Mike Burns—born Hoomothya—was around eight years old in 1872 when the US military murdered his family and as many as seventy-six other Yavapai men, women, and children in the Skeleton Cave Massacre in Arizona. One of only a few young survivors, he was adopted by an army captain and ended up serving as a scout in the US army and adventuring in the West. Before his death in 1934, Burns wrote about the massacre, his time fighting in the Indian Wars during the 1880s, and life among the Kwevkepaya and Tolkepaya Yavapai. His precarious position between the white and Native worlds gives his account a distinctive narrative voice.
Because Burns was unable to find a publisher during his lifetime, these firsthand accounts of history from a Native perspective remained unseen through much of the twentieth century, archived at the Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott. Now Gregory McNamee has brought Burns's text to life, making this extraordinary tale an accessible and compelling read. Generations after his death, Mike Burns finally gets a chance to tell his story. This autobiography offers a missing piece of Arizona history—as one of the only Native American accounts of the Skeleton Cave Massacre—and contributes to a growing body of history from a Native perspective. It will be an indispensable tool for scholars and general readers interested in the West—specifically Arizona history, the Apache wars, and Yavapai and Apache history and lifeways.

The Only One Living to Tell: The Autobiography of a Yavapai Indian

Biographies & Memoirs

Burns, Mike

Community & Culture

University of Arizona Press

* GPS chapter completely updated to reflect newer models and features of GPS receivers now available * Expanded to include a section on routefinding on glaciers, along with additional information on changing declination * Extensive illustrated examples of orientation and wilderness navigation Proceed with confidence when heading off-road or off-trail with the second edition of Wilderness Navigation. Whether you are climbing a glacier, orienteering in the backcountry, or on an easy day hike, Mike and Bob Burns cover all the latest technology and time-tested methods to help you learn to navigate-from how to read a map to compasses and geomagnetism. Bob Burns is a long-time member of The Mountaineers. He has taught classes in the use of map and compass since the late 1970s. Mike Burns is an avid climber. He has instructed climbing and navigation classes, and written articles for Climbing magazine. Part of the The Mountaineers Outdoor Basics series! Created for beginning-to-intermediate enthusiasts, this series includes everything anyone would need to know about staying safe and having fun in the backcountry.

Wilderness Navigation: Finding Your Way Using Map, Compass, Altimeter, & GPS (Mountaineers Outdoor Basics)

Sports & Outdoors

Burns, Bob

Hiking & Camping

MOUNTAINEERS BOOKS+

God's Toyland

Religion & Spirituality

Master Press

End of the Empire is about the decline of the United States, how it's already happening, what is likely to happen next, the causes of The Collapse (as history books will refer to it in 50 years) and what to do in order to mitigate the impact to yourself and your family. Coming to grips with the end of an empire and the big changes in your own lifestyle is certainly hard. At first, most people will deny it. "No, this isn't happening. Everything will be fine." And there will be plenty of cheerleader politicians who say that everything is fine, that people are being too negative in pointing out the decline, and even that it's unpatriotic to speak against the US. Yes, we were number one in almost every area just a decade or two ago, but now we're going downhill. One indication of why the misery in the US has steadily increased is that the standard of living has gone down. Many other countries have pulled ahead of the US during the Bush-Obama years. In 1980 the US ranked as the first country in the world, but by 2020 the US had the 12th highest standard of living, and going lower with each passing year. In this book I'll show how the federal and state governments cheat at the statistics to make things look better than they are, some areas where the US has gotten worse over time, how we're still getting worse, and how you can protect yourself from it all.

