Books and Media – PMags.com https://pmags.com Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:44:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-fav-ico-160x160.jpg Books and Media – PMags.com https://pmags.com 32 32 81463906 Book Review – This Vast Enterprise a New History of Lewis and Clark https://pmags.com/book-review-this-vast-enterprise-a-new-history-of-lewis-and-clark https://pmags.com/book-review-this-vast-enterprise-a-new-history-of-lewis-and-clark#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:43:57 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=45729 Book Review – This Vast Enterprise a New History of Lewis and Clark

Twenty years after walking parts of the Lewis and Clark route on the Continental Divide Trail, I revisit the expedition through Craig Fehrman’s "This Vast Enterprise", a broader and more nuanced history that restores many of the voices missing from the familiar story. Read More ...

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More thoughts about Whitman almost a decade later since I took my solo Walk Across Southern Utah. Read More ...

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How to Camp by John M. Gould was written 150 years ago. But it still has some practical advice applicable for any outdoors person today. Read More ...

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Some informative, engaging, and whimsy books about animal tracks and the night sky. Read More ...

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"Camping with Steve" is calming and strangely addicting. Well worth giving it a watch. Read More ...

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Looking at an amazing two-volume set that's a place name encyclopedia for Utah . Read More ...

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An interesting video that touches upon many topics that I've thought about over the years. Read More ...

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Looking at " Boots McFarland -20 Years on the Trail!" I think of the book as backpacking comfort food. Read More ...

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An overlook of "The Emerald Mile" during the 40th anniversary year of the events it depicts. Read More ...

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I recently did a fun YouTube interview about a book I wrote in 2019. Read More ...

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