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Scenic Driving Yellowstone and Grand Teton National
Parks (FalconGuide)
by Susan Springer Butler
Parks (FalconGuide)
by Susan Springer Butler
This book is like a great family car trip through Yellowstone and the Tetons. And Butler, at the helm, is the ultimate tourguide/mom. Her descriptions of the area are so vivid you can almost hear her turning around to yell at you to stop all that fighting in the back seat... This book far surpassed my expectations for a driving guide, with excellent tidbits of information on the geography, geology and history of the area. If you are waivering on the idea of a trip to Yellowstone & the Tetons, this book is the convincer. If you're firm in your commitment to the trip, it is an invaluable guide.
Hiking Yellowstone National Park (FalconGuide)
by Bill Schneider
by Bill Schneider
We used this book for a two week stay in Yellowstone. The ratings for hills and difficulty of the hikes are accurate and helpful when selecting hikes. The trail descriptions also help when picking a hike depending on effort, scenery, wildlife, amount of other hikers, etc. We saw parts of Yellowstone only a tiny percentage of visitors get to see, thanks in part to this book. Be sure and check at the ranger stations for bear and other wildlife activity prior to beginning a hike.
Outdoor Family Guide to Yellowstone and Grand Teton
by Lisa Gollin Evans
by Lisa Gollin Evans
I purchased this book and several others for my trip to the Tetons and Yellowstone. This book was very informative onlodging, trails, sightseeing and travel. This guide was a time saver as well giving me ideas of the trails and difficulty and estimated time. Many things to do and lots of recommendations for children but its so much more. Definately a keeperand will use next time im planning a vacation to the area. Oh by the way, i do recommend a trip to the Tetons andYellowstone. The tetons were breathtaking and definately do the trip accross Jenny Lake. Yellowstone, WOW the geysers, wildlife, fishing it was terrific. Have Fun. Jeff
The Yellowstone Handbook : An Insider's Guide to the Park
by Susan Frank, Phil Frank
by Susan Frank, Phil Frank
Just returned from a week in the park and our vacation was "MADE" through the use of this book!! We saved time, money, and frustration along with obtaining background, history, and insight in order to make it memorable for our child. (The format is similiar to the "Unofficial" Disney guide). I would have been lost without it!! The information is concise,up to date, and FUN to read (very easy format)! The list of phone numbers for the park was invaluable. I only wish I hadthe book prior to arrival and my planning would have been much easier. Highly, highly recommend this book!!
Best Easy Day Hikes Yellowstone (FalconGuide)
by Bill Schneider
by Bill Schneider
This is the perfect book if you are new to Yellowstone and looking for a guide on what hikes to take the family on.Accurate reviews of the hikes with good directions and maps. A must have.
I personally have over 125 days in the park and I found the book very helpful in planning family hikes.
Moon Handbooks: Yellowstone-GrandTetons
(1st Ed.)
by Don Pitcher
(1st Ed.)
by Don Pitcher
I just came back from vacation in Jackson Hole, and this book was like a bible for our trip. Not only was it small enough not to be cumbersome in my bag, but it was so indepth as to be excessive -- just like I like travel books to be. It is replete with local history, shopping and accomodations tips, geology, and so much more. My girlfriend's mom, a Jackson native who prides herself on her knowledge of the area and its wildlife, fell so in love with it I gave it to her. Incidentally, I am a very big fan of Lonely Planet guides, but there didn't appear to be a good one for Wyoming or this area.
Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
(Wildlife Watcher's Guide)
by Todd Wilkinson, Michael H. Francis (Photographer)
(Wildlife Watcher's Guide)
by Todd Wilkinson, Michael H. Francis (Photographer)
Windows into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
by Robert B. Smith, Lee J Siegel
by Robert B. Smith, Lee J Siegel
This treasure will turn "topography" into a household word. Dedicated to a fellow geologist recently killed by an avalance while conducting fieldwork, "Windows" is a slick and dramatic feature presentation of volcanism, earthquakes, and geysers. Superb maps and graphs colorfully illustrate variable stratae formed through the eons. An informal and friendly text is scholarly without being stuffy. The writers establish a tone of substance and humor as they discuss multiple upheavals that created Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. This is the kind of book that will impress early rock-ologists and even be hoarded by their more secretive, sedimental parents Thanks to geologist Smith and naturalist journalist Seigel, the book is threaded with lively accounts from park rangers, tourists, and waitresses at the Old Faithful Inn. Appeals to romantics and literalists alike. Studded with beautiful, full-color photographs. Every page is hefty and sleek to the touch, a feast for the eye as well as the brain.
