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Think of Big Sur and you most likely conjure images of sea-swept cliffs and expansive ocean views, the hideout of Beat poets and dropouts. To the east, however, is a surprisingly bountiful landscape of forests and mountains traversed by hiking trails. These trails follow cool canyon streams or switch back up sun-baked peaks. It's a beautiful region that sees far less use than other more publicized areas. Jeffrey Schaffer's guide to the Big Sur country, complete with trail descriptions and topographic maps, can help you discover this more remote territory of a fabled land.
Book Description
Opportunities abound for hikers and equestrians in Big Sur Country, its adjacent state parks, coastline, and public beaches. Here is the guide to exploring 260 square miles of wilderness. Contains 25 accurate, 2-color topo maps.
Customer Reviews:
Big help for Big Sur hikers.......2007-06-08
I bought this for my son and his wife who live in Colorado and when they come out here always have to take in the Big Sur area. There are few pictures, but if you google Big Sur Bike Rides you will find great photos taken by bikers.
Torturously organized, severely out of date.......2003-11-03
I purchased the recently updated version of Shaffer's book, but having recently hiked in the Big Sur area, I can confirm the book is still riddled with basic mistakes. These mistakes aren't of a rudimenary nature, but significant misstatements of fact, such as where to locate a trailhead, how far each hike is and where to park your vehicle. On several hikes, Schaffer describes a "locked gate" which hikers must traverse... oops, sorry... there is no gate there anymore and no access for hikers. This can be extremely frustrating to plan a morning hike and rely upon this guide, only to be misled and have the hike aborted before it even begins.
In addition, the book is organized in an extremely frustrating manner. Distances are given, but no elevation gains or indication of whether the trek will be easy, moderate or strenuous. This is an inexcusable omission. The only reason to buy this guide is because good hiking books on the Big Sur region are few and far between. I use Schaffer because it's the only guide out there, but it has many serious deficiencies. Know this before you purchase it and don't expect a stellar guide. Also be aware of the errors in trailhead directions and outdated material.
Enough information to be dangerous.......2001-12-31
I just finished a weekend hike in the Ventana wilderness. Granted, I did a lot of stupid things. But I got 18 hours of rain! I was trapped between two rivers that had risen over 6 feet in 24 hours. My down sleeping bag was soaked. Temperatures were dropping into the 40s at night. I thought I was going to die. Did this book give me any hint that there was this kind of danger? No. It makes no mention of radical changes in the environment due to weather. It mentions steady-state danger conditions for other rivers (Carmel, Big Sur and Little Sur. These the are the same ones that the Forest Service mentions, btw. Here it says that they can be impassable in the winter) but nothing about other ones. At least *some* of the narrative is correct.
But for a place as rugged as the Ventana Wilderness, a book without discussion of the dangers is simply inexcusable. If this is our only source, it's no wonder there's such a high number of plaques to a "Loving husband and father" on some of the trails.
Great but needs updating.......2000-08-25
Having made about thirty different trips into the Ventana wilderness over the last several years using this great guide book, I've come to appreciate the authors maps. Regular topographic maps from the USGS do not show many trails in the Ventana or inaccuratly shown. The author has plotted the trails in detail onto USGS topos (shrunk to book size which means you must look closely, but you can still discern every contour clearly). The trail descriptions are as detailed and informative as one can expect for a book this old. Fires, El Nino's and withdrawal of funds for trail maintenance inevitably change the accuracy of Schaeffers descriptions. Nevertheless there are still many useful descriptions and comments. If you are serious about exploring this rugged widerness, the book would be well worth it for its maps alone.
Many changes to the wilderness..........2000-07-29
I first purchased Mr. Shaffer's book back in '94 and have jokingly referred to it as "The Liar's Guide to Hiking the Ventana Wilderness". I found the book fairly accurate for the more popular trails (Carmel River Trail, Pine Ridge Trail, Skinner's Ridge), but somewhat misleading for the lesser-traveled trails. The book is in SEVERE need of updating to correct some of the inaccuracies and mainly, because over 100,000 acres in the heart of Ventana were scorched in the Kirk Complex/Tassajarra fires of 1999. The fires resulted in many of the trails being burnt almost out of existence or severly damaged. Despite its shortcomings, however, the book is worth it for first-timers wishing to hike Ventana.
