http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/324/16368 In Along Navajo Trails, Will Evans tells the stories of the Navajo Indians who came into his Shiprock Trading Post during the first part of the last century No publisher Erica Olsen Reservations Along Navajo Trails Will Evans Susan E. woods Robert S. McPherson Navajo Indians reservation life Long Walk memoir story-tellers memory recollection autobiography oral history trading posts Shiprock Trading Company Native Americans 2011-11-12T03:06:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/313/16024 In The Sum of Our Past, Judy Busk weaves personal memoir and historical research together as she retraces the Mormon and Oregon Trails in the modern "covered wagon" of her van No publisher Staff Judy Busk The Sum of our Past pioneer women Mormon Trail Oregon Trail covered wagons personal history memoir autobiography women’s history women in the West frontier life 2010-02-05T08:56:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/330/16560 The author remembers a long-ago hike up Pikes Pike with her mother, who later died having no memory of that hike, or of her daughter. No publisher Diane Sylvain Human beings and nature mountains death Colorado aging Pikes Peak personal history Diane Sylvain family life Alzheimers stroke victims hikes autobiography old age memory memory impairment dementia mother-daughter issues memoir June Sylvain women 2010-10-26T22:46:15Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/341/16880 After more than a decade of a solitary existence packing mules in the Northern Rockies, the writer is seriously injured and must reconsider his way of life. No publisher Jason Fisher Human beings and nature autobiography back injuries memory recovery mule packing solitude life changes accidents Jason Fisher trauma mules memoir unusual jobs mountain life loneliness physical labor 2010-08-17T23:26:59Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/309/15894 The chance to see a huge dead whale draws "carcass tourists" to the California coast No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Human Beings And Nature Personal history memoir whales carcasses life and death animal bones coasts beaches humpback whale Half Moon Bay road trips friendship conversation 2010-02-05T08:31:34Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/310/15930 As mountain towns get more accessible and lively, even in midwinter, the author relishes the way his tiny, remote town slows to a stop once the mountain pass highway is closed for the season No publisher Steve Voynick Human Beings And Nature Small town life mountain towns Rocky Mountains ski resorts winter highways personal history memoir economics winter snow Independence Pass Twin Lakes Aspen Colorado Department of Transportation highway closures 2010-02-05T08:31:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.16/taking-stock Annie Proulx's memoir Bird Cloud and Gary Snyder's book-and-film project, The Etiquette of Freedom, unveil the private lives of two iconic Western writers. No publisher Kurt Caswell autobiography poets Gary Snyder The Etiquette of Freedom Western writers Jim Harrison Bird Cloud memoir The Practice of the Wild Annie Proulx 2010-09-10T18:00:49Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.16/storm-on-lava-creek-a-season-in-yellowstone The power of a thunderstorm thrills a newcomer to Yellowstone National Park. No publisher Lauren Koshere Rocky Mountains Lauren Koshere Summer memories Xanterra Yellowstone National Park memoir 2012-09-28T16:12:12Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/335/16713 In Upstream: Sons, Fathers, and Rivers, Robin Carey recounts a kayak journey up the Klamath River that he made with his son, Dev, and on the way explores the Careys’ troubled family history No publisher Jim Dean family kayaks Carey Thomas Carey Klamath River Human Beings and Nature autobiography Cary Presbyterian ministers river trips Water Yurok Indian memoir life Dev Upstream: Sons Robin Carey Fathers and Rivers Rivers religious mania camping trips mythology George abusive fathers 2010-09-09T21:29:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/370/17700 In his first book, The Enders Hotel, Brandon R. Schrand describes a childhood spent growing up in a funky hotel in the small town of Soda Springs, Idaho. No publisher Andrea Clark Mason autobiography rural West small town life memoir coming of age Brandon R. Schrand stories childhood memories The Enders Hotel Soda Springs Idaho 2010-07-26T22:06:35Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/315/16095 In Folding Paper Cranes: An Atomic Memoir, former U.S. Marine Leonard Bird offers a heartbreaking and yet hopeful personal account of nuclear war No publisher Renee Guillory Weapons personal history Leonard Bird Jane Leonard Folding Paper Cranes nuclear war Hiroshima military biography autobiography memoir Atomic Age nuclear testing downwinders radiation poisoning Nevada Test Site bombs Hiroshima Peace Park Sadako Sas 2010-02-05T08:56:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/345/16985 To an aging, mentally ill woman named Jade, the beautiful Colorado day is filled with sinister, frightening demons, and even a well-meaning neighbor can do nothing to drive them away. No publisher Laura Pritchett and daughters madness mothers compassion personal history insanity mental illness schizophrenia Laura Pritchett autobiography helping others memory hallucinations families essays memoir childhood friends 2010-08-06T22:00:48Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/339/16824 In Big Wonderful: Notes from Wyoming, Kevin Holdsworth describes his love for a harsh landscape in essays, poetry and fiction. No publisher Julianne Couch Human beings and nature Mormon Church childhood oil and environmental problems energy boom Kevin Holdsworth autobi Mormon nature Utah poetry fiction family life Martin’s Cove gas drilling nonfiction Wyoming writers essays memoir Big Wonderful: Notes from Wyoming 2010-08-26T22:05:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/312/15987 In his serious and poetic first book, Not Just Any Land, John Price takes a literary journey into the heart of America’s grasslands No publisher Kirk Zebolsky Human Beings And Nature John Price Not Just Any Land pilgrimage grasslands prairies Great Plains High Plains contemporary authors William Least Heat-Moon Dan O’Brien peregrine falcon buffalo bison Plains Indians journeys personal narrative memoir tallgrass prair 2010-02-05T08:56:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.17/no-walk-in-the-park In his compassionate, understated memoir, Walking Home, Lynn Schooler hikes across rugged Southeast Alaska. No publisher Michael Engelhard autobiography Lynn Schooler hiking divorce Walking Home Southeast Alaska male middle age memoir 2010-10-26T17:43:04Z News Article