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Earning the Rockies

Author : Robert D. Kaplan
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0399588221
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Earning the Rockies written by Robert D. Kaplan and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incisive portrait of the American landscape that shows how geography continues to determine America’s role in the world Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times • “There is more insight here into the Age of Trump than in bushels of political-horse-race journalism.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) At a time when there is little consensus about who we are and what we should be doing with our power overseas, a return to the elemental truths of the American landscape is urgently needed. In Earning the Rockies, New York Times bestselling author Robert D. Kaplan undertakes a cross-country journey, traversing a rich and varied landscape that still remains the primary source of American power. Traveling west, in the same direction as the pioneers, Kaplan witnesses both prosperity and decline, and reexamines the history of westward expansion in a new light: as a story not just of genocide and individualism but also of communalism and a respect for the limits of a water-starved terrain. Concluding at the edge of the Pacific Ocean with a gripping description of an anarchic world, Earning the Rockies shows how America’s foreign policy response ought to be rooted in its own geographical situation. Praise for Earning the Rockies “Unflinchingly honest . . . a lens-changing vision of America’s role in the world . . . a jewel of a book that lights the path ahead.”—Secretary of Defense James Mattis “A sui generis writer . . . America’s East Coast establishment has only one Robert Kaplan, someone as fluently knowledgeable about the Balkans, Iraq, Central Asia and West Africa as he is about Ohio and Wyoming.”—Financial Times “Kaplan has pursued stories in places as remote as Yemen and Outer Mongolia. In Earning the Rockies, he visits a place almost as remote to many Americans: these United States. . . . The author’s point is a good one: America is formed, in part, by a geographic setting that is both sanctuary and watchtower.”—The Wall Street Journal “A brilliant reminder of the impact of America’s geography on its strategy. . . . Kaplan’s latest contribution should be required reading.”—Henry A. Kissinger “A text both evocative and provocative for readers who like to think … In his final sections, Kaplan discusses in scholarly but accessible detail the significant role that America has played and must play in this shuddering world.”—Kirkus Reviews

Roof of the Rockies

Author : William M. Bueler
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 9780967146614
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (466 download)

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Download or read book Roof of the Rockies written by William M. Bueler and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Includes maps, drawings, and historic photos-some never before published * The only complete history of exploring and climbing Colorado's mountains Colorado has some of the highest and most spectacular peaks in North America, and no other state has a longer or more bountiful mountaineering legacy. In this long-awaited revised edition of what has become a mountaineering classic, mountaineer and historian William M. Bueler brings this rich history to life with tales of great adventures in Colorado climbing. Combining solid research and entertaining prose, Roof of the Rockies tells the complete story of 200 years of mountaineering in Colorado, from early 19th century explorations and discoveries to the challenges and triumphs of the present Colorado mountianeering. Fascinating accounts include: the discovery by Pike of his Great Peak, the one-armed major who scaled unclimbable summits, the tragedy of Agnes Vaille, the conquering of the Diamond, and much more. This new edition has been completely revised and is beautifully illustrated with artist's drawings, informative maps, and dozens of vintage photographs.

In the Heart of the Rockies

Author : George Alfred Henty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book In the Heart of the Rockies written by George Alfred Henty and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Climbing and Skiing Colorado's Mountains

Author : Ben Conners
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493017438
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Climbing and Skiing Colorado's Mountains written by Ben Conners and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-02-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climbing and Skiing Colorado’s Mountains is a select guidebook to 50 of the most classic, aesthetic, and iconic backcountry ski descents in the state of Colorado. The book provides accurate information to backcountry skiers and snowboarders, including overviews, maps, photos, and route descriptions for each of the selected 50 descents, while at the same time spurring the reader on to investigate peaks and areas outside of those featured in the book. Unlike other guidebooks, Climbing and Skiing Colorado's Mountains focus on peaks of all elevations located in all ranges throughout the state, including many 13ers and 14ers but also some smaller, more accessible peaks, representing a comprehensive mix of some of the best backcountry skiing Colorado has to offer.

With the Indians in the Rockies

Author : James Willard Schultz
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book With the Indians in the Rockies written by James Willard Schultz and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With the Indians in the Rockies" is a biography of James Willard Schultz's close friend Thomas Fox. Based on Fox's stories told by the evening camp-fire and before the comfortable fireplaces of various posts, Schultz wrote this book. Shultz described Fox's life of a trapper and fur trader and his adventures in the various Indian camps and trading posts where he spent most of his life.

