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Press Release
for 1998 Winners
National Outdoor Book Awards
Contact: Ron Watters (208) 236-3912
wattron@isu.edu
WINNERS OF 1998 NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The winners of the 1998 National Outdoor Book Awards were recently announced.
This is the second year of the program which honors outstanding publishing
and writing in the outdoor field.
Winners by category are:
Nature Guidebook Category. A Field Guide to Snakes of Florida
by Alan Tennant, published by Gulf Publishing Company. Honorable
mention goes to the Colorado Nature Almanac by Stephen R. Jones
and Ruth Carol Cushman, published by Pruett Publishing Company
Nature and the Environment Category. The Columbia: Sustaining
a Modern Resource by Tim Palmer, published by The Mountaineers.
Honorable mention goes to The Arctic Wolf: Ten Years with the Pack
by David Mech, published by Voyageur Press.
Outdoor Adventure Guidebook Category. Colorado's Continental
Divide Trail by Tom Lorang Jones, published by Westcliffe Publishers.
Instructional Category. Knots and Ropes for Climbers by
Duane Raleigh, published by Stackpole Books
Design and Artistic Merit. Track of the Tiger, Edited by
Maurice Hornocker, published by Sierra Club Books. Honorable mention
goes to 100 Classic Hikes in Washington by Ira Spring and Harvey
Manning, published by The Mountaineers.
History/Biography Category. The Doing of the Thing: The Brief
and Brilliant Whitewater Career of Buzz Holmstom, by Vince Welch, Cort
Conley, Brad Dimock, published by Fretwater Press.
Outdoor Literature Category. Postcards from the Ledge: Collected
Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child by Greg Child, published by The
Mountaineers.
Outdoor Classic. This year, judges have decided to make two awards
in the classic category. Both of the winners are extraordinary works
in the outdoor field and both are deserving of the title Outdoor Classic.
The two winners are Two in the Far North by Margaret Murie, published
by Alaska Northwest Books; and Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills.
Edited by Don Graydon and Kurt Hanson, published by The Mountaineers.
The program is sponsored by the Association of Outdoor Recreation and
Education and Idaho State University. Additional information on the
award program is available on the Internet at www.isu.edu/outdoor/bookpol.htm.
The following is a more detailed description of each of the winning
books:
Nature Guidebook Winner. A Field Guide to Snakes of Florida
by Alan Tennant, published by Gulf Publishing Company.
Longtime herpetologist Alan Tennant skillfully combines scientific
data with straightforward comments and observations to make this book an
invaluable resource tool for identifying and appreciating Florida's remarkable
snake population. A well crafted and organized guidebook, it has
understandable text and crisp, easy-to-use color photographs of every snake
described in the book.
Nature Guidebook Honorable Mention. Colorado Nature Almanac
by Stephen R. Jones and Ruth Carol Cushman, published by Pruett Publishing
Company.
Wonderfully readable and well-researched, this is a month-to-month
guide to the rhythms of nature in Colorado. It includes wildflower
blooming charts, bird arrival times, a naturalist's where-to-go directory,
and entertaining facts about the state's flora and fauna.
Nature and the Environment Winner. The Columbia: Sustaining
a Modern Resource by Tim Palmer, published by The Mountaineers.
Tim Palmer, in one of his finest works on rivers, celebrates
the beauty and natural resources of the Columbia. Taking readers
from one tributary to another across the vast and varied Pacific Northwest
landscape, he describes the river's watershed, the intricate pattern of
development, and its dwindling forests and salmon runs. He details
what is wrong but also offers hope that responsible politics can redirect
society toward a sustainable future.
Nature and the Environment (Honorable Mention). The Arctic
Wolf: Ten Years with the Pack by David Mech, published by Voyageur
Press.
Written by one of the world's foremost authorities on wolves,
this book is about Mech's work with a pack of Arctic wolves which he first
began to study in 1986. It is as much a fascinating personal account
as it is a classic field study. Moreover, it's a stylish and elegant
book, lavishly illustrated with color photography.
