Meandering is a combination of journeys Mike has taken in the car, on a variety of boats, on a bike and on foot to discover the variations and stories of the Mississippi. As the backbone of the continent, draining thirty-one states and two provinces between the Rockies and the Appalachians, the Mississippi collects both the waters and the stories of North America. Now as a paddlewheel Riverlorian, Mike travels the river sharing these stories, and this book collects both the adventures and the stories so the reader can understand both the Great River and the diversity it represents.

Meandering: Notes of a Mississippi Riverlorian

Science & Math

LINK, MIKE

Crowley, Kate

Earth Sciences

North Star Press of St. Cloud

Featuring 100 of the best day hikes, Hiking Minnesota makes it easy to enjoy self-guided tours of trails winding through the natural beauty of the state. The book features many of the area's most popular as well as least-known hiking trails, including routes from
- Grand Portage National Monument at the very northeast corner to Blue Mounds State Park in the southwest corner, - the vast Superior National Forest to the tiny Minnesota River Valley National Wildlife Refuge, - the 34,000 acres of St. Croix State Park to the 200 acres of Temperance River State Park, and - the shores of Lake Superior in Gooseberry Falls State Park to the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Itasca State Park.
Every hike in the book includes an easy-to-read map that shows the trail's distance; approximate hiking time; difficulty rating; points of interest; and descriptions of the area's history, terrain, flora, and fauna. It also includes important information about the parks where many of the trails are located, such as hours and dates of operation, facilities available, applicable rules, permits required, and directions to the trailheads.
Hiking Minnesota will inspire you to take full advantage of the many hiking opportunities in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, and it will guide you to the most scenic and interesting places along each trail. With all the detailed information presented, each hike will be educational as well as enjoyable.

Hiking Minnesota (America's Best Day Hiking Series)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Human Kinetics

"The web of the Black Hills reached to the Big Horns, up and around the curve of the Missouri, and across the Platte River. It was part of the Badlands, the grasslands, and the wild West. The web included Indians and fortune seekers. Life in one location would send its vibrations throughout the whole. 
This is the Black Hills, the center of the earth, a mirror of geologic history, a landscape painted dark by pines and surrounded by a rainbow of badlands. This is eagle country, a sacred land where the ancestors of the early travelers who had hiked across the Bering Straits could climb a peak and look for holy visions. It was here also that the white man could chase the yellow metal that seemed to be solidified sunbeams." 
The challenge is that there are so many legends, so many voices and names and characters--each with an individual story: Sitting Bull, General Custer, Wild Bill Hickok, Preacher Smith, Calamity Jane, Wild Horse Harry Hardin, Vincent McGillycuddy, Bob Brislawn, Teddy Roosevelt, Lame Deer, Chief Flying Hawk, Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Captain Jack Crawford, and Harry Longabaugh (the Sundance Kid). In this book the reader can meet them all. 
The setting is as interesting and varied as the characters and tales. Photographer Craig Blacklock has traveled the territory and returned with 96 stunning full-color photographs that capture both the grandeur and the passing beauties of this part of the west--old and new, wild and natural. 
Also recommended: Lake Superior's North Shore and Isle Royale, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota Underfoot.

Black Hills Badlands the Web of the West

Travel

United States

Voyageur Pr

Black Hills Badlands

History

Blacklock, Craig

World

Journeys to Door County

Voyageur Press

VOYAGEUR PRESS + (MN)

If you've ever visited Door County or ever wanted to go, this book is for you. More than 100 stunning full-color photographs take you through one of America's most famous vacation areas. The beauty, charm, and friendly folk of Door County have brought people back year after year. 
This book truly captures the character of the Door County peninsula in vivid color photos and rich entertaining text. Everyone's favorite spots are here: the friendly fisherman on the dock at Sister Bay, the lighthouse overlooking Nicollet Bay, Peninsula State Park, Gills Rock at the tip of the county, Wilson's Old Fashioned Ice Cream shop and even the goats on Al Johnson's grass roof. Just paging through Journeys To Door County will make you feel as if you were there. 
This book has been considered the perfect traveling companion, with more than 20,000 copies sold since the first edition debuted in 1979. Since that time Door County has seen explosive growth and popularity, so the authors journeyed back to bring you Door County today. You will not be disappointed, as the strength and character portrayed in the first edition are still here. See all of the beautiful shorelines, the authentic architecture, and the stunning landscapes through the photography of Craig and Nadine Blacklock and experience it in the text by Mike Link. Now you can journey to Door County without a reservation. 
Also recommended: Minnesota Underfoot, The Twin Cities Naturally, Our Minnesota, Lake Superior's North Shore and Isle Royale.

Take a journey to the cold, clear lakes and boreal forests of the largest lake wilderness in the United States, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Led by naturalists who love the land and understand the complex web of ecology, this journey is one of discovery. Through the writer you will observe grey jays, whistling beetles, and orchids. 
You'll travel from the Arrowhead, Gunflint, Sawbill, and Echo trails. Each trip is an album of memories, philosophy, and natural history. It's a personal trip through the land that emphasizes feelings rather than destination; it's emotion built on observation. You can feel the paddle in your hand, the wind at your back, and picture the sun on the rippling waves. You can listen to the loon and the wolf, and study the bear and the moose. 
This book prepares you for your trip, helps enrich your visit, lets you share your experience with others, or journey to the Boundary Waters from your favorite chair. 
Also recommended: Canoe Country Wilderness, Lake Superior's North Shore and Isle Royale, Minnesota Underfoot.

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Americas

Who doesn't love loons? The eerie "laugh" heard, the magnificent display, the lumbering takeoff for flight and the fluffy chicks riding piggyback on their parents are images ingrained in popular culture. Combining their years as naturalists and educators, Crowley and Link introduce you to the real bird behind the images. 
A scientifically accurate yet comfortably readable text--including legends and stories about loons--accompanied by spectacular photography, shows the loon's relationship to its family, its environment, other animals, and humans. A list of loon organizations, extensive bibliography, and index make this a valuable resource tool. 
Also recommended: Loons: Song of the Wild, Eagles: Masters of the Sky.

Love of Loons

Biological Sciences

Key Porter Books

Glossy paperback 1988 96 glossy pages with beautiful color pictures.11.00"x8.40"x0.50"How many Islands? The Anishinabe; Voyageurs;The Rock Cutters;Summer Sweets;The Nature of The Islands;The Fall of The hemlocks;beavers and bears;birds of the Island;Dream Lots; Sailing;...and More

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Voyageur Wilderness Books Series)

Mathematics

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