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Just what was so wild about the Wild West?
Americans have had an enduring yet ambivalent obsession with the West as both a place and a state of mind. Now one of the most knowing observers of the Western scene offers a monumental cultural and historical analysis of how ideas of wildness have shaped the ways Euro-Americans have perceived, reacted to, and acted upon the West for nearly five hundred years. Bringing the sensibility of a poet to a sweeping discussion of place, Michael L. Johnson considers how that obsession originated, how it has determined attitudes toward and activities in the West, and how it has changed over the centuries.
Investigating views of Western wildness from pre-European times until the present, Johnson tells how explorers and settlers bent on exploiting the West brought with them Old World ideas, full of muddled and even bizarre contradictions, that have defined the region in its most fundamental aspects. And he shows how those contradictory ideas were woven into an ambivalent ideology of conquest that has given us today's degraded wilderness areas, overtaxed water supplies, and sprawling suburbs.
Brimming with word-play, personal anecdotes, and telling vignettes, Hunger for the Wild provocatively addresses a cornucopia of Western personalities, phenomena, and events. Invoking a vast array of writers and thinkers-from Claude Lévi-Strauss to Black Elk to Richard Etulain-Johnson casts his critical eye on conquistadors and cowboys and revisits myths of Noble Savage and "red devil" alike. His kaleidoscopic text examines Dust Bowl woes and Wild West shows, and whether contemplating the Disneyfied frontier or the Ralphlaurenized range, he takes readers on an intellectual romp through the wilds of the contemporary West, with its UFO fanatics and postregional cowgirls.
Emphasizing his call for seeing the West as "a place of roots as well as routes," Johnson's tour de force marks a major contribution to the deeper history of the region and points toward a more sustainable West for the future. It should interest not only Western historians but also art and film buffs, ecocritics, cross-cultural specialists, and rodeo fans-anyone fascinated by the wild, Western-style.
Customer Reviews:
Perfect condition and perfect timing!.......2007-03-13
This is a great book. A friend and I had a trip to Big Sur planned and the book came several days before so that I was able to study up and enjoy the area even more!
Very Good.......2006-12-09
This book isn't great, but it is very good.
Pros
1. It is inspiring. I feel like I want to go do the hike after I read the description
2. Good pictures. Some have people in them and these are done very well.
3. Good descriptions. These aren't little one page jobs.
Cons
1. Pictures - The pictures are black and white, not color and I think color pictures can mean everything. But this does not detract that much from this fine book
Clear, On Track, Vital.......2006-08-28
The book was wonderful to have on our trip to the Central Coast. Objective information with enough opinion and subjective information to help us decide where, how, when for each hike. The back of the book with the top list organized by theme was very helpful. One way the book could have been better is with a cross-reference chart... so if you want both "ocean" and "redwoods" as themes you could look it up, instead of a bunch of page flipping. The author does a good job appealing to a wide range, level of hikers, rare in a guide book.
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A personal celebration of the American West by one of its finest photographers and authors.
Distilled from more than two decades of exploration, Tim Fitzharris'
Big Sky captures beautiful panoramas rarely matched in majesty and diversity.
Big Sky includes tinted canyons, cactus-studded deserts, ice-capped mountains, rumpled badlands, the misty beaches of the Pacific and a limitless expanse of prairie wildflowers. These are images that reflect the still heart of America's native wilderness.
Fitzharris opens
Big Sky with personal observations on photographing the American West and then presents a retrospective of his photographs, organized by region:
- High Plains
- Canyon lands
- Rocky Mountains
- Sierra Nevada
- Southern deserts
- Pacific coast.
For each of these six sections there is an introduction to the landscape, followed by 12 plates for a total of 72 panoramas.
Stunning and beautiful,
Big Sky is a lovingly compiled collection of remarkable panorama photographs of this vast section of the nation. This will be Tim Fitzharris' definitive work, demonstrating his reverence and respect for the American West.
