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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)
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)
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)
Yellowstone National Park Map
Trails Illustrated
MAP
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)
Grand Teton National Park Map
Trails Illustrated
MAP
A full-color, double-sided topographic map of the park at a scale of 1:78,000 showing contours at 80-feet intervals. Rivers, lakes, mountains, trails, lodges and campgrounds are clearly indicated. Printed on tearproof, water resistant tyvek.
(USW34, $11.95)
Falcon Guide, Hiking Grand Teton National Park
Bill Schneider
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guide to hiking in Grand Teton National Park, featuring descriptions of 35 hikes, maps, black-and-white photographs, and practical information, such as safety tips.
(USW306, $14.95)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Decade of the Wolf, Returning the Wild to Yellowstone
Douglas Smith
Gary Ferguson
NATURAL HISTORY
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)
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 sophisticated, elegant and accessible volume describes the geology of Wyoming and the Rockies combined with a profile of 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)
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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