This book is written so people with "black thumbs" can succeed with a beautiful yard. This is my bible. Gundell approached any subject with humor and wit. This book is another fine example of this style. I recommend anyone with even a flower box to have this book for quick reference.

Once started, I couldn't put this book down. Though occasionally somewhat technical at times, one need not be formally trained as an archaeologist to read and enjoy this book. Instead, this book makes a reader really want to be an archaeologist if not one already. The result of a symposium on the subject of the Ice Age peoples of the Rocky Mountains, it covers a pleasing array of subjects, beginning with an excellent overview by Christy Turner II on sites in what is now eastern Russia and their connection with the peoples of the Rockies, then other authors continue with detailed discussions especially of Ice Age sites in Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado, as well as mention of sites in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas (okay, so the Rockies aren't in Oklahoma or Texas, but the sites mentioned have a connection, anyway).

The volume closes with my favorite topic in this field: an extraordinary and fascinating chapter by James Benedict about Ice Age sites in the Front Range high country of the Colorado Rockies. The nice photographs of the landscape included in Benedict's article depict some scenes that have changed only slightly since the Ice Age, some other scenes perhaps a great deal, demonstrating that this is a rugged, dynamic, and difficult area to explore; most of the sites in Benedict's discussion are presently located in the Indian Peaks wilderness area. One readily imagines it would have been quite a formidable place during the Ice Age, yet people certainly passed through this region anyway, probably on a regular basis.

Dennis Stanford and Jane Day arranged the articles well and, though each chapter has its own unique author, each flows easily from one topic to the next. It is an outstanding compilation, and will hopefully be followed sometime soon with another representing the latest research in this field.

What a great book! Even though this is a first person record, it is so well written it reads almost like a novel. The author makes good on his fascination with the mountain men of the early west by setting out into the wilderness on his own. The beauty and dangers of the american rocky mountains unfold as he follows the paths of the original mountain men and searches for himself along the way.

As usual, the Insight Guide gives pertinent and accurate information for the traveler who wants more than just where to eat and sleep. There is a smattering of history, geology, botany and zoology. All the popular spots are well covered and the more esoteric are not ignored. But the perspective buyer should kept in mind that though the Rockies extend well into Canada, this book only covers the U.S.A

This is the best description of the life of a trapper I have ever found. Most accounts deal more with the highlights of the Indian fights and other great challenges that these men faced. Russell deals with a number of these but also covers the day to day life of camping, riding, trapping, hunting food and cooking it as well as some of the day to day social interactions.

Fortunately many of the places he desribed are still intact and can be visited today. One can still see buffalo in the Lamar valley in Yellowstone or see the area where he crossed the Snake River in spring flood in bullboats. His careful accounting of the routes and locations make it possible to almost follow in his footsteps.

The author has done an excellent job of editing this information in his well annotated footnotes and his maps. A thoroughly fascinating volume.

A great book but hard to read at first because of the language that Russell uses. There are wonderful stories of indians and escape. This book leaves you wanting a continuation, but because it is a personal journal that is impossible. Haines does a wonderful job editing. A must have for the library of a mountain man.

Smoke Jensen finds himself in the middle of a tough-mean low down range war and not knowing why. Now he must choose sides or risk being killed, the one thing Smoke does not want to do. Smoke never in his life liked bullies nor anyone trying to push him. So when Jud Vale and his hired idiots tried to push, Smoke gave back in kind.

From the warmth of your bedroom to the clarity of a foothill on a February morning, Leaning on the Wind takes you to places you didn't think existed. Like going on a trip with a serene uncle and reading his life like a carpet slowly unrolling in front of you. You are there with him and above it looking at his memories. This novel is neither myth and only cousin to fact; it is a folk story of the every day. In the middle east, Persian weavers insert a flaw in the pattern of their rugs, because only God is perfect. Marty, too, puts some extra stitches in his weaving and occasionally waxes tedious in his comment on the every day. But every insight requires a little bit of time and energy. It is a picture of both the beauty and sorrow in Canada.

... about Longs Peak.

On the back cover of this book is a quote from Harold Dunning, 1930: "To tell all that one can see from the top of Longs Peak would be telling too much, so you must climb it yourself..." That is true. Yet even those who have climbed Longs Peak, or attempted to do so, love to read about it. To such people, this book was dedicated. Trimble writes with passion and understanding about a subject he obviously loves.

Fortunately, he has a grasp of history, both the more recent kind as well as the sort that is written upon the rocks. He also provides an appendix on climbing ratings, notable Longs Peak firsts, and deaths on Longs Peak. For those who want to read more about the topics he touches upon, he provides an excellent bibliography at the back of his book.

Read it before you go the the Rocky Mountains. Then have fun exploring the places that are described. These women are awesome and I would love to meet the author, Janet Robertson.

This is one of the best picture books of all time if you are a elk lover. The people who made this book really out did themselves.