American Mountain

The text relates the powerful and dramatic history of the Smoky Mountain Cherokees, who for 40,000 years thrived in the difficult terrain of the Great Smoky Mountains and its surrounding regions areas of what is now Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.

The grizzly is one of North America's few remaining large predators. Their range is diminished, but they're spreading across the West again. Descending into valleys where once they were king, bears find the landscape they'd known for eons utterly changed by the new most dominant animal: humans. In searing detail, award-winning writer, Montana rancher, and conservationist Bryce Andrews tells us about one such grizzly. Millie is a typical mother: strong, cunning, fiercely protective of her cubs. But raising those cubs becomes ever harder as the climate warms and people crowd the valleys.

When Donaldina Cameron arrives at the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in 1895, she intends to teach sewing skills to young Chinese women immigrants, but, within days, she discovers that the job is much more complicated than perfect stitches and even hems. San Francisco has a dark side, one where a powerful underground organization - the criminal tong - brings Chinese young women to America to sell them as slaves. With the help of Chinese interpreters and the Chinatown police squad, Donaldina becomes a tireless social reformer to stop the abominable slave and prostitution trade.

Early on August 12, 2000, four of America's best young rock climbers were sleeping in their portaledges high on the Yellow Wall, in the central Asian mountain range of Kyrgyzstan,. By daybreak, they would be taken at gunpoint by militants of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, which is linked to Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network. In a life-and-death journey over six terrifying days, they would be forced to choose between saving their own lives and committing an act none of them thought they ever could.

When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill on the American River, it completely transformed the territory of California. Hundreds of thousands of people sped to California by any means possible, and small cities sprung up to service their needs as they sought the precious metal. By 1850, California had become a state; it had also become a symbol of where the nation was going.

Acclaimed writer David Smart illuminates the fascinating life of Royal Robbins—in all its soulful ambition, rivalry, and romance. Royal Robbins chronicles his early years growing up as a latchkey kid in Southern California, the push and pull between being an aspiring banker or one of the original Camp 4 dirtbags, and his later decades as a father, husband, kayaker, and the trailblazing founder of the outdoor apparel company that bears his name.

Millie Two Bears lives alone in a trailer in the heart of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana. Since her husband went to jail, she’s been on the outs with the reservation. And it’s not just people she has to contend with. Now the prairie dogs are moving in on her patch of land. When a strange woman comes into Millie’s life, and Millie’s rodent war escalates, a fateful confrontation with vengeance, secrets, and survival is just underfoot.

Chief Joseph wanted peace for his people. But the US Army had different ideas. As the headman and spokesperson for the Nez Perce, Chief Joseph tried to do what was best for his people. Join him as he leads his people over vast plains and rugged mountains on the run from the US Army.

A centuries-old curse. A shape-shifting demon. And a psychic librarian racing the clock. Kerilee Oberon didn’t expect demon-hunting to be part of her library job in Molenhaven. But when local honey maker Adrienna begs for help saving her boyfriend, Roger van Winkle, from a deadly sleeping curse, Kerilee dives headfirst into a maze of folklore, family secrets, and nightmares. With her psychic gift, a cryptic clue from a mysterious stranger, and her razor-sharp talking cat Mysty at her side, Kerilee uncovers unsettling truths. Why has diner owner Karyn Molen delayed breaking the curse tied ...

In a North American British province, a group of Norweigan settlers have carved a life for themselves in a lakeshore village called Skarkavik. Hunters and fishermen, they raise their families in peace under the natural cover of the surrounding forest. Decker Galloway believes the land's natural resources are being wasted on the few when so many have a greater need. Having made his fortune logging the wilderness of the eastern provinces, he wants to turn his axes and saws loose on the untouched western region. And no villagers are going to stand in his way.

Amazon Book Description for Cryptids of the Ozarks Uncover the Mysteries Hidden in the Ozark Mountains Step into the heart of the Ozarks, where folklore meets the unexplained. Cryptids of the Ozarks by Ricardo D. Rebelo takes you on an unforgettable journey through the dense forests, rugged hills, and shadowy caves of one of America’s most mysterious regions. Packed with vivid storytelling and meticulous research, this book is a must-read for fans of cryptozoology, folklore, and the supernatural. From the chilling howl of the Ozark Howler to the haunting blue glow of the Snawfus, each ...