Customer Reviews:
Big Sky.......2007-06-09
Gorgeous book. Almost like being there as we read. Enjoying it now and
will for years to come.
It's a personal celebration of the American West.......2007-04-12
BIG SKY captures some gorgeous panoramas, capturing natural landscapes and tinting to explore some of the lesser-known state parks and wilderness areas across the country. It's a personal celebration of the American West by a photographer who spent over twenty years searching for just the right sites and experiences: when one was found he'd take a series of panoramic shots and stitch them together on a computer, here produced in panoramic 27x9 inch spreads to properly capture the results. Art photography libraries as well as public libraries strong in visual travel representations will want this.
Customer Reviews:
Bought it, but didn't use it on the trail.......2007-10-02
In researching The Lost Coast, I bought this map to decide on our campsites along the 24+ mile trail, and to get a better sense of where our water sources would be. Upon reaching our destination, however, we stopped at the BLM to get permits, and got a better map there for $5. They also gave us important information about recent landslides in the area and tricky tide spots that were not listed on the map available here.
It's not a bad investment for planning purposes, but if you are a map person and care about the most up-to-date details, go for the BLM map or a better topo map. The BLM people were super nice and informative and they appreciate the hiker data, so pay them a visit!
Either way, have a great trip - it is a beautiful place!!
An Important Resource for Hiking the Lost Coast.......2007-08-22
California's Lost Coast offers some of the most rugged hiking in the state. Trails are few and far between and generally are not constructed to modern standards. Services are even less common. Outside of the tiny communities of Shelter Cove, Petrolia, and Honeydew, travellers looking for nice accomodations will find very little that resembles the visitor ammenities commonly available along Hwy 1 and US 101 which covers the rest of the coast. This is simply not the place for 4 and 5 star dinning and hotels. Even paved roads are pretty rare. The bottom line then, if you want to explore this scenic area, is that you will have to do it on foot or by horseback. This map by Wilderness Press is probably your best resource for such explorations.
The map has a number of nice features. It is printed on water and tear proof paper. One side shows the King Range National Conservation Area and the reverse side shows Sinkyone Wilderness State Park. This is, therefore, the only map that shows the whole 64 miles of the Lost Coast Trail. The accompanying text, by veteran hiking author John McKinney, describes camping and day hiking opportunities as well as the various state and federal regulations you will need to know if you plan to backpack. He also describes some of the history and archeological sites in the region.
On the whole, I found this a useful resource and I am already planning a return trip to the region. My one concern with this map is that I would like to see closer contour lines in an area where the trails are so steep and regularly follow the ridge lines up and down (with few, or any, switchbacks). The King's Range side of this map has contour intervals at 500 feet. The Sinkyone map has the interval at a somewhat more useful 250'. But if you can find the BLM map of the King Range, it has contour intervals at 100' and is far more detailed. Alas, it is hard to obtain, even in northern California outdoor stores and park visitor centers. It also does not include the Sinkyone portion of the Lost Coast. So until a better map is available, this Wilderness Press revision is your best resource for exploring the Lost Coast area. It is well worth the price.
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In this taut, intensely dramatic narrativethe record of a perilous excursion into a remote and unmappable labyrinth of canyons in the American Southwesttwo men confront immutable forces of nature and the limits of their own sanity. As a chronicle of adventure, as emotionally charged human drama, as confessional memoir, THE WAY OUT is a transcendent booka work destined to earn a lasting place in the literature of extremes.
Customer Reviews:
An Incredible Journey.......2007-05-14
The Way Out is a book you'll want to read over and over again. It's just too powerful to fully absorb in one reading. As with "The Secret Knowledge of Water", Mr. Childs leads you into the very psyche of Living Land. He bears his soul and humbles himself before a chasm of rock. An absolute master of imagery and metaphor, Mr. Childs doesn't just take you into the majesty of a canyon or the solitude of the desert, he empties you out there so that you might fill again. "The Way Out" is his best work yet.
