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100 HIKES IN THE NORTH CASCADES. by Ira Spring & Harvey Manning.
Trail details from Stevens Pass to Canada, including North Cascades National Park; Trail distances, hiking times, elevation changes, seasons for selected hikes in this wilderness mountain region as well as gentler eastern foothills. Maps, photos, index.240 pages. Out of print.
Inventory= 4. ISBN: 0-89886-102-0. 1985. Order #: MOUN870 paper$10.95.

 

 

19th CENTURY WHALING TALES. by James Temple Brown and Gustav Kobbe.
Pursuing the world's largest mammal in boats powered only by sail and oar.
Perhaps the sea's highest adventure was the whaling chase, as great or greater than exploring uncharted waters. Why else would men risk their lives and their families' securities? The money could be good, too, and for some, there was the chance at freedom, for the industry was mainly blind as to skin color at a time when opportunities for non-whites were scarce. The whaling industry flourished for two centuries, and its traditions are recounted in seaport museums and the stories here:
"Stray Leaves from a Whaleman's Log" is reprinted from Century Magazine, 1893. It tells about chasing of whales on a cruise from the standpoint of the individual whaleman.
" The Perils and Romance of Whaling" came out in Century Magazine in 1890. It gives more of the detail of the subject and also includes anecdotes of episodes from the early days.
A final section " Cutting in and Trying Out" explains the whale-butchering process. Period illustrations. 48 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
Inventory = in stock. ISBN-10: 0-89646-089-4. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-089-8. Order #: VIST0089 paper $4.95.

CASCADE-OLYMPIC NATURAL HISTORY: a trailside reference. Daniel Mathews.
Describes over 700 species of plants and animals in 623 pages, with drawings and color photos. Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-9620782-1-2. Order #: MOPR1118 paper $24.00.

 

 

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CLIMBER'S GUIDE TO THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS. by Olympic Mountain Rescue.
Extensive and detailed climbing routes, traverses, ski, snowshoe tours. Includes exploration and climbing history of the region, geology and glacial features, weather, safety, difficulty ratings, approaches, and visible features of routes to follow and/or seek, many of which go across open areas where route-finding skills are required, such as glacier expanses. .Maps, peak sketches, photographs, drawings, 253 pages.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-916890-83-X. 1. Second edition, 1979. Order #: MOUN0890 paper$14.95.

 

 

DARK SUN: the making of the hydrogen bomb--cloth. Rhodes.
Definitive, often shocking, story of the politics and science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and birth of the Cold War. Based om files in both the United States and the Soviet Union, this history discloses how and why the United States decided to create the bomb that would dominate world politics for over 40 years. Extensive notes, photographs, 731 pages, index.
Inventory = 1.ISBN: 0-684-80400-X. 1995. Order #: SISC6083 cloth $32.50.

DARK SUN: the making of the hydrogen bomb--paper. by Richard Rhodes.
Definitive, often shocking, story of the politics and science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and birth of the Cold War. Based om files in both the United States and the Soviet Union, this history discloses how and why the United States decided to create the bomb that would dominate world politics for over 40 years. Extensive notes, photographs, 731 pages, index.
Inventory = 1.ISBN: 0-684-82414-0. 1995. Order #: SISC8812 paper $16.00.

           

                           

FORT VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (WA). by Archie Satterfield and David Lavender.
National Park Service Handbook 113. Washington fur-trading post on the bank of the Columbia River in Washington state built by the Hudson's Bay Company, and used for 35 years as trading center with Indians and trappers. The region of the fort was once sought as territory by Russia, Spain, Great Britain, and America. Explains how beavers were trapped and their pelts made into hats for a broad market plus daily life at the fort.. Roles of individuals active in making history are recounted. Includes guide to site and adjacent park areas. Black-and-white and color photographs, drawings, and paintings, maps, 146 pages,index.
Inventory = 2.ISBN: 024-005-0816-1. 1981. Order #: USGB2345 paper $7.00.

