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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879) is a work of travel literature by British explorer Isabella Bird. Adventurous from a young age, Bird gained a reputation as a writer and photographer interested in nature and the stories and cultures of people around the world. A bestselling author and the first woman inducted into the Royal Geographical Society, Bird is recognized today as a pioneering woman whose contributions to travel writing, exploration,...
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"How do we become who we are in the world? We ask the world to teach us. On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, beloved writer Pam Houston learns what it means to care for a piece of land and the creatures on it. Elk calves and bluebirds mark the changing seasons, winter temperatures drop to 35 below, and lightning sparks a 110,000 acre wildfire, threatening her century old barn and all its inhabitants. Through her travels from the...
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The Rocky Mountains are the second largest mountain range on Earth, stretching some 2,000 miles from central New Mexico to the northern edge of Canada. Journey deep into the wild heart of the Rocky Mountains and experience this rugged land as never seen before, through the eyes of its iconic wildlife.
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"Follow along as a researcher observes and makes journal entries about their field trip through the Rocky Mountains ecosystem. Outstanding photographs highlight the animals, plants, and people that inhabit the mountains that stretch down along the west coasts of Canada and the United States. Simple graphs show how much the mountain range has changed, and the final report describes efforts being made to preserve it"--Provided by publisher.
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Lonely Planet British Columbia and the Canadian Rockies is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Watch wildlife in Jasper National Park, stroll the seawall at Vancouver's Stanley Park, and set sail on a ferry service through the Inside Passage; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of British Columbia and the Canadian Rockies and begin your...
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This book contains the record of a few of the many happy days and novel experiences which the author has had in the wilds. For more than twenty years, it has been the author's good fortune to live most of the time with nature, on the mountains of the West. He has made scores of long exploring rambles over the mountains in every season of the year, a nature-lover charmed with the birds and the trees. On his later excursions, the author has gone alone...
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Nature parks volume 43
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Explore the Rocky Mountain National Park with visits to Bear Lake, Alberta Falls, and Estes Park.
17) The mountains
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Joins the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the summer of 1805 as it leaves the Three Forks of the Missouri area and travels through the Bitteroot Mountains. Includes highlights and directions to historical points of interest.
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Nature parks volume 03
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Travel along the Jasper Tramway into the Rocky Mountains and see a grand view from the summit of Mount Whistler, Icefield Parkway, the Columbia Ice Fields, and Lake Louise.