The Man Who Walked Through Time(Reprint) The Story of the First Trip Afoot Through the Grand Canyon by ColinFletcher Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1989 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-679-72306-6, ISBN: 0-679-72306-4
"Colin Fletcher is a self-described "compulsive walker." It is not unusual for him to pick up a map, drive to an area that intrigues him, and then start walking. It should come as no surprise then that a detour from U.S. 66 to visit the Grand Canyon on a June morning in 1963 inspired Fletcher to walk the length of the Canyon below the rim. In The Man Who Walked Through Time Fletcher recounts his amazing journey. For two months Fletcher s ..."
"For the first time since 1984, we have a new edition of the classic book that Field & Stream called “the Hiker’s Bible.” For this version, the celebrated writer and hiker Colin Fletcher has taken on a coauthor, Chip Rawlins, himself an avid outdoorsman and a poet from Wyoming. Together, they have made this fourth edition of The Complete Walker the most informative, entertaining, and thorough version yet.The eighteen years since the publ ..."
River(1st Edition) One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea by ColinFletcher Ph. Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 1998 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-375-70182-5, ISBN: 0-375-70182-6
"Colin Fletcher, the author of the Grand Canyon classic The Man Who Walked Through Time, adds to his life list of desert voyages with a trip down the 1,700-mile-long Colorado River. From its sources in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming to its union with the Gulf of California, Fletcher traces the Colorado in an entertaining and often quite funny travelogue. More seriously, he ponders his own life's passage, musing on lost loves, the ex ..."
The New Complete Walker(2nd Edition) The Joys and Techniques of Hiking and Backpacking by ColinFletcher, Vanna . Franks Hardcover, 485 Pages, Published 1974 by Knopf; [Distributed By Random House] ISBN-13: 978-0-394-48099-2, ISBN: 0-394-48099-6
"Features a guide to the latest developments in backpacking equipment and provides practical information on hiking techniques, clothing, first aid, cooking, and selecting a campsite"
Complete Walker III(3rd Edition) by ColinFletcher Paperback, 668 Pages, Published 1984 by Knopf ISBN-13: 978-0-394-72264-1, ISBN: 0-394-72264-7
"According to Colin Fletcher, walking can become an addiction. But it can also be therapy; he sometimes walks "along (a) ridge in order to think uncluttered thoughts or to feel with accuracy, or to sweat away a hangover, or to achieve some other worthy end." His guide touches on the spiritual but also gets down to brass tacks with a grandfather's authority. Heavy with specifics, Fletcher suggests which socks to wear and how to choose a b ..."
"For the first time since 1984, we have a new edition of the classic book that Field & Stream called “the Hiker’s Bible.” For this version, the celebrated writer and hiker Colin Fletcher has taken on a coauthor, Chip Rawlins, himself an avid outdoorsman and a poet from Wyoming. Together, they have made this fourth edition of The Complete Walker the most informative, entertaining, and thorough version yet.The eighteen years since the publ ..."
"Colin Fletcher is a self-described "compulsive walker." It is not unusual for him to pick up a map, drive to an area that intrigues him, and then start walking. It should come as no surprise then that a detour from U.S. 66 to visit the Grand Canyon on a June morning in 1963 inspired Fletcher to walk the length of the Canyon below the rim. In The Man Who Walked Through Time Fletcher recounts his amazing journey. For two months Fletcher s ..."
The Complete Walker The Joys and Techniques of Hiking and Backpacking by ColinFletcher, Vanna Franks Hardcover, 353 Pages, Published 1968 by Alfred A. Knopf ISBN-13: 978-0-394-42000-4, ISBN: 0-394-42000-4
"For the first time since 1984, we have a new edition of the classic book that Field & Stream called “the Hiker’s Bible.” For this version, the celebrated writer and hiker Colin Fletcher has taken on a coauthor, Chip Rawlins, himself an avid outdoorsman and a poet from Wyoming. Together, they have made this fourth edition of The Complete Walker the most informative, entertaining, and thorough version yet.The eighteen years since the publ ..."
"Fifty-one exquisite b&w plates by a fine photographer who is an obvious student of Ansel Adams. Superbly reproduced in laser-scanned duotone, the images in Quiet light are a testimony to Sexton's love of light and to his dedication to expressing the spirit of the land. An essential acquisition for all photography collections. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or."
"Harry's older sister always tricks him out of his fair share of treats, but one day, with Mom's help, he has the last laugh."
Banning the Bomb? Argument from the "Just War" Position (Grove booklet on ethics) by ColinFletcher Paperback, 26 Pages, Published 1982 by Grove Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-907536-37-6, ISBN: 0-907536-37-9
The Winds of Mara(1st Edition) by ColinFletcher Hardcover, 343 Pages, Published 1973 by Alfred A. Knopf ISBN-13: 978-0-394-47091-7, ISBN: 0-394-47091-5
"The Man Who Walked Through Time (1967) -- guide, hiker and amateur naturalist -- returns to Africa, specifically the Mara animal preserve in southern Kenya. There among magnificent ""unknowing"" animals, a complex topography, and a human population no less intricate in its crosscurrents and purposes, Fletcher searches for connections and scrutinizes his own ability to observe creatures and objects. ""Unless you're one of the people born ..."
"In 1867, John Muir, age twenty-eight, was blinded in an industrial accident. He lay in bed for two weeks wondering if he would ever see again. When his sight miraculously returned, Muir resolved to devote all his time to the great passion of his life -- studying plants. He quit his job in an Indiana manufacturing plant, said good-bye to his family, and set out alone to walk to the Gulf of Mexico, sketching tropical plants along the way. ..."
"His books (as C. L. Rawlins) include A Ceremony on Bare Ground (1985), Sky's
Witness (1993), Broken Country (1996), and In Gravity National Park (1998).
Along with bachelor's and master's degrees from Utah State University, a Stegner
Fellowship at Stanford, and various literary prizes, he has received the U.S.
Forest Service Primitive Skills Award for monitoring air pollution in Wyoming's
Wind River Range. Rawlins has served as a v ..."
River One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea by ColinFletcher Published 2014 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-8041-5243-3, ISBN: 0-8041-5243-8
"One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea Colin Fletcher. rocks. And
the stone walls' color and texture—mostly red and smooth, but leavened with
rough gray streaks—stood in clear andpresent ... This footnote on rough justice
up among those red cliffs and buttes behind the MacPherson Ranch had until
that ..."