Cooking Backyard to Backcountry is a unique approach to memorable outdoor cooking. Whether you use a gas grill, a charcoal grill, or a wood fire, you’ll find special techniques some new, some ancient—that will enhance your cooking experience. Learn how to: 
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<li>Create crowd-pleasing barbecue the traditional way</li>
<li>Fire up flavor by cooking directly on a wood plank</li>
<li>Have great grilling anytime, anywhere, even on simple “grills for the hills”</li>
<li>Bake anything and everything in a classic Dutch oven</li>
<li>Prepare spectacular meals in a deep-pit barbecue</li>
<li>Go primitive—and delicious—by cooking on a hot stone slab</li>
<li>Boil up an unforgettable stew—or just a fabulous cup of coffee—using the Native American technique of stone boiling</li>
<li>Cook with foil, spits, reflector ovens, and steam pits</li>
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 Plus, the 150 mouth-watering recipes are tried and true family favorites that have been “field-tested” in backyards and backcountry camps. Many of them are sure to become your favorites, too. If you want new recipes for the grill or want to learn entirely new ways to cook outdoors, this book is your guide to great times and great food.

Cooking Backyard to Backcountry: 12 Techniques and 150 Recipes for Fabulous Outdoor Cooking

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Rittel, John

Rittel, Lori

Outdoor Cooking

Riverbend

“The Pass” was Thomas Savage’s first novel, written by the iconic Western novelist in the 1930s and originally published by Doubleday in 1944. The book, set near Savage’s hometown of Dillon, Montana, takes place around 1910 when the area is newly settled. The railroad is on its way, bringing all that civilization has to offer to a remote valley, changing it forever. New rancher Jess Bentley struggles against the elements, against fate, and against all odds to run a successful outfit that will be suitable for his beloved new bride, Beth, and the baby the doctor warned them they would never see. Read about the life and times of author Thomas Savage in the Winter 2008 edition of “Montana: The Magazine of Western History”.

Pass

Literature & Fiction

Savage, Thomas

Contemporary

The most incredible, unbelievable, wild, weird, fun, fascinating, and true facts about Grand Canyon National Park. The Grand Canyon is full of wonder--and so is this book. Here you will find the biggest and smallest, longest and shortest, first and last, weirdest and wildest, and the who, what, and where of the Grand Canyon. From rim to rim with the canyon and river in between, Grand Canyon Trivia offers something fascinating, fun, and little known about everything. Take it on a hike, pack it in your raft, carry it on a mule, or enjoy it around a campfire. You can even use it to quiz your companions and play a trivia game. These trivial trifles, treasures, and treats will keep you laughing, learning, and guessing. It's fun-tastic! Great for curious kids, inquisitive visitors, and inquiring hikers, and smart travelers.

Grand Canyon Trivia

Travel

Lago, Don

Food, Lodging & Transportation

Some Like It Hot! is a beautiful visual portrait of Yellowstone National Park's best and most favorite thermal features. This stunning portfolio of photographs by Susan M Neider is uniquely organized by geographic region, so it's easy to find specific geysers, hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles. Fascinating historical descriptions by early explorers of the geyser basins--including General H.D. Washburn, F.V. Hayden, and famed conservationist John Muir--accompany these vibrant images and emphasize the timeless beauty and wonder of Yellowstone.

Some Like It Hot!: Yellowstone's Geysers and Hot Springs

Susan M. Neider

This book is a wonderful collection of images and stories that tell of the early years of Glacier National Park, from the park's creation in 1910 to the post-war boom in automobile travel. The striking black and white photographs show many of the people and places that helped make Glacier the "Crown of the Continent". The rare images and informative text were compiled by Michael J. Ober, a Montana historian and longtime seasonal ranger at Glacier.

