Favorite Books
#21
Posted 12 January 2011 - 04:14 PM
#22
Posted 14 January 2011 - 01:26 AM
Since several people have mentioned John McPhee I would recommend picking up his entire collection, Annals of the Former World, which includes Basin and Range, In Suspect Terrain, Rising from the Plains, Assembling California,and Crossing the Craton.
Another Good one is History of the Sierra Nevadaby Francis P. Farquhar.
Sand County Almanac is a must read in my opinion as is Cadillac Desert
Cort
Great list of books here!
Anybody interested in following up on Cort's suggestion of Cadillac Desert and the water wars should read Water and Power.
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#23
Posted 14 January 2011 - 01:42 AM
A Land Between: Owens Valley, California by Rebecca Fish Ewan
Has anyone here read this book?
It seems like something that I should have...may have...
Mostly unrelated, but BTW: I always think of the movie, "Chinatown" (one of my all-time favorites), whenever I hear about LADWP and water-politics.
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#24
Posted 14 January 2011 - 04:10 AM
Where does that road go?
#25
Posted 14 January 2011 - 03:16 PM
My additions will move a little south now to the Colorado River mystery of Glen and Bessie Hyde
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Posted 14 January 2011 - 03:19 PM
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#27
Posted 15 January 2011 - 04:22 PM
Howard Bryan took down verbal histories from old timers in New Mexico and published several books with excerpts from the stories. Clear Light Press is the publisher. A couple of titles are "Robbers, Rogues, and Ruffians" and "True Tales of the American Southwest".
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#28
Posted 15 January 2011 - 05:24 PM
Fremont: Explorer for a Restless Nation by Ferol Egan
There are plenty of other books about Fremont, but this is the only one I've read. At the time I'd relatively-recently discovered "Oregon's Outback" (southeastern Oregon), so I was particularly intrigued by the description of Fremont's second expedition (1843-44) that went through Oregon, including central/southern Oregon: he named Winter Rim and Summer Lake (there's a sign/plaque/display there commemorating his expedition).
It was Fremont who first coined the term "Great Basin" to describe (more-or-less) what we call that area between the Sierras and Rockies.
And as a native Californian, I liked that his multiple trips through that state visited places I know there, too. (I had a high school teacher who quoted a saying: "John Fremont's campfires are now the cities of California"...or something like that.)
From that book linked above, here's a map showing Fremont's expeditions:
BTW: I'm not a Fremont promoter...he wasn't a great guy in general and definitely not in modern sensibilities, but still important -- and I recommend the read.
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#29
Posted 15 January 2011 - 05:43 PM
For those with an interest in prehistory, try "1491" by Charles C. Mann. In the southwest, "Chaco Meridian" by S. Lekson is great reading for those who wander the Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, Hovenweep, Gila Cliff Dwellings route.
Both of these are good reads!
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#30
Posted 15 January 2011 - 06:06 PM
Yes, this is an interesting book on Fremont and his time. And, Mark, four of Fremont's five expeditions went through my now hometown, Pueblo, CO.In the historical/exploration genre, I enjoyed this book about John C. Fremont's expeditions (1842 - 1854) that covered much of the West:
Fremont: Explorer for a Restless Nation by Ferol Egan
From that book linked above, here's a map showing Fremont's expeditions:
Stew
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