Scenic Driving Back Country Byways, 2nd [Paperback]

Stewart M. Green (Author)

Book Description

Series: Scenic Driving Series | Publication Date: July 1, 2001

Discover the startling beauty and stunning diversity of America's public lands.

Scenic Driving Back Country Byways guides steering-wheel recreationists along forty-five of the most magnificent drives found in eleven western states. Relive history such as Lewis and Clark's epic trek across Montana and Idaho or the dust bowl days on historic Route 66 in western Arizona. Become awestruck by the natural beauty in Colorado's San Juan Mountains or in Oregon's lush Coast Range. Or find solitude on plateaus and prairies along your journey.

Written by outdoors writer and photographer Stewart Green, this book provides comprehensive route descriptions, travel information, detailed maps, information on recreational and camping opportunities, and special attractions. The author also explains the types of byways and the best way to drive them.

Use this guide as your indispensable companion on your journey through remote, untamed, and unforgettable lands.

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From the Back Cover

Discover the startling beauty and stunning diversity of America's public lands. Scenic Driving Back Country Byways guides steering-wheel recreationists along forty-five of the most magnificent drives found in eleven western states. Relive history such as Lewis and Clark's epic trek across Montana and Idaho or the dust bowl days on historic Route 66 in western Arizona. Become awestruck by the natural beauty in Colorado's San Juan Mountains or in Oregon's lush Coast Range. Or find solitude on plateaus and prairies along your journey.Written by outdoors writer and photographer Stewart Green, this book provides comprehensive route descriptions, travel information, detailed maps, information on recreational and camping opportunities, and special attractions. The author also explains the types of byways and the best way to drive them. Use this guide as your indispensable companion on your journey through remote, untamed, and unforgettable lands. (6 X 9, 296 pages, b&w photos, maps).

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Falcon; 2nd edition (July 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560449519
• ISBN-13: 978-1560449515
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,234,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I've been a freelance photographer and writer since 1977, based in Colorado Springs and traveling all over the great American West as well as the rest of the United States and the world in search of memorable images and experiences to write about and to lead people toward. Since the mid-1980s I've worked as a contract photographer and writer for FalconGuides/Globe Pequot Press, writing 20 books and photographing a few more.

My books include Rock Climbing Colorado, Rock Climbing Europe, Rock Climbing Utah, Rock Climbing Arizona, Rock Climbing New England, Scenic Driving Colorado, Scenic Driving California, Scenic Driving Arizona, Scenic Driving New England, KNACK Rock Climbing, Best Climbs Moab, Best Climbs Denver and Boulder, Rocky Mountain National Park Pocket Guide, and Back Country Byways.

My work has also been published in lots of other national and international publications. I'm also the Guide to Climbing at About.com, a New York Times Company.

Along the way I fathered a couple of amazing kids--Ian and Brett, climbed and adventured in a lot of places that I never could have imagined, and had a lot of fun. I've had my hands and my heart full. I'm grateful for that.

I write and photograph because of what is in front of me, to honor everything beyond in the world which is great, interesting, mysterious, and always changing. To be a writer and photographer is to see newly every day, as if for the first time, the essence that illuminates and lives within the earth. Every subject redefines me and allows me to discover harmony, reconcile disparities and inequities, and to find shape, symmetry, and truth in the chaos of life.

As a writer and photographer I seek to record my life and times, my vision of the world and its natural beauty, its other creatures, and my fellow human beings, and to find affirmation in life through belonging, wholeness, and living. I always think of the reader and the viewer over my shoulder, the person who sees my vision and reinterprets it in his own experience.

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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It Could Be Helpful, October 21, 2002

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"unit312j" (San Diego, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Back Country Byways (Scenic Driving Series) (Paperback)

Perhaps I didn't read the explanation of the book before I purchased it. I don't regret buying it, but it certainly wasn't what I wanted. It provides some good information about a lot of off the road, well, roads, but there aren't any stories to go with them. It provids some historical, geographical, and biological history of the areas it discusses, but if you are looking for great stories, this book isn't it. Buy this book if you are looking for directions not for enjoyment reading.