Exploration of the early American West, beginning with Lewis and Clark's transcontinental trek at the behest of President Thomas Jefferson, was not accomplished by standing armies, the era's new steam train technology, or by way of land grabs. These came later, but not until pathways known only to a few of the land's indigenous people were discovered, carved out, and charted in an area stretching from the eastern Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and the present-day borders of Mexico and Canada.

To possess and develop western North America became a high priority for the United States government even before its Constitution had been complete. Railroads were still some decades off, and passable roads were all but nonexistent. No familiar institutions of power were suitable for creating a foothold in the continent's interior, especially in the Rocky Mountain region. The US Army eventually made inroads to the Great Plains and beyond, but the first true explorers of the far west’s interior arose from within a relatively small culture embodied by the American mountain man.

ATTENTION Readers: This book has been reworked and published as a NEW Book (FALLEN) in a NEW Series (Redemption Series). ____________________________________________________________________________________________ We all have two lives. Jimmy-Mack’s second began the moment he realized he only had one. In the remote mountains of North Carolina, Mack’s new found love for a Cherokee Native woman exposes a tribal secret and an Indian burial ground holding an ancient Viking treasure wrapped in a supernatural mystery so deep its unraveling rewrites the North American history books, toppling a...

Set in 1879, SIX-GUN RETRIBUTION follows the cowboy adventures of Gunfighter Edward Landon as he sets off across the wild west searching for six outlaws he holds responsible for his mother's death. This contemporary action novel features a wide range of western characters, including lawmen, gunslingers, outlaws, Mexican bandits, Indian rebels, and bounty hunters. Andy Munro’s SIX-GUN RETRIBUTION includes realistic characters, historic wild west locations, fast-paced cowboy dialogue, action, mystery and suspense mixed with humour and romance. Synopsis The journey begins as Landon rides his...

Members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition find trouble at every turn on their long journey through the uncharted West. If not trouble in the form of hostile Indians, bad weather, rough water, scarcity of food, then trouble among themselves.

"Murder Mountain" takes readers on a journey to the deadly and beautiful landscape of 1886 New Mexico, where troubles are always looming. Oliver Redcastle, a sharpshooter and ex-Pinkerton detective, seeks a quiet life on a sheep ranch with a mountain view, hoping to leave his violent past behind and provide a healthy environment for his asthmatic daughter. However, his fickle lady love, Marietta Dumont, joins him, and their problems begin. As the winter turns brutal, and a vicious viscount and two kidnapped twins enter the picture, Marietta's discontent grows, and she longs for the ...

In the spring of 1942, the United States government forced 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes in California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona and sent them to incarceration camps across the West. Nearly 14,000 of them landed on the outskirts of Cody, Wyoming, at the base of Heart Mountain. Behind barbed wire fences, they faced racism, cruelty, and frozen winters. Trying to recreate comforts from home, they established Buddhist temples and sumo wrestling pits. Kabuki performances drew hundreds of spectators — yet there was little hope.

Jake Rawlins fled to the mountains following the horrific years of the Civil War. He wanted to find peace in the high country where he could live quietly amid the natural beauty of the Rockies. It was not to be. During the building of a cabin where he thought he could find what he was looking for a series of visitors came to turn his world upside down. Jake was engaged in many battles he never wanted to fight. He found love, and loss, and purpose that first long winter. From the icy covered peaks to the depths of a mysterious cave, Jake will have to use all the skills he has learned just to...

By any measure, Ed Zahniser is one of the truest poets in America in this century. If you love mountain poetry and wilderness on the page, Adirondack Mountain & Cabin Poems is your next read. Ed Zahniser writes from the Adirondack cabin he's visited since the 1940s. Here is the mountain experience rendered by the poet’s words and beyond. Encounter the bird that reads the poet’s note on the tree and startles away. A harvest of wilderness after-thoughts, Ed’s mountains restore the reader time and again: Paper Birch Scribble scribble scribble idly on white birchbark Leave these on the ...