Wilds Of The United States

Author : Alexander Vidal
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781797200613

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Wilds of the United States by Alexander Vidal Pdf

The definitive guide to the wildlife of the United States. Do you know which animal evades rattlesnakes by dancing? Or that some squirrels can glide on the air for hundreds of feet? Or that alligators can create their own year-round pools? Put on your best pair of hiking boots, grab a sturdy walking stick, and explore the wild places of the United States with this stunning guidebook! Soak up new and shocking facts about this unexpected world of ours; pore over captivating, detail-rich illustrations; and discover surprising new creatures (some may be closer than you think!) every time you open the book. From glistening, snow-packed mountain ranges to searing deserts, this immersive and accessible guide is a one-stop shop for outdoor adventurers, animal enthusiasts, inquisitive minds—and anyone who listens to the call of the wild. WILD CREATURES OF THE US: Alexander Vidal tells the story of the wild creatures of the United States, offering accessible and fun visual cues like flags and badges to identify particular features in a gamified, graphic, and eye-catching way. ONE NATION: Focusing on the individual characteristics of different regions that collectively make up the rich, diverse, and unique place that is the United States, readers will be excited to both find their own hometowns and explore the places they've haven't been . . . yet! This book is perfect for fans of The 50 States! OUR UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT: A great way to introduce conversations about the unique environment of the United States. Teachers and librarians will find this the perfect addition to their curricula! FAMILY TRAVEL: Perfect for any family embarking on summer or spring break travel into the great outdoors, this engaging guide will inspire young adventurers and serve as the ideal gift for readers passionate about our wild environment. GIFT BOOK: With lush illustration and a hefty, deluxe package, this is a fantastic gift for anyone who is passionate about the environment, animals, and traveling—regardless of age! It's also perfect for fans of oversize nonfiction like Maps and Animalium! Perfect for: • Nature enthusiasts • Science teachers and educators • Families who love road trips or national parks • Children who love animals • Anyone looking for artful gift books

Author : Charles Lanman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOMDLP:acp1978:0002.001

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Adventures in the Wilds of the United States and British American Provinces by Charles Lanman Pdf

Author : Cary Griffith
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0873516826

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Lost in the Wild by Cary Griffith Pdf

"True survival odysseys of two wilderness adventurers who entered the woods in search of tranquility-- but found something else entirely"--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Charles Lanman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Canada
ISBN : YALE:39002014442769

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Adventures in the Wilds of the United States and British American Provinces by Charles Lanman Pdf

Author : Edward Sylvester Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 102116691X

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Lost In The Wilds by Edward Sylvester Ellis Pdf

Author : Jon Krakauer
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307476869

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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. This is the unforgettable story of how Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die. "It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order." —Entertainment Weekly McCandess had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Not long after, he was dead. Into the Wild is the mesmerizing, heartbreaking tale of an enigmatic young man who goes missing in the wild and whose story captured the world’s attention. Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and, unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild. Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled McCandless. When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naiveté, pretensions, and hubris. He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding—and not an ounce of sentimentality. Into the Wild is a tour de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.

Author : Bayo Akomolafe
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781623171650

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These Wilds Beyond Our Fences by Bayo Akomolafe Pdf

Tackling some of the world’s most profound questions through the intimate lens of fatherhood, Bayo Akomolafe embarks on a journey of discovery as he maps the contours of the spaces between himself and his three-year-old daughter, Alethea. In a narrative that manages to be both intricate and unguarded, he discovers that something as commonplace as becoming a father is a cosmic event of unprecedented proportions. Using this realization as a touchstone, he is led to consider the strangeness of his own soul, contemplate the myths and rituals of modernity, ask questions about food and justice, ponder what it means to be human, evaluate what we can do about climate change, and wonder what our collective yearnings for a better world tell us about ourselves. These Wilds Beyond Our Fences is a passionate attempt to make sense of our disconnection in a world where it is easy to feel untethered and lost. It is a father’s search for meaning, for a place of belonging, and for reassurance that the world will embrace and support our children once we are gone.

Author : Dale E. Toweill,Valerius Geist
Publisher : Boone & Crockett Club
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Bighorn sheep
ISBN : WISC:89070927975

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Return of Royalty by Dale E. Toweill,Valerius Geist Pdf

This book is a celebration of the return of wild sheep to many of its historical ranges. The remarkable recovery of our wild sheep populations have been documented by two widely-respected wildlife biologists and provides fascinating accounts of the decline and recovery of North American wild sheep.

