books about: escarpment

books about: escarpment

books:

Escarpment

The Last Stand: A Journey Through the Ancient Cliff-Face Forest of the Niagara Escarpment

Peter E. Kelly, Douglas W. Larson

Natural Heritage Books, 2007

A Book Worthy of its Subject
Anyone who knows the forests of eastern North America has to have a soft spot in her heart for the arborvitae, or northern white cedar (eastern white cedar to these Canadian authors). Its grace, its fragrance, the beauty of its ropy bark and foliar sprays, and the deep ...

The Galisteo Escarpment
Douglas Atwill

Sunstone Press, 2008

Neil Bronson, new from the Royal Academy, summers in Provence, teaching himself to paint outside. Before returning home, he and his friends, Sam and Carrie, rent a cottage on the coast, playing a langorous triangle of seaside sexual attraction. Neil's uncle interrupts the idyll, urgently seeking their help teaching at his art school in Santa Fe. A ...

SOUTH CAROLINA'S MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS: THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT.
Tommy Wyche, Tom Blagden

Westcliffe Publishers,, 1994

Waterfalls The Niagara Escarpment
Jerry Lawton

Boston Mills Press, 2000

An enthusiast's guide to 30 of the most breathtaking and charming waterfalls to be found along the Niagara Escarpment, with the vital statistics for each falls, the best time of day and year to view it, and plenty of local color and history, as well as photo tips for the amateur photographer. Areas covered are the Niagara Peninsula, Hamilton ...

Bruce Trail - An Adventure along the Niagara Escarpment (Trail Guidebooks)

Rich Freeman, Sue Freeman

Footprint Press (NY), 1998

Fun book to read, even for non-hikers
I found that this book helped me get a feel of what hiking the Bruce Trail is like. I'm not able to do it myself but I enjoy reading about hiking. If I was able to this book would help me pick the right equipment and supplies. I liked the banter between the two ...

Secret Places: A Guide to 25 Little Known Scenic Treasures of the New York's Niagara-Allegheny Region, ...

Bruce Kershner

Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1994

A guide to fun in the Buffalo/Niagara Region
If you like the great outdoors and are going to be in the Buffalo/Niagara region this book is a must. Everyone knows where the big attractions are, this author takes you to those lesser known treasures. These are off the beaten path, quiet locations that show the ...

Niagara Escarpment: A Photographic Journey from Niagara Falls to Tobermory

James Lorimer & Company,, 2006

Mediocre picture reproduction
I found a copy of this book in a Toronto bookstore and decided not to buy it after seeing (a) many of the pictures were underwhelming and (b) more often than not, the reproduction was decidedly fuzzy. Considering the quality of photo books anyone can create online ...