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Stranded deep in the Witchita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Wil Brooks never thought the family secret lost in time would find him again. Struggling to endure the wintry night, his daughter Laura would become witness to the mystery. Determined to protect her innocence, Wil becomes desperate for explanation. After a refuge hiker encounters a presence she cannot explain, an adventurous team of scientists come to her aid and cross paths with Wil and Laura. Frustrated and out of options, Wil must decide if he can trust the team and hope to mend the confusion he has created with Laura. When an old treasure map attracts sinister attention, the team is unprepared for the encounters that await them. Using their science to explore a peculiar occurrence coming from one of the mountains, they discover far more than expected. Can Wil repair with Laura and find resolve to the family secret? Will the team solve the mystery of their search and find the elusive connection within the Wichita Mountains?
For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure. During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to feel stifled in the isolated, sterile environment of the lab. Worried that she was losing her passion for the scientific research she once loved, she was compelled to experience wildness again, to be guided by the sounds of birds and to follow the trails of animals. In March of 2012, she and her husband set off on a 4,000-mile wilderness journey from the Pacific rainforest to the Alaskan Arctic, traveling by rowboat, ski, foot, raft, and canoe. Together, they survived harrowing dangers while also experiencing incredible moments of joy and grace -- migrating birds silhouetted against the moon, the steamy breath of caribou, and the bond that comes from sharing such experiences. A unique blend of science, adventure, and personal narrative, The Sun is a Compass explores the bounds of the physical body and the tenuousness of life in the company of the creatures who make their homes in the wildest places left in North America. Inspiring and beautifully written, this love letter to nature is a lyrical testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Winner of the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition: Adventure Travel
Bouldering in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
The essays in this book, written by poets, novelists, mountain-climbers and academics from all over the world, evoke the representation of mountains in the English-speaking world as artists, writers, philosophers or mountain-climbers have represented them from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries. From the Alps to the Pyrenees, from Mount Fuji to Mount Shasta, from the Himalayas to the Scottish Highlands, from Ikere in Nigeria to Devil's Tower in the United States, from Uluru in Australia to the most northern mountain of the Arctic, the shapes of the world speak the same language and tell the world its own story. This interdisciplinary book, weaving together mountaineering, literature, philosophy, painting, cinema, ecology, history, palaeontology, geography, geopolitics, toponymy, law, religion and myth, invites people to an innovative reading of mountains: it reveals the close relationship existing between the shapes of the world and all forms of writing and, at the same time, it shows how the representations of the imagination may be instrumental in protecting the natural world. The story told by the landscape inscribes a broken line in the shapes of the world, tearing the landscape like a fragile page whenever historical and political events (wars, mining or deforestation) leave scars in the landscape; but writers' and artists' representations of mountains constitute a path to awareness as they are not only a painting of beauty, but an image of our link to nature and a warning as well. For centuries the image of the mountain has conveyed a symbolism telling the story of human thought, and this book shows to what extent literature and art play an essential part in our awareness of nature.
Published in conjunction with the Oklahoma Centennial in 2007, Oklahoma 3, provides a unique and colorful portrayal of one of the most diverse and beautiful states in the country. Oklahoma is the American West. Rich with history, it is a place where cultures meet, a place were there is a strong interconnection between the people and the land. Award-winning photographer and Oklahoma native David Fitzgerald has dedicated his life to capturing the splendor of this distinctive place. In Oklahoma 3, Fitzgerald eclipses his work in his first two odes to the state: Oklahoma and Oklahoma II. From rugged Black Mesa to the Red River Valley, from windswept plains to verdant mountains of pine forests and cedar, Oklahoma boasts a varied beauty unlike any other. Jane Jayroe provides a moving personal tribute to her native state. Using Oklahoma's rich musical history as a framework, Jayroe encapsulates the essence of the place while providing insider's knowledge of Oklahoma's rich heritage. OKLAHOMA 3 is the official selection of the Oklahoma Centennial Commemoration Commission.