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What are some good 'outdoor' books?
Posted on 5/23/17 at 8:13 pm
Posted on 5/23/17 at 8:13 pm
Wilderness, conservation and nature related. I just finished reading A Sand County Almanac for the 4th time and need some new material.
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Posted on 5/23/17 at 8:46 pm to PNW
Hatchet is an obvious one.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 5:58 am to PNW
Oh No! We're Gonna Die: Humorous Tales of Close Calls in the Alaskan Wilderness
Travels in Alaska - John Muir
Interesting contrast between the two books. Alaska has changed enormously since Muir's time.
Travels in Alaska - John Muir
Interesting contrast between the two books. Alaska has changed enormously since Muir's time.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 5:07 pm to UpToPar
Hatchet 2
Posted on 5/24/17 at 5:28 pm to PNW
Posted this in the Funny Books thread, but it's applicable for this one too.
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Some of my favorite "funny" books were the old Patrick F McManus books. He wrote in similar style to "A Christmas Story", but his books were about hunting, camping, and fishing as a kid. If you're interested, start with "A Fine and Pleasant Misery" followed by "They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?" and "Never Sniff a Gift Fish".
Posted on 5/24/17 at 5:52 pm to PNW
Into Thin Air
Into The Wild
Both John Krakauer books. Both true accounts. Both extremely well written. Both better than their movies
Into The Wild
Both John Krakauer books. Both true accounts. Both extremely well written. Both better than their movies
Posted on 5/24/17 at 9:00 pm to PNW
Check out the Gordon MacQuarrie "Old Duck Hunters" series, the Robert Rourke "Old Man and the Boy" series, anything by Gene Hill-"A Listening Walk" is a favorite, Guy de la Valdene-"For a Handful of Feathers"
Posted on 5/24/17 at 9:23 pm to PNW
Anything by Tom Brown, Jr.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:19 am to PNW
It's got some dragging parts, but Wild by Cheryl Strayed is pretty good.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 2:06 pm to PNW
Maneaters of Tsavo by J.H patterson.
Story of two lions that halted construction of a ralway in Africa ain 1918, I think. Basis of the movie The Ghost and The Darkness.
Good book and movie.
Story of two lions that halted construction of a ralway in Africa ain 1918, I think. Basis of the movie The Ghost and The Darkness.
Good book and movie.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 10:11 pm to PNW
AWOL on the Appalachian Trail
The Terror by Dan Simmons [kind of nature related]
The Terror by Dan Simmons [kind of nature related]
Posted on 5/25/17 at 10:17 pm to PNW
Wilbur Smith - Assegai
Really anything by Wilbur smith, he's like Hemingway and 50 Shade of grey combined. Good quick reads about Africa (from every era - Pharoah Egypt to modern day, and he doesn't mince the sex, the hunts or the violence).
Really anything by Wilbur smith, he's like Hemingway and 50 Shade of grey combined. Good quick reads about Africa (from every era - Pharoah Egypt to modern day, and he doesn't mince the sex, the hunts or the violence).
Posted on 5/26/17 at 6:35 am to SetTheMood
Wilbur Smith is one of my favorites. Assagai imo his best.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 8:27 pm to PNW
I really enjoyed A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson
Posted on 6/4/17 at 8:47 pm to PNW
A River Runs Through It, The Habit of Rivers, Meat eater.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 9:56 pm to PNW
Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose. Covers the Lewis & Clark expedition
Posted on 6/5/17 at 7:58 am to PNW
Bill Bryson's 'A Walk in the Woods.' Hiking along the Appalachian trail. Plus Bryson humor.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 12:02 pm to conservativewifeymom
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Bill Bryson's 'A Walk in the Woods.' Hiking along the Appalachian trail. Plus Bryson humor.
another vote for this one. I found myself laughing out loud quite a few times.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 5:25 pm to PNW
Try Desert Solitaire. You'll like it.
Written while Abbey was working as a ranger at Arches National Park outside of Moab, Utah, Desert Solitaire is a rare view of one man’s quest to experience nature in its purest form.
Have you tried Silent Spring?
Written while Abbey was working as a ranger at Arches National Park outside of Moab, Utah, Desert Solitaire is a rare view of one man’s quest to experience nature in its purest form.
Have you tried Silent Spring?
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 5:28 pm
Posted on 6/6/17 at 3:16 pm to bayoubengals88
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Try Desert Solitaire. You'll like it. Written while Abbey was working as a ranger at Arches National Park outside of Moab, Utah, Desert Solitaire is a rare view of one man’s quest to experience nature in its purest form.
Can't recommend enough. Monkey Wrench Gang by Abbey.
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