Susan Haley, Author
RAINY DAY PEOPLE
A hard-hitting account of discovery.......2006-06-21
A two-weep trip through the American Southwest with a good friends turns into a challenge which will test friendship and survival skills in THE WAY OUT: A TRUE STORY OF RUIN AND SURVIVAL. Any with a special affection for the Southwest will find vivid descriptions of its terrain and desolation as they enjoy this memoir of survival, a hit in hardcover and newly available in paperback to provide a hard-hitting account of discovery.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
Average customer rating:
- Adequate resource with some flaws
- Beyond the glossy print, your guide to lame information
- Highly professional, lovely, and usable
- An excellent resource for explorers of the out-of-doors.
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Beyond the National Parks: A Recreation Guide to Public Lands in the West
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Customer Reviews:
Adequate resource with some flaws.......2003-11-23
Good things about this book are:
1. It does provide good information on some BLM land, mostly in the West, but some as far East as Minnesota! Not-so-obvious stuff such as location of the nearest medical care for each site is included.
2. The book has everything condensed into one compact reference--A lot more convenient than a bunch of pages printed off the web and stuffed in a pocket in your suitcase.
3. It also does have nice photographs, but face it, nobody buys this book for the photos!
So much for the good. The not-so-good things include:
1. You can find most of this information on the internet, with persistence. Admittedly, this would take some time, and would give you a bunch of printed pages to organize and keep track of.
2. The maps provided are adequate (though not great) for driving to each site, but they provide no information on the roads, trails, terrain, or facilities at each site.
3. Details of what to do and where to do it at each tract of land are sketchy.
4. There is no overall map showing the location of each site within the host state. Overall state maps do have symbols indicating a BLM property covered in the book, and a list of the properties in each state, but there is no key explaining which name goes with which site! The only way to determine the location of each site is to compare the map of driving directions to a state map. Clumsy to do if you are not a resident who is familiar with the state.
Not a bad book, but don't count on it for more than pointing out the properties, providing a crude driving map, and giving very general information about the property. For an example of how to do it better, see the Audubon Guide to National Wildlife Refuges series.
Beyond the glossy print, your guide to lame information.......2001-03-18
I bought this book after reading a glowing review in a magazine. I was disappointed minutes after I turned the first page. Oh sure it has nice glossy print and pretty pictures but content? You won't find it here. You will find all the info in this book and much MORE at recreation.gov. Won't cost you a dime either. My copy gets sold at my next garage sale.
Highly professional, lovely, and usable.......1998-11-18
A 1998 book with about 400 6x9" pages on high-quality semi-gloss stock. The book is put out by the Bureau of Land Management and published by the Smithsonian Institution Press, and is replete with lovely pictures and color maps. This is a very professionally finished book. There's an introduction, which explains about the BLM lands and gives some general tips about camping, hiking, etc. The next series of chapters gives two (facing) pages each to various "partners", such as Nature Conservancy, Scenic America, National Geographic Society, Garden Club of America, etc. Each has one full-page picture, plus a description of the organization's agenda and a list of some favorite BLM spots. Then comes the state-by-state treatments - 18 in all (including Alaska, but not Hawaii!), plus a catch-all section to handle the "Eastern States" (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Virginia). Taking Arizona as an example to illustrate it's contents, it starts out with a color state map with shaded areas representing the areas to be discussed. Then each area (there are 22 of them) is described, starting with a more detailed map of the immediate vicinity. The description is extensive, usually taking about a page, and sometimes including a picture to give you an idea of the surroundings. For each area, the following subheadings are provided (this list might vary from area to area): Location, Description, Mailing Address, Phone/Fax Number, Directions, Visitor Activities, Permits/Fees/Limitations, Accessibility, Camping and Lodging, Food and Supplies, First Aid, Additional Information, and Sponsoring Partner. The Additional Information section discusses weather considerations, etc. Finally, there is a list of icons at the end of the description to summarize the types of activities you can look forward to (birding, hiking, boating, sightseeing, etc.). Since this is an official publication, of sorts, I presume the information is quite reliable. This is an engaging book, with useful treatments of the BLM areas.
