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2002 National
Outdoor Book Award Winners
Contact: Ron Watters (wattron@isu.edu)
(208) 232-6857
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PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Ron Watters (wattron@isu.edu)
208-232-6857
2002 NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Are you ready for an adventure? If so, you'll find much to whet
the appetite among the winners of the 2002 National Outdoor Book Awards.
Adventures in the Arctic figured prominently among this year's crop
of new outdoor books. The cream of that crop was Jill Fredston's
Rowing to Latitude. Fredston's book is about her and her husband's
travels, more than twenty thousand miles of them, along the coasts of the
Arctic and sub-Arctic. Rowing to Latitude is Fredston's debut
book and she emerges as a fresh new voice in outdoor literature: witty,
touching, literate, bold and honest.
She also emerges as a true adventurer. She pioneered the use of
a recreational rowing shell for expeditionary travel. The boat was
so efficient that she could easily out-distance her husband in a sea kayak.
It's a marvelous book, one that will carry you away to the great hinterlands
of the north latitudes.
Another arctic adventure story is Arctic Crossing which won Honorable
Mention in the History/Biography category. This is author Jonathan
Waterman's story of his attempt to cross the Northwest Passage by kayak,
ski, dogsled and sailboat. It's more than a story of adventure; it's
also about the present-day life of the Inuit, the native people of the
north country.
Several highly researched books on nature and conservation were also
among the winners. One of the winners was a biography of Gifford
Pinchot. Pinchot was the first Chief of the Forest Service and his
influence is felt to this day on the policies which guide the management
of lands used by hundreds of thousands of American's for hiking, climbing,
fishing, biking and other forms of outdoor recreation.
The winner of the Design and Artistic Merit Category is Wilder Mississippi.
It's a captivating book, filled with mesmerizing images of the natural
world of the state of Mississippi. So carefully executed are the
design elements that even the text of the book's subtitles resembles reeds
protruding from the surface of a pond. It all comes together beautifully
and harmoniously, a joyful pictorial hymn, celebrating the wilderness of
Mississippi.
These are four examples from the winners of the National Outdoor Book
Awards which were honored at a special evening ceremony of the International
Conference on Outdoor Recreation and Education. This year's conference
was held in Charleston, South Carolina.
NOBA is the largest and most prestigious national award program for
authors and publishers of outdoor books. The program is sponsored
by Idaho State University and the Association of Outdoor Recreation and
Education.
The following is a list of the winners:
Outdoor Literature Category. Winner. Rowing to Latitude.
By Jill Fredston. Published by North Point Press, New York.
ISBN 0374281807.
History/Biography Category. Winner. Gifford Pinchot and
the Making of Modern Environmentalism. By Char Miller.
Published by Island Press/Shearwater Books, Washington. ISBN 1559638222.
History/Biography Category. Honorable Mention. Arctic
Crossing: One Man's 2,200 Mile Odyssey Among the Inuit. By Jonathan
Waterman. Published by the Lyons Press/Globe Pequot, Guilford, CT.
ISBN1585747300.
Design and Artistic Merit Category. Winner. Wilder Mississippi.
Photographs by Stephen Kirkpatrick. Text by Marlo Carter Kirkpatrick.
Design by Heidi Flynn Allen. Published by The Marvelous Works, Madison,
MS. ISBN 0961935359.
Design and Artistic Merit Category. Honorable Mention. The
Southwest's Contrary Land: Forever Changing Between Four Corners and the
Sea of Cortes. By Craig Childs. Designed by Mary Winkelman
Velgos. Photography Editor: Peter Ensenberger. Published by
Arizona Highways Books. Phoenix. AZ. ISBN1893860191.
Nature and the Environment Category. Winner. Down to
Earth: Nature's Role in American History. By Ted Steinberg.
Published by Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0195140095
Nature and the Environment Category. Honorable Mention. Listening
to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us. By Alexandra
Morton. Published by Ballantine Books, New York. ISBN 034543794
Nature and the Environment Category. Honorable Mention. The
Southwest Inside Out: An Illustrated Guide to the Land and It's History.
By Thomas Wiewandt and Maureen Wilks. Wild Horizons Publishing.
Tucson, AZ ISBN 1879728036
Children's Category. Winner. Wild Wings: Poems for Young
People. By Jane Yolen. Photographs by Jason Stemple.
Published by Wordsong and Boyds Mills Press, Honesdale, PA. ISBN
1563979047.
