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“jonathan waterman”

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  • Chasing Denali

    The Sourdoughs, Cheechakos, and Frauds behind the Most Unbelievable Feat in Mountaineering

    by Jonathan Waterman ...
    The history of mountaineering began on Denali with the legendary story of four gold miners (called “Sourdoughs” because they carried sourdough starter with them at all times) who claimed to have summited after climbing more than 8,000 feet of steep snow and ice, then back down again—all in a single and incredibly dangerous day in 1910. Lugging a 25-pound, 14-foot flagpole to mark their success, ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • In the Shadow of Denali

    Life And Death On Alaska's Mt. Mckinley

    by Jonathan Waterman ...
    A classic in the genre of mountain literature—with a new preface by the authorRising more than 20,000 feet into the Alaskan sky is Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. In this collection of exhilarating and stunning narratives, Jonathan Waterman paints a startlingly intimate portrait of the white leviathan and brings to vivid life men and women whose fates have entwined on its sheer icy ... Read more

    Was $20.99 CAD Now $13.99 CAD

  • At the Mercy of the Mountains

    True Stories Of Survival And Tragedy In New York's Adirondacks

    by Peter Bronski ...
    In this compelling book, award-winning adventure writer and former Lower Adirondack Search and Rescue team member Peter Bronski chronicles true stories of survival and tragedy, from famous historical cases during the early 20th century, to modern tales of harrowing struggle in the mountains and wilderness. Extensively researched, these gripping tales pull together historical accounts, first-hand ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Rivers of America: The Missouri

    by Stanley Vestal ...
    The Missouri was the river of Lewis and Clark, of Manuel Lisa, General Ashley, and other organizers of the fur trade; of such noted travelers as George Catlin, Henry R. Schoolcraft, and Prince Maximilian; of a host of adventurous steamboat captains; of explorers like Jedediah Smith, Kit Carson, and Frémont; of doughty hunters and trappers like Hugh Glass, Jim Bridger, and John Colter. Stanley ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Rivers of America

    The Colorado

    by Frank Waters, Jonathan Waterman ...
    From perpetually snow-capped peaks to stifling deserts below sea-level, the Colorado cuts the deepest and truest cross-section through the heart of the continent.It flows through time as well as space. At the bottom of the Grand Canyon lies one of the early layers of the earth's crust. The cliff dwellers' civilization, and the rise and fall of the great pueblos were only a brief moment in its ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • At the Mercy of the Mountains

    True Stories of Survival and Tragedy in New York's Adirondacks

    by Peter Bronski ...
    In the tradition of Eiger Dreams, In the Zone: Epic Survival Stories from the Mountaineering World, and Not Without Peril, comes a new book that examines the thrills and perils of outdoor adventure in the “East’s greatest wilderness,” the Adirondacks. ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • K2, The Savage Mountain

    The Classic True Story Of Disaster And Survival On The World's Second-Highest Mountain

    by Charles Houston, Robert Bates ...
    When eleven climbers died on K2 on August 1, 2008, it was a stark reminder that the world's second-highest mountain has, for more than a century, been regarded as the most difficult and dangerous of all—for every four people who reach the top, one dies in the attempt. K2, The Savage Mountain tells the dramatic story of the 1953 American expedition, led by Charles S. Houston, when a combination of ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

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  • Dreams of El Dorado

    A History of the American West

    by H. W. Brands ...
    **From a New York Times bestselling author, a masterful history of the American West—from the California Gold Rush to the settling of Oklahoma and beyond."Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope, this is a bravura performance from one of our master historians." —Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Blood and Thunder**In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling panoramic story of the ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Son of the Morning Star

    Custer and The Little Bighorn

    by Evan S. Connell ...
    Son of the Morning Star is the nonfiction account of General Custer from the great American novelist Evan S. Connell.Custer's Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history--more than one hundred years after the fact, books continue to be written and people continue to argue about even the most basic details surrounding the Little Bighorn. Evan S. Connell, whom Joyce Carol Oates ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • Wagons West

    The Epic Story of America's Overland Trails

    by Frank McLynn ...
    An acclaimed historian's "compellingly told" year-by-year account of the pioneering efforts to conquer the American West in the mid-nineteenth century ( The Guardian).In all the sagas of human migration, few can top the drama of the journey by Midwestern farmers to Oregon and California from 1840 to 1849—between the era of the fur trappers and the beginning of the gold rush. Even with mountain men ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mammoth Book of Native Americans

    by Jon E. Lewis ...
    Series Book 382 - Mammoth Books
    Native Americans make up less than one per cent of the total US population but represent half the nation's languages and cultures. Here, in one grand sweep, is the full story of Native American society, culture and religion. Here is everything from the land-based spirituality of their early creation myths and the late rise of Indian Pride, to the 88 uses to which the Sioux put the flesh and bones ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Mammoth Book of the West

    New edition

    by Jon E. Lewis ...
    Series Book 391 - Mammoth Books
    Revised and expanded edition of Jon E. Lewis's ever-popular account of the American West. The book is at once a history and a compendium of western lore. It tells what life on the frontier was really like and gives a human portrait of the tough and sometimes violent way of life experienced by the early pioneers. The gunfighters and the cowboys, women, Indians and others, all have their part to ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD