Random House New Releases - Travel - United States - West

Ghost Towns by Clint Thomsen

2012-07-24T00:30:00-05:00

Ghost Towns Lost Cities of the Old West
Written by Clint Thomsen

eBook, 64 pages | Shire | History - United States - State & Local - West (Ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy); Travel - United States - West; History - Reference | $9.95 | 978-1-78200-107-2 (1-78200-107-7)

Tombstone, Bodie, St. Elmo, Silver City. These are some of the enduring legends of the Old West- ghost towns and mining camps that dot America's landscape and colour the history of the country. Literally thousands of ghost towns are scattered throughout the West, with some states boasting hundreds of these abandoned boomtowns These relics, whether falling down or revitalised, attract thousands of visitors every year. Many of these ghost towns and mining camps are protected by the National Park Service or the Bureau of Land Management, and visits are carefully regulated in order to preserve the history of the once-thriving towns. In Ghost Towns of the Old West, writer and ghost towner Clint Thomsen explains the history of ghost towns, describes the various types of ghost towns, and discusses ongoing research and archaeological study into decaying towns and mining camps.

Fodor's The Complete Guide to the National Parks of the West by Fodor's

2012-05-01T00:30:00-05:00

Fodor's The Complete Guide to the National Parks of the West
Written by Fodor's

Trade Paperback, 920 pages | Fodor's | Travel - United States - West | $24.99 | 978-0-307-92846-7 (0-307-92846-2)

Expanded Coverage: Highlights include deeper coverage of outdoor adventures like hiking and rafting in the National Parks of the American West.

Illustrated Features: Rich full-color features help travelers to the National Parks of the West make the most of top experiences, from white-water rafting on the Colorado River and understanding Yellowstone's geothermal features to choosing a historic lodge and stargazing. The illustrated field guides to wildlife and geology make identification a snap.

Indispensable Trip Planning Tools: This book is not only indispensible on the ground; it also makes choosing a park simple. Thirty-seven United States western national parks are divided by state in the What's Where section so it's easy to decide which parks to see together. Nine customizable driving tours do the work of planning a road trip. The Best of the National Parks section breaks down the parks by themes, such as parks for day trippers, for spotting wildlife, and for inspiration. The new Outdoor Adventures section lists the best parks for hiking, rafting, rock climbing, and camping. Everything needed to plan a visit is here, from information on discount park passes and what to pack to tips for families and photographers. Each National Park has a convenient overview with highlights and practical advice for getting around, plus information on activities, dining, and lodging in and around the park.

Discerning Recommendations: Fodor's National Parks of the West offers savvy advice and recommendations from local writers to help park visitors make the most of their trip. Fodor's Choice designates our best picks, from hotels to activities, while "Word of Mouth" quotes from fellow travelers provide valuable park insights.

Ghost Towns by Clint Thomsen

2012-04-17T00:30:00-05:00

Ghost Towns Lost Cities of the Old West
Written by Clint Thomsen

Trade Paperback, 64 pages | Shire | History - United States - State & Local - West (Ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy); Travel - United States - West; History - Reference | $9.95 | 978-0-7478-1085-8 (0-7478-1085-0)

Lasso the Wind by Timothy Egan

2009-09-23T00:30:00-05:00

Lasso the Wind Away to the New West
Written by Timothy Egan

eBook | Vintage | Travel - United States - West | $14.99 | 978-0-307-55730-8 (0-307-55730-8)

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

Winner of the Mountains and Plains Book Seller's Association Award

"Sprawling in scope. . . . Mr. Egan uses the past powerfully to explain and give dimension to the present." --The New York Times

"Fine reportage . . . honed and polished until it reads more like literature than journalism." --Los Angeles Times

"They have tried to tame it, shave it, fence it, cut it, dam it, drain it, nuke it, poison it, pave it, and subdivide it," writes Timothy Egan of the West; still, "this region's hold on the American character has never seemed stronger." In this colorful and revealing journey through the eleven states west of the 100th meridian, Egan, a third-generation westerner, evokes a lovely and troubled country where land is religion and the holy war between preservers and possessors never ends.

Egan leads us on an unconventional, freewheeling tour: from America's oldest continuously inhabited community, the Ancoma Pueblo in New Mexico, to the high kitsch of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where London Bridge has been painstakingly rebuilt stone by stone; from the fragile beauty of Idaho's Bitterroot Range to the gross excess of Las Vegas, a city built as though in defiance of its arid environment. In a unique blend of travel writing, historical reflection, and passionate polemic, Egan has produced a moving study of the West: how it became what it is, and where it is going.