Children's Category. Honorable Mention. Ladybugs: Red,
Fiery and Bright. By Mia Posada. Published by Carolrhoda
Books, Minneapolis. ISBN 0876143346
Nature Guidebook Category. Winner. Lichens of North America.
By Irwin M. Brodo, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff and Stephen Sharnoff.
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven. ISBN 0811726967
Nature Guidebook Category. Honorable Mention. Bird Tracks
& Sign: A Guide to North American Species. By Mark Elbroch
and Eleanor Marks. Published by Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA.
ISBN 0811726967.
Outdoor Adventure Guidebook Category. Winner. Hiking
the Sierra Nevada. By John Mock and Kimberley O'Neil. Published
by Lonely Planet Publications, Footscray, Australia. ISBN 1740592727.
Outdoor Adventure Guidebook Category. Honorable Mention. Alaska:
A Climbing Guide. By Michael Wood and Colby Coombs. Published by The
Mountaineers Books, Seattle. ISBN 089886724X.
Instructional Category. Winner. The Complete Sea Kayaker's
Handbook. By Shelley Johnson. Published by Ragged Mountain
Press, Camden, NH. ISBN 007136210X.
Instructional Category. Honorable Mention. The Mountain
Traveller's Handbook. By Paul Deegan. British Mountaineering
Council, Manchester, UK. ISBN 0903908476.
Classic Category. Honorable Mention. Backwoods Ethics:
A Guide to Low-Impact Camping and Hiking. By Laura and Guy Waterman.
Published by The Countryman Press, Woodstock. VT. ISBN 088150257X
Full Reviews Follows . . .
Reviews of Winners of the 2001 National Outdoor Book Awards
Outdoor Literature Category. Winner. Rowing to Latitude.
By Jill Fredston. Published by North Point Press, New York.
ISBN 0374281807.
In her debut book, Rowing to Latitude, Jill Fredston
emerges as a fresh new voice in outdoor literature: witty, touching, literate,
bold and honest. She also emerges as a true adventurer. Pioneering
the use of a recreational rowing shell, similar in shape and size to a
sea kayak, she and her husband travel more than twenty thousand miles through
the Arctic and sub-Arctic. This book is the story of those journeys,
but intricately woven among them are the joys and struggles of her life.
It's a marvelous book, one that will carry you away to the great hinterlands
of the north latitudes.
History/Biography Category. Winner. Gifford Pinchot
and the Making of Modern Environmentalism. By Char Miller.
Published by Island Press/Shearwater Books, Washington. ISBN 1559638222.
Gifford Pinchot was the first chief of the Forest Service.
To this day, his influence is still being felt on the policies which guide
the management of lands used by hundreds of thousands of Americans for
hiking, climbing, biking, fishing and other forms of outdoor adventure.
Yet Pinchot is a controversial figure, the bad guy in a bitter battle with
the great conservationist, John Muir. This eminently readable and
erudite biography of Pinchot, the first in over forty years, reveals a
much more complicated man, and sheds new light on Pinchot's contributions
and place in conservation history.
History/Biography Category. Honorable Mention. Arctic
Crossing: One Man's 2,200 Mile Odyssey Among the Inuit. By Jonathan
Waterman. Published by the Lyons Press/Globe Pequot, Guilford, CT.
ISBN1585747300.
This is the story of Jonathan Waterman's attempt to cross the
Northwest Passage by kayak, ski, dogsled and sailboat. More than
an expedition narrative, Waterman also writes about the history and his
encounters with the native people of the north country, the Inuit.
Backed by solid research and written in an introspective style, it's an
illuminating portrait of one man and culture.
Design and Artistic Merit Category. Winner. Wilder
Mississippi. Photographs by Stephen Kirkpatrick. Text by
Marlo Carter Kirkpatrick. Design by Heidi Flynn Allen. Published
by The Marvelous Works, Madison, MS. ISBN 0961935359.
No matter where you are—in the city, in an office, or in a
bookstore in a busy shopping center—open this book to the first page, you're
suddenly someplace else: to a place of quiet sounds, the flutter
of wings, the rustle of a white tail, the drip of morning dew. This
is a book of subtleties, of elegance and of mesmerizing images of Mississippi's
natural world. Stephen Kirkpatrick's brilliant and captivating photography
is complemented with an equally captivating design. So carefully
executed are the design elements that even the text of the book's subtitles
resembles reeds protruding from the surface of a pond. It all comes
together beautifully and harmoniously, a joyful pictorial hymn, celebrating
the wilderness of Mississippi.
