Books like The trail book by Mary Austin

Bill Bryson humorously chronicles a two–person hike along the Appalachian Trail, mixing lively anecdotes with insightful looks at its history, ecology, and the people who live along the route.

Explore the life and work of environmentalist and writer Edward Abbey, who spent the 1950s as a park ranger in the American Southwest.

John Muir’s first summer in the Sierra Nevada is presented as a biographical and natural‑history account, enriched by photographs from Herbert W. Gleason and drawings by Muir himself.

Journeying through Nepal’s Dolpo highlands, Peter Matthiessen and biologist George Schaller track the elusive snow leopard while exploring Buddhist spirituality and Himalayan wilderness.

Zane Grey’s historical western follows Lewis Wetzel’s quest to protect early Ohio settlements and the clash between Moravian missionaries and Native tribes in the late eighteenth‑century frontier.

Thomas Winslow fought bravely in the Civil War and was fortunate to survive the grim carnage. But the final defeat on the field of battle was far less painful than the personal defeat he encountered upon his return home. Betrayed by his wife and best friend, the only remnant of his marriage and love was a newborn daughter. Despite the difficulties, Tom remained adamant against giving Laura up. He eventually took a job with the Department of Indian Affairs. Over a period of several years, he and his young daughter move all over the Northern Plains, meeting with the leaders of the Indian tribes, then bringing recommendations with his findings. There was no other white man who knew the country or the Indians better than Thomas Winslow. When the opportunity comes to join the Seventh Cavalry under General George Custer, it affords a better home life for Laurie and a highly desired return to a military career for Winslow. But Tom soon discovers that Custer's campaign against the Indians in the Northern Plains is ill-fated and that his old bitter rival, Spencer Grayson, is a superior ranking officer! As they head toward the Little Big Horn and the final confrontation, who will be left standing?

Douglas Brinkley’s biography uncovers Theodore Roosevelt’s revolutionary conservation legacy, detailing how he protected 230 million acres of wild America and founded institutions like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Thomas Berger’s Little Big Man is a historical Western that examines American frontier and pioneer life, highlighting the cultural and political tensions between white settlers and Cheyenne Indians.

Jack Cabb, the lone white survivor of the Battle of Little Bighorn, recounts his life‑changing adventures—from bodyguarding saloon owner Wild Bill Hickock to touring Europe with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show and serving as an interpreter for Sitting Bull.

In Mystic Dreamers, best-selling author Rosanne Bittner began a compelling saga with the meeting of Buffalo Dreamer, a holy woman, and Rising Eagle, a warrior whose powers were unmatched, for he had been blessed by the Feathered One. Now, in a new story sure to enthrall both new readers and devoted fans, Bittner follows Buffalo Dreamer, Rising Eagle, and their children through the great Indian wars and the settling of the West, where, in addition to the risks and rewards of daily life, they and their Lakota tribe must face the influx of white settlers and soldiers into their lands and into their lives. In Mystic Visions, we experience Buffalo Dreamer's increasingly powerful visions of the bluecoats and a coming war. We learn the fate of Little Big Boy and Never Sleeps, and of Never Sleeps's mother, Fall Leaf Woman. And we meet the one who is destined to lead the Lakota People in their greatest trial ever, Crazy Horse!

Jerry Ellis retraces the nine‑hundred‑mile Trail of Tears, exploring the Cherokee removal, the modern landscape of southern towns and forests, and the enduring legacy of his ancestors’ exile.

Leslie Silko’s historical fiction follows indigenous peoples of North America and Mexico as they fight to preserve their cultural identity and worldview against relentless pressures of change.

An adventurous collection of Western trails and historic hunting tales, blending travel description with biographical glimpses of Zane Grey.

Vibrant portrait of the Anasazi empire’s glory and downfall, told through the perilous search for an heir whose hidden past threatens to destroy a civilization.