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  • Windshield Wilderness

    Cars, Roads, and Nature in Washington's National Parks

    by David Louter ...
    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    In his engaging book Windshield Wilderness, David Louter explores the relationship between automobiles and national parks, and how together they have shaped our ideas of wilderness. National parks, he argues, did not develop as places set aside from the modern world, but rather came to be known and appreciated through technological progress in the form of cars and roads, leaving an enduring legacy ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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  • Original Highways

    Travelling the Great Rivers of Canada

    by Roy MacGregor ...
    Expanding on his landmark Globe and Mail series in which he documented his travels down sixteen of Canada's great rivers, Roy MacGregor tells the story of our country through the stories of its original highways, and how they sustain our spirit, identity and economy—past, present and future.No country is more blessed with fresh water than Canada. From the mouth of the Fraser River in BC, to the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Wilderness and the American Mind

    Fifth Edition

    by Roderick Frazier Nash ...
    Roderick Nash’s classic study of changing attitudes toward wilderness during American history, as well as the origins of the environmental and conservation movements, has received wide acclaim since its initial publication in 1967. The Los Angeles Times listed it among the one hundred most influential books published in the last quarter century, Outside Magazine included it in a survey of books ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Rails Across Canada

    The History of Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways

    by Tom Murray ...
    Few stories in the annals of railroading are as compelling as the construction, evolution, and astounding successes of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways. This sprawling volume combines two of Voyageur Press' most successful Railroad Color History titles into one volume taking in the grand scope of both railroads. Author Tom Murray presents fastidiously researched and concisely ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • New Brunswick Book of Everything

    Everything You Wanted to Know About New Brunswick and Were Going to Ask Anyway

    Edited by Martha Walls ...
    From local history to the best beaches, craziest weather and more—this book reveals everything you ever wanted to know about the Canadian coastal province.In New Brunswick Book of Everything, local author Martha Walls explores everything from the stories behind its weird place names, like Skeedaddle Ridge, to profiles of New Brusnwick notables, such as singer/songwriter Stompin' Tom and former ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Pacific Northwest

    An Interpretive History (Revised and Enlarged Edition)

    by Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes ...
    Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes has revised and expanded the entire work, which is still the most comprehensive and balanced history of the region. This edition contains significant additional material on early mining in the Pacific Northwest, sea routes to Oregon in the early discovery and contact period, the environment of the region, the impact of the Klondike gold rush, and politics since 1945. ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Contested Waters

    A Social History of Swimming Pools in America

    by Jeff Wiltse ...
    From nineteenth-century public baths to today’s private backyard havens, swimming pools have long been a provocative symbol of American life. In this social and cultural history of swimming pools in the United States, Jeff Wiltse relates how, over the years, pools have served as asylums for the urban poor, leisure resorts for the masses, and private clubs for middle-class suburbanites. As sites of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Dispossessing the Wilderness

    Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks

    by Mark David Spence ...
    National parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier preserve some of this country's most cherished wilderness landscapes. While visions of pristine, uninhabited nature led to the creation of these parks, they also inspired policies of Indian removal. By contrasting the native histories of these places with the links between Indian policy developments and preservationist efforts, this work ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Rise of the American Conservation Movement

    Power, Privilege, and Environmental Protection

    by Dorceta E. Taylor ...
    In this sweeping social history Dorceta E. Taylor examines the emergence and rise of the multifaceted U.S. conservation movement from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century. She shows how race, class, and gender influenced every aspect of the movement, including the establishment of parks; campaigns to protect wild game, birds, and fish; forest conservation; outdoor recreation; and the ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Forest Prairie Edge

    Place History in Saskatchewan

    by Merle Massie ...
    Saskatchewan is the anchor and epitome of the ‘prairie’ provinces, even though half of the province is covered by boreal forest. The Canadian penchant for dividing this vast country into easily-understood ‘regions’ has reduced the Saskatchewan identity to its southern prairie denominator and has distorted cultural and historical interpretations to favour the prairie south.Forest Prairie Edge is a ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Native Seattle

    Histories from the Crossing-Over Place

    by Coll Thrush ...
    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    Winner of the 2008 Washington State Book Award in History/BiographyThis updated edition of Native Seattle brings the indigenous story to the present day and puts the movement of recognizing Seattle's Native past into a broader context. Native Seattle focuses on the experiences of local indigenous communities on whose land Seattle grew, accounts of Native migrants to the city and the development of ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Lake Superior's Historic North Shore

    A Guided Tour

    by Deborah Morse-Kahn ...
    Lake Superior's North Shore—the vast stretch between Duluth and Grand Portage—is nearly 150 miles long, with an abundance of state parks, state and national forests, streams and rivers, and more than thirty distinct communities representing a broad range of ethnic and religious groups. Many visitors have made the famous drive along scenic Highway 61, the central artery of this popular vacation ... Read more

    $11.99 USD