Sup /out/,Anyone have suggestions for good /out/ novels? Could be fiction or non-fiction, but I'm looking for good tales of expeditions or exploration in the American West/PNW preferably during the mid-19th through mid-20th century. Extra points if it has to do with anything Fortean, like BigfootAlso general /out/-/lit/ thread
>>2791730Anything by Abbey is 100% a /out/ vibe
All of the "expeditions" of the 19th kept journals that can be read. But there was little to none of that going on in the regions and period you specified. Most of the west, and especially the pnw, had been settled or at least made known. Powell on the Grand/Colorado was the last blank spot on the map in the late 19th. There are also Indian wars accounts from the period.Otherwise, Mark Twain's Roughin It is a lovely account of his travels in the west and beyond as a young man in that period.There is no silly Bigfoot stuff from that era that I know of
>Required ReadingFreedom of the Hills>Highly RecommendTy Gagne's entire body of work (He goes into incredible detail about the mental pitfalls which lead people into risky situations)Not Without Peril (See above)Plant Conservation: Why It Matters and How It Works (Not pictured-on loan)Forest and Crag (If you live in the Northeast)John Muir (all)EnduranceSilent Spring (not pictured-on loan)>Heavier and dryer literatureThoreauThe New Wild: Why invasive species will be nature's salvation (not pictured-on loan)>Excellent /out/ fictionMoby Dick20,000 Leagues Under the SeaAnthill
>>2791730ill probably get flamed for this but reading about the indigenous lore of your local region is a great way to familiarize yourself with how humans historically interacted with the nature
I liked The Wolf Hunters and The Gold Hunters
>>2792496by James Oliver Curwood
>>2791734He's a good writer, as he was an English professor, but he wasn't a very good outdoorsman. He admits to accidently starting wildfires, doing blatantly stupid things that he was extremely lucky to get out of, and generally approaching wilderness with the kind of reckless abandon that causes SARs.Also, the untold part about desert solitaire is that he left he wife and newborn child to go work that season at arches. Doesn't mention that in the book once. What kind of man has a newborn child and not only abandons it to go play in the desert, but apparently doesn't think about it at all over his lonely summer?
>>2791730May this thread live on. May be tangentially related but be sure to check out revisionist Westerns; some of my favorites are:-The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter van Tilburg Clark-Warlock by Oakley Hall-The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace StegnerFor whatever reason the imagery in these novels just sticks with me like nothing else. Maybe because I grew up around those landscapes. Most people seem to prefer Angle of Repose by Stegner but I think Candy Mountain treats the same stuff in a much better way.Oh, and as a bonus,-Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey.All of these books are very, very sad, by the way.
>>2792713>-The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter van Tilburg Clarkwatched this movie a while back & thought it was great. didn't realize it was based on a book
>>2791730Jack London
>>2792765The movie is great, and unlike most book movies it's very faithful. The book would be very familiar, but with a lot more depth to the situation. There are a lot of long speeches, inner monologues and arguments. It may seem preachy at first, but soon you realize the characters are all very flawed, although some are more good and some more bad. I think you would have to be a psychopath to read it without feeling uncomfortable with your own morals at some point
>>2792812hmm ok, i'll have to check it out sometime
>>279173013yo me thought that My Side of the Mountain was top kino
>>2791730Butchers crossing by John Edward Williams
Start here. Hopefully at age 10
>>2791730Humboldt - Cosmos?
>>2791730here are some absolute bangers>death in the long grass -peter capstick>Man eaters of Kumaon- Jim Corbett >Man eating leopard of rudraprayag- jim corbett>nine man eaters and one rouge- kenneth anderson >african game trails- Theodore Roosevelt >man eaters of Tsalvo- J R Patterson
