A mountain boyhood
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Published
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1988.
Physical Desc
li, 311 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Status

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Lyons Library - COLORADOCO 978.8 MilOn Shelf
Wellington Public Library - COLORADOCO 978.8 MilOn Shelf

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

More Copies In Prospector

Loading Prospector Copies...

More Details

Published
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1988.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISSN
9780803231269
Lexile measure
1190

Notes

General Note
Reprint, with new introd., notes, and map. Originally published: New York : J.H. Sears, 1926.
General Note
"A Bison book."
Description
Estes Park was hardly more than a post office in 1899, when young Joe Mills first saw Colorado's Front Range. A would-be Robinson Crusoe, Joe scaled peaks, watched wild animals, hunted and trapped, and generally roughed it in the region that would become Rocky Mountain National Park in 1915.A Mountain Boyhood, the true story of his adventures there, is as rich in human as in natural history. Joe meets a colorful bunch of early settlers, living for a while with a circuit-riding parson who operates a ranch. He learns campcraft and nature lore, crosses Flattop Mountain on snowshoes in midwinter to socialize, and builds a log cabin near Longs Peak (the fireplace still stands). Joe Mills arrived far enough ahead of the sportsmen and tourists to serve them later as a seasoned guide, and, along with his brother, Enos Mills, the naturalist and writer, he was instrumental in establishing the area as a playground for the nation.
Target Audience
1190,Lexile.

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Mills, J., & Pickering, J. H. (1988). A mountain boyhood . University of Nebraska Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mills, Joe, 1880-1935 and James H. Pickering. 1988. A Mountain Boyhood. University of Nebraska Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mills, Joe, 1880-1935 and James H. Pickering. A Mountain Boyhood University of Nebraska Press, 1988.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Mills, Joe, and James H Pickering. A Mountain Boyhood University of Nebraska Press, 1988.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.