High: Colorado Mountains and Mountaineers, a beautiful vol- ume that commemorates the hard work and accomplishments of the club.
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Breathtaking images of
mountains intermingle with memorabilia, such as a telegram bearing the happy news of the creation of Rocky Mountain National Park. Also included is a section on artists who captured the beauty of the landscape on canvas. Among those featured: Albert Bierstadt, renowned 19th century painter of the West whose epic style captured the grandeur of Estes, and contemporary painter Joellyn Duesberry, with her softer, warmly embracing technique. This book is an engaging
Cathy Langer, Tattered Cover’s lead book buyer, explores Colorado from the comfort of her reading chair.
Enjoy the fruits of the writers’ labors and explore Colorado from the comfort of your favor- ite reading spot:
A century ago, a small group of passionate Coloradans who embodied the defi nition of gumption created The Colorado Mountain Club and proceeded to make a profound mark on conservation, recreation and outdoor education in Colorado. In celebration of its centen-
nial, the Colorado Mountain Club published 100 Years Up
and entertaining reminder of Colorado’s great gift of natural beauty and the perfect prompt to get outdoors and enjoy it!
In An American Provence, Thomas Huber, a professor of geography and environmen- tal science at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, describes the striking similarities he and his wife noticed between the North Fork Valley in Western Colorado and the Coulon River Valley in Provence, France. Huber starts his comparison
with a look at geography. Each location is an agricultural river basin surrounded by mountains. In the chapter entitled “The Land,” he opens with a lovely quote from the great conserva- tionist Aldo Leopold about how
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