Deep Creek Canyon

Deep Creek Canyon

Author: Richard Wood

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Published: 2013-02

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1620248964

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Jack was beginning to think maybe he didn't want to know what was in the woods on the other side of the ditch, so he decided to see if he could scare it away. At Jack's feet was the egg-shaped, white quartz rock he had placed on the top of his cairn, so he picked it up and threw it high into the trees and listened to it crash through the branches to the ground. Jack didn't hear the sound of an animal trotting through the woods, just more silence. Either the animal had left again without Jack hearing it leave, or the rock was not enough to scare it away. Jack decided the best thing to do was to head back home, and he and Tawny turned to walk away. After only a couple steps, Jack heard something hit the ground behind him with a loud thud. He turned to see what it was, and there, lying on the ground about five feet away, was the quartz rock. After decades of hiking and mapping thousands of miles of trails, Jack had seen and heard many strange things. Most could be explained as Mother Nature just doing her thing; however, a few of them were just strange enough to stay with him forever. The strange, nonhuman howl. The rock returned from the trees by some unknown thing. Keith, the unusual man who kept showing up on the trail. The canyon that man told him about. Jack didn't know it yet, but everything he did and everywhere he went was leading him to that canyon. What will he find there? Why does Keith think it is so important? And maybe most importantly, what does Keith have to do with the mysterious creature Jack's been tracking?


Deep Creek

Deep Creek

Author: Dana Hand

Publisher: HMH

Published: 2010-02-10

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0547488572

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One of the Washington Post’s Best Novels of the Year: A “fascinating” tale of murder in 1880s Idaho, based on real historical events (The Daily Beast). Idaho Territory, June 1887. A small-town judge takes his young daughter fishing, and she catches a man. Another body surfaces, then another. The final toll: over thirty Chinese gold miners brutally murdered. Their San Francisco employer hires Idaho lawman Joe Vincent to solve the case. Soon he journeys up the wild Snake River with Lee Loi, an ambitious young company investigator, and Grace Sundown, a métis mountain guide with too many secrets. As they track the killers across the Pacific Northwest, through haunted canyons and city streets, each must put aside lies and old grievances to survive a quest that will change them forever. Deep Creek is a historical thriller inspired by actual events and people: the 1887 massacre of Chinese miners in remote and beautiful Hells Canyon, the brave judge who went after their slayers, and the sham race-murder trial that followed. In this enhanced ebook edition, Deep Creek teams history with invention, setting authentic photographs and maps alongside the authors’ brilliant fiction to illuminate this long-forgotten American tragedy, in a tale of courage and redemption, loss and love. The Washington Post has named Deep Creek a Best Novel of 2010, and The Daily Beast/Newsweek ranked it among the dozen best Western novels since 1960.


Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country

Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country

Author: Pam Houston

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2019-01-29

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0393285499

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Winner of the 2020 Reading the West Advocacy Award Winner of the 2020 Colorado Book Award for Creative Nonfiction "This is a book for all of us, right now." —Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild 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 Gulf of Mexico to Alaska, she explores what ties her to the earth, the ranch most of all. Alongside her devoted Irish wolfhounds and a spirited troupe of horses, donkeys, and Icelandic sheep, the ranch becomes Houston’s sanctuary, a place where she discovers how the natural world has mothered and healed her after a childhood of horrific parental abuse and neglect. In essays as lucid and invigorating as mountain air, Deep Creek delivers Houston’s most profound meditations yet on how “to live simultaneously inside the wonder and the grief… to love the damaged world and do what I can to help it thrive.”


Utah's Incredible Backcountry Trails

Utah's Incredible Backcountry Trails

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780966085839

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A guide to hiking trails in Utah's national parks and wilderness areas, illustrated with 320 full color photographs and trail maps.


Day Hiking Eastern Washington

Day Hiking Eastern Washington

Author: Rich Landers

Publisher: Mountaineers Books

Published: 2013-03-27

Total Pages: 493

ISBN-13: 1594854955

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CLICK HERE to download the 5 out of 5 star rated hike, "Thirteen Mile Mountain" (not actually 13 miles long!) from Day Hiking Eastern Washington (Provide us with a little information and we'll send your download directly to your inbox) One of the comprehensive regional editions in the popular "Day Hiking series" for Washington State 1% of sales are donated to trail maintenance Offers many close-to-home trails near population centers like Spokane, Tri-Cities, Ellensburg, and Yakima Day Hiking: Eastern Washington features 125 day hikes throughout the eastern Washington region, roughly covering the area of the state east of Highway 97. This expansive region includes the Spokane area, Colville National Forest and northeastern Washington (Colville, Metaline Falls, Kettle Falls, Republic, Tonasket), Moses Lake, Soap Lake, Coulee Dam, Lake Roosevelt, and other parts of the mid- and upper-Columbia River basin, southeast Washington (Pullman, the Blue Mountains, Walla Walla, Tri-Cities), and the eastern reaches of the Columbia River. Who better to cover such a large geographic area than long-time eastern Washington expert Rich Landers, partnered with Day Hiking guru Craig Romano? These two trekkers have combined forces to research and write an authoritative guide that is sure to become the new gold standard. **Mountaineers Books designates 1 percent of the sales of select guidebooks in our Day Hiking series toward volunteer trail maintenance. For this book, our 1 percent of sales is going to Washington Trails Association (WTA). WTA hosts more than 750 work parties throughout Washington’s Cascades and Olympics each year, with volunteers clearing downed logs after spring snowmelt, cutting away brush, retreading worn stretches of trail, and building bridges and turnpikes. Their efforts are essential to the land managers who maintain thousands of acres on shoestring budgets.


Backpacking Wyoming

Backpacking Wyoming

Author: Douglas Lorain

Publisher: Wilderness Press

Published: 2010-09-29

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0899976433

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Traverse 28 carefully crafted backpacking trips to some of the most magnificent landscapes in Wyoming. A person could spend several lifetimes in Wyoming and barely scratch the surface of its wilderness areas and wide open spaces. Backpackers can find complete solitude and explore some of North America’s most amazing scenery—not to mention Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, the Beartooth and Bighorn mountains, and more. Backpacking Wyoming details the premier backpacking opportunities in the Cowboy State. Award-winning author Douglas Lorain describes 28 trips (plus 9 bonues ones) with carefully crafted, field-tested itineraries, which range from two days to two weeks. Wander a geyser basin and wildflower-filled meadows. Explore the largest glaciers in the American Rockies, and admire the awesome peaks around Cirque of the Towers. Experience countless beautiful high-elevation lakes and abundant wildlife, including elk, pronghorns, bears, moose, and even wolves. Inside you’ll find: 28 top backpacking trips throughout the state Comparative ratings for scenery, solitude, and difficulty Trail mileage, elevation gain, and days on the trail Highlights, trip itineraries, and more 9 additional recommendations for backpacking trips From hidden treasures to world famous destinations, these carefully chosen routes offer mountain scenery and colorful geologic marvels. No matter which trip you pick, you’ll find unforgettable adventure in some of America’s most spectacular backcountry.


Utah Place Names

Utah Place Names

Author: John W. Van Cott

Publisher: University of Utah Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780874803457

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Utah toponyms, or place names. Where are they? What istheir history? Their importance? Over thousand toponyms are listed alphabetically, marking the passagesof peoples and cultures from earliest times.