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Yellowstone   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Lonely Planet Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks  •  Bradley Mayhew  •  Carolyn McCarthy
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES
With much more personality and local savvy than one might expect, this excellent guide covers not only the practicalities of where to go and what to do in Yellowstone, but also includes a good overview of the natural history of the area. (USW438, $19.99)
  Lonely Planet Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks
Yellowstone, A Visitor's Companion  •  George Wuerthner
GUIDEBOOK •  1992 •  PAPER  • 218 PAGES
A handbook to the geology, ecology, wildlife and plants of Yellowstone. With photographs, a bird list, and brief field guide with black-and-white drawings. (USW54, $15.95)
  Yellowstone, A Visitor's Companion
Wapiti Wilderness, The Life of Olaus & Margaret Murie in Jackson Hole, Wyoming  •  Margaret Murie  •  Olaus Murie
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2001 •  PAPER  • 302 PAGES
In this classic book, Margaret and her biologist husband (who did the illustrations for the book) write of a winter, and especially the elk, at a ranch in Jackson Hole. Olaus and Mardy alternate chapters, mixing tales of work as a field biologist with stories of life in the region, where they lived for 37 years. Olaus Murie, who was born in 1889 in Moorhead, Minnesota, was named the first president of the Wilderness Society in 1945. The Murie ranch is now a conservation center, run in cooperation with Grand Teton National Park. (USW68, $24.95)
  Wapiti Wilderness, The Life of Olaus & Margaret Murie in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Decade of the Wolf, Returning the Wild to Yellowstone  •  Douglas Smith  •  Gary Ferguson
NATURAL HISTORY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES
Biologist Smith (Yellowstone Wolf Recovery Project) and nature writer Ferguson look at the ten year's since the re-introduction of wolves to Yellowstone. (RKY90, $16.95)
  Decade of the Wolf, Returning the Wild to Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park Map  •   Trails Illustrated
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A hiker's overview map with great topographic detail, at a scale of 1:126,000, published in association with the National Geographic Society. (USW32, $11.95)
  Yellowstone National Park Map
 

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Bozeman, Big Sky, West Yellowstone Montana Map  •   Beartooth Publishing    •  This beautifully detailed outdoor recreation map, with handsome shaded relief and topography at a scale of 1:100,000, includes descriptions of day hikes and mountain bike routes in the Gallatin Valley and surroundings. (USW564, $11.95)
 
 
Compass Guide Wyoming  •  Nathaniel Burt  •  Don Pitcher   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Handsomely produced, illustrated and informative, this compact guide covers the history, nature and attractions of Wyoming in detail, including a long chapter on Yellowstone. (USW61, $21.95)
 
 
Day Hikes In Yellowstone National Park, 82 Great Hikes  •  Robert Stone   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An excellent guide to the best hikes in the area, including both popular geyser trails and those off the beaten path. Contains maps and concise descriptions for each hike. (USW566, $12.95)
 
 
Falcon Guide, Hiking Yellowstone National Park  •  Bill Schneider   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An entry in the excellent series of Falcon hiking guides, this practical book covers, in detail, both short day hikes and extensive backcountry outings. (USW377, $16.95)
 
 
Fishing Yellowstone National Park  •  Richard Parks   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive handbook to fishing throughout the park from Falcon Guides. (RKY34, $14.95)
 
 
Scenic Driving Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks  •  Susan Springer Butler   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An indispensable guide to touring with recommended scenic routes and practical detail. (RKY89, $15.95)
 
 
The Yellowstone Winter Guide  •  Jeff Henry   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide to Yellowstone in winter for snowmobilers. (USW69, $13.95)
 
 
Top Trails Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks  •  Andrew Dean Nystrom   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Nystrom's award-winning accessible guide covers both day hikes and backcountry treks in illustrated, authoritative detail. (USW461, $16.95)
 
 
Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park  •  Lee H. Whittlesey   • HISTORY  •  A how-to-guide to safety in the park -- and a wry chronicle of what can go terribly wrong (including death by drowning, hypothermia, animal attacks, and such). A reminder to visitors that Yellowstone is the wilderness, not an amusement park. (USW276, $16.95)
 
 
Do (Not) Feed the Bears, The Fitful History of Wildlife and Tourists in Yellowstone  •  Alice Wondrak Biel   • HISTORY  •  Biel goes beyond Yogi and Smokey, showing changing attitudes toward the bears from the 19th-century up to current conservation policy. (SWU465, $15.95)
 
 
The Solace of Open Spaces  •  Gretel Ehrlich   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A loosely organized travelogue and meditation on the high plains of Wyoming. While Ehrlich writes of ranchers, cowboys and weather, the real star of this lyrical celebration of Wyoming is the landscape itself. (USW67, $14.00)
 
 
The Spirit of Yellowstone  •  Judith L. Meyer  •  Vance Howard   • HISTORY  •  An engaging, scholarly history of Yellowstone and its place in America's imagination, covering the establishment of the park, geography, wildlife, and more. Complemented by color photographs, archival illustrations and maps. (RKY25, $19.95)
 
