Author: Thomas Walsh
Publisher: eBookIt.com
ISBN: 145660287X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 97
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Exciting, fun and humorous family adventure vacation story. A wild and challenging raft trip my children and I took through the River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. From planning for the trip, travel by small plane, fascinating river guides, and mixed bag of clients, to running wild white-water rapids, spills and thrills on the river, wildlife encounters, camping, hiking, and forest fires, the story tells how our family rose to the challenge and grew from the experience. Set in one of the great remaining wilderness areas of the United States, the story evokes in your mind the sights, sounds, smells and feelings of being on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. You will see the breathtaking vistas, hear the thundering rapids, smell the campfires, and feel the splash of cold water from the white- water rapids drench your body. When you are done reading the story you will probably get the itch to raft the Middle Fork too!
Author: Matt Leidecker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989205832
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The essential guidebook
Author: Sarah Vowell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743282531
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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New York Times bestselling author of The Wordy Shipmates and contributor to NPR’s This American Life Sarah Vowell embarks on a road trip to sites of political violence, from Washington DC to Alaska, to better understand our nation’s ever-evolving political system and history. Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With Assassination Vacation, she takes us on a road trip like no other—a journey to the pit stops of American political murder and through the myriad ways they have been used for fun and profit, for political and cultural advantage. From Buffalo to Alaska, Washington to the Dry Tortugas, Vowell visits locations immortalized and influenced by the spilling of politically important blood, reporting as she goes with her trademark blend of wisecracking humor, remarkable honesty, and thought-provoking criticism. We learn about the jinx that was Robert Todd Lincoln (present at the assassinations of Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley) and witness the politicking that went into the making of the Lincoln Memorial. The resulting narrative is much more than an entertaining and informative travelogue—it is the disturbing and fascinating story of how American death has been manipulated by popular culture, including literature, architecture, sculpture, and—the author’s favorite—historical tourism. Though the themes of loss and violence are explored and we make detours to see how the Republican Party became the Republican Party, there are all kinds of lighter diversions along the way into the lives of the three presidents and their assassins, including mummies, show tunes, mean-spirited totem poles, and a nineteenth-century biblical sex cult.
Author: John Carrey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780960356621
Category : Boats and boating
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Tracy Ross
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439172986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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The author explains how her love for the outdoors--and her journeys to natural landscapes in Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming and Alaska--became her only source of redemption after suffering sexual abuse from her stepfather for more than six years.
Author: Chris Santella
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 1613127219
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 421
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In Fifty Places to Paddle Before You Die, the newest addition to the Fifty Places series, Chris Santella explores the best destinations for the diverse sport of paddling. The book features the world’s top spots for kayaking, rafting, canoeing, and stand-up paddleboarding. Destinations include the Grand Canyon, Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, Baja California, Indonesia’s Komodo Islands, and the Antarctic Peninsula, as recommended by paddling experts. Compelling travelogues are complemented by beautiful and vibrant photographs of the locations and travel tips to help readers experience the destinations for themselves.
Author: Karen Jettmar
Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press
ISBN: 0897327977
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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The rich tapestry of Alaska is threaded together by 365,000 miles of waterways, from cascading mountain streams to meandering valley rivers, from the meltwaters of glaciers to broad rivers that empty into the sea. This guide profiles a wide variety of rivers from all over Alaska, concentrating on trips for intermediate boaters, and including a few major expeditions for the experienced river-runner. A section on gear outlines what to take into the backcountry.
Author: Charles Snellings
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1847287824
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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The Middle Fork of the Salmon River in central Idaho is known as the original River of No Return. Once rafters put in at Boundary Creek, they must travel 106 miles to reach the takeout on the Main Salmon. Adventurers enjoy eight days and seven nights of isolated wilderness, dangerous whitewater, with only a few single-manned ranger stations in case of emergencies. This summer, they're not alone.something ancient and predatory has come home. Now, trapped within the 7000-foot deep canyon, Bobby Aldrich and his twelve companion's whitewater "trip of a lifetime," becomes a desperate struggle simply to stay alive.
Author: John Carrey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780960356614
Category : Boats and boating
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Salmon River (Idaho)
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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