Treasure Tales of the Rockies

Author : Perry Eberhart
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804009355
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Treasure Tales of the Rockies written by Perry Eberhart and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint. Originally published: 3rd rev. ed. Chicago: Sage Books, 1969.

Thunder in the Rockies

Author : Bill Hosokawa
Publisher : William Morrow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Thunder in the Rockies written by Bill Hosokawa and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1976 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A candid insider's story of the paper that has done so much to shape 20th century Denver. A sequel and reliable antidote to Gene Fowler's 'Timber Line'."-- from "101 Best Books on Colorado" bibliography.

Hollywood of the Rockies

Author : Michael J. Spencer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625846525
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Hollywood of the Rockies written by Michael J. Spencer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early days of the twentieth century, movies weren't made in California. As America's film pioneers traveled westward, Colorado became a beacon to them, contributing to the early motion picture business with all the relish and gusto of a western saga. The gorgeous natural scenery was perfect for the country's (and the world's) growing infatuation with the West, turning Colorado itself into a bigger star of the early cinema than any particular actor. Using rare photos and contemporary accounts, writer and filmmaker Michael J. Spencer explores the little-known filmmaking industry that flourished in the Rocky Mountains between 1895 and 1915--west of New York but east of Hollywood.

The Rockies

Author : David Muench
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 9781558683082
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The Rockies written by David Muench and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Father and son photographers present the grandeur and wonder of the peaks, plateaus, and basins of the Rocky Mountains

Silver Fox of the Rockies

Author : Daniel Tyler
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806135151
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Silver Fox of the Rockies written by Daniel Tyler and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delphus E. Carpenter (1877–1951) was Colorado’s commissioner of interstate streams during a time when water rights were a legal battleground for western states. A complex, unassuming man as rare and cunning in politics and law as the elusive silver fox of the Rocky Mountain West, Carpenter boldly relied on negotiation instead of endless litigation to forge agreements among states first, before federal intervention. In Silver Fox of the Rockies, Daniel Tyler tells Carpenter’s story and that of the great interstate water compacts he helped create. Those compacts, produced in the early twentieth century, have guided not only agricultural use but urban growth and development throughout much of the American West to this day. In Carpenter’s time, most western states relied on the doctrine of prior appropriation--first in time, first in right--which granted exclusive use of resources to those who claimed them first, regardless of common needs. Carpenter feared that population growth and rapid agricultural development in states sharing the same river basins would rob Colorado of its right to a fair share of water. To avoid that eventuality, Carpenter invoked the compact clause of the U.S. Constitution, a clause previously used to settle boundary disputes, and applied it to interstate water rights. The result was a mechanism by which complex issues involving interstate water rights could be settled through negotiation without litigating them before the U.S. Supreme Court. Carpenter believed in the preservation of states rights in order to preserve the constitutionally mandated balance between state and federal authority. Today, water remains critically important to the American West, and the great interstate water compacts Carpenter helped engineer constitute his most enduring legacy. Of particular significance is the Colorado River Compact of 1922, without which Hoover Dam could never have been built.

The Rockies and the Alps

Author : Katherine Manthorne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780932828262
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book The Rockies and the Alps written by Katherine Manthorne and published by . This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rockies and the Alps: Bierstadt, Calame, and the Romance of the MountainsKatherine Manthorne and Tricia Laughlin BloomWith contributions by Patricia Mainardi and James M. SaslowInspired by the grandeur of the Rockies and the Alps, American and European artists strove to capture their power in paint. Landscapes of soaring peaks and spectacular vistas became increasingly popular in the mid-nineteenth century, when photographers, scientists, and armchair travelers were awakening to these wonders. Artistic interests coincided with the rise of tourism, as improved transportation and accommodations made mountains and glaciers more accessible. This richly illustrated volume brings together dazzling depictions of the Rockies and the Alps, while examining the dialogue between artists who visited and recorded these geographically distant ranges. Two key figures highlighted are Swiss painter Alexandre Calame (1810¿1864), frequently identified with Alpine views of torrents, glaciers, and gorges, and Albert Bierstadt (1830¿1902), whose impressive canvases often provided American audiences with their first glimpse of the Rockies and the western frontier. Their contemporaries included J.M.W. Turner, John Ruskin, painters of the Hudson River School Thomas Cole, Worthington Whittredge, and John F. Kensett, and photographers Carleton Watkins and Eadweard Muybridge.The Rockies and the Alps features contributions by four outstanding scholars who investigate how geology, flora and fauna, and social and literary contexts relate to the rise of alpine landscape painting. Each essay explores the close connections among these artists and diverse layers of symbolism these mountain images carried, revealing how the same landscape paintings that became archetypal symbols of American identity were in fact the product of a dialogue between American and European artists.