Author : Penny Haw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1646634160

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The Wilderness Between Us by Penny Haw Pdf

Faye Mackenzie and her friends' anorexic daughter, Clare, are thrown together when a flood separates them from their hiking group in the remote, mountainous Tsitsikamma region of South Africa. With Clare critically injured, Faye is compelled to overcome her self-doubt and fear of the wild to take care of the younger woman, who opens her heart to Faye. As their new friendship takes the women on an unexpected journey of discovery, the rest of the group wrestles with the harrowing aftermath of their own near tragedy. When the hiking party is reunited, their number is reduced by one. Juxtaposing physical and psychological suspense, The Wilderness Between Us is a tale of two fragile women who unexpectedly find clarity, independence, and renewed purpose as they fight to survive. It is a vivid, moving story about family, friendship, adventure, and the healing power of nature and compassion.

Author : Berndt Berglund
Publisher : New York: C. Scribner's Sons
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Hiking
ISBN : CORNELL:31924003271743

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Wilderness Survival by Berndt Berglund Pdf

Includes chapters on edible plants, knots, clothing, etc.

Author : Daniel Giraud Elliot
Publisher : New York : F.P. Harper ; London : Suckling
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Anatidae
ISBN : HARVARD:32044107159782

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The Wild Fowl of the United States and British Possessions by Daniel Giraud Elliot Pdf

Author : Cheryl Strayed
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307957658

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Wild by Cheryl Strayed Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State—and she would do it alone. Told with suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor, Wild powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her.

Author : Ernest Ingersoll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Animal behavior
ISBN : HARVARD:32044107328528

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Wild Neighors: Out-door Studies in the United States by Ernest Ingersoll Pdf

Author : Norma Cobb,Charles W. Sasser
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003-02-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429972208

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Arctic Homestead by Norma Cobb,Charles W. Sasser Pdf

In 1973, Norma Cobb, her husband Lester and the their five children, the oldest of whom was nine years old and the youngest, twins, barely one, pulled up stakes in the lower 48 and headed north to Alaska to follow a pioneer dream of claiming land under the Homestead Act. The only land available lay north of Fairbanks near the Arctic Circle where grizzlies outnumbered humans twenty to one. In addition to fierce winters and predatory animals, the Alaskan frontier drew the more unsavory elements of society's fringes. From the beginning, the Cobbs found themselves pitted in a life or death feud with unscrupulous neighbors who would rob from new settlers, attempt to burn them out, shoot them and jump their claim. The Cobbs were chechakos, tenderfeet, in a lost land that consumed even toughened settlers. Everything, including their "civilized" past, conspired to defeat them. They constructed a cabin--and first snow collapsed the roof. They built too near the creek and spring breakup threatened to flood them out. Bears prowled the nearby woods, stalking the children and Lester Cobb would leave for months at a time in search of work. But through it all, they survived on the strength of Norma Cobb--a woman whose love for her family knew no bounds and whose courage in the face of mortal danger is an inspiration to us all. Arctic Homestead is her story.

Author : Julia Elliott
Publisher : Tin House Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781935639930

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The Wilds by Julia Elliott Pdf

Teetering between the ridiculous and the sublime, The Wilds blends Southern gothic strangeness with dystopian absurdities, sci-fi speculations, and fairy-tale transformations. At an obscure South Carolina nursing home, a lost world reemerges as a disabled elderly woman undergoes newfangled brain-restoration procedures and begins to explore her environment with the assistance of strap-on robot legs. At a deluxe medical spa on a nameless Caribbean island, a middle-aged woman hopes to revitalize her fading youth with grotesque rejuvenating therapies that combine cutting-edge medical technologies with holistic approaches and the pseudo-religious dogma of Zen-infused self-help. And in a rinky-dink mill town, an adolescent girl is unexpectedly inspired by the ravings and miraculous levitation of her fundamentalist friend’s weird grandmother. These are only a few of the scenarios readers encounter in Julia Elliott’s debut collection The Wilds. In her genre-bending stories, Elliott blends Southern gothic strangeness with dystopian absurdities, sci-fi speculations with fairy-tale transformations. Teetering between the ridiculous and the sublime, Elliott’s language-driven fiction uses outlandish tropes to capture poignant moments in her humble characters’ lives. Without abandoning the tenets of classic storytelling, Elliott revels in lush lyricism, dark humor, and experimental play.