 

THE GEOLOGIC STORY OF MOUNT RAINIER. by Dwight R. Crandell.
Explains the story of this immense volcanic peak in Washington state near Seattle. How repeated volcanic explosions piled material into a great cone nearly 3 miles high. While these deposits accumulated over many thousands of years, eruptions have been as recent as a century and a half ago, within the time frame to be witnessed by explorer John Fremont. The mountain also has numerous glaciers on its upper slopes and at times meltwater from these icy masses starts flows of mud from some of the looser ash and pumice from eruptions, and the turbulent mix of mud and water comes cascading down ravines, one deep enough to submerge a pass by 400 feet. Although these are fascinating details to learn about, the author's story of this landscape feature will lead you to more. Revised edition of U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1292. Maps, photographs, time chart, 40 pages.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 1-0-914019-00-7. 1983. Scuffed covers. Order #: MISC1099 paper $3.95.

GLACIER PEAK AREA OF THE NORTH CASCADES Hikers'/Climbers' Map. by Fred Beckey and Gary Rands.
Shows topography with hiking trails, climbing routes, camping spots, passes, approach routes, summits, ridges, natural features, contours, elevations. Color map, shipped folded. Scale approx 1.75"= 1 mile; contour interval = 200 feet.
Inventory = 3. ISBN: 0-916890-57-0. 1977. Order #: MOUN3981 map $5.95.

 

 

THE GOOD SERVANT: making peace with the Bomb at Los Alamos. by Janet Bailey.
Roles of this scientific community in making nuclear weapons and peacetime research. How these products have been and could be used in war and how they have also helped reduce the chance of war, even perhaps causing the end of the Cold War. Behind-the-scenes look at the labs and scientists involved in this work, including those in Russia. 188 pages.
Inventory = 1.ISBN: 0-684-80939-7. 1995. Order #: SISC6103 cloth $22.00.

 

 

INDIAN PORTRAITS OF THE NORTHWEST. by George M. Cochran.
Capsule descriptions of 30 tribes, including Quinault, Puyallup, Spokane, Chinook. What distinguished each of these peoples and where and how they lived. Some kept slaves, some followed buffalo, some gaffed salmon, some bred special horses, most resisted whites (some by attacking) and suffered diseases from contact. Portraits of typical Indian from each tribe are shown along with sketches of animals and items of their material culture like baskets, tools, utensils, ceremonial feathers. 64 large-format pages.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: . Order #: BIMO1068 paper $2.50.

 

THE LIGHT-HOUSES OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1874. by Charles Nordhoff & Gustav Kobbe.
Showing lighthouses and keepers on all U.S. coasts--Pacific, Atlantic, Gulf, and Great Lakes, with three extra articles by Gustav Kobbe: "Life in a Lighthouse", and if that isn't lonely enough there comes "Life on the South Shoals Lightship". Last is "Heroism in the Lighthouse Service".
Here are four articles on that romantic historic aspect of the maritime industry--the lighthouse. The first is a history and survey of lighthouses to 1874, giving a look at the federal service that operated them and how the lighthouses were run as well as their importance to shipping when when a light was main--sometimes the only--navigational aid. Then there are insights into keepers' lives in one of the most exposed lighthouses ever built (Minot's Ledge outside Boston Harbor). Portrayed, too is the role played by offshore lights on anchored ships. And recalled, too, are dramas and devotion to fellow man and duty that must never be forgotten. First published at the pre-1900 time when lighthouses held greatest importance: Lighthouses remain intriguing for their function and dramatic vertical architecture, and are now historic, recalling dramas of the past. Many of the lighthouses described are in national and state park areas and are maintained as historic sites, with museums and visitor centers open to the public. In many you can still climb to the top for a view keepers once saw. A visit to one of these  is all the more meaningful with the insights gained from this collection of articles. 75 period engravings. 64 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
Inventory = in stock in quantity. ISBN-10: 0-89646-086-X. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-086-7. Order #: VIST0086 paper $6.95.

THE MAKING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB. by Richard Rhodes.
Complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the 1900s discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan. Beginning as an interesting speculative problem in physics, the effort grew into the Manhattan Project and then rapidly into the bomb itself, produced by scientists known only to their peers but to assume notoriety and controversy. Photographs, 886 pages, bibliography and index.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-684-81378-5. 1986. Order #: SISC6151 paper $16.00.

