The Rockies: Pillars of a Continent

by Scott Thybony, Paul Chesley (Photographer)

Photographs and text depict the Rocky Mountains from the southern Rockies in New Mexico to the northernmost part of the range in British Columbia

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction

200 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1996

Reviews

[Thomas Schulte · Rating 4 out of 5]

As expected from National Geographic, beautiful field photography decorates this book and much of it full-page. In the text, the author hikes and camps and visits the locales and people of the range from its southern to northern extremities. Along the way, he visits ghosts of this region, such as the path of Lewis & Clark, and the cabins of both Kit Carson and Enos Mills>/a>, Father of Rocky Mountain National Park. Many of the living denizens, like an octogenarian activist, arthritic nomadic Indian, and retired smokejumper seem to also suggest ways of live fading into history.

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank goodness people write incredible books like this, because I will never be able to go to all of the places in the Rocky Mountains that this book took me to! Written in 1996, the photos are breathtaking and the stories and descriptions are exciting. I have now discovered a new author to read more of because he has written many other "travel" books. So scenic!

[Marie]

The Rockies: Pillars of a Continent by Scott Thybony (1996)