Moon Handbooks Wyoming: Including Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Fifth Edition [Paperback]

Don Pitcher (Author)

Book Description

Series: Moon Handbooks | Publication Date: April 2003

Rugged and awe-inspiring, Wyoming provides the visitor with a visual feast- jagged mountains, clear lakes, flowing rivers, and rolling plains- and Don Pitcher's newly revised Moon Handbooks Wyoming offers all the practical know-how to enjoy a trip to this scenic wonder. This guidebook provides extensive coverage of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, including accommodations in the parks, camping information, up-to-date website listings, and full descriptions of lodgings, dining, shopping and culture in gateway towns. Pitcher expertly guides visitors to these two parks, pointing out their must-see features, both on and off the beaten pathyes, you get Old Faithful, but you also get great coverage of the backcountry too. Additional sites covered include: the Black Hills, Devil's Tower, Medicine Wheel, and much more. Wyoming's diverse geologic and natural history is offered in detail, as well its colorful people- Native Americans, solitary mountain men and trappers, cowboys and rustlers, independent women, and opportunistic easterners on the Oregon Trail-who settled in this unique landscape. Authoritative, opinionated, and comprehensive, Moon Handbooks Wyoming is a must-have for any vacation plans.

Editorial Reviews

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"History, geology ... the real dirt on Calamity Jane, white Indians, and the tacky Cheyenne gunslingers. All here. And all fun."

About the Author

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Don Pitcher grew up all over the East Coast-from Florida to Maine. He moved west to attend college and immediately fell in love with its wide open spaces. Although trained as an ecologist, Don Pitcher's love of travel led him into the field of writing and photography. In addition to this book, he is the author of Moon Handbooks Yellowstone-Grand Teton, Moon Handbooks Washington, and Moon Handbooks Alaska-Yukon.

Product Details

• Paperback: 784 pages
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing; 5th edition (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566914949
• ISBN-13: 978-1566914949
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,224,185 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding guidebook to a beautiful piece of America., October 16, 1999

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Peter Smallhill (Pasadena, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wyoming Handbook: Including Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Third Edition (Paperback)

By far the best guidebook to the entire state of Wyoming, with excellent detailed sections on Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. The book, which is superior to some others in the Moon series, is a labor of love by the author for the land, people, and small towns of the state. Pitcher provides great detail on what to see everywhere; colorful local and regional histories; and affectionate, slightly tongue-in-cheek descriptions of small towns. Sure to enhance a visit of eny length.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, the best guide there is to Wyoming, June 4, 2001

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Lawrence Walker "Coyote Guy" (Kerrville, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moon Handbooks Wyoming, Fourth Edition (Paperback)

Most of the "name brand" travel guides are for fly-by tourists (though I do appreciate Frommer's guides much more than the rest of the big names). Well, if those books are for tourists, then Moon's handbooks (along with Lonely Planet's guides) are for TRAVELERS. And Moon's Wyoming Handbook is, as others here have said, one of their best. It's thick, it's juicy, it's meaty, it's expansive, it's authoritative and wry. So wherever you are in that great big "empty" terrain, it's got some practical information for and historical and cultural insight into places all around.

Wyoming has fewer people than any other state (yes, fewer than Rhode Island and Alaska). But it's places of interest are many and varied, though scattered far and wide. You need a good guide and a GOOD READ to cover the miles and the days. I admire author Don Pitcher's efforts here.

If you choose one guidebook, make it Moon's Wyoming Handbook. If you'd like to get a second general guide to the region for comparison and cross-reference (including more descriptive listings of selected accommodations), I'd add Frommer's guide to Wyoming, which includes Montana as well.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you go to Wyoming,you must take this book !, September 24, 1999

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[e-mail] (Annapolis, Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wyoming Handbook: Including Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Third Edition (Paperback)

I checked this book out of the Public Library in preparation for a 30 day trip to Wyoming. I liked it so much, I bought a copy. GOOD MOVE ! I planned my trip based upon this book and I found it to be very reliable. The directions to the petrographs in the middle of no-where could have been a little better, but we found then. A MUST BOOK IF YOU WANT TO TOUR WYOMING. We found the resturant recomendations to be accurate too.