Newsletter for January 27, 2012
Recent Arrivals
Here’s a brief listing of some of the newest titles now available on our website (www.bondcliffbooks.com). Orders may also be placed by phone (see below), fax, or email (info@bondcliffbooks.com). In most cases, titles listed in the Used/Antiquarian section are unique. In other words, there’s just that one copy available, so don’t delay in placing your order!
New Distributed Titles
Mount Washington and the Heart of the Presidential Range by Bradford Washburn. Perhaps the finest White Mountain map ever produced. Concentrates on 6,288-foot Mount Washington and the peaks of New Hampshire’s highest mountain range.
New Hampshire Rocks by Fritz Wetherbee. Here’s Fritz’s newest collection of Granite State stories, published in November 2011.
Over the Headwall: The Ski History of Tuckerman Ravine by Jeffrey R. Leich. This is a great new illustrated history of skiing in Mount Washington’s infamous Tuckerman Ravine. Authored by the longtime director of the New England Ski Museum at Franconia Notch, the book contains more than 160 wonderful images of many of the ski pioneers of the White Mountains.
Surficial Geology of Mount Washington and the Presidential Range by Brian K. Fowler. A colorful new map depicting geologic deposits and features that overlie the bedrock of the Presidentials. Printed on waterproof, tear resistant paper.
Two Coots in a Canoe by David E. Morine. The softcover edition of this delightful story of two opld friends attempting to canoe the length of New England’s Connecticut River.
Bargain/Sale Books & DVDs
A New Order of Things by Paul E. Rivard. An interesting illustrated overview on the rise and fall of New England’s textile industry.
The Great Meadow: Farmers and the Land in Colonial Concord by Brian Donahue. A book that reconstructs in minute and fascinating detail the interactions of people and ecosystems in colonial New England.
Spahn, Sain and Teddy Ballgame, edited by Bill Nowlin. Excellent recounting of the historic 1948 baseball season, which nearly saw the two Boston-based teams meet up in the World Series.
Ways to the Sky by Andy Selters. An excellent historical guide to North American Mountaineering. Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award.
Winter Trails: Vermont and New Hampshire by Marty Basch. Second edition of the author’s cross country ski and snowshoe guide to the twin States.
Miscellaneous New Titles
Accidents in North American Mountaineering (2011). Annual report of the American Alpine Club chronicling mountaineering accidents of the past year.
Used/Antiquarian Titles
A Guide to Crawford Notch by Mike Dickerman. A used copy of author’s 1997 hiking guide and history to scenic Crawford Notch in the White Mountains. This copy of this now out-of-print book is signed by the author.
A Walk for Sunshine by Jeff Alt. A humorous and uplifting account of the author’s thru-hike of the 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail.
Allen and Mike’s Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book by Allen O’Bannon and Mike Clelland. An enjoyable guide offering tips on traveling and camping skills in a winter environment.
Allen and Mike’s Really Cool Telemark Tips by Allen O’Bannon and Mike Clelland. A fun, illustrated book offering more than 100 tips on how to improve your telemark skiing technique.
Always Another Mountain by Danie Martin. The journal entries of a 2004 Appalachian Trail hiker.
AMC Guide to Winter Camping by Stephen Gorman. Used copy of this useful guide to wilderness travel and adventure in winter.
American Rock by Don Mellor. An exceptional look at the history and culture of rock climbing in America.
An Ice Climber’s Guide to Northern New England by S. Peter Lewis and Rick Wilcox. A nice used copy of this comprehensive ice climbing guide to Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
Drama on the Connecticut by Robert E. Pike. A hard-to-find copy of Pike’s collection of stories related to the Connecticut River in Vermont and New Hampshire. Listed as No. 279 of 1000 copies, and signed by the author.
Follow the Mount by Bruce D. Heald. A first edition hardcover copy of author’s illustrated history of the Mount Washington cruise ship of New Hampshire fame.
Mount Washington in Winter by Winston Pote. Another hard-to-find White Mountain book featuring the black and white images and recollections of this famed regional photographer.
The White Hills: Their Legend, Landscape and Poetry by Rev. Thomas Starr King. Here’s a nice used copy of this classic White Mountains travelogue originally published in 1859. This volume is considered to be one of the most influential books ever written about the White Mountains of New Hampshire. This particular volume was printed in 1860.
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North Country Anthology takes top honors at NH Literary Awards event
The award was presented by N.H. Writers’ Project vice president Mary Jo Alibrio, whose remarks included some of the comments made by the judge in the nonfiction category, Art Winslow, former literary editor and executive editor of The Nation and frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune Book Forum.
About Beyond the Notches, Winslow wrote: “the symbiotic relationship between the land and its people is the great throbbing heart of Beyond the Notches, rendered close and dear on virtually every page, and without shyness or rancor it engages difficult questions with open-ended answers.” Designed as a project to collect and celebrate essays “with dirt under their fingernails” by North Country writers, Beyond the Notches “manages to wed together historicism and contemporary affairs relatively seamlessly, in a continuum of consideration that balances questions of stewardship, economic necessity and communal responsibility,” according to Winslow.
The book, a compendium of fifty-one original essays by an equal mix of noted New Hampshire writers and new voices from the North Country, brings together the past and present and looks to the future of this unique region. Howard Frank Mosher, noted fiction writer from Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, has called it “the best anthology of a distinctive American region I have ever read.”
In his foreword to the book, Richard Ober, President of the N.H. Charitable Foundation wrote, “It’s not sentimental about the region’s stunning beauty, and it doesn’t flinch from the reality of a boom-and-bust economy. It is, in short, a collection worthy of the singular place it chronicles so well.”
In addition to stunning cover art and five specially commissioned paintings by Bethlehem resident Amy Delventhal, the book is lavishly illustrated by historic and contemporary photos, maps, and art by the White Mountain School of nineteenth century artists.
“Receiving this award is especially gratifying and it is a great tribute to all who had a hand in making this book a reality, from my fellow co-editors to the more than 40 individual writers who contributed their excellent essays. This award belongs to all of them,” said Dickerman.
The anthology project was funded by grants and donations from Jane’s Trust, the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund, Franklin Pierce University, the New Hampshire Humanities Council, and numerous family foundations and individual donors. Copies of the book, which are available in both softcover and hardcover formats, may be found in bookstores and gift shops throughout the state, and directly from www.northcountrynhstories.org or the book’s publisher, Bondcliff Books of Littleton, NH (www.bondcliffbooks.com).