Epsilon
Epsilon is a wolf in Yellowstone National Park. He was born there. When he was only a yearling, Epsilon lost his parents in a fight between rival wolf packs. Epsilon, his brother, and his sister escaped, but they had to survive on their own. They learned how to hunt. They grew up. They formed a strong new pack of wolves, and Epsilon became its leader.
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Yellowstone Has Teeth
by Chris Enss
In this well-constructed narrative, Ambler reveals a hidden Yellowstone, a place where delight and danger are separated by the slimmest of margins: a degree of pitch on an avalanche slope, a few inches of a buffalo’s horn, a moment during a deadly wildfire...
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High Country Women:
Pioneers of Yosemite National Park
by Chris Enss
Women have played an important—though often hidden—role in shaping the history of Yosemite National Park. High Country Women reveals the contributions made by these strong and independent pioneers.
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Glacier Ghost Stories:
Spooky Tales & Legends from Glacier National Park
by Karen Stevens
Renowned worldwide for its magnificent peaks and pristine wilderness, Glacier National Park is also rich in legend, lore, and tales of strange encounters.Some of the stories are chilling, others poignant. A few may even make you chuckle. Are the stories true?
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"The Whole Country was... 'One Robe'":
The Little Shell Tribe’s America
The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana and Drumlummon Institute have published “The Whole Country was . . . ‘One Robe’”: The Little Shell Tribe’s America. “The Whole Country was . . . ‘One Robe,’” by historian and folklorist Nicholas Vrooman, is an extraordinary account of an extraordinary people...
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Montana UFOs and Extraterrestrials:
Extraordinary stories of documented sightings and encounters
In 1950, two spinning disks flew over Great Falls, Montana, and were filmed on a hand-held camera. Today, those “flying saucers” in the now-famous “Montana Movie” still defy conventional explanation.
In the 1960s, UFOs were reported at Minuteman missile silos in Montana. In separate incidents while a UFO was overhead, armed and ready nuclear missiles were suddenly deactivated as missile launch officers watched helplessly...
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What I Saw in Yellowstone:
A Kid's Guide to Wonderland
What I Saw in Yellowstone makes it fun for young people to find and identify the park’s most frequently seen plants, animals, geothermal features, and more, whether they are driving park roads, resting at pull-offs, or hiking...
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A Montana Journal
This is a beautiful new book for all who love Montana. A cloth hardcover with a “tipped-in” front cover photo and foil stamping, it features 144 lined pages for writing and 36 pages of evocative color photography from across the state, plus several treasured quotations about Montana from famous authors....
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Grand Canyon Ghost Stories
Past midnight, a visitor to Grand Canyon National Park sees little boys play under the stars at a lookout before they vanish into thin air. Are they the tragic spirits of two brothers left in a car that plunged into the canyon at that very spot? Deep in the canyon, an old dory drifts down the Colorado River, its wooden oars creaking in the night—but no one is aboard...
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Rocky Mountain National Park Trivia
Rocky Mountain National Park is full of wonder—and so is this book. You’ll learn about the park’s tallest peaks, biggest waterfalls, largest trees, record climbs, famous people, great events, mysteries, and more!
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Women In Wonderland
“Betsy Watry tells the tales of a dozen women, some of whom had short-lived adventures in Yellowstone National Park, but most of whom spent decades as rangers, scientists, interpreters, and entrepreneurs, shaping the Park’s physical and cultural landscape....”
—Dr. Mary Murphy, historian and author of Hope in Hard Times
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Great Colorado Bear Stories
Carefully researched and skillfully written by award-winning Colorado writer Laura Pritchett, these stories describe the fascinating science and natural history of bears along with gripping tales of deadly and near-death encounters with people. Some stories are historical, such as Roosevelt’s hunting, Pike’s exploring, and the death of Colorado’s last grizzly...
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Lona Hanson
Originally published in 1948, one year after A. B. Guthrie’s The Big Sky, Lona Hanson establishes many of the themes of Thomas Savage’s later masterworks. In ranchwoman Lona Hanson, Savage creates an extraordinary character: passionate, driven, domineering and ultimately tragic...
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The Only Good Bear: Historic Bear Stories of the Western Frontier
This is an extraordinary collection of great bear stories from the early American West. Here are little-known tales of grizzly and black bears and the people such as hunters, cowboys, settlers, and naturalists, who encountered them. The stories are always exciting, sometimes tragic...
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Montana Waterfalls: A Guide for Sightseers, Hikers & Waterfall Enthusiasts
This one-of-a-kind book describes how to find more than 50 spectacular waterfalls in Montana. From thundering drops to vibrant cascades, each waterfall is clearly described with photos, maps, directions, and helpful information on nearby camping, hiking, geology, and history. Some of the waterfalls can be drive to; some are an easy walk from a parking area; and some require hiking or bushwhacking...
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Peakbagging Montana:
A Guide To Montana's Major Peaks
This book is for hikers who want to know more about mountain climbing or peakbagging. Perhaps you've had occasion to climb a mountain and would like to recapture that exhilaration...
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Silvertip: A Year in the Life of a Yellowstone Grizzly
“Silvertip” is a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. He’s big and scary—some of the time. He’s playful and brave – some of the time. And he’s almost always hungry. In other words, Silvertip is a typical male grizzly bear, and this book shows you how he lives through a year in Yellowstone National Park...
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Zion & Bryce Canyon Trivia
Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks are full of wonder -- and so is this book. Here you will find the biggest and smallest, longest and shortest, first and last, weirdest and wildest, and the who, what, and where of Zion and Bryce Canyon. In this book you'll discover which tree puts out 48 million seeds, what animal jumps the length of a bus, and which bird flies at 200 miles per hour. You'll meet a 90-pound rodent and the world's smallest snail. You'll hear the stories of Native Americans, pioneers, adventurers, artists, and movie stars...
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Yosemite Trivia
Ever wonder which Yosemite plant smells like stinky feet? Or why a certain species of Yosemite cricket will die if you hold it in your hand? Did you know that toads and squirrels are roommates in Yosemite? In this book, you'll find out the roles John Muir, Ansel Adams, Robert Redford, Moses, and some kid named Elmer played in the park's history. You'll learn about the park's tallest cliffs, biggest waterfalls, largest trees, record climbs, famous people, great events, and more! Hundreds of lively questions and answers will keep you entertained...
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