Author: Taylor BrucePublisher: Wildsam
ISBN: 9781495155376
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Wildsam Field Guides: Desert Southwest is a story-based travel guide for the best experience of this American region.
Desert Oracle
Author: Ken LaynePublisher: MCD
ISBN: 0374722382
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
The cult-y pocket-size field guide to the strange and intriguing secrets of the Mojave—its myths and legends, outcasts and oddballs, flora, fauna, and UFOs—becomes the definitive, oracular book of the desert For the past five years, Desert Oracle has existed as a quasi-mythical, quarterly periodical available to the very determined only by subscription or at the odd desert-town gas station or the occasional hipster boutique, its canary-yellow-covered, forty-four-page issues handed from one curious desert zealot to the next, word spreading faster than the printers could keep up with. It became a radio show, a podcast, a live performance. Now, for the first time—and including both classic and new, never-before-seen revelations—Desert Oracle has been bound between two hard covers and is available to you. Straight out of Joshua Tree, California, Desert Oracle is “The Voice of the Desert”: a field guide to the strange tales, singing sand dunes, sagebrush trails, artists and aliens, authors and oddballs, ghost towns and modern legends, musicians and mystics, scorpions and saguaros, out there in the sand. Desert Oracle is your companion at a roadside diner, around a campfire, in your tent or cabin (or high-rise apartment or suburban living room) as the wind and the coyotes howl outside at night. From journal entries of long-deceased adventurers to stray railroad ad copy, and musings on everything from desert flora, rumored cryptid sightings, and other paranormal phenomena, Ken Layne's Desert Oracle collects the weird and the wonderful of the American Southwest into a single, essential volume.
Author: Taylor Bruce
Author: Rachel RodríguezWildsam Field Guides: Yosemite
Author: Taylor BrucePublisher: Wildsam
ISBN: 9781467199599
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Wildsam Field Guides: Yosemite leads travelers into California's legendary high Sierras, the land of sheer granite, deep valleys and towering waterfalls. We'll tell the story of the famed national park with guidance from experts and Yosemite veterans, including climber Chelsea Griffie, search and rescue mountaineer and writer Lauren DeLaunay Miller, actor Lee Stetson, graphic designer David Alcorn, naturalist David Lukas and others. Page by page, readers will discover: A month-by-month guide for Yosemite activities A guide to the flora and fauna of this wondrous natural area Climbing wisdom from Royal Robbins and a climbing lexicon Hiking trails, historic sites, and a three-day road trip itinerary within the park Our best recommendations for your Yosemite visit from lodging and snow shoes to aerial tours and river rafts, and more This handsome volume ventures into the wild history of rock climbing, John Muir's classic conservationist writing, Indigenous history, great hikes and campsites and the park's natural wonders.
Author: Taylor BruceWildsam Field Guides
Author: Taylor Bruce (Founder and editor in chief of Wildsam field guides)Publisher: Wildsam
ISBN: 9781532335136
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Wildsam Field Guides: Austin reveals the Texas city through local stories, travel intel and modern lore, seeking out the real and rooted things, what's truly authentic and sharing the soul of a place, for travelers and locals alike. The soul of Austin (and home of Wildsam), including: A map of the city's top barbecue joints The ultimate list of coffeeshops, hotels, and ideas for the weekend Interviews with an architect, soul singer, chef and others Where to find the top swimming holes Three decades of Death Row final statements The best places for queso, mezcal, late night eats and more
Wildsam Field Guides: Boston
Author: Taylor BrucePublisher: Wildsam City Guides
ISBN: 9781467199391
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Wildsam Field Guides: Boston leads travelers through an authentic experience of a city that is America's engine of innovation, the Revolution's hometown and a great place for a beer and a ballgame. With trusted locals leading the way, our guide goes deep on Irish bars, academic brilliance, Paul Revere and immigrant history--but also explores the vibrant, diverse and fast-changing city of today. Contributors include novelist Sam Graham-Felsen, hip-hop journalist and historian Dart Adams, poet Frankie Concepcion, wine expert Suhayl Ramierez and restaurant owner Tony Barros. Visit the Cradle of Liberty with these carefully selected recommendations for the most authentic Bostonian experiences, including: Where to find the best Boston Cream Pie An illustrated map of Irish Bars and seafood spots A compendium of Bostonian reading and a cinematic tour of Boston An almanac of archival excerpts, timelines, clippings and other historical musings A curated playlist to give your visit a Bostonian soundtrack, and Must-visit museums, music venues, shops, restaurants, and sites
Stilwater
Author: Rafael de GrenadePublisher: Milkweed Editions
ISBN: 1571318887
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
In this “rhapsodic [and] stirring” nature memoir, an American woman recounts a season of herding cattle in the Australian Outback (Kirkus). Rafael de Grenade was thirteen years old when she began working on a rough-country mountain ranch in Arizona. But when she read about cattlemen working the far edges of the Australian outback, it sparked a dream far wilder than anything she had ever known. A little over a decade later she arrived on Stilwater Station with two shirts, two pairs of jeans, cowboy boots, and some doubt that she would ever go home. Inundated by monsoon floods in the winter, baked dry in the summer, and filled with deadly animals, Stilwater was an unlikely home for a cattle operation. But in the wilderness beyond the station roamed tens of thousands of cows, many entirely feral from long neglect. Rafael has been hired, along with a ragged crew of ringers and stockmen, to bring them in. Over a season they use helicopters, motorcycles, bullcatcher jeeps, horses, ropes, and knives to win Stilwater Station back from the wild, to say nothing of their intuition, strength, muscle, and wit.
Wildsam Field Guides: Colorado Rockies
Author: Taylor BrucePublisher: Wildsam
ISBN: 9781467199094
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In a landscape like the Colorado Rockies, nearly every route is, by luck and necessity, the scenic route. Wildsam Field Guides: Colorado Rockies leads travelers into the Colorado high country with guidance from trusted local adventurers and wilderness guides. This handsome volume features a deep dedicated section of wide-ranging trail selections and backcountry wisdom, while also covering gold mining, hot springs, Indigenous history, the fate of wolves and grizzlies, the best mountain town burgers and beers, and much more. Readers will discover mountain stories, travel intel & modern lore including: A full guide to hiking in the Rocky Mountains, from gear and safety tips to curated day trips and scaling fourteeners Seven scenic drives for mountain-fresh air and visually stunning landscapes Where to find the best tacos, fry bread, steakhouses and sandwich joints Nightcap recs, from historic saloons and ghost town bars to top-shelf après ski cocktails Statewide guide to gear outfitters and fly fishing shops Historical musings on Ute history, sandhill cranes, the Gold Rush, hot springs of note, and local flora & fauna A 5-day road trip to experience the best of Colorado Stories and insights from local trail runners, writers, artists, Indigenous historians, trail designers, scientists and conservationists Fresh new essays by authors Krista Langlois and Aaron A. Abeyta Legacy excerpts from Isabella Bird, Enos A. Mills and Zebulon Pike Contributors include world-champion mountain runner Joseph Gray, writer Pam Houston, forestry technician and trail designer Loretta McEllhiney, hermitic scientist Billy Barr and poet and Antonito mayor Aaron Abeyta.