An excellent resource for explorers of the out-of-doors........1998-04-21
This is a fabulous guide to the Bureau of Land Management public lands, published by the Smithsonian Institution in honor of the BLM's 50th anniversary this year.
In my experience, even as an employee of another federal land management agency, it is tough to get good information on the public lands managed by the BLM - even their offices tend to be hard to locate. Hence my opinion is that this book is a FOUND TREASURE! of little-known places to go and things to do in the outdoors, including nature viewing, unparalleled outdoor recreation, historic sites, and fabulous prehistoric sites.
Neither the Forest Service nor the Park Service have anything the BLM doesn't have, and the BLM is generally less crowded. If you feel like you've "been there, done that " on America's public lands - seen all the Parks, camped and hiked in all the Forests -then you need this book. You just won't believe what you've been missing.
My only concern, and I haven't really had a chance to test it yet (I just found this book last week myself), is that the directions to some of the locations may be a bit sketchy. It may be a good idea to call the local office before you visit, you wouldn't want to get lost in some of the locations that are a long way from anywhere.
There are a lot of summer vacations waiting in this book!
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The Intertidal Wilderness is a stunning photographic exploration of the tidepools of the Pacific coast, from Baja California to as far north as southeast Alaska. These lush photographs capture in striking color the enormous variety of life and biological detail in the intertidal zone along one of the world's most spectacular coastlines. The interpretative text and captions describe telltale signs of ecological relationships and processes, helping the seashore explorer to appreciate ecological interactions and their consequences. The text delves into the roles of competition, predation, reproduction, natural variation in space and time, and color that characterize this vibrant ecosystem.
This revised edition has been updated throughout, incorporating new scientific information, new photographs, and a new chapter discussing the recent human impact on this threatened environment. Fusing art and science, The Intertidal Wilderness conveys the fragility, complexity, and interdependence of the plants and animals living at the interface of land and sea.
The Intertidal Wilderness vividly animates the surprisingly delicate beauty of the often violent intertidal zone, which daily withstands pounding waves at high tides as well as desiccation and exposure at low tides. With revealing photographs, engaging text, and a solid foundation in marine biology, this book will capture the imagination of the casual seashore visitor as well as the dedicated enthusiast.
Customer Reviews:
Exquisite.......2004-02-16
The photographs alone make this volume an enormous pleasure.
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Snowshoes and Spotted Dick: Letters from a Wilderness Dweller
Chris Czajkowski
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Chris Czajkowski chose to build her life and small ecotourism business on the shore of a high-altitude lake near the southern tip of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park. It is a formidable landscape of lake-dotted alpine plateaus abutting the glacier-swathed backbone of the central Coast Range.
Snowshoes and Spotted Dick describes Czajkowski's experiences as she builds her fourth cabin in the wilderness with hand tools, two chainsaws, an Alaskan Mill and some helpful friends. One of her helpers is Nick Berwain, a quiet but literary young German who corresponds with Czajkowski long after his return home.
In these fascinating letters to Berwain, Czajkowski details her often solitary life: how she breaks trails by snowshoe with her two pack dogs, encounters grizzly bears, builds a custom stone oven and learns how to use it to bake bread -and spotted dick, a traditional English steamed pudding. The letters also chronicle Czajkowski's challenges and triumphs as she tries to finish her cabin. Food and building supplies must be flown in and Czajkowski must hike more than 30 kilometres to the nearest road to lead guiding trips and to attend craft fairs and book promotions to supplement her income.
Lyrically written, Snowshoes and Spotted Dick provides a close look at a simpler way of life that most of us only dream about, one that cleaves to nature with beauty, resilience and independence.
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Strange as it may seem today, William Clark-best known as the American explorer who joined Meriwether Lewis in leading an overland expedition to the Pacific-has many more claims to fame than his legendary Voyage of Discovery, dramatic and daring though that venture may have been. Although studies have been published on virtually every aspect of the Lewis and Clark journey, Wilderness Journey is the first comprehensive account of Clark's lengthy and multifaceted life.