"The writing is simply wonderful. From the opening paragraph, Egan seduces the reader. . . . Entertaining, thought provoking."
--The Arizona Daily Star Weekly

"A western breeziness and love of open spaces shines through Lasso the Wind. . . . The writing is simple and evocative."
--The Economist

From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Vineyard Cookbook by Colin Cooke

2009-03-17T00:30:00-05:00

The Vineyard Cookbook Seasonal Recipes & Wine Pairings Inspired by America's Vineyards
Written by Barbara Scott-Goodman
Photographed by Colin Cooke

Hardcover, 160 pages | Welcome Books | Cooking - Wine & Spirits; Travel - United States - West; Cooking - American - California Style | $24.95 | 978-1-59962-064-0 (1-59962-064-2)

Explore and savor the best of American wine and wineries with this simple and elegant guide. Filled with wine pairings and recipes for all seasons and occasions. The Vineyard Cookbook includes more than 60 recipes and 12 multi-course menus, all paired with the optimum wines to accompany each. American vineyards and wineries attract almost 30 million visitors every year, and range in location and variety. The Vineyard Cookbook offers a tour of 32 of the most famous wineries across the country, with highlights of each location's best-selling wines - a great way to discover domestic wines grown locally in your area!

Become the wine expert you've always wanted to be with the help of Barbara Scott-Goodman, author of many delicious and best-selling cookbooks. Illustrated with full-color photographs.

Into the West by Walter Nugent

2007-12-18T00:30:00-05:00

Into the West The Story of Its People
Written by Walter Nugent

eBook, 544 pages | Vintage | History - United States; Travel - United States - West; History - United States - State & Local | $13.99 | 978-0-307-42642-0 (0-307-42642-4)

Acclaimed historian Walter Nugent brings us what is perhaps the most comprehensive and fascinating account to date of the peopling of the American West. In this epic social-demographic history, Nugent explores the populations of the West as they grow, change and intersect from the Paleo-Indians, the Spanish Conquistadors, to displaced Okies, wartime African American immigrants, and all the disparate groups that have made California the most ethnically diverse state in the union.

Their tale, in all its complexity, is a tale that surprises, that subverts traditional stereotypes and that illuminates the multifaceted character of one of the world’s most unique and dynamic territories.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

National Geographic Guide to the National Parks: West by National Geographic Society

2005-03-01T00:30:00-05:00

National Geographic Guide to the National Parks: West
Written by National Geographic Society

Trade Paperback, 352 pages | National Geographic | Travel - Parks & Campgrounds; Travel - United States - West; Travel - United States - West - Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, UT, WY) | $22.00 | 978-0-7922-9538-9 (0-7922-9538-2)

Following the best-selling, comprehensive National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of the United States, this series of regional guides features in-depth coverage and breathtaking images of all the major parks in each region, as well as information about national wildlife refuges, national seashores, forests, preserves, and other scenic areas. Full of suggestions on when to go and what to see and do, the guides also include guided driving tours and hikes, and special features and sidebars on not-to-be-missed flora and fauna, historical sites, and spectacular landscapes.

The focus of each guide are the awe-inspiring scenic national parks in each region. In the West, Yellowstone and Yosemite loom largest, while in the Southwest, the Grand Canyon, Zion, and Death Valley are popular favorites. The East and Midwest is the largest region with the greatest diversity of parks, from the Everglades and Dry Tortugas to Mammoth Cave and Voyageurs. Finally, Alaska is a world all its own with eight major parks—Denali, Gates of the Arctic, Glacier Bay, Katmai, Kenai Fjords, Kobuk Valley, Lake Clark, and Wrangell-St. Elias—and many other fascinating natural areas to explore and enjoy.

With these beautifully illustrated and completely reliable National Geographic regional guides in hand, visitors are guaranteed unforgettable national park vacations.

Knopf MapGuide: San Francisco by Knopf Guides

2004-08-17T00:30:00-05:00

Knopf MapGuide: San Francisco
Written by Knopf Guides

Trade Paperback, 48 pages | Knopf | Travel - United States - West | $10.95 | 978-0-375-71068-1 (0-375-71068-X)

Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman

2002-07-15T00:30:00-05:00

Oregon Trail
Written by Francis Parkman

Trade Paperback, 320 pages | National Geographic | Travel; Travel - Adventure; Travel - United States - West | $14.00 | 978-0-7922-6640-2 (0-7922-6640-4)

Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by John Wesley Powell

2002-06-01T00:30:00-05:00

Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
Written by John Wesley Powell

