496円 During his lifetime John Muir (1838 –1914) published over 300 articles and 12 books. Muir has been called the "patron saint of the American wilderness" and its "archetypal free spirit." As a dreamer and activist, his eloquent words changed the way Americans saw their mountains, forests, seashores...

1,700円 Dalle carte di Walter Bonatti riemerge una singolare raccolta di citazioni da lui trascritte nel corso di una vita, riguardanti i temi che più gli stavano a cuore: l’avventura, la natura, la montagna, la dignità, la forza, l’amarezza, la solitudine… Perle estratte dai propri libri e da quelli deg...

1,657円 "A great explorer and scout of the West, the first American to cross the Sierra Nevada, a great pioneer." -California Senate Resolution (1953) "His escape from the dangers of the wilderness seem like miracles. Grizzly bears, Indians, and starvation stalked his path but just missed him." -Putney, ...

164円 "Ingersoll first came West in 1874...spent two summers traveling through Colorado, Wyoming and Idaho...discovered the famous ruins at Mesa Verde." -The Santa Fe New Mexican, March 13, 1994 "Ingersoll's...adventures in many wilds prove him to be wiry and well supplied with the powers of endurance....

164円 "They were as brave and adventurous spirits as ever walked the earth." -Ph-ha-sa-pah, or the Black Hills (1895) "John Gordon sneaked a small party past the soldiers to mine gold along French Creek, where the military had made its first discover." -Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane: Deadwood Legend...

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 ...

903円 La montagna può ispirare le nostre scelte. Comprendere l'ecosistema e la sua biodiversità porta alla consapevolezza del nostro ruolo in natura. L'Autore racconta l'incontro con l'orsa Yoga tra le montagne del Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, i pericoli che l'animale affronta e la sua lotta per la sopra...

164円 "Basil Clement (Claymore), after 60 years, tried hard to recall under the cross-examination of Charles Edmund DeLand, his affiliation with Henry Fraeb and James Bridger, beginning with the spring of 1841." -Jim Bridger (2013) "His intimate acquaintance with both whites and Indians for some sixty ...

164円 "A descriptive writer, Robert M. McReynolds...is excelled by few authors of the West." -Oklahoma Weekly Leader, June 27, 1907 "Robert McReynolds...a well known western character...is the author of...'Thirty Years on the Frontier'...was a...marshal in Oklahoma...amply able to defend himself with a...

164円 "Represents...the high-water mark of early Far West writing...his greatest moment." -San Francisco Examiner, Dec. 8, 1981 "King's high-altitude exploits...rightly considered a minor classic of American literature." -LA Times, Jul. 12, 1987 "Splendid bit of descriptive writing...must ever remain a...

164円 "Taylor was a hunter and trapper at Painted Woods on the Missouri, has rare ability as well as opportunity for collecting material." -Ward County (N. D.) Reporter "Spent several years with the Indians, engaged in trapping and hunting was a familiar character with all old-time Steamboat men on the...

1,326円 Jim Bridger may be most famous for being, as a youth, one of the two mountain men who abandoned famed trapper Hugh Glass after he had been mauled by a grizzly bear. It was Hugh's thoughts of revenge for this abandonment that fueled his recovery and eventual tracking down of the young Bridger. Jam...