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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $66, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXRKY108)		  
Moon Colorado  •  Steve Knopper
GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES
This comprehensive, up-to-date guide in the popular series includes good background information about history, culture and popular attractions. (SWU267, $19.95)		   Moon Colorado
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains  •  Isabella Bird
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2003 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES
Isabella Bird was an inspiring -- and intrepid -- Victorian traveler. This book collects her letters home to her sister Henrietta during travels through the Colorado Rockies in 1873, a side-trip she made on the way home from Hawaii. Henrietta was so entranced by her sister's descriptions of foreign life that she proposed joining her in Hawaii, an offer which prompted Isabella to abandon the islands altogether. Her letters from Colorado are as evocative as those from Hawaii, but something about their content -- one-eyed suitors, hikes to 15,000 feet -- dissuaded Hennie from pressing her case. (USW44, $7.95)		   A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
Beyond the Aspen Grove  •  Ann Zwinger
NATURAL HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 358 PAGES
A reissue of Zwinger's loving, illustrated guide to the Colorado Rockies, and particularly the forest, meadows, and wildlife from 7,000 to 9,000 feet. With 80 pages of lovingly detailed black-and-white illustrations of trees, plants, shrubs, mushrooms (and a few invertebrates) by the author. (RKY42, $17.50)		   Beyond the Aspen Grove
National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain States  •  Peter Alden
FIELD GUIDE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 447 PAGES
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. Alden also surveys the region's natural history, and tourist attractions. (USW286, $19.95)		   National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain States
Recreational Map of Colorado  •  GTR Mapping
MAP
A very good fold-out map of Colorado at a scale of 1:820,000 showing topography, parks and wilderness areas, cities, towns and roads. With mileage chart, index and points of interest. Two Sides. 24x37 inches. (RKY13, $3.95)		   Recreational Map of Colorado



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