300円 "Mountain Craft" is a compelling anthology that brings together the diverse voices of various authors, each contributing unique perspectives on the world of mountaineering and outdoor adventure. The book captures the essence of human connection to nature through a series of essays that blend vivi...

300円 In "White Mountain Trails," Winthrop Packard invites readers on a compelling journey through the rugged beauty of New Hampshire's White Mountains. With a poetic yet vivid literary style, Packard crafts a narrative that blends personal reflection, detailed description, and exhilarating adventure. ...

164円 "I have a record of every incident happening through my life of thirty-four years in the Rocky Mountains." - John Allen, Mountain Man Born in 1843, after serving in the Civil War, John Allen left on a trapping expedition for the Rockies in the Fall of 1865. From the day he threw his things into M...

164円 "They were confronted by a large party of Northern Cheyenne and Sioux warriors, who warned them to turn back or be killed." – WyoHistory.org "Samuel Word is among the first to reach the mines by this land route." -Mattes, The Great Platte River Road (1987) "They gathered a troop to follow Bozeman...

496円 "The first white men to reach the base of Mt. McKinley." -The American Monthly Review, 1907 "A tale of real adventure." - The Irrigation Age, 1911 "Completed a journey of nearly 800 miles, the longest taken with a pack train in Alaska." - American Geographical Society 1902 "The first accurate rep...

164円 "In 1830, Wolfskill fitted out a company in New Mexico to trap in the great valleys of California." -H. H. Bancroft, 1885 "In 1824, Wolfskill and others fitted out a trapping party at Taos to trap on the San Juan and other tributaries of the Colorado or Rio Grande of the West." -Oregon Historical...

164円 "Jauntily humorous as it recounts her travels around the state in search of old-timers, aimed to memorialize the independent miner." -Women Writers of the American West (2012) "Touring the state to collect old-timers' stories." -The Women who Made the Headlines (1998) "Ranks among the notable wom...

164円 "The book is one of the best that has been published on mountain exploration." -The Academy, 1904 "The book cannot but prove fascinating even to those not bitten with the love of mountain-climbing." -American Geographical Society, 1904 "A real contribution to the literature of mountain travel and...

164円 "The most adventurous figure in the history of the 'Oregon country' is Colonel Joe Meek, Virginian, 'squaw man' and first marshal of Oregon. He was a frontiersman of the highest type." The Pacific Monthly 1905 Known by the Crow Indians as "Shiam-shaspusia" meaning "biggest liar of all," Joe Meek ...

164円 "Exceptional genius is shown in the works of Charles McKnight." -History of Pittsburgh The history of our western border may well be deemed a record of woman's trials, privations and heroic deeds. How tender, shrinking women ever had the heart to expose themselves, as they did, to all the Protean...

164円 "The Adirondacks is a lovely dedication and exploration of the area just a year after President Roosevelt preserved the park." The Sun Community News Thomas Morris Longstreth (1886–1975) was a famous American author of over 40 books. In 1918 he published "The Catskills" Longstreth had for many ye...

164円 "Full of information on the mountain men, the fur trade, and the Indians." -Americana Catalogue, 1843 "Smith left Independence in 1839 in good company... mountain men Andrew Sublette, Louis Vasquez, Philip Thompson." -It Happened in Colorado "One of the best records of conditions and activity in ...