122, $22.95) |
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Alaska's Bears
• Bill Sherwonit
FIELD GUIDE •
1998 •
PAPER
• 96 PAGES
A shirt pocket guide to Alaska's bears, this slim book geared for the curious traveler covers the ecology, natural history and conservation of all three species. With color photography by Tom Walker.
(ALA63, $12.95) |
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Fodor's Alaska
• Fodor's Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 528 PAGES
A popular, practical guide to Alaska.
(ALA225, $21.99) |
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Grizzlies of Mount McKinley
• Adolphe Murie
NATURAL HISTORY •
1996 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
Murie's classic natural history of the grizzlies in Denali National Park, culled from 25 years of observation. Originally published in the 1940s, it's still an elegantly written, evocative portrait of the grizzly.
(ALA194, $22.50) |
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Grizzly Man
• Werner Herzog
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2006 •
DVD
Herzog captures the obsession of Timothy Treadwell and his dedication to the Katmai bear in this drama. A veteran of 13 seasons in the area, Treadwell and his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard were killed by a bear (revealed early in the film) near Kaflia Bay in 2003.
(ALA294, $14.98) |
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In the Shadow of Denali
• Jonathan Waterman
EXPLORATION •
2009 •
PAPER
• 208 PAGES
In this exhilarating account, Waterman paints a startling intimate portrait of Denali -- North America's highest mountain -- exploring the extraordinary hold it has over him and other climbers, bringing to vivid life the stories of the men and women whose fates have been entwined on its sheer, icy peak.
(ALA308, $16.95) |
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Mammals of North America
• Roland W. Kays
• Don E. Wilson
FIELD GUIDE •
2009 •
PAPER
• 248 PAGES
A comprehensive guide by two noted mammalogists and featuring 108 color plates, illustrating 442 species. Range maps and descriptive text on ecology, habitat and behavior complement the wonderful paintings.
(NAM11, $19.95) |
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Minus 148 Degrees, The First Winter Ascent of Mount McKinley
• Art Davidson
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1999 •
PAPER
• 242 PAGES
From the Introduction by David Roberts: "The team was unbalanced, with the strong members far superior to the others. Perhaps the strongest of all was killed in an absurd accident within the first hours of the expedition. The leader himself seemed to lose heart in mid-stream. Yet everything was redeemed by the magnificent accomplishment of the summit in early March, and then by the even more magnificent survival of Art, Dave Johnston, and Ray Genet. To my delight, the book Art wrote managed, as few expedition chronicles ever have, to deal directly with the conflicts that divided the party, to pay close attention to the personalities involved, to lay bare their weaknesses without disloyalty to the men (who indeed cooperated splendidly by lending diaries), and to narrate without flinching the details of the ordeal at Denali Pass."
(ALA323, $17.95) |
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Western Region
• Richard Spellenburg
• National Audubon Society
FIELD GUIDE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 862 PAGES
A photographic field guide to 654 species of wildflowers found from the Mississippi to California and Alaska. Recently revised it contains 941 color photographs, short descriptions and an identification key.
(USW406, $19.95) |
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National Geographic Alaska
• Robert S. Devine
• Michael Melford
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
A compact guidebook by National Geographic with the usual visual attention to maps and color photography. Includes an excellent overview of history, nature, culture and attractions.
(ALA228, $22.95) |
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Denali/Mount Mckinley, Summit of North America
• Harry Kikstra May
GUIDEBOOK •
2006 •
PAPER
• 96 PAGES
A compact, practical guide in the "Rucksack Reader" series, this book features a route map, photographs and practical details for climbing Mount McKinley. The second book in the series of illustrated pocket guides, by climbers, for climbers. When Dutchman Harry Kikstra, an experienced mountain guide and climber, wrote his first Rucksack Pocket Summits book, he was still aspiring to climb the seven summits. By January 2006 he had reached his seventh continental summit, Mt Vinson in Antarctica. That puts his name on an exclusive list of under 100 climbers ever to achieve this feat.
