NPT Reviews of Books and other Material

Encounters With the Archdruid

Submitted by Lee Dalton on December 21, 2011 - 2:28am

Though written some 40 years ago, Encounters with the Archdruid still carries valuable lessons for us to consider today.

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Mark of the Grizzly

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on December 20, 2011 - 2:15am

Bear attacks horrify us, and yet they also, in a morbid way, fascinate many. They're evidence that even in today's modern world tragic confrontations with nature do occur and, in the case of bears, demonstrate that man is not always the apex predator.

The Grand Canyon Reader

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on November 24, 2011 - 2:22am

In a wonderful new book, Lance Newman has compiled an outdoor literary fan's best's best of short stories, essays, and poetry regaling the Grand Canyon. Within the covers you'll find Ed Abbey, John McPhee, Terry Tempest Williams, Barry Lopez and more.

Backpack the Grand Canyon

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on November 4, 2011 - 1:06am

Backpack the Grand Canyon, a roughly 90-minute exploration of hiking down into the landscape of Grand Canyon National Park, covers the bases from preparation to execution.

Pestilence and Persistence: Yosemite Indian Demography and Culture in Colonial California

Submitted by Jeff Pappas on October 10, 2011 - 1:00am

Kathleen Hull’s Pestilence and Persistence: Yosemite Indian Demography and Culture in Colonial California, is, above all, a timely book, if not a necessary book. Timely in the sense that current relations between Yosemite Indians and park administrators are finally showing signs of mutual accommodate after decades of mistrust.

A Photographer's Path, Images of National Parks Near the Nation's Capital

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 13, 2011 - 1:59am

Natural beauty in the National Park System is not harbored solely in the Rocky Mountains, the High Sierra, or the Cascades. Drift through the pages of a new book that revolves around the nation's capital and you'll be treated to snow drifts and Swallowtail butterflies in perhaps the most unexpected places.

The Ledge, An Adventure Story Of Friends And Survival On Mount Rainier

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 5, 2011 - 1:14am

The Ledge: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mount Rainier

Just hours from their car, promise of a hot shower, cold beers, and soft beds, Jim Davidson and Mike Price literally plunged into a nightmare that left one of them dead and the other struggling to understand why his friend died and figure out how he would save himself.

Death Valley Photographer's Guide: Where and How To Get The Best Shots

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on August 28, 2011 - 1:03am

There are some obvious photo opportunities in Death Valley National Park. Everyone wants a shot from Badwater, the lowest point in the Northern Hemisphere. And Artist's Palette is a given. But then what? Well, Dan Suzio has some suggestions for you.

Trains Of Discovery: Railroads and the Legacy of Our National Parks

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on August 21, 2011 - 1:34am

For years I've been searching for railroad memorabilia tied to the national parks: Posters, luggage stickers, calendars, even timetables from the Northern Pacific, Great Northern Railway, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific.

Hope Is The Thing With Feathers, A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on August 18, 2011 - 1:48am

Christopher Cokinos, an award-winning writer, poet, and English professor at Utah State University, has gathered up six long-lost bird species and taken a longing look at them from the perspective of personal loss for their absence in the skies above our heads.