New edition of a classic. WestWinds Press is proud to introduce to a new generation Nancy Wilson’s Ross’s lively history of some of the remarkable pioneer women of the American West.
A YANKEE IN CANADA is Henry Thoreau’s description of his excursion into the French-Canadian province of Quebec in the fall of 1850. Although he later remarked that what he “got by... Læs mere
From polar bears and caribou, to lynx and musk oxen, youngsters meet the wonderful young creatures of the North Country.
New edition of a classic. WestWinds Press is proud to introduce to a new generation Nancy Wilson’s Ross’s lively history of some of the remarkable pioneer women of the American West.
The first in-depth treatment of Henry Thoreau and John Muir, two great students of our natural America, to explore Native American influence on the development of America’s natural philosophies and environmental awareness.
Originally published in 1941 by native daughter Nancy Wilson Ross, here is an engaging, affectionate account of the remote and mysterious Pacific Northwest and a celebration of its people, its big cities and rural towns, and its spectacular natural beauty.