Photographer's Guide to Yellowstone and theTetons
by Joseph K. Lange
by Joseph K. Lange
I found this book to be an exceptional guide to both photograph and tour Yellowstone and the Tetons! The author included valuable informations suchas the best times of day to take pictures in the parks, and also suggested methods to use to get the best shots! In addition to the outstanding photos inthe book, the author also told how to get the best results. It turned out to bean invaluable resource in planning our visit, and I would highly recommend itthose planning to take pictures and those who just want to see beautiful scenery!
The Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide
by Craig Mathews
by Craig Mathews
There are a handful of guidebooks to Yellowstone waters, but this one has become my favorite. It is very well organized, and concise. There is at least a paragraph dedicated to every named piece of water in the park (and up to 6 pages for more important rivers). Accompanying the text are easily scannable icons representing the fish species in the water, type of access (car or hike), bear warnings, etc. Although I never trust hatch charts, the ones in this book are as good as you can expect. And who today could be better at suggesting flies for Yellowstone waters than Craig Mathews, the inventor of several of the most productive patterns used in the park today? I've seen Craig in the Park fishing several times, this man knows what he's doing.
Death in Yellowstone : Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park
by Lee H. Whittlesey
by Lee H. Whittlesey
Death in Yellowstone is an amazing book that documents most of the deaths that have occured in the park since its beginning. The book is divided intotwo parts: death by nature and death by man. As an employee of the Old Faithful Inn this past summer, I recommend this book for anyone who has visited the park or is going to do so in the future. The stories are both educating and frightening at the same time but offer valuable lessons about traveling in the park. It is amazing to me how some people could even think of walking around the thermal pools at night, go camping alone, try to tamebears or get too close to the canyon's edge!
Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of theAmerican West
by Stephen E. Ambrose
by Stephen E. Ambrose
Sacajawea
by Anna Lee Waldo
by Anna Lee Waldo
Trashy But Historical - a fascinating read! Reviewer: A reader from Vermont
Clad in a doeskin, alone and unafraid, she stood straight and proud before the onrushing forces of America's destiny: Sacajawea, child of a Shoshoni chief, lone woman on Lewis and Clark's historic trek -- beautiful spear of a dying nation. She knew many men, walked many miles. From the whispering prairies, across the Great Divide to the crystal capped Rockies and on to the emerald promise of the Pacific Northwest, her story over flows with emotion and action ripped from the bursting fabric of a raw new land.Ten years in the writing, SACAJAWEA unfolds an immense canvas of people and events, and captures the eternal longings of a woman who always yearned for one great passion -- and always it lay beyond the next mountain.
Soiled Doves :
Prostitutes in the Early West
by Ann Seagraves,
Prostitutes in the Early West
by Ann Seagraves,
This book has to be one of the more moving books that discusses prostitution in the old west. Some of the stories are very tragic and very moving. This is a must read for anyone that is interested at this part of the old west.
Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails,1840-1849
by Kenneth L. Holmes (Editor), Anne M. Butler
by Kenneth L. Holmes (Editor), Anne M. Butler
Reviewer: An 11-year old reader from Waukaoo Elementary School
It is in wonderful detail of the mid 1800's and the western trails. I definitely recommend this book, but this book is more for older readers. If you love history and things about the westward trails you will love this book. These letters and diaries are great to read if you love history and geography like me.
Today, being lost in Yellowstone National Park is as simple as turning on the wrong road after you lost your complimentary map or you can not locate the restroom in the Old Faithful complex. For Truman Everts, being lost in Yellowstone was a struggle between life and death. Everts's account details his 1870 adventure in Yellowstone after finding himself separated from his travelling companions. The separation began Everts's thirty-seven day struggle for survival in a pre-developed Yellowstone in which Everts had to find what little food and shelter he could just to survive. The work is also illustrated with many early day photographs of Yellowstone which provides an stunning visual account of early-day Yellowstone National Park. People who have been "lost" recently in Yellowstone will also appreciate the book, even if their modern-day adventure pales in comparison to Evert's
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
by Norman F. Maclean
by Norman F. Maclean
Yellowstone - The World's First National Park
(2001)
(2001)
Discovering Yellowstone
A River Runs Through It
(1992)
(1992)
A River Runs Through It is one of those films that can be watched over and over. The movie focases on the lives of two brothers(Brad Pitt and Craig Sheffer) growing up in Montana and the different paths they take. The sons of a minister(played well by Tom Skerrit) they are brought up religiously with two faiths, the church and fishing.
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