false 21 10 6 true 5953164 read 4 true 3687159 currently-reading 0 true 3687158 to-read 5 false 6982291 history 4 false 6982290 western_nonfiction 2 false 6982297 mountaineering 2 false 6982295 alcohol 2 false 7216488 louis_lamour 1 false 6982447 nature <![CDATA[Ryan added 'Conagher']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74520570 to: Conagher (Paperback) by Louis L'Amour
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I do a lot of backpacking but since being married I rarely go by myself. On one of the few trips I took by myself I read this book. Bad move. Great story about how life is always better when you have someone to share it with. It got a little dusty in my tent while reading this book. ]]> <![CDATA[Ryan added 'Kilrone']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74520456 to: Kilrone (Mass Market Paperback) by Louis L'Amour
bookshelves: louis_lamour
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bookshelves: currently-reading, history, mountaineering
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bookshelves: western_nonfiction
Fantastic book and without a doubt one of the Edward Abbey classics. He manages to capture the spirit and essence of the West in such a way that anyone who has roamed the landscapes he did will both cherish and mourn how things are today. ]]> <![CDATA[Ryan added 'House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72857024 to: House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest (Hardcover) by Craig Childs
bookshelves: history, western_nonfiction
At time this book can be a bit wordy, but it's well worth it. Craig takes a subject he is obviously very passionate about and weaves a beautiful narrative of a lost civilization through the land in which they lived. I really enjoyed the geographical links he creates as he traces the history of the Anasazi. It is a good reminder that the physical world we live in shapes our destiny as a civilization. ]]> <![CDATA[Ryan added 'A History of the World in 6 Glasses']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36780382 to: A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Paperback) by Tom Standage
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