Glacier Album: Historic Photos of Glacier National Park

Arts & Photography

Ober, Michael J

Photography & Video

The most incredible, unbelievable, wild, weird, fun, fascinating, and true facts about Grand Teton National Park. Grand Teton National Park is full of wonder – and so is this book. Here you will find the biggest and smallest, longest and shortest, first and last, weirdest and wildest, and the who, what, and where of Grand Teton and Jackson Hole. From peaks to valley and everything in between, Grand Teton Trivia offers something fascinating, fun, and little known about the area’s mountains, plants, wildlife, explorers, mountain men, climbers, pioneers, movie stars, outlaws – and more. Carry it on a hike, pack it on a horse, read it by a campfire, and take it home to enjoy again and again. You can even use it to quiz your companions and play a trivia game. These trivial trifles, treasures, and treats will keep you laughing, learning, and guessing. It’s fun-tastic.

Grand Teton Trivia

Craighead, Charlie

In 1949, taking a break from San Diego’s post–World War II bustle, the Knowles family went camping in Canada. Heading home through northwest Montana’s Yaak River country, they found a two-bedroom, story-and-half log cabin on a small lake. There was neither electricity nor plumbing. Access was via dirt road, slow at best and iffy during the long, hard winters. Darwin Knowles saw a peaceful life, and adventurous wife Marilyn agreed. Third-grader daughter, Dee (for Doris), could attend the one-room school, and three-year-old Bob (Barbara) have a safe place to play. Enthusiastic but ignorant of wilderness living, the family moved in that fall—working together to cook and heat with wood, hunt and fish for food, haul water, and wash clothes by hand. They stayed for six years, during which son Stevie was born. Dee’s reminiscence of her childhood in “the Yaak” presents quirky neighbors, growing girls’ adventures, wildlife huge and tiny, and especially one loving family. As she writes, “It was a cozy, scary, painful, hilarious, dangerous, interesting, and grand time, and the most fun I ever had.”

How It Looks Going Back: Growing Up in the Montana Woods

Biographies & Memoirs

Pulis, Doris Knowles

Memoirs

"Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase" is a wildly popular podcast about airline travel by real life flight attendant Betty, who shares funny stories from pilots, flight controllers, ground crew, passengers, and fellow flight attendants and is listened to by hundreds of thousands of Betty fans around the world. Now, by popular demand, here is the best of Betty in a book. It's a wonderful way to be entertained in the airport, on a plane, at home, and anywhere you want a good laugh!

Betty in the Sky With a Suitcase: Hilarious Stories of Air Travel by the World's Favorite Flight Attendant

Humor & Entertainment

Thesky, Betty N

Humor

The most incredible, unbelievable, wild, weird, fun, fascinating, and true facts about Death Valley National Park. Death Valley National Park is full of wonder - and so is this book. Here you will find the biggest and smallest, longest and shortest, first and last, weirdest and wildest, and the who, what, and where of Death Valley. From Telescope Peak to Badwater Basin and everything in between, Death Valley Trivia offers something fascinating, fun, and little known about the area's landscapes, geology, plants, wildlife, weather, explorers, prospectors, outlaws, celebrities - and more. Carry it on a hike, read it in your car, and take it home to enjoy again and again. Play a Death Valley trivia game with family and friends! These trivial trifles, treasures, and treats will keep you laughing, learning, and guessing. It's fun-tastic!

Death Valley Trivia

Reference

The most incredible, unbelievable, wild, weird, fun, fascinating, and true facts about Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A new book called “Great Smoky Mountains Trivia” makes all kinds of facts about the nation’s most visited national park easily accessible and fun to learn. This book covers the odd and unusual aspects of the park, including facts about tipsy wasps, beaver lips, and swimming spores. Readers will be amused by the story of Scratch Britches Ridge and astonished by the unusual method the blue-tailed skink uses to keep eggs from drying out. If you’ve ever wondered what the largest animal in the park is, or what the most poisonous animal in the park is, or how many people die each year due to snake bite, or which Smokies bird has the longest song, then “Great Smokey Mountains Trivia” will provide answers to questions you never thought to ask. The author, Doris Gove, is a biologist, hiker, writer, and editor living in Knoxville, Tennessee, between two great mountain ranges. She has taught biology, directed two nature centers, and written three hiking guides, and six children's books. She works as a science editor for The University of Tennessee and is the past president of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club.

Great Smoky Mountains Trivia

Gove, Doris

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