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By: Everts, Truman
Lost in the Yellowstone: Thirty-Seven Days of Peril and a Handwritten Account of Being Lost
$14.95PaperbackRead moreIn 1870, Truman Everts visited what would two years later become Yellowstone National Park, traveling with an exploration party intent on mapping and investigating that mysterious region. Scattered re
- Author: Everts, Truman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: April 30 2015
- ISBN10: 1607814293
- Language: English
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By: Schaafsma, Polly
Rock Art of Utah
$22.95PaperbackRead moreOver many centuries, the prehistoric Fremont and Anasazi peoples of present-day Utah left an artistic record in which distinctive styles are readily identifiable. From the Uinta Mountains through the
- Author: Schaafsma, Polly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 07 2002
- ISBN10: 0874804353
- Language: English
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Nine Mile Canyon: The Archaeological History of an American Treasure
$34.95PaperbackRead moreWith an estimated 10,000 ancient rock art sites, Nine Mile Canyon has long captivated people the world over. The 45-mile-long canyon, dubbed the “World’s Longest Art Gallery,” hosts what is believed t… [more below]
- Author: Spangler, Jerry D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: April 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1607812266
- Language: English
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By: Lago, Don
Canyon of Dreams: Stories from Grand Canyon History
$19.95PaperbackRead moreThe Grand Canyon–long recognized as one of North America’s premier natural wonders–has stirred human imagination and creativity, leaving an indelible mark on all who have encountered its spectacular… [more below]
- Author: Lago, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 21 2014
- ISBN10: 1607813149
- Language: English
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By: Kemp, Steve
An Exaltation of Parks: John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s Crusade to Save America’s Wonderlands
$70.00HardcoverAdd to cartUncovering the partnership that saved America’s natural treasures
America’s national parks are facing unprecedented challenges. With visitation pressures mounting and the National Park Service strugg- Author: Kemp, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1647692237
- Language: English
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The Arches Reader
$24.95PaperbackAdd to cartGeology is the star attraction in many national parks, but Arches National Park reveals erosional wonders like no other place on earth. There’s something thrilling and slightly unsettling about a mass… [more below]
- Series: National Park Readers
- Author: Nichols, Jeffrey D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: May 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1647691397
- Language: English
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By: Geib, Phil
Barrier Canyon Style: Thousands of Years of Painting on Rock
$49.95PaperbackRead moreBarrier Canyon Style (BCS), primarily composed of Indigenous American pictographs that have survived for thousands of years in the canyon country of eastern Utah and far western Colorado, is among the… [more below]
- Author: Geib, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: April 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1647692008
- Language: English
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By: Kemp, Steve
An Exaltation of Parks: John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s Crusade to Save America’s Wonderlands
$29.95PaperbackAdd to cartUncovering the partnership that saved America’s natural treasures
America’s national parks are facing unprecedented challenges. With visitation pressures mounting and the National Park Service strugg- Author: Kemp, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1647692245
- Language: English
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By: Holmes, Don
Highpoints of the United States: A Guide to the Fifty State Summits
$31.18PaperbackAdd to cartThe highpoints of the fifty states range from Alaska’s 20,310-foot-high Mount McKinley to 345 feet at Lakewood Park in Florida. Some highpoints, such as Mount Mitchell in North Carolina and New Hamps
- Author: Holmes, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: March 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1647691419
- Language: English
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The Monumental Andes: Geology, Geography, and Ancient Cultures in the Peruvian Andes
$44.95PaperbackAdd to cartWhen geologist Roseanne Chambers made her first visit to Machu Picchu in 2006, it sparked a deep fascination with the geology and culture of the Peruvian Andes. Amid the plethora of information availa… [more below]
- Author: Chambers, Roseanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: December 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1647691729
- Language: English
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By: Howell, Betsy L.
Wild Forest Home: Stories of Conservation in the Pacific Northwest
$24.95PaperbackAdd to cartGrowing up in the Pacific Northwest, Betsy L. Howell spent her childhood exploring and thriving in old-growth coniferous forests. In the summer of 1986, she volunteered in Mt. Hood National Forest, su… [more below]
- Author: Howell, Betsy L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: November 15 2024
- ISBN10: 164769194X
- Language: English
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By: Frodeman, Robert
A Watershed Moment: The American West in the Age of Limits
$27.95PaperbackAdd to cartThe American West is often portrayed as a place of rugged, unending landscapes presenting us with boundless opportunities. But the land is more fragile and resources more finite than popular perceptio… [more below]
- Author: Frodeman, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 31 2024
- ISBN10: 1647692032
- Language: English
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Ten Steps for Recording Pictographs and Petroglyphs: Methods and Technologies
$34.95PaperbackRead morePictograph and petroglyph sites, commonly identified as sacred by Indigenous communities, offer the potential of great insight into past belief systems and ritual activities if carefully recorded. The… [more below]
- Author: Loendorf, Lawrence L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: February 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1647691907
- Language: English
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Florentine Codex: Book 1: Book 1: The Gods Volume 1
$30.00PaperbackAdd to cartTwo of the world’s leading scholars of the Aztec language and culture have translated Sahag?’s monumental and encyclopedic study of native life in Mexico at the time of the Spanish Conquest. This imme
- Author: De Sahagun, Bernardino
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 89
- Publish Date: March 15 2012
- ISBN10: 160781157X
- Language: English
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Joseph’s Temples: The Dynamic Relationship Between Freemasonry and Mormonism
$24.95PaperbackAdd to cartThe apparent parallels between Mormon ritual and doctrine and those of Freemasonry have long been recognized. That Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and other early church leaders were, at least for a time… [more below]
- Author: Homer, Michael W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 466
- Publish Date: December 31 2024
- ISBN10: 1647692121
- Language: English
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By: Olsen, Jody
A Million Miles: My Peace Corps Journey
$24.95PaperbackAdd to cartWhen Jody Olsen enlisted as a Peace Corps volunteer in Tunisia in 1966, she was fleeing familial tragedy and the stifling societal norms of her Salt Lake City upbringing. However, her service in Tunis… [more below]
- Author: Olsen, Jody
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: October 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1647691974
- Language: English
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Mountain Spirit: The Sheep Eater Indians of Yellowstone
$19.95PaperbackRead moreThere is still a pervasive notion that Indians did not inhabit the Yellowstone area. Drawing on the results of ongoing archaeological excavations and extensive ethnographic work among descendant nativ… [more below]
- Author: Loendorf, Lawrence L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: April 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0874808677
- Language: English
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A Hiking Guide to Cedar Mesa: Southeast Utah
$19.95PaperbackRead moreThe Cedar Mesa country in southeast Utah is a land of convoluted cliffs with arches, natural bridges, hoodoos, spires, hat rocks, ledges, and alcoves. It is a land of flash floods and extreme temperat… [more below]
- Author: Tassoni, Peter Francis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 09 2001
- ISBN10: 0874806801
- Language: English
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By: Adler, Robert W.
Law and the Living Colorado River
$7.95PaperbackRead moreLaw and the Living Colorado River asserts that the so-called Law of the River–the vast assemblage of interstate compacts, international treaties, federal and state statutes, regulations, contracts, a
- Author: Adler, Robert W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 26
- Publish Date: January 31 2024
- ISBN10: 1647691486
- Language: English
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By: Kerns, Virginia
Sally in Three Worlds: An Indian Captive in the House of Brigham Young
$34.95PaperbackRead moreIn this remarkable and deeply felt book, Virginia Kerns uncovers the singular and forgotten life of a young Indian woman who was captured in 1847 in what was then Mexican territory. Sold to a settler,
- Author: Kerns, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1647690153
- Language: English