"No one is better able to treat in a comprehensive way William Clark's public life than William Foley. Foley knows, and has skillfully used, the massive store of archival materials. He has written a balanced, solidly researched biography of a major American figure. The great strength of this biography is Foley's unparalleled command of the sources and his broad understanding of the West in the early Republic. William Clark shaped the early West and was shaped by it."-James P. Ronda
"Bill Foley's book on William Clark deserves a place alongside Stephen Ambrose's Undaunted Courage on every scholar's bookshelf. It comprises a thorough and lively tour through the life of one of the most complex and vivid personalities ever produced in the United States."-Bob Moore
"Bill Foley has written a compelling biography of William Clark. It is significant because it provides a fresh look at the life of an important public servant who is primarily known as the partner of Meriwether Lewis and co-leader of the Corps of Discovery. Foley expertly traces Clark's early life, and he separates his leadership and achievements from Lewis's with clarity and insight, thereby enabling the reader to better understand his role in the expedition across the continent. Foley's study of William Clark should serve as the standard biography of the man for at least a generation."-R. Douglas Hurt
Customer Reviews:
The stable side of the Lewis and Clark expedition.......2007-10-06
As a reader of "Undaunted Courage", the Steven Ambrose historical biography of Meriwether Lewis and his patron, Thomas Jefferson, I felt like I received only part of the picture of the expedition that opened the Louisiana Purchase to U.S. interests. This book completes the picture. Clark was the steady, get-the-job-done, go-to guy, who complemented the mercurial Lewis. Where Lewis made only occasional journal entries, Clark is the principal source of our non-botanical/zoological information because he reliably performed the journaling function. The only criticism I would have of the book is the repeated drubbing of Clark as a slave holder and his perceived mistreatment of York. It seems that Foley feels he has to apologize for Clark, who lived in a different age with a very different view of slavery. Once would have been enough.
Looking for Lewis and Clark.......2007-02-08
The author skillfully blends history and biography to provide an absorbing look at American frontier during the early to mid 19th century,
as well as a fresh narrative of the Lewis and Clark explorations. Foley
renders Clark in a sympathetic light, even when accounting for his often
harsh treatment of African-Americans and Native Americans. A well-researched and well-written book.
A Fine Biography of the "Other" Co-Commander of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.......2006-01-22
It's about time someone wrote a modern full biography of William Clark (1770-1838). The second-in-command of the legendary Lewis and Clark Expedition deserves a much fuller discussion than heretofore available. Born in Virginia in 1770, Clark was closely tied to frontier military and Indian affairs throughout his life. He served with Gen. Anthony Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794, and between 1803 and 1806 he and Meriwether Lewis led the military expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase to the Pacific Ocean. In 1813 Clark became Missouri Territorial governor, working during the War of 1812 to secure the frontier from British-incited Indian attacks. When Missouri was admitted to the Union in 1822, Clark was appointed by Congress superintendent of Indian affairs, serving until his death in 1838. He was fair, humane, and honest in his dealing with the western tribes.
This book is an exceptionally well researched and written life of Clark, whose career, at least in its later stages, outstripped that of Meriwether Lewis. It is must reading for anyone interested in the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the settlement of the trans-Mississippi West. It replaces as the central work on the subject the biography written by Jerome O. Steffen, "William Clark: Jeffersonian Man on the Frontier" (University of Oklahoma Press, 1977).
The first comprehensive biography of Clark's entire life.......2004-10-10
William Clark is best known as the American explorer who joined Meriwether Lewis in heading an overland expedition to the Pacific: but as William Foley demonstrates in Wilderness Journey: The Life Of William Clark, how William Clark has many more claims to fame than his explorations with Meriwether Lewis. Studies have appeared on the two, but this is the first comprehensive biography of Clark's entire life, revealing his service as a soldier, Indian diplomat, and his involvement in US politics and policy-making in the West. College-level audiences will find Wilderness Journey a fascinating biography of a multi-faceted man.
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- Hiking Wyoming's Wind River Range
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- Honor Among Thieves
- Hot Springs of the Eastern Sierra
- Ill Nature: Rants and Reflections on Humanity and Other Animals
- In All the West No Place Like This: A Pictorial History of the Coeur d'Alene Region
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