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is a list of books about Durango, Colorado and the surrounding
area. These books represent both books about the area and books
by Durango area authors. Many of the books are available in Durango
area bookstores, but if you purchase ahead, you can study up before
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Guidebooks
San
Juan Skyway : A Colorado Driving Adventure
by Scott S. Warren - Paperback, 64 pages ISBN: 1560440392
- 100
Hikes in Colorado (100 Hikes Series)
by Scott S. Warren - Paperback, 255 pages ISBN: 0898864291
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- Four
Corners Anasazi : A Guide to Archeological Sites
by Rose Houk - Paperback ISBN:
0964219905
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- Casa
Grande Ruins National Monument
by Rose Houk - Paperback ISBN:
0911408711
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- Exploring
Colorado's Wild Areas : A Guide for Hikers, Backpackers, Climbers,
Xc Skiers, & Paddlers
by Scott Warren Paperback,
220 pages ISBN:
0898862736
- This comprehensive
guidebook directs you to 66 Colorado wilderness areas, national
parks, wildlife
refuges, and nature preserves. Includes information on recreational
pursuits, climate, flora
and fauna, geology, and human history. 70 photographs. 70 maps.
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- Mesa
Verde National Park (A New True Book)
by David Peterson , David Petersen - Paperback ISBN:
0516411365
- Describes
the Anasazi cliff dwellings and other sights that have made this
Colorado national park so
famous.
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- Mountain
Biking Colorado's La Platas : Great Rides Between Durango and
Telluride
- - by Derek
Ryter - Paperback, 129 pages ISBN:
0871088606
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- Hiking
Trails of Southwestern Colorado
by Paul Pixler - Paperback, 249 pages ISBN:
0871088169
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- The
American Alps : The San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado
- by Donald L. Baars - Paperback, 194 pages ISBN:
0826313523
- New edition
of a fine trail guide to the San Juan and Uncompahgre national
forests.
San
Juan Mountains a Climbing and Hiking Guide
by R. Rosengrough , Robert F. Rosebrough - Paperback, 257 pages
ISBN:
091789507X
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- Across
the San Juan Mountains
by T. A. Rickard - Paperback ISBN:
0941026035
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- Canyon
Country Highway Touring
by F A Barnes - Paperback ISBN:
0944123015
The
South San Juan Area Wilderness
by John Murray ISBN:
0871087677
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- Colorado
Handbook : Denver, Aspen, Durango, Mesa Verde, and Rocky Mountain
National Parks (Colorado Handbook, 3rd Ed)
by Stephen Metzger - Paperback ISBN:
1566910447
A guide for
every season, every bent, and every budget.
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- The
Western San Juan Mountains : Their Geology, Ecology, and Human
History
by Rob Blair (Editor) - Paperback ISBN:
087081378
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History/Culture
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- Cities
in the Sand : The Ancient Civilizations of the Southwest
by Scott Warren - Hardcover, 55 pages ISBN:
0811800121
Discusses some
of the things archaeologists have learned about three major groups
of Indians that
lived in the American Southwest: the Anasazi, the Hohokam, and the
Mogollon.
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- Desert
Dwellers
by Scott Warren - Hardcover, 64 pages ISBN:
0811805344
Golden
Treasures of the San Juan
by John B. Marshall , Temple H. Cornelius - Paperback, 234 pages
ISBN:
0804006369
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- Many More
Mountains : Silverton's Roots - by Allen Nossaman - Hardcover
- ISBN: 0913582476
Guide
to Historic Durango & Silverton (Cordillera Press Historic Mining
District Series)
by Duane A. Smith - Paperback, 48 pages ISBN:
0917895169
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- Rocky
Mountain Boom Town : A History of Durango, Colorado
- by Duane A. Smith - Paperback ISBN:
0870812572
Sacred
Trust : The Birth and Development of Fort Lewis College
by Duane A. Smith - Paperback, 173 pages ISBN:
0870812351
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- Mesa
Verde National Park : Shadows of the Centuries
by Duane A. Smith - Paperback ISBN:
0700603727
Durango
Diary
by Duane A. Smith - Paperback ISBN:
188780501X
- Fisrt published
in the local paper, The Durango Herald, as a series of articles
on Durango's beginning years, the Durango Diary chronicles life
in Durango in the 1880's and 1890's.
Durango
by Terry Kennedy Paperback
ISBN:
0912292547
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- Ghost
Grizzlies
by David Petersen Hardcover,
296 pages ISBN:
0805031170
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Durango
& Silverton Railroad
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- An
American Classic, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
by Robert T. Royem - Paperback, 152 pages ISBN:
0964343010
- Cinders
& Smoke : A Mile by Mile Guide for the Durango to Silverton
Narrow Gauge Trip
by Doris B. Osterwald - Paperback ISBN:
0931788013
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Nature
& Place
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- Four
Corners Country
by Dick Arentz (Photographer) , Ian Thompson - Paperback ISBN:
0816514356
Houses
on Country Roads: Essays on the Places, Seasons and Peoples of the
Four Corners Country
by Ian Thompson - Paperback ISBN:
188780500
- Houses on
Country Roads was one of four nonfiction finalists for the 1995
Colorado Book Award. Vine Deloria's "Red Earth, White Lies"
won the award. It's an excellent book.
San
Juan River Chronicle
by Steven J. Meyers - 142 pages ISBN:
1558212779
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- Lime
Creek Odyssey
- by Steven
Meyers - 116 pages ISBN:
1555910378
The
Nature of Fly-Fishing
by Steven J.
Meyers , Tom Montgomery (Photographer) , J. Unruh (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0934429804
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- Notes
from the San Juans : Thoughts About Fly Fishing and Home
- by Steven
J. Meyers ISBN:
1558211861
The
Lost Grizzlies : A Search for Survivors in the Wilderness of Colorado
by Rick Bass ISBN:
0395717590
- Featuring
the exhiliarating insight which his readers have come to expect,
Rick Bass's account of a relentless search for a species of bear
rumored to be extinct is as much a book about humans as it is
about bears. Bass is the acclaimed author of Winter and The Ninemile
Wolves.
NEW
DURANGO
LIGHT
ISBN: 1-878936-03-4
DURANGO LIGHT is an action-adventure novel about mountain climbing,
romance, car chases, drug smuggling, and humor set in the Durango
and San Juan Mountains area. Readers will identify with many of
the locations described in the novel, and will enjoy the "virtual
outdoors" feel of many of the settings. DURANGO LIGHT will make
you feel like you're there.
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