Design and Artistic Merit Category. Honorable Mention. The
Southwest's Contrary Land: Forever Changing Between Four Corners and the
Sea of Cortes. By Craig Childs. Designed by Mary Winkelman
Velgos. Photography Editor: Peter Ensenberger. Published by
Arizona Highways Books. Phoenix. AZ. ISBN1893860191.
For many years, Arizona Highways has been publishing colorful,
high quality books of the Southwest—and this is one that excels both pictorially
and textually. Craig Childs' sensitive and inspired text is supplemented
by intelligent design and magnificent photography.
Nature and the Environment Category. Winner. Down
to Earth: Nature's Role in American History. By Ted Steinberg.
Published by Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0195140095
In this fascinating and ground-breaking book, Steinberg investigates
American history from a new and unique perspective: from that of the natural
environment. He argues convincingly that events as diverse as colonization,
the industrial revolution, the civil war, the western gold rush and many
others were shaped and influenced by nature. It's an important seminal
work and one that leads toward a better understanding of the interrelationship
of man and the environment.
Nature and the Environment Category. Honorable Mention. Listening
to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us. By Alexandra
Morton. Published by Ballantine Books, New York. ISBN034543794
This, quite simply, is a wonderful book. Alexandra Morton
makes a strong case for the orca's continued life on earth.
She does this so remarkably well and in such an engaging style that you'll
find yourself quickly drawn into the story of her life and research work
with whales.
Nature and the Environment Category. Honorable Mention. The
Southwest Inside Out: An Illustrated Guide to the Land and It's History.
By Thomas Wiewandt and Maureen Wilks. Wild Horizons Publishing.
Tucson, AZ ISBN 1879728036
This richly illustrated and designed book describes the earthly
processes and events that shape the land and wildlife of the Southwest.
The writing and research are excellent and there's something new to be
learned on every page.
Children's Category. Winner. Wild Wings: Poems for
Young People. By Jane Yolen. Photographs by Jason Stemple.
Published by Wordsong and Boyds Mills Press, Honesdale, PA. ISBN
1563979047.
Wild Wings is a beautiful collaborative effort between
author Jane Yolen and her son, Jason, the book's photographer. The
images, both visual and verbal, can't help but engage a child's interest
and nurture a desire to learn about birds. For ages: 10-12.
Children's Category. Honorable Mention. Ladybugs:
Red, Fiery and Bright. By Mia Posada. Published by Carolrhoda
Books, Minneapolis. ISBN 0876143346
Through verse and bright, colorful illustrations, children
will delight in the tiny world of ladybugs. They'll learn something
too as they watch them grow from small larvae with long, skinny legs into
a bright and beautiful red beetles with shiny black spots. For ages:
3-8.
Nature Guidebook Category. Winner. Lichens of North
America. By Irwin M. Brodo, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff and Stephen
Sharnoff. Published by Yale University Press, New Haven. ISBN
0811726967
When you spend time in the outdoors you'll see them: rocks
with crusty patterned growths of orange and yellow, trees with dangling,
wispy dark green beards, and forest floors laid with a soft, creamy, moss-like
carpet. They're lichens and this is the book to use to identify them:
the first definitive guide to lichens in North America. It's a masterpiece
of imagery, text and science. Be prepared: it's comprehensive, nearly
800 pages long, but the authors and publisher have carefully designed it
to be useful to all, specialists and novices, alike.
Nature Guidebook Category. Honorable Mention. Bird
Tracks & Sign: A Guide to North American Species. By Mark
Elbroch and Eleanor Marks. Published by Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg,
PA. ISBN 0811726967.
Bird Tracks & Sign is an innovative, major new contribution
to the study of North American birds and is destined to become an indispensable
reference.
Outdoor Adventure Guidebook Category. Winner. Hiking
the Sierra Nevada. By John Mock and Kimberley O'Neil. Published
by Lonely Planet Publications, Footscray, Australia. ISBN 1740592727.
Hiking the Sierra Nevada is a user friendly, rock-solid
guidebook with clear writing, useful topographic maps, inviting photos,
and it's conveniently sized to fit in the side pocket of your pack.
Outdoor Adventure Guidebook Category. Honorable Mention. Alaska:
A Climbing Guide. By Michael Wood and Colby Coombs. Published by The
Mountaineers Books, Seattle. ISBN 089886724X.