End Of The Empire - How To Protect Yourself During The Collapse

Business & Money

Personal Finance

Mike Burns

Richard "Dick" Lane is best known for being a standout defensive back in professional football who played fourteen seasons in the National Football League and established records that still stand today. During his rookie season, Lane established the record for most interceptions in a season when he picked off fourteen. The record still stands today, despite the NFL season being several games longer and offenses being much more pass oriented. Lane was known for not only taking the ball away from the offense, but also his bone-jarring hits. To best determine his stature in professional football history, one only has to refer to what his peers had to say about him: ". . . Richard 'Night Train" Lane. I played with him and against him. He was the best I've ever seen." Pat Summerall - Sports Commentator &amp; NFL Player "Train was the greatest defensive back that ever played the game. Period." - Red Hickey - Head Coach of the Baltimore Colts from 1959 to 1968.

Night Train Lane: Life of Hall of Famer Richard Night Train Lane

Eakin Press

* Simple, focused, and accessible, Wilderness GPS is for anyone using GPS in an outdoor setting * Trust us: first-timers need help to use their new backcountry GPS devices * From the authors of the bestselling Wilderness Navigation (65,000 copies sold)
Thousands have learned compass and map skills with the help of father-and-son team Bob and Mike Burns and their straightforward, simply explained book, Wilderness Navigation. Now they’ve written a book for everyone who has bought a backcountry GPS device and found it inexplicably complicated to use (which includes most of us). Wilderness GPS is an easy-to-use guide to get you navigating the outdoors with your handheld GPS device. Wondering how to choose from the variety of gear and computer programs, or how to use a GPS with your map and compass effectively? Wilderness GPS details this and more including:
* How to select your GPS gear * Getting started and practice routines * Different coordinate systems: latitude and longitude vs. Universal transverse Mercator (UTM) * Routefinding in wilderness settings, including common scenarios * GPS vs. map and compass routefinding * Using GPS on water * Using your GPS with a home computer or mobile “smart” device
Bob Burns and Mike Burns are the authors of Wilderness Navigation, a nationally bestselling primer that serves as the official textbook for navigation courses taught by The Mountaineers and other outdoor education centers. Together, they have decades of professional experience in teaching map and compass, GPS, and navigation in the outdoors and have hiked, scrambled, climbed, and snowshoed all over the West Coast and beyond. They both live in Seattle.

Wilderness GPS: A Step-by-Step Guide (Mountaineering Outdoor Basics)

Over 100K copies sold <ul>
<li>The official navigation textbook used in outdoor education courses by thousands of students</li> <li>Map and compass skills remain the foundation for traveling safely in the wilderness</li> </ul> This new third edition is a major and complete update of the popular textbook: <ul>
<li>Improved throughout for clarity, with chapter objectives presented at the beginning of each chapter and summaries, "skills check" mini-quizzes, and practice problems listed at the end</li> <li>Updated descriptions of the most current maps, compasses, altimeters, and Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers</li> <li>Updated declination maps for the United States and the world (declination changes over time and compasses must be adjusted for a specific location to provide correct readings)</li> <li>Much-expanded GPS chapter, including interfacing the GPS receiver with the home computer, maximizing battery life, and using the GPS function on a “smart” phones (along with a description of their limitations)</li> <li>Additional information on non-GPS navigational techniques</li> <li>Recommended websites, apps, and other sources of useful navigational information</li> </ul>

Wilderness Navigation: Finding Your Way Using Map, Compass, Altimeter & GPS, 3rd Edition (Mountaineers Outdoor Basics)

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Neil Weir died in 1967, but it was not until 2009 that his grandson, Mike Burns, discovered his diary among some boxes he had been left, and learnt that his grandfather had served as an officer in the 10th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlander throughout the First World War, seeing action at Loos, the Somme and Vimy Ridge, as well as in staff and training posts. It ends with his work at the War Office during the Russian Civil War of 1919–20. In the diary, and the accompanying letters which have been collected from various members of the Weir family, we hear the authentic voice of a First World War soldier and get an insight into his experiences on the Western Front and elsewhere. Edited and with introductory text by Saul David, this book is one of the most fascinating accounts ever published of the First World War as experienced by the men who fought it.

Mud and Bodies: The War Diaries & Letters of Captain N A C Weir, 1914-1920

Leaders & Notable People

Frontline Books

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