Handbook of the Canadian Rockies

Author : Ben Gadd
Publisher : Jasper, Alta. : Corax Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of the Canadian Rockies written by Ben Gadd and published by Jasper, Alta. : Corax Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Colorado Rockies

Author : Rich Clarkson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781555911751
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Colorado Rockies written by Rich Clarkson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the Colorado Rockies, a professional major league baseball team based in Denver, provided by ESPN Internet Ventures. Includes a team roster, player statistics and salaries, news, a schedule, a message board, and links to related sites.

Spirit of the Rockies

Author : Thomas D. Mangelsen
Publisher : Thomas D Mangelsen Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781890310196
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Spirit of the Rockies written by Thomas D. Mangelsen and published by Thomas D Mangelsen Incorporated. This book was released on 2000 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two environmental activists join forces to document--in full-color photographs and impassioned essays--the beauty of America's elusive wild cats and the dangers they face.

Narrow Gauge in the Rockies

Author : Lucius Morris Beebe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780911581287
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (812 download)

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Download or read book Narrow Gauge in the Rockies written by Lucius Morris Beebe and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a nostalgic 100 year Journey through the Rocky Mountains aboard the narrow gauge railways that snaked through them.

Spirits of the Rockies

Author : Courtney W. Mason
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442626682
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Spirits of the Rockies written by Courtney W. Mason and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The BanffBow Valley in western Alberta is the heart of spiritual and economic life for the Nakoda peoples. While they were displaced from the region by the reserve system and the creation of Canada's first national park, in the twentieth century the Nakoda reasserted their presence in the valley through involvement in regional tourism economies and the Banff Indian Days sporting festivals. Drawing on extensive oral testimony from the Nakoda, supplemented by detailed analysis of archival and visual records, Spirits of the Rockies is a sophisticated account of the situation that these Indigenous communities encountered when they were denied access to the Banff National Park. Courtney W. Mason examines the power relations and racial discourses that dominated the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains and shows how the Nakoda strategically used the Banff Indian Days festivals to gain access to sacred lands and respond to colonial policies designed to repress their cultures.

Wildsam Field Guides: Colorado Rockies

Author : Taylor Bruce
Publisher : Wildsam
ISBN 13 : 9781467199094
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Wildsam Field Guides: Colorado Rockies written by Taylor Bruce and published by Wildsam. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a landscape like the Colorado Rockies, nearly every route is, by luck and necessity, the scenic route. Wildsam Field Guides: Colorado Rockies leads travelers into the Colorado high country with guidance from trusted local adventurers and wilderness guides. This handsome volume features a deep dedicated section of wide-ranging trail selections and backcountry wisdom, while also covering gold mining, hot springs, Indigenous history, the fate of wolves and grizzlies, the best mountain town burgers and beers, and much more. Readers will discover mountain stories, travel intel & modern lore including: A full guide to hiking in the Rocky Mountains, from gear and safety tips to curated day trips and scaling fourteeners Seven scenic drives for mountain-fresh air and visually stunning landscapes Where to find the best tacos, fry bread, steakhouses and sandwich joints Nightcap recs, from historic saloons and ghost town bars to top-shelf après ski cocktails Statewide guide to gear outfitters and fly fishing shops Historical musings on Ute history, sandhill cranes, the Gold Rush, hot springs of note, and local flora & fauna A 5-day road trip to experience the best of Colorado Stories and insights from local trail runners, writers, artists, Indigenous historians, trail designers, scientists and conservationists Fresh new essays by authors Krista Langlois and Aaron A. Abeyta Legacy excerpts from Isabella Bird, Enos A. Mills and Zebulon Pike Contributors include world-champion mountain runner Joseph Gray, writer Pam Houston, forestry technician and trail designer Loretta McEllhiney, hermitic scientist Billy Barr and poet and Antonito mayor Aaron Abeyta.