 
The Yellowstone Story, A History of Our First National Park, Volume 1  •  Aubrey L. Haines   • HISTORY  •  The first entry in a two volume history of the park. (USW383, $22.95)
 
 
The Yellowstone Story, A History of Our First National Park, Volume 2  •  Aubrey L. Haines   • HISTORY  •  The second entry in a two volume history of the park. (USW384, $24.95)
 
 
Wilderness and the American Mind  •  Roderick Nash   • HISTORY  •  A classic essay on changing American attitudes toward wilderness and the environment, including an enlightening discussion on western expansion. With chapters on Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Aldo Leopold, Alaska and wilderness preservation. (USW97, $18.00)
 
 
Journal of a Trapper  •  Osborne Russell  •  Aubrey L. Haines   • EXPLORATION  •  A simply told account of the life of a fur trapper in the 1830s and 1840s, mainly in and around Yellowstone. It's both an eyewitness report from the heydey of fur trading and an engaging account of the region. (USW439, $14.95)
 
 
Lost in My Own Backyard, A Walk in Yellowstone National Park  •  Tim Cahill   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Tim Cahill mixes tales of walks, hikes and three good backcountry treks with history, lore and gee-whiz wonder in this breezy celebration of America's first national park. (USW430, $16.95)
 
 
Travels in the Greater Yellowstone  •  Jack Turner   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Turner celebrates the diversity of the park and its wildlife in a series of 12 lyrical essays. (USW563, $25.95)
 
 
A Naturalist's Guide to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park  •  Frank C. Craighead, Jr.   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A memoir and classic natural history of the wildlife of Jackson Hole and the Tetons by a celebrated local biologist, organized week-by-week throughout the year. (SWU168, $18.95)
 
 
Bear Attacks, Their Causes and Avoidance  •  Stephen Herrero   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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." (BST21, $16.95)
 
 
Mountain Time, A Yellowstone Portrait  •  Paul Schullery   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A former ranger, Schullery writes with depth and grace of the natural history of Yellowstone National Park, its wildlife, rangers, and visitors in this classic collection of e ssays, orginally published in 1984. (USW392, $19.95)
 
 
Mountains and Plains, The Ecology of Wyoming Landscapes  •  Dennis H. Knight   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This book documents the landscape ecology of Wyoming through dozens of photographs, maps, text and line drawings. The author pays particular attention to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. Of interest to both serious students and curious travelers. (USW64, $30.00)
 
 
Of Wolves and Men  •  Barry Lopez   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This eloquent, powerful book is an outstanding overview of the wolf, as well as a survey of wolf mythology and its relationship to human society. First published in the 1980s, it has been reprinted with a new afterword by the author. (BST31, $18.00)
 
 
Rising from the Plains  •  John McPhee   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  McPhee's elegant and accessible essays show the geology the Rockies though his travels with U.S. Geological Survey scientist David Love. (USW18, $15.00)
 
 
Searching For Yellowstone, Ecology and Wonder in the Last Wilderness  •  Paul D. Schullery   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An engaging social and environmental history of Yellowstone from the Pleistocene to the present focusing on the park since its founding in 1872. Schullery has worked in Yellowstone as a ranger, a historian and the chief of cultural resources. (USW59, $19.95)
 
 
Spectacular Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks  •  Charles R. Preston   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Three hundred color photographs, including panoramic 6-page foldout spreads, archival pictures and essays on history and ecology, capture the splendor of these national parks. (USW547, $45.00)
 
 
The Grizzly Bear  •  Thomas McNamee   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A natural history of "ursus arctos horribilis" -- lyrical, well written and provocative. An appropriate introduction to the beast for anyone traveling to grizzly country. McNamee also wrote "The Return of the Wolf to Yellowstone." (BST39, $16.95)
 
 
Windows into the Earth, The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks  •  Robert B. Smith  •  Lee J. Siegel   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A geologic history and tour of the northern Rockies, particularly Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. With an outstanding overview of the geologic formation of the region and 50 color photographs. (USW356, $29.95)
 
 
Yellowstone Country, The Enduring Wonder  •  Seymour L. Fishbein   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An overview of Yellowstone presented in the style of National Geographic, featuring spectacular color photographs, maps and good travel information. (SWU76, $15.00)
 
 
National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain States  •  Peter Alden   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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)
 
 
Rocky Mountain Wildflowers  •  John J. Craighead   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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)
 
 
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America  •  David Sibley   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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)
 
 
Yellowstone Trees & Wildflowers, An Introduction To Familiar Species Of The Yellowstone Area  •  James Kavanagh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A handy, laminated fold-up card. (USW501, $5.95)
 
 
Yellowstone Wildlife, An Introduction to Familiar Species of Yellowstone Area  •   Pocket Naturalist   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A handy plastic card illustrating the birds, mammals, fishes, amphibians and reptiles of Yellowstone. (RKY88, $5.95)
 
 


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