So – you are packing all the stuff you need to go on your long-planned hiking trip, and no doubt you have your standard list of essentials.
You’ve got your boots, your sleeping mat and your water bottle. You throw in your plate, your mug and your camera. And what with that trowel, headlamp and first [...]
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February 10th, 2010
Book Suggestions for Your Next Trip
January 27th, 2010
Outdoor Book Awards
If you’re looking for some great outdoor books check out the National Outdoor Book Awards website. As I browsed through the site I found myself mentally calculating how much reading time I could squeeze in so I could read as many of these award winning outdoor books as possible. I don’t get outside as often [...]
November 6th, 2009
Review of Gloryland by Shelton Johnson
Yosemite National Park Ranger Shelton Johnson’s first novel Gloryland is the first person story of Elijah Yancy, an African American raised in post Civil War South Carolina that hikes out of the South to Nebraska, becomes a Buffalo Soldier, and eventually finds himself guarding the new Yosemite National Park in the early 20th Century. [...]
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No Comments »March 2nd, 2009
Review of What Tree is That?
A new tree identification book has just been released by the Arbor Day Foundation. I’ve had my copy for a few days and have been very pleased with this handy little book, What Tree Is That?: A Guide to More Common Trees of North America. This tree book is comprehensive enough to help users identify [...]
Posted in Book Reviews Tags: arbor day, book reviews, new books, tree guide, trees, What Tree is That? No Comments »October 1st, 2007
Into the Wild Book Review
I just finished reading Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. I read Into Thin Air a few years ago and have wanted to read Into the Wild for some time, but never got around to it. Then I heard the movie was coming out and I knew I had to read it soon so that [...]