If you're planning a climb in Alaska, this is the book to consult.
Nicely designed and well-written, it covers history and climbing routes
throughout the state.
Instructional Category. Winner. The Complete Sea
Kayaker's Handbook. By Shelley Johnson. Published by Ragged
Mountain Press, Camden, NH. ISBN 007136210X.
It's all here in one well organized, well illustrated and well
written book: equipment, clothing, technique, navigation, safety,
camping and trip planning. The title says it all. It truly
is the complete sea kayaker's handbook.
Instructional Category. Honorable Mention. The Mountain
Traveller's Handbook. By Paul Deegan. British Mountaineering
Council, Manchester, UK. ISBN 0903908476.
Packed with solid and useful advice, use this creatively designed
and colorfully illustrated book to plan treks and explore the mountains
of distant lands.
Classic Category. Honorable Mention. Backwoods Ethics:
A Guide to Low-Impact Camping and Hiking. By Laura and Guy Waterman.
Published by The Countryman Press, Woodstock. VT. ISBN 088150257X
Laura and Guy Waterman weren't the first to write about the
impacts of recreation on wild lands, but their book Backwoods Ethics,
originally published in 1979, is still with us today, and still remains
a thoughtful and sensible call to action. The book has a significant
following, particularly in the east, where many of their original suggestions
continue to guide trail building and land management programs.
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Cover Scans of
all 2002 Winning Books
For your convenience, we have made high resolution
scans of all 2002 NOBA winners. The covers were scanned with a graphic-quality
scanner at 300 dpi, a resolution suitable for most print media work.* All
scans were saved in a TIFF file format. A zip file with all
scans is also available. To download, click on one or more of
the following:
History Biography Category. Winner: Gifford
Pinchot - zip
file
History Biography Category. Hon. Mention: Arctic
Crossing - zip
file
Literature Category. Winner: Rowing
to Latitude - zip
file
Outdoor Classic Category. Hon Mention: Backcountry
Ethics - zip
file
Design and Artistic Merit Category. Winner: Wilder
Mississippi - zip
file
Design and Artistic Merit Category. Hon Mention: Southwest
Contrary - zip
file
Children's Category. Winner: Wild
Wings - zip
file
Children's Category. Hon Mention: Ladybugs
- zip file
Nature and Environment Category. Winner: Down
to Earth - zip
file
Nature and Environment Category. Hon. Mention: Whales
- zip file
Nature and Environment Category. Hon. Mention: Southwest
Inside - zip
file
Nature Guidebook Winner: Lichens
- zip file
Nature Guidebook. Honorable Mention: Bird
Tracks - zip
file
Instructional Category. Winner: Sea
Kayaker's Handbook - zip
file
Instructional Category. Hon. Mention: Mountain
Traveller's Handbook - zip
file
Outdoor Adventure Guidebook Category. Winner: Sierra
Nevada - zip
file
Outdoor Adventure Guidebook Category. Hon. Mention: Alaska
Climbing - zip
file
Zip file of the covers of all winning books above
(14,600 kb): noba02sc.zip
National Outdoor Book Awards Medallion
* Low resolution (72 dpi) scans suitable for website
images are also available: 2002
Winners.
NOBA Medallion
The following links will download a high resolution
scan of the NOBA medallion. The medallion is copyrighted. However,
media sources (such as newspapers, periodicals and other news outlets)
may use it without permission to illustrate informational articles on the
NOBA program. The medallion was scanned with a graphic-quality scanner
at 300 dpi, a resolution suitable for most print media work. The
scan was saved in a TIFF file format. To download, click on the following:
Winner Medallion
National.Outdoor
Book Awards Winner Medallion
(Scanned as a TIFF file
and available for download in three file types)
Winner Medallion TIFF format: MedalWin.tif
(878 Kbytes)
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(281 Kbytes)
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MedalWin.exe
(310 Kbytes)
(Note on self-extracting zip file: After downloading,
select START, RUN "MedalWin.exe" to extract MedalWin.tif)
Honorable Mention
Medallion
National.Outdoor
Book Awards Honorable Mention Medallion
(Scanned as a TIFF file
and available for download in two file types)
Honorable Mention Medallion TIFF format: MedalHon.tif
(744 Kbytes)
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(MedalHon.zip)
(283 Kbytes)
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