NPT Reviews of Books and other Material

The National Parks, Our American Landscape

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on April 19, 2011 - 1:16am

If the cover photo of The National Parks, Our American Landscape, doesn't encourage you to call in sick and head into the national parks, well, perhaps one of the hundreds of other images inside this book will.

10 Best of Everything, National Parks

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on April 18, 2011 - 1:31am

In a catchall bid to categorize the national parks, the staff at National Geographic has a new book for you just in time for National Park Week. 10 Best Everything, National Parks, is a book of lists, with the parks as a backdrop for those lists.

Uncertain Path: A Search For The Future of National Parks

Submitted by Jeff Pappas on April 11, 2011 - 1:07am

The challenges facing the National Park Service and its collections of parks are daunting, perhaps more so than ever before due to the implications of climate change. William Tweed examines those challenges in a new book, Uncertain Path: A Search for the Future of National Parks.

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Becoming Odyssa, Epic Adventures on the Appalachian Trail

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on December 13, 2010 - 2:31am

From Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail rambles for 2,175 miles, a journey alluring to some for its back-to-nature demands on those who set out to hike end-to-end. But this simple footpath opens windows into yourself, and others, as Jennifer Pharr Davis found out during a solo thru-hike.

Paddle North, Canoeing the Boundary Waters-Quetico Wilderness

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on November 12, 2010 - 2:21am

If you prefer the steady dip of a paddle over a footstep down a path, a new book about canoeing from Greg Breining is a book of dreams.

Ansel Adams In The National Parks

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on October 14, 2010 - 1:11am

Long after his death we continue to celebrate the brilliance of Ansel Adams, who arguably defined landscape photography, often while working in national parks to capture the magnificence of nature.

Running Dry, a Journey From Source to Sea Down the Colorado River

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on August 27, 2010 - 1:03am

Part travelogue, part warning shot across the bow, Jonathan Waterman in his latest book takes us on a year-long journey down the Colorado River from source to the Sea of Cortez that should scare the wits out of those in the Southwest convince them to read the dusty writing on the wall.

This High, Wild Country, A Celebration of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on August 26, 2010 - 1:05am

Can something as seemingly inconsequential as a stone trigger a national park memory in your mind? If you pick up a rock on your next hike in a park, will you wonder about its origin?

One Best Hike: Grand Canyon

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on August 12, 2010 - 1:48am

Although the book is titled One Best Hike: Grand Canyon, what Elizabeth Wenk really provides is a wonderful primer on the geology, wildlife, natural history, and dangers of hiking in Grand Canyon National Park. And she also leads readers down from the South Rim to the Colorado River and back via the Bright Angel and South Kaibab trails.

Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on July 27, 2010 - 1:23am

It's more than appropriate that this year, the 75th anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway, that when you visit the parkway you get out and take a hike. And Randy Johnson is ready to tell you where to go.