Molloy, Johnny
Summary: "With its secluded mountain waterways, awe-inspiring views from grassy balds, diverse plant and animal life, and impressive stands of old-growth forest, Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers countless opportunities for outdoor adventures. To find the best of them, follow expert author Johnny Molloy-who has spent more than 900 overnights in the Smokies, hiking and camping! An easy family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wilderness Press 2023
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Summary: "The Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York are world famous for their camps built from the land, surrounded by some of the most inspiring, untamed and stunning landscape in the world. This rugged terrain gave birth to its own form of distinctive architecture that has stood the test of time and remains a classic. Although the original great camps of the 1900s were so talked about because of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2004
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Summary: "In this book, Daniel S. Pierce examines land use in the Smokies over the centuries, describing the pageant of peoples who have inhabited these mountains and then focusing on the twentieth-century movement to create a national park." "Drawing on previously unexplored archival materials, Pierce presents the most balanced account available of the development of the park. He tells how park...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Tennessee Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976 PIESummary: The Himalayas were among the last places on Earth that homo sapiens came to inhabit. Now, join an international team of scientists as they climb to the world's highest tombs to unearth secrets of the people who settled these extreme environments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECDunn, Jerry Camarillo.
Summary: Describes significant historic towns, cities, and natural wonders of Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.8 ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES DUNLondon, Martha
Summary: "At the border of Nepal and Tibet, climbers try to reach the highest point above sea level. Mount Everest looks at when and how this mountain formed and what the future looks like for the popular climbing peak."--Amazon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Core, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J910.202 LONRustad, Harley
Summary: "In his early thirties Justin Alexander Shetler, quit his job at a tech startup and set out on a global journey: across the United States by motorcycle, then down to South America, and on to the Philippines, Thailand, and Nepal, in search of authentic experiences and meaningful encounters, while also documenting his travels on Instagram. His enigmatic character and magnetic personality gained...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Mountain Flyer is a premium quality mountain bike journal based in Crested Butte, CO and Jeffersonville, VT. Our honest editorial and rich photography take our readers straight into the gritty, salt-stained core of the mountain bike scene; providing character instead of scale, communities instead of hype, and chronicled adventure instead of flashbulb showmanship. Our mission is to inspire our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Height of Land Publications, LTD. 2004
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Contents: Bury me beneath my willow (Almeda Riddle) -- Anything (with commentary) (Neil Morris) -- Willow green (Ollie Gilbert) -- Sally Goodin (Charlie Everidge) -- Merry golden tree (Almeda Riddle) -- Buffalo gals (Bookmiller Shannon) -- Once I courted a lady beauty bright (Ollie Gilbert) -- Down in Arkansas among the sticks (Bookmiller Shannon) -- The Titanic (Almeda Riddle) -- The Scotch musick...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Records Corp. 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK SOUSummary: A psychiatric nurse begins to question the line between fantasy and reality when he begins to lose his own sanity while working at a mental health facility in the Blue Mountains of Australia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WAKSummary: Three renowned climbers navigate nature's harshest elements and their own complicated inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in the Himalayas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MERSummary: The critically acclaimed anthology series returns for its third season, this time starring Oscar winner Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TRUSella, Vittorio
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aperture 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779 SUMSpalding, Maddie
Summary: "More than 10 million people each year visit the land named for the fog that often wraps around its mountain peaks. Great Smoky Mountains National Park explores the park, including its geology, plant and animal life, the peoples who have called it home, and its main attractions. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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Summary: An introduction to the ecosystems found on mountains, discussing what lives on a mountain and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wonder Books, an imprint of The Child's World 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.5 HUDConefrey, Mick
Summary: At 28,251 ft, K2 might be almost 800 ft shorter than Everest, but it's a far harder climb. In this definitive account, Mick Conefrey grippingly describes the early attempts to reach the summit and provides a fascinating exploration of the first ascent's complex legacy. From the drug-addicted occultist Aleister Crowley to Achille Compagnoni and Lindo Lacedelli, the Italian duo who finally made...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld Publications Ltd 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.54 CONSummary: Six made-for-TV movies chronicling the life of the Walton family from the late 1940s to the late 1960s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2010
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Summary: "In the year 1912, nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves home to teach school in the Smoky Mountains -- and comes to know and love the resilient people of the region, with their fierce pride, their dark superstitions, their terrible poverty, and their yearning for beauty and truth. But her faith will be severely challenged by trial and tragedy, by the needs and unique strengths of two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oasis Audio 2017
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC MARGeisert, Bonnie.
Summary: Describes a year in the present-day life of a mountain town that was founded when prospectors searching for gold arrived in the Rocky Mountains in the mid-nineteenth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 307.72 GEISummary: Nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston has lived a life of luxury in her cosmopolitan, turn-of-the-century hometown. Determined to reach beyond her sheltered world to help others, the headstrong schoolteacher heads for the impoverished Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee to teach in a remote schoolhouse. As she grapples with the ignorance and poverty of the members of her new community, she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Christy 2006Marshall, Catherine
Summary: The train taking nineteen-year-old teacher Christy Huddleston from her home in Asheville, North Carolina, might as well be transporting her to another world. The Smoky Mountain community of Cutter Gap feels suspended in time, trapped by poverty, superstitions, and century-old traditions. But as Christy struggles to find acceptance in her new home, some see her - and her one-room school - as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction MarshallPancella, Peggy.
Summary: Describes the national park that spans two states, has the most visitors, and gets its name from a blue mist that usually covers the surrounding mountains.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 976.889 PANLong, John A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J. Henry Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.8 LONDuFresne, Jim.
Summary: The Porkies, the beloved mountains of the Midwest, are the scenic and rugged heart of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This 60,000-acre park features entire rivers, 25 miles of Lake Superior shoreline, dozens of waterfalls, wildlife from bald eagles to black bears and the most extensive virgin forest between the Adirondacks and the Rocky Mountains.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegg Legg Productions 1993
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 MICHIGAN PORCall number: 917.7498 DUF