 

MOUNT RAINIER IN PICTURES: the continuing story. Dengler.
Volcano, glaciers, mountaineering, scenery, plants and animals. 48 large-format pages, color illus.1992.
 Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-88714-054-8. 1992. First printing. Order #: KCPU4796 paper$8.95.

 

 

 

THE MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK (WA). by Harvey Manning with Bob and Ira Spring.          .
Geologic history of this volcano in Washington state--perhaps not yet dormant as evidenced by recurrent mudflows streaming down valleys cut into the mountain's slopes, possibly due to heat or steam still emanating upward from lava below. Also covered are the park's forests, subalpine and alpine flowers, wildlife, glaciers and ice caves, ice climbing and summit ascents, the long winter. Photos, 32 large-format pages.
Inventory = 4. ISBN: None. Order #: DARW0395 paper $2.95.

 

 

MOUNT RAINIER: the story behind the scenery (WA). Snow.
Washington national park--volcano, glaciers, wildlife, man. 74 color photos, 48 large-format pages.
Inventory = 2. ISBN: 0-916122-83-2. 1990. Third printing. Order #: KCPU4085 paper $8.95.

 

 

 

#MOUNTAIN FLOWERS. by Harvey Manning.
Features flowers of the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges in Washington and is also useful in northern Oregon and British Columbia. 84 common mountain flowers are described in groupings by color and general location such as meadow or forest and then by color. Common names are given as well as scientific names. There is also information on flowering season, features, habitat, and distribution. Color photographs help field identification and tips are given on how to photograph flowers. 96 little pages for carrying in the field, index.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-91680-92-9. Order #: MOUN2390 paper$5.95.

NEZ PERCE COUNTRY: a guide to Nez Perce National Historical Park. by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
National Park Service Handbook #121. Describes culture of Native American tribe from Idaho region--their goods, religion, territory, horses, customs, biographies of individuals. Includes interaction of native Americans with traders, trappers, missionaries, soldiers--including hostilities with white settlers--and eventually the flight of the people to escape what they perceived as unacceptable relations with the government in an attempt to reach Canada while being pursued by the U.S. Army and engaging in numerous battles and even passing through land already established as Yellowstone National Park. There are travelers' tips and guide including to the sites of many of the battles. Drawings, black-and-white plus color photographs, 224 pages.
Inventory = 2.ISBN: 024-005-00906-0. 1983. Scarred spot on front cover. Order #: USGB4623 paper$6.50.

NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK: the story behind the scenery. Weinberg.
Scenery, geology, wildlife, hiking, Lake Chelan, and Ross Lake. 48 large-format pages, color illustratrions.
Inventory =1.ISBN: 0-88714-021-1. 1988. Order #: KCPU4640 paper $8.95.

 

 

 

NORTHWEST RAINFOREST PIONEERS. by Claudia Harper.
Have you ever wondered what everyday life was like for the early settlers in the Pacific Northwest? With interesting photo art and descriptive narratives, this unique book does a beautiful job of taking you back to these harsh times, sharing the lives and experiences of a pioneer family.  Some are determined, hard-working and resourceful; others are unable to withstand the hardships and loneliness.  If you are interested in the history of the Northwest, and in the reality of daily life as a northwest pioneer, you will find yourself lost in the pages of this book. 8.5 x 11 inches, 71 pages,  all color.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 157188-345-2. Order #: FRAM5530 paper $19.95.

 

THE OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK (WA). by Harvey Manning with Bob and Ira Spring.
Describes this great park that comes close to having it all--rain forest of colossal trees, ferns, and moss-draped logs; flowers and wildlife;, wilderness hiking on the ocean front and climbing,alpine glaciers and mountain summits; exploring tidepools and watching for whales on the ocean beaches; history of wilderness ranching and Native Americans including adjacent tribal lands. 43 photos, map, 32 large-format pages.
Inventory = 38. ISBN: None. Order #: DARW0404 paper $2.95.

 

 

SEA LIFE AT THE OCEAN'S EDGE. by Julia Corbett.
A young person's guide to Pacific Northwest wilderness beaches as studied in Olympic National Park. Describes animals of the ocean;s edge and how they operate in their habitat--interactions, physical structures of their anatomy, food chain, how tides work and their effect. Drawings, 24 pages, map.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-914019-04-X. 1984. Order #: NWIA5430 paper $3.95.

