Recommended Reading

The books on this list have been chosen especially to help students researching and writing reports on the natural and human history of Grand Teton National Park. Some titles will be in your local library, while others may be requested through interlibrary loan. Ask your librarian for details. Titles marked with * identifiy material helpful to younger reading levels as well as adults.

 

 

Grand Teton National Park

• Grand Teton, The Official National Park Handbook. The National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 1984. 96 p.
• *Grand Teton - The Story Behind the Scenery. Hugh Crandall. KC Publications, Las Vegas, Nevada. 1993. 48 p.
• Crucible for Conservation. The Struggle for Grand Teton National Park. Robert W. Righter. Grand Teton Association. 2008. 192 p.
• Peaks, Politics & Passion. Grand Teton National Park Comes of Age. Robert W. Righter. Grand Teton Association. 2014. 294 p.
• Planning, management and assessment documents are available from Federal Documents Depository Libraries. Contact your local library or the Wyoming State Library, 307 777-7982, for details.

 

Ecology

• Ecology of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Tim W. Clark. Paragon Press, Salt Lake City, Utah. 1981. 110 p.
• An Environmental Profile of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Dennis Glick, Mary Carr, Bert Harting, editors. Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Bozeman, Montana. 1991. 132 p.
• Western Forests. Audubon Society Nature Guides. Stephen Whitney. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1993. 670 p.
• Winter Ecology: An Ecological Handbook. James C. Halfpenny and Roy D. Ozanne. Johnson Publishing Co., Boulder, Colorado. 1989. 275 p.

 

History

• Along the Ramparts of the Tetons - The Saga of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Robert B. Betts. University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colorado. 1978. 249 p.
• Crucible for Conservation, the Struggle for Grand Teton National Park. Robert W. Righter. Colorado Associated University Press, Denver, Colorado. 1982. 192 p.
• *From Trapper to Tourist in Jackson Hole. Elizabeth Weid Hayden. Grand Teton Natural History Association, Moose, Wyoming. 1992. 71 p.
• Mountaineering in the Tetons: The Pioneer Period, 1898-1940. Fritiof M. Fryxell. Phil D. Smith, editor. Teton Bookshop, Jackson, Wyoming. 1978. 180 p.
• The Indians of Yellowstone Park. Joel C. Janetski. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, Utah. 1987. 90 p.
• *Wounded Knee - An Indian History of the American West. Dee Brown. Henry Holt and Co., New York. 1974. 200 p.
• Westering Women and the Frontier Experience 1800 - 1915. Sandra L. Myers. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1982. 365 p.

 

Geology

• Creation of the Teton Landscape. J.D. Love and J.C. Reed. Grand Teton Natural History Association, Moose, Wyoming. 1995. 120 p.

• The Field Guide to Geology. David Lambert and the Diagram Group. Facts On File, Inc., New York. 1988. 256 p.
• Geologic Block Diagram and Tectonic History of the Teton Region. J.D. Love, John C. Reed, Jr., Robert L. Christiansen, John R. Stacy. Grand Teton Natural History Association, Moose, Wyoming, and U.S. Geological Survey. 1973.
• The Teton Fault, Wyoming: Seismotectonics, Quaternary History and Earthquake Hazards. Robert B. Smith, John O.D. Byrd, and David D. Susong in A.W. Snoke, J.R. Steidtman, and S.M. Roberts, editors, Geology of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Memoir No. 5. p. 628-667.
• Seismic Surveys and Quaternary History of Jackson Lake, Wyoming. Robert B. Smith, Kenneth L. Pierce, and Richard J. Wold in A.W. Snoke, J.R. Steidtman, and S.M. Roberts, editors, Geology of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Memoir No. 5. p. 628-667.

 

Wildlife

• Amphibians and Reptiles of Wyoming. George T. Baxter and Michael D. Stone. Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Cheyenne, Wyoming. 1992. 137 p.
• Birds of Grand Teton and the Surrounding Area. Bert Raynes. Grand Teton Natural History Association, Moose, Wyoming. 1989. 90 p.
• Bison - Symbol of the American West. Michael S. Sample. Falcon Press Publishing Co., Billings, Montana. 1987. 80 p.
• Elk. Daniel J. Cox. Chronicle Books, San Francisco. 1992. 87 p.
• Headgear. Ron Hirschi. Dodd, Mead, and Company, New York. 1986. 63 p.
• The Hoofed Mammals of Jackson Hole. J. Brad Stelfox and Lynne Lawrence. Teton Science School, Kelly, Wyoming. 1991. 50 p.
• *Large Mammals of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Karen Craighead. Yellowstone Association for Natural Science, History and Education, Inc., Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming. 1991. 31 p.
• *Mountain Animals in Danger. Gary Turbak. Northland Publishing, Flagstaff, Arizona. 1994. 28 p.
• *Mountain State Mammals. Ron Russo. Nature Study Guild, Berkely, California. 1994. 132 p.
• Small Mammals of the Yellowstone Ecosystem. Donald Streubel. Robert Rinehart, Inc. Publishers, Boulder, Colorado. 1989. 152 p.
• Survivors In the Shadows, Threatened and Endangered Mammals of the American West. Gary Turbak. Northland Punlishing, Flagstaff, Arizona. 1993. 160 p.
• Track of the Grizzly. Frank C. Craighead, Jr. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, California. 1979. 261 p.
• The Wolf - The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species. L. David Mech. Univ of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1994. 384 p.
• Wolf Wars, the Remarkable Inside Story of the Restoration of Wolves to Yellowstone. Hank Fischer. Falcon Press, Helena, Montana. 1995. 182 p.

 

Plants

• Plants of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Richard J. Shaw. Wheelwright Press, Salt Lake City, Utah. 1981. 159 p.
• Vascular Plants of Grand Teton National Park & Teton County, An Annotated Checklist. Richard J. Shaw. Grand Teton Natural History Association, Moose, Wyoming. 1992. 92 p.
• Vascular Plants of Wyoming, Second Ed. Robert D. Dorn. Mountain West Publishing, Cheyenne, Wyoming. 1992. 340 p.
• Western Forests, The Audubon Society Nature Guides. Stephen Whitney. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1985. 670 p.