Outdoor Adventure Guidebook Winner. Colorado's Continental
Divide Trail by Tom Lorang Jones. Photographs by John Fielder.
Published by Westcliffe Publishers.
This guidebook covers the 759-mile stretch of the Continental
Divide Trail through the state of Colorado and includes trail descriptions,
history, conservation information, and route finding hints. It's
an outstanding resource for hikers and mountain bikers. From brilliant
color photography to colorful maps and graphics to insightful writing,
this is a model guidebook.
Instructional Book Winner. Knots and Ropes for Climbers,
by Duane Raleigh. Illustrated by Mike Clelland. Published by Stackpole
Books.
Knots and Ropes is not a fancy book. It's less
than 100 pages in length and there's no color photography. But it
is the book's plain and simple approach which makes it so appealing and
useful. Duane Raleigh's text along with Mike Clelland's clever, but
clear and understandable illustrations, remove the mystery surrounding
climbing knots and makes tying them a snap.
Design and Artistic Merit Winner. Track of the Tiger. Maurice
Hornocker, editor. Andy Lewis, art director. Tom Lewis, design
director. Produced by Tehabi Books and published by Sierra Club Books.
Track of the Tiger is a compelling and masterfully designed
book with rich, stunning photography by some of the world's best nature
photographers. Nine essays, edited by eminent biologist, Maurice
Hornocker, bring alive this magnificent and legendary animal, the largest
of the world's cats.
Design (Honorable Mention). 100 Classic Hikes in Washington.
Ira Spring and Harvey Manning, authors. Jennifer Shontz, graphic
coordinator. Marge Mueller, maps. Published by The Mountaineers.
Conservationists and venerable Pacific Northwest guidebook
writers, Ira Spring and Harvey Manning describe 100 of the best hikes in
Washington. This is a beautifully arranged book, with exquisite color
photography and a new and promising type of map graphic giving readers
a visual representation of trail lay-out.
Biography Winner. The Doing of the Thing: The Brief, Brilliant
Whitewater Career of Buzz Holmstrom by Vince Welch, Cort Conley, and
Brad Dimock, published by Fretwater Press.
In this well-researched and well-written biography, western
whitewater pioneer Buzz Holmstrom, famous for his 1937 thousand-mile solo
run down the Colorado River, comes to life. Near its conclusion,
the book answers one of the great mysteries of the whitewater world:
how and why did Holmstrom die on the Grand Ronde river in Oregon?
This is a wonderful story about rivers and wooden boats, humility, solitude,
and one man's lone struggle in a difficult and changing world.
Outdoor Literature Winner. Postcards from the Ledge: Collected
Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child by Greg Child, published by The
Mountaineers.
Postcards from the Ledge establishes Greg Child as one
of most talented and versatile writers of the mountaineering genre.
A competent and experienced climber, he is an astute and objective observer.
He is humorous and serious, and as adept at elegant descriptions of the
high moments of life in the mountains as he is describing the sordid
and repulsive side of the sport.
Outdoor Classic Winner. Two in the Far North by Margaret Murie,
published by Alaska Northwest Books.
This book, first written in the 1950s and still in print, is
authored by the grand dame of the wilderness movement, Margaret Murie.
Margaret has helped generations of men and women understand the need to
preserve wild landscapes. In Two in the Far North, she describes
her life in Alaska: her growing up in Anchorage and her adventurous
trips into the Alaska wilderness with her husband and biologist, Olaus.
It is a wonderful read and a true American wilderness classic.
Outdoor Classic Winner. Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills.
Edited by Don Graydon and Kurt Hanson. Published by The Mountaineers.
Freedom of the Hills is the classic English-language
text on mountaineering and the best selling climbing instruction book of
all time. First published in 1960 and now on its sixth edition, this
authoritative and expansive book has evolved with the times, while maintaining
its high and exacting standards. It is an essential part of any outdoor
library.
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