Best of
Outdoors

1996

Another Lousy Day in Paradise


John Gierach - 1996
    Serialized in American Way, Colorado Outdoors, and the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Line drawings.

Allen & Mike's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book


Allen O'Bannon - 1996
    Funny & practical illustrations.

Never Cry "Arp!" and Other Great Adventures


Patrick F. McManus - 1996
    Now, everybody can.

Plants of Southern Interior British Columbia and the Inland Northwest


Roberta Parish - 1996
    Detailed species descriptions are combined with concise drawings and color photographs to make plant identification easy.

A Hunter's Heart: Honest Essays on Blood Sport


David PetersenTom McGuane - 1996
    Nelson, David Peterson, and Terry Tempest Williams.

Hiking Big Bend National Park


Laurence Parent - 1996
    Fully updated and revised, this comprehensive guide features forty-seven trails in Big Bend National Park.

Percy the Park Keeper: A Classic Treasury


Nick Butterworth - 1996
    The animals often need Percy's help, and he is always there to lend a hand.Read about what happened when a chilly fox needed warming up, or when a dirty badger was offered a bath. Find out how Percy helped an unhappy hedgehog hold a balloon, or a squirrel find her lost acorns. Laugh along as the animals take charge whilst Percy is unwell – with unexpected results!Learn all about Percy, his friend the mole and his friend the owl, in their special tales. Find out where Percy's favourite spot in the park is, what colour the owl likes best and all about the mole's secret friend. Enjoy these stories and more in this classic treasury edition.

The Owl Pen


Kenneth McNeill Wells - 1996
    When Ken and Lucille found an old abandoned log cabin up in medonte township, Ontario, they were delighted.

Exploring the 46 Adirondack High Peaks: With 282 Photos, Maps & Mountain Profiles, Excerpts from the Author's Journal, & Historical Insights


James R. Burnside - 1996
    Book by Burnside, James R.

Plant Technology of First Peoples in British Columbia: Including Neighbouring Groups in Washington, Alberta, and Alaska


Nancy J. Turner - 1996
    She also shows how plant materials were effectively used in many other ways, such as for decoration and ornamentation, as scents, cleansing agents and insect repellents, and in recreational activities.Over the millennia, the First Peoples have become highly skilled in the arts of working with plant materials. Turner describes more than a hundred of these plants, their various uses and their importance in the material cultures of First Nations. Each description has a colour photograph of the plant to aid in its identification.

Lonely Planet Trekking in the Karakoram & Hindukush


John Mock - 1996
    It covers treks that make the most of the region, from Fairy Meadows to the granite spires found in eastern Baltisan. The guide also covers the technical aspects of trekking.

A Place Beyond: Finding Home in Arctic Alaska


Nick Jans - 1996
    "Jans's writing is a pleasure, " said the "Fairbanks Daily News-Miner."

Impressions of the North Cascades: Essays about a Northwest Landscape


John C. Miles - 1996
    Essays by 13 contributors who interpret the North Cascades from the different perspectives of their disciplines and daily

Flyfisher's Guide to Idaho


Ken Retallic - 1996
    They give a detailed description of each water with fishing tactics, hatch charts recommended flies, stream facts, seasons, and equipment. There are 53 detailed river maps, showing river miles, access points, campgrounds, boat ramps, roads, public and private land. They also cover fishing the Indian reservations, and winter fishing. Over 100 great waters are covered, including the South Fork of the Boise River, Snake, Big and Little Wood, Silver Creek, Clearwater, Salmon, Lochas, Fall, Bechler, Henry’s Fork, Henry's Lake, St. Joe and many others. There is detailed travel info listing fly shops, sporting good stores, guides, outfitters, lodges, motels, campgrounds, car rentals, river shuttles airports and more. This is the one book you need to plan a successful fishing trip in Idaho.This is a completely revised third edition with several new waters and thorough updates, so even if you own the first or second edition, you’ll want this one, too!Authors BiosKen Retallic has been fishing Idaho for over 40 years. He is an outdoor writer and editor. He has written two other flyfishing guides: The Flyfisher’s Guide to Wyoming and the Flyfisher’s Guide to Yellowstone National Park.Rocky Barker is the environmental reporter for the Idaho Statesman. He has fished Idaho for over 30 years.

Trout Streams of Alberta: A Guide to the Best Fly-Fishing


Jim McLennan - 1996
    A detailed field guide to the major Alberta river systems - complete with illustrations, maps, hatch charts, trout species profiles and recommendations on tackle, techniques and fly patterns.

Ruger & His Guns: A History of the Man, the Company & Their Firearms


R.L. Wilson - 1996
    Ruger's unflinching dedication to traditional yet innovative design and to manufacturing excellence, with products sold at a reasonable price for a broad ranging clientele from the youthful plinker to the mature African safari devotee, from the ordinary citizen to the president of the United States.This richly illustrated, beautifully presented work is the official history of William B. Ruger of Sturm, Ruger & Co., and of Ruger firearms.  This volume features more than 185 color and over 100 black and white illustrations, with appendixes, index, and -- for the first time--serial number tables for all models by years of manufacture.