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THE LIBRARY

assorted books on book shelves

“There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away.”

Emily Dickinson

Now Reading

Thunderhead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child is a novel set in the American Southwest about an archaeologist’s quest to find her missing father and the fabled Lost City of Gold or Quivira of the Ancestral Pueblo people.

This will be my first Preston & Child book. Do you read Preston & Child? Contact me with any recommendations.

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out I love the American West; especially the Southwest. I suspect I’m about to have a very enjoyable week of reading!

All of the books listed below have served as my faithful travel companions. Clicking on any title will take you to my corresponding post.

Down the Great Unknown by Edward Dolnick
The Butterflies of Grand Canyon by Margaret Erhart
The National Parks- A Visual History of all 58 Parks by Mel White
Lincoln's Melancholy by Joshua Wolf Shenk
Mary Todd Lincoln- a biography by Jean H. Baker
Tadd Lincoln's Father- a memoir by Julia Taft Bayne
The Traveling Book Goes to School by Charissa Bates
On Foot in Joshua Tree National Park- A Comprehensive Hiking Guide by Patty A. Furbush
American Girl Kit Mammoth Cave Book
Grand, Gloomy, and Peculiar by Roger Brucker
The Longest Cave by Roger W. Brucker and Richard A. Watson
Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest Book by Stephen Plog
Four Corners-History, Land, and People of the Desert Southwest by Kenneth Brown
In Search of the Old Ones written by David Roberts
Will the Circle Be Unbroken- Country Music in America- Foreword by Willie Nelson and Edited by Paul Kingsbury and Alanna Nash
Best Easy Day Hikes Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks by Laurel Schedit- A Falcon Series Guide
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
The Last Season by Eric Blehm- set in Kings Canyon National Park
The Canopy Keepers by Veronica Henry
Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail- Book by Theodore Roosevelt
The Hour of Land book by Terry Tempest Williams
Route 66 Companion- book about the evolution of Route 66 by David King Dunaway
The Carving of Mount Rushmore book by Rex Alan Smith
Mount Rushmore Q & A- book by Don "Nick" Clifford
High Tide in Tucson by Barbara Kingsolver
Hohokam- Book by David Grant Noble
The Wages of Grace by Brandon Dragan
Doc- Book by Maria Doria Russell
Yosemite- The Complete Guide by James Kaiser
Gravesend Light- a novel by David Payne set in the Outer Banks
Message in a Bottle- a novel set in the Outer Banks written by Nicholas Sparks
Bittersweet- a novel by Nevada Barr
All of a Sudden and Forever, a book by Chris Barton about the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
By His Own Hand? The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis- Edited by John D. W. Guice with Contributions by James J. Holmberg, John D. W. Guice, and jay H. Buckley
Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig- an authorized Margaret Mitchell Estate sequel to Gone with the Wind
Things I Learned from Falling- a memoir by Claire Nelson
Cave of Bones, a mystery novel by Anne Hillerman set in El Malpais National Monument
The Battle for Christmas book by Stephen Nissenbaum
The December Market- a novel by RaeAnne Thayne
Ebenezer Bryce by Herb Bryce
Flint by Louis L'Amour
Owney- The United States Rail Mail Seadog by Joaquin Andre Hawkins
"O, Pioneers" a classic work of historical fiction by Willa Cather
Going Somewhere- A Bicycle Journey Across America, a memoir by Brian Benson
Widow of the South by Robert Hicks a work of historical fiction about Carrie McGavock's role in the Civil War Battle of Franklin
Burning Ground a novel by D.A. Galloway combining time travel, adventure, and romance against the backdrop of Yellowstone National Park
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Red- Passion and Patience in the Desert by Terry Tempest Williams
Lost Journals of Sacajewea by Debra Magpie Earling- historical fiction purporting the true history of Sacajewea and her legendary role in the Lewis & Clark expedition
What Is the Story of Smokey Bear? a children's book by Steve Korte
National Geographics 100 Drives 5000 Ideas
American Gospel by Jon Meacham
Not Tonight Josephine a travelogue by George Mahood
The Journey and Sojourn of The William Bowen Family of Mansker's Creek by Anne Cato Sowell
Ancient Ruins and Rock Art of the Southwest by David Grant Noble
Walker of Time by Helen Hughes Vick