(ALA234, $14.95) |
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Searching for Fannie Quigley, A Wilderness Life in the Shadow of Mount McKinley
• Jane G. Haigh
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2007 •
PAPER
• 185 PAGES
Haigh tells the story of the self-sufficient Fannie Quigley, who left her home in Nebraska at age 27 and became a prospector in Katishna near Mount McKinley, where she lived for nearly 40 years.
(ALA324, $19.95) |
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To the Top of Denali
• Bill Sherwonit
EXPLORATION •
2000 •
PAPER
• 368 PAGES
A collection of true life accounts of the mountaineers, adventurers and thrill-seekers who have tackled the great mountain. With historic and contemporary photos and maps.
(ALA29, $18.95) |
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Travels in Alaska
• John Muir
EXPLORATION •
2002 •
PAPER
• 248 PAGES
This beloved book, leisurely and richly detailed, captures the 19th-century romance with wild places. It includes an account of Muir's discovery of Glacier Bay. Originally published in 1915.
(ALA16, $15.00) |
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Treasures of Alaska, Last Great American Wilderness
• Michael Melford
• Jeff Rennicke
NATURAL HISTORY •
2010 •
PAPER
• 200 PAGES
A magazine-style portrait of the Alaskan wilds in the National Geographic Destinations series. The intrepid author and photographer capture the range of beauty and experience of the Alaskan frontier from Juneau to the Aleutian Islands.
(ALA170, $15.00) |
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The Wolves of Denali
• L. David Mech
NATURAL HISTORY •
2003 •
PAPER
• 227 PAGES
In this illustrated monograph, Mech describes his work following 30 wolves over the past nine years.
(ALA301, $27.50) |
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The Wolves of Mount McKinley
• Adolphe Murie
NATURAL HISTORY •
1985 •
PAPER
• 238 PAGES
Murie's classic, originally published in the 1940s, is both a natural history of wolves and an overview of the ecology of in Denali Natural Park. He focuses, not surprisingly, on the relationship between predator and prey.
(ALA195, $16.95) |
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The Wilderness of Denali, Explorations of a Hunter-Naturalist in Northern Alaska
• Charles Sheldon
• C. Hart Merriam
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2000 •
PAPER
• 416 PAGES
Originally published by Scribner's in 1930, this classic memoir covers Sheldon's three years camping and hunting the area of Alaska surrounding Mt. McKinley.
(ALA108, $23.95) |
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Bear Attacks, Their Causes and Avoidance
• Stephen Herrero
NATURAL HISTORY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 296 PAGES
Despite its frightening title, this book is a helpful introduction to the natural history and behavior of the bear by a long-term researcher in the field. With useful tips on "avoidance." Revised edition.
(BST21, $16.95) |
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Into Brown Bear Country
• Will Troyer
NATURAL HISTORY •
2005 •
PAPER
• 200 PAGES
Filled with up-close photographs, this is an excellent introduction to the brown bears of Kodiak and Katmai, mixing natural history with the author's own experiences studying and photographing bears for nearly fifty years.
(ALA222, $24.95) |
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The Reader's Companion to Alaska
• Alan Ryan
ANTHOLOGY •
1997 •
PAPER
• 395 PAGES
The great Alaskan wilderness has inspired generations of writers. This volume collects 28 eyewitness reports written over the last 100 years, including pieces by John Muir, Pierre Berton, Barry Lopez and Jon Krakauer. The satisfyingly long excerpts are presented geographically, with separate sections on the Inside Passage, Anchorage, Fairbanks and Denali.
(ALA53, $22.95) |
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
• David Sibley
FIELD GUIDE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 474 PAGES
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 with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks. The book covers 703 species of birds occurring west of the Rockies, including Alaska, the western Canadian provinces, Baja California and portions of northern Mexico. Maps show the range throughout North America. For birders living east of the Rockies, you'll want to use Sibley's "Birds of Eastern North America" (USE262).
(USW418, $19.95) |
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