 

 

#SHIPWRECK CHART OF JUAN DE FUCA.
3 color chart showing locations of 200 shipwrecks. 19x24. (Shipped folded.)
Inventory = 4. ISBN: 0-8323-0051-9. Order #: BIMO0211 paper$4.95.

 

THE SIERRA CLUB GUIDES TO THE NATIONAL PARKS --PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND ALASKA. edited by James B. Murfin.
Parks included: Crater Lake, Denali, Gates of Arctic, Glacier Bay, Katmai, Kenai Fjords, Kobuk Valley, Lake Clark, Mt. Rainier, North Cascades, Olympic, Wrangell-St. Elias. Gives facility charts for each park, trial charts indicating length, ascent, degree of difficulty and where to go to get away from crowds, appendix identifying 46 animals and plants commonly found in the parks. 15 maps, including overall, access, and trail maps, 188 color photographs, 15 maps, 400 pages, index.
Inventory = 2. ISBN: 0-394-73554-4. 1985. Order #: RAHO2739 paper$16.95.

 

SIGNALS OF THE SEA AND HEROES OF THE SURF: the epic story of America's light-houses and life-savers, written at their heyday. by Arthur Hewitt and John R. Spears.
Two of the most romantic traditions of the sea are here combined to form the content of this book--light-houses and life-savers. Stories of the work of the keepers and savers span the range from daytime monotony, and even loneliness, between storms, to the thrill of daring sea rescues in raging winter surf. Through all, dedication of the men involved shines as brightly as the lights they tended and as steadily as their massive surfboats while heading through the breakers to sea. Reprinted from The Outlook for 1903 and 1904. Good reading for anyone intending to visit the many lighthouses and life-saving stations maintained as historic sites on all U.S. coasts. Period engravings. 24 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
Inventory = in stock. ISBN-10: 0-89646-088-6. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-088-1. Order #: VIST0088 paper $4.95.

STEHEKIN--a guide to the Enchanted Valley. by Fred T. Darvill, Jr.
Hiking trails in the North Cascades National Park of Washington state in the Stehekin River Valley at the north end of Lake Chelan, an area accessible only by boat, plane, or foot. History, Native Americans, tourism, rocks and glaciers, natural features, plant and animal life, and detailed descriptions of hiking trails in this area with mileages, difficulty ratings, elevations gained, hiking times (some are multi-day and so campsites may be mentioned), routing points, and features to see. Includes helpful hints for visitors, creation of national park. Photographs, maps, 128 pages, index.
Inventory = 8. ISBN:0-913140-42-2. 1981. interior damage to spine but pages intact. Order #: SIGN1297 paper$6.95.

THE UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE--1880: predecessor to today's Coast Guard. by J. H. Merryman.
Story of chain of life-saving stations that once lined all U.S. coasts--Atlantic, Gulf, Great Lakes, Pacific--with rescue dramas, apparatus and technique used by heroic federal surfmen. The U.S. Life-saving Service was at its heyday when this material was written in 1880. Shipping was a busy industry among the seaport cities, yet navigation was often unsure, and storms poorly predicted. Wrecks were all too common; ships in peril were even run toward shore to founder them where they would be closer to possible rescue. A chain of life-saving stations on all four U.S. coasts was therefore established to save lives. Accounts of heroism at these lonely outposts remain amazing--and chilling. Our author was chief inspector of the board examining these station's crews. He tells of the organization of the Service, the desperate need for the life saving function, of rescues, and of rescue methods and apparatus. Today many of these stations are maintained as historic reminders of past deeds, and several are in parks and/or include museums. Some provide demonstrations of how rescues were made in the surf and by lifeboats. Read this book and visit one or several of the stations on any coast for an appreciation of the life-saving service heritage. 79 period illustrations. 64 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
Inventory = in stock in quantity. ISBN-10: 0-89646-071-1. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-071-3. Order #: VIST0071 paper$6.95.

