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Joan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:47:04 +0000


Hi Randy and Ted,

As we proceed to build the travel resources, I would like to suggest that you have a

general category that lists the following items.Â  I use them all the time and

believeÂ they will show up for any area you put forth for submission.Â Â Â  Some were

already mentioned in the Western National Parks series.

Compass American Guides

Michelin Green Books

National Geographicâ€™s Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways

Insiders Guide Travel Series

World Almanac Library of the States-juvenile collection with concise

information-everything you want to know quickly--one for each state

America the Beautiful Series by Scholastic--juvenile collection--one for

each state

In addition to the above for New England, these are CD/DVD resources I have found

useful when touring the area.Â  I purchased these at attraction gift shops but they

can be purchased from the web sites listed.

Ainâ€™t He Some Funny! - The Best of John McDonald--Classic Down East

Humor--CD-available at www.islandportpress.com

Pure Vermont Maple :Â  A Proud Tradition-DVD-available at

www.perceptionsvermont.com

Cape Cod National Seashore-four NPS films: Sands of Time, Wooden Ships and

Men of Iron, Thoreauâ€™s Cape Cod and The Voice of Cape Cod--DVD-from the National

Park Series-available at www.finlay-holiday.com

The Final Voyage of the Ticonderoga-DVD-sidewheel steamboat that sailed

Lake Champlain and is land docked at the Shelbrune Museum--Shelbrune, VT-available

at www.vpt.org

Moose Tunes for Kids sung by Brent Holmes & Marty the Moose-CD for ages

1-101-available at www.Amazon.com

The Old Manâ€¦A New Perspective -CD-Anyone visiting Franconia Notch would

enjoy the story told through the eyes of two hikers as the actual old man on the

mountain collapsed May 2003.Â  I purchased it at Franconia Notch SP Gift Shop.Â  It

was produced by Alaview Music Company.

Â Enjoy

 

Donna Hussin

Tour Manager - Class 227

Tour Director / Tour Guide Resource Library – Western National Parks

Joan — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:40:52 +0000

Yellowstone Resources and Issues (they put out a new one every year).

Roadside Geology Series for each state

Yellowstone Trivia

Grand Teton Trivia

The Compass American Guides for each state

The Michelin Green Books

These are my favorites for the western National Parks.

Janet Arnold

Tour Director / Tour Guide Resource Library – Western National Parks

Joan — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:40:32 +0000

Dear Randy & Ted,

The best, most thorough book on the Grand Canyon is “The Grand Canyon Answer Book,” by Lafayette DeMente. This book was first published in 1989, and while it is an old book, I continue to find it my best resource book for doing tours in the Grand Canyon. The Table of Contents is layed out so every question a guide might have about the Grand Canyon can easily be looked up and answered. It is a paperback book, with maps, distances, times, and history:

“Ours has been the first, and doubtless will be the last party of whites to visit this profitless locality. It seems intended by nature that the Colorado River along the greater part of its lonely and majestic way, shall be forever unvisited and undisturbed.”

Lt. Joseph C. Ives, 1861, wrote in his report to the U.S. Army.

Roberta Reichel
Arizona Certified Guide
ITMI Graduate, Class 120

Tour Director / Tour Guide Resource Library – Western National Parks

Joan — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:40:14 +0000

Ted,

This is the only book I still have. Wish I had brought more of them with me.

Now and then on TV I will see references to the “Great Missoula Flood” and IÂ will watch with great interest.

Allen, John Eliot and Burns, Marjorie, 1986, Cataclysms on the Columbia,

Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, p. 213.

Rosalyn Kociemba

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Joan — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:32:55 +0000

For anything related to Western National Parks I highly recommend the

DVD collection titled “National Parks: America’s Best Idea” by Ken

Burns

Really really great stuff! Â thanks, Philip

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Joan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:59:36 +0000

Hi Ted & Randy

The National Parks in the US have a great series of books under Discover
America's National Parks - every park that I go to I pick up the publication
for that park - the books have different authors - and they tell the story
behind the scenery - they also have publications with the continuing story.
Another part of that series is "Discover America's Heritage" - an
interesting book is Southwestern Indian Tribes.  

Ken Burns also has an extremely interesting and well done documentary on the
National Parks of the US.  This is an excellent resource.  

National Geographic published the "Guide to the National Parks of the United
States - Sixth Edition - another excellent resource.  

Cheers

Jeanette Bosch

Tour Guide / Tour Director Resource Library

Joan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:57:09 +0000

WOW!! This is going to be awesome! Thanks guys!

Chanda

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Joan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:56:16 +0000

Hi Ted and Randy,

One book I recommend for Mesa Verde NP is House of Rain by Craig Childs - excellent
semi-archeological picture of the Ancestral Puebloans in the Southwest.  The other I
recommend for the Grand Canyon area/Navajos' Monument Valley park is Book of the
Navajo by Raymond Friday Locke.

Cheers,

Lynn Barber

Tour Guide / Tour Director Resource Library

Joan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:54:44 +0000

Really, really good idea!

Bravissimo!

Tour Guide / Tour Director Resource Library – Western National Parks

Joan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:52:42 +0000

Hi -

Two books that I have found useful in gathering information for the Western
Parks tours are:

Pages of Stone: Geology of the Grand Canyon and Plateau Country National
Parks and Monuments, by Halka Chronic and Lucy Chronic

and

Standing Rocks and Sleeping Rainbows: Mile by Mile Through Southeast Utah,
by K.E. Rivers

The "Roadside Geology of ... Utah ... Colorado ... New Mexico ... Wyoming
,,, etc"   series of books, many by Halka Chronic, also are helpful.

There is a wonderful DVD entitled "Mule Ride", about doing that in the Grand
Canyon, that is a hit with my guests.

And also, for all the long miles between some of the national parks, I like
to tell stories from the "It Happened In ... Utah ... Grand Canyon ...
Yellowstone ... etc" series of books.

I look forward to seeing the list you compile for these and other
destinations.

thanks for asking.

Mary Bendelow