Letters From Yellowstone

Diane Smith

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1898: A botanist travels from the eastern United States to join a field study of the natural world within the Park. The group is surprised to find that the botanist, A.E. Bartram, is a determined and resourceful young woman, and its members, a motley assortment of scholars, ranchers, and Indians, adjust to this alarming fact in varying degrees. The novel, told entirely through letters, beautifully describes the society and landscape of a hundred years ago and the pressures impinging on the Park even at that early date.

  Isaac's Storm

Erik Larson

Transporting the reader back in time, author Erik Larson offers a fascinating and absorbing account of the "deadliest hurricane in history". The story of the Galveston hurricane and the aftermath stays with the reader long after the book is finished and offers us a powerful reminder of man’s place in nature&emdash;not as master but as humble participant.

Dreamers
On the Trail of the Nez Perce
Martin Stadius

Stadius’ crisp, entertaining writing style makes this much more than a history book. He follows the route of the Nez Perce National History Trail in his VW van, describing the trail today. He tells the story of this tragic retreat of the Nez Perce from Wallowa Lake, Oregon to Bear Paw, Montana in very human termsxfrom the perspective of the Nez Perce, their pursuers and the people who found themselves in the path of the chase.

  Life on the Edge

Jim Whittaker

From the summits of Mt. Rainier, Mt. Everest, and K2 to sailing around the world, to running REI, the worlds largest outdoor equipment retailer, "Big Jim" Whittaker has done it all over the last seven decades, and done it with great courage and grace. As he says, "if you aren’t living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space". A wonderful memoir of one of the 20th Century’s great adventurers.

  Childrens Book Award

The Captain's Dog

Roland Smith

Most people know that Captain Meriweather Lewis took a Newfoundland dog on his epic journey across the unknown American continent. Few know that the dog, Seaman, wrote a memoir of the expedition. Seaman and human ghostwriter, Roland Smith, fill in many of the exciting details missing from Lewis and Clark’s journals.

WILLIAM STAFFORD MEMORIAL POETRY AWARD

Traveling Light
Collected and New Poems

David Waggoner

David Wagoner has a deceptive ease of manner in the presence of an amazing range of experiences. His poetry sings and sets the world anew. This important collection draws from over forty years of insightful and transcendent encounters with nature.

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