WHITMAN MISSION NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE: here they labored among the Cayuse Indians (WA). by Erwin N. Thompson.
Describes early travel west on Oregon Trail of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, their missionary activities with local Indians and the life and culture of the natives including the mission they built in Washington, efforts made to secure assistance from  church including trips to the east, layout and functions of rooms and outbuildings, artifacts recovered. Reports the effect of measles epidemic that killed half the tribe, arrival of emigrants who became settlers and the resultant dissatisfaction with Whitmans who were in part blamed for these ills, and the resultant massacre by the Indians of the Whitmans. Photographs and drawings (some historical), maps, suggested readings, 92 pages,
Inventory =2; otherwise out of print. ISBN: 024-005-00186-7. 1964. Slight soiling of covers. Order #: USGB2454 paper$6.95.

 

WILDERNESS ABOVE THE SOUND: the story of Mount Rainier National Park. by Arthur D. Martinson.
Examines the early discovery and exploration of "the mountain", as it is known to Northwesterners, including stories of Indian tribal beliefs, early summit attempts and tourist accommodations and roads. Records legislative history of park establishment, Civilian Conservation Corps operations. Heavy winter snows are discussed, and the history of early skiing in the lodging area. Historical photographs, map, 76 pages.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 1-879373-76-9. 1994. Order #: RORI1415 paper$11.95.

A YEAR IN PARADISE. by Floyd Schmoe.
Portrait of Mt. Rainier through the seasons in 1920--with observations during a honeymoon delayed by World War II that was spent in the park caretaking Paradise Inn. Starting in early winter, they would be alone in a world of snow and ice with snowshoes and skis their mode of travel until plows arrived the following Fourth of July. Later the park's first naturalist, Schmoe records the observations he made of wildlife, park operations, and the other 3 seasons of the year, which however occupied only the remaining 5 months and at that early date even included seeing Indians come to the meadows to gather blueberries, and ascending the mountain summit. Drawings, photographs, 235 pages.
Inventory = 5. ISBN: 0-916890-78-3. 1979. Order #: MOUN3231 paper $9.95.

 

List of National Park System areas in Washington:
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail
Klondike Gold Rush--Seattle unit National Historical Park
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Minidoka National Historic Site
Mount Rainier National Park
Nez Perce National Historical Park
North Cascades National Park
Olympic National Park
Oregon National Historic Trail
San Juan Island National Historical Park
Whitman Mission National Historic Site

 

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Kaibeto Memories: a trader's daughter remembers growing up on the Navajo Reservation at Kaibeto Trading Post in remote northern Arizona 1936-1960. by Elizabeth Anne Jones Dewveall. Even today Kaibeto does not appear as a place on many modern maps. When Elizabeth Anne was growing up in this remote desert region of northeastern Arizona roads were still evolving from dirt tracks and passage was not infrequently blocked by drifting sand, unpredictable floods in otherwise dry washes, or snowstorms, with pavement dozens and dozens of miles away in all directions and little development of any kind along the routes. The trading post, however, had already been a hub for supplies for the local population for 22 years when Elizabeth Anne started her life there as daughter of traders Ralph and Julia Jones. Elizabeth Anne grew up as a single child at this remote outpost, with Navajo Indian children as playmates and an occasional visit by relatives from distant places. In time she would learn some Navajo words, how to trade the post's goods in an economy with little cash, and something of a culture not her own. The post took in hides, wool, silver and turquoise jewelry, woven blankets as items of exchange and often relied on a pawn system, storing native treasures as collateral. Much of her account, however, is of stories of the native people who came to the post and of their joys, trials, and tribulations as they managed their lives with ingenuity and perseverance. The stories Elizabetn Anne tells provide a glimpse of life at this trading post, of which little has been written before, and by extension of what life might have been like at the many other trading post throughout the West that linked populations through an economic setting. 120 pages, illustrations, map. See sample pages, illustrations. Paper edition: Inventory = available in quanity from VistaBooks. ISBN: 978-0-8946-103-1. Order #: VIST0103 paper$14.95. Paper edition also available at Amazon.com, eBay.com, ebid.net, IngramSpark.com. Cloth edition: Inventory = available in quantity from VistaBooks. ISBN: 978-0-8946-105-5. Order #: VIST0105 cloth $25.00. Cloth edition also available at Amazon.com and eBay.com. Electronic edition available from Amazon.com: ISBN: 978-0-89646-104-8.