Trade Paperback, 288 pages | National Geographic | Travel; Travel - Adventure; Travel - United States - West | $14.00 | 978-0-7922-6636-5 (0-7922-6636-6)

Southwestern Homelands by William Kittredge

2002-06-01T00:30:00-05:00

Southwestern Homelands
Written by William Kittredge

Hardcover, 192 pages | National Geographic | Travel - Essays & Travelogues; Travel - United States - West; Travel | $20.00 | 978-0-7922-6534-4 (0-7922-6534-3)

For part of each of the last twenty years, much-loved essayist and fiction writer William Kittredge has ventured to the storied desert landscape of the Southwest and immersed himself in the region's wide-ranging wonders and idiosyncrasies. Here Kittredge brings all this experience to bear as he takes us on a rewarding tour of the territory that runs from Santa Fe to Yuma, and from the Grand Canyon on south through Phoenix and Tucson to Nogales. It is a region where urban sprawl abuts desert expanse, where Native American pueblos compete for space with agribusiness cotton plantations, and where semi-defunct mining towns slowly give way to new-age hippie gardening and crafts enclaves.

As part-time resident and full-time observer, William Kittredge acquaints us with one of the country's most vital and perpetually evolving regions. Populated with die-hard desert rats on the banks of the Colorado, theoretical physicists in Albuquerque, Hopi mothers and their daughters, and renegade punk-rock kids sleeping in the streets, Southwestern Homelandsis a book as much about the legacies of a territory's colorful past as it is about the alternately exciting and daunting complexities of its immediate future.

Into the West by Walter Nugent

2001-03-13T00:30:00-05:00

Into the West The Story of Its People
Written by Walter Nugent

Trade Paperback, 544 pages | Vintage | History - United States; Travel - United States - West; History - United States - State & Local | $16.95 | 978-0-679-77749-6 (0-679-77749-0)

Lasso the Wind by Timothy Egan

1999-10-26T00:30:00-05:00

Lasso the Wind Away to the New West
Written by Timothy Egan

Trade Paperback, 288 pages | Vintage | Travel - United States - West; History - United States - 20th Century; History - United States - State & Local | $16.95 | 978-0-679-78182-0 (0-679-78182-X)

Random House New Releases - Travel - United States - West

Ghost Towns by Clint Thomsen

Ghost Towns Lost Cities of the Old WestWritten by Clint Thomsen

Fodor's The Complete Guide to the National Parks of the West by Fodor's

Fodor's The Complete Guide to the National Parks of the West Written by Fodor's

Ghost Towns by Clint Thomsen

Ghost Towns Lost Cities of the Old WestWritten by Clint Thomsen

Lasso the Wind by Timothy Egan

Lasso the Wind Away to the New WestWritten by Timothy Egan

The Vineyard Cookbook by Colin Cooke

The Vineyard Cookbook Seasonal Recipes & Wine Pairings Inspired by America's VineyardsWritten by Barbara Scott-Goodman Photographed by Colin Cooke

Into the West by Walter Nugent

Into the West The Story of Its PeopleWritten by Walter Nugent

National Geographic Guide to the National Parks: West by National Geographic Society

National Geographic Guide to the National Parks: West Written by National Geographic Society

Knopf MapGuide: San Francisco by Knopf Guides

Knopf MapGuide: San Francisco Written by Knopf Guides

Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman

Oregon Trail Written by Francis Parkman

Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by John Wesley Powell

Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons Written by John Wesley Powell

Southwestern Homelands by William Kittredge

Southwestern Homelands Written by William Kittredge

Into the West by Walter Nugent

Into the West The Story of Its PeopleWritten by Walter Nugent

Lasso the Wind by Timothy Egan

Lasso the Wind Away to the New WestWritten by Timothy Egan

Ghost Towns Lost Cities of the Old West
Written by Clint Thomsen

Fodor's The Complete Guide to the National Parks of the West
Written by Fodor's

Ghost Towns Lost Cities of the Old West
Written by Clint Thomsen

Lasso the Wind Away to the New West
Written by Timothy Egan

The Vineyard Cookbook Seasonal Recipes & Wine Pairings Inspired by America's Vineyards
Written by Barbara Scott-Goodman
Photographed by Colin Cooke

Into the West The Story of Its People
Written by Walter Nugent

National Geographic Guide to the National Parks: West
Written by National Geographic Society

Knopf MapGuide: San Francisco
Written by Knopf Guides

Oregon Trail
Written by Francis Parkman

Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
Written by John Wesley Powell

Southwestern Homelands
Written by William Kittredge

Into the West The Story of Its People
Written by Walter Nugent

Lasso the Wind Away to the New West
Written by Timothy Egan