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CANADIAN ROCKIES
Worth Looking For
Canadian Rockies Geology Road Tours
• Ben Gadd
FIELD GUIDE •
2008 •
PAPER
• 576 PAGES
• COMING IN
A guide to the geology you see alongall the major highways of the Canadian Rockies,from the Waterton area to the the far northern end of the Rockies. The Trans-Canada Highway, Icefields Parkway, Crowsnest and Yellowhead routes, the Rockies portion of the Alaska Highway and more are all covered in loving detail, with minimal geo-jargon.
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Handbook of the Canadian Rockies
• Ben Gadd
GUIDEBOOK •
1999 •
PAPER
• 831 PAGES
• COMING IN
This handy and comprehensive natural history and field guide to the Canadian Rockies covers just about everything that might intrigue a curious visitor, including geology, weather, insects, birds, mammals, fish, plants, history, hiking, climbing and skiing. This second edition includes a section of very good full-color maps and handsome wildlife drawings by Matthew Wheeler. Author Ben Gadd (for whom this handbook is a labor of love) helpfully includes an index to handbook humor.
(CND93, $35.95) |
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Kootenay Country, One Man's Life in the Canadian Rockies
• Ernst Hellmen
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1990 •
PAPER
• 208 PAGES
• COMING IN
This is a plainspoken, homespun memoir told without a hint of pretension, rich in details of life in the Kootenay River Valley in the Canadian Rockies.
(CND12, $9.95) |
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Men for the Mountains
• Sid Marty
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2008 •
PAPER
• 270 PAGES
• COMING IN
A classic by a native Albertan and park warden in the Canadian Rockies, this memoir captures the immense landscapes of Alberta and the rugged way of life in the West. First published in 1978.
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