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A Bear Ponders My Edibility: The Too-Old-And-Stringy Hypothesis, Richard Leblond

Appalachia

On the shore of a remote Labrador pond, a biologist encounters a hungry black bear.

Too Cold: The Death Of Kate Matrosova, Sandy Stott

Appalachia

Appalachia’s Accidents editor tells the story of a young woman whose passion for winter mountains led her to take a fatal risk.

The Long Way Home: Back On The Ramsey Trail—The Boys Are There, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

Editor-in-chief Christine Woodside looks back at a mountain origin story, climbing Rattlesnake Mountain in central New Hampshire with her three older brothers.

Appalachia Winter/Spring 2016: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Winter/Spring 2016 - Volume LXVII, Number 1 - Issue #241. Commitment: One Time, Many Times, Over a Lifetime

A Peak Ahead, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

Books And Media

Appalachia

Maia Rauschenberg writes a tribute to Canadian artist Emily Carr in an essay about three books: The Art of Emily Carr by Doris Shadbolt, Growing Pains: the Autobiography of Emily Carr by Emily Carr, and The Forest Lover: A Novel by Susan Vreeland. Reviews of: Desperate Steps: Life, Death and Choices Made in the Mountains of the Northeast by Peter W. Kick. The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs by Tristan Gooley. The Airman’s Arctic Survival Guide by Belmore Browne. 59 Illustrated National Parks by Joel Anderson and Nathan Anderson. Art of Katahdin by David Little.

News And Notes

Appalachia

Reports on: A new bridge for the Nineteen-Mile Brook Trail. Adventurer Kaitlyn Bernard reflects on the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Great Maine Outdoor Weekend. Molly Higgins writes about the Bay Circuit Trail near Boston. The late former governor of New Hampshire, Sherman Adams, received a posthumous trail work award.

Alpina

Appalachia

Jeffery Parrette, the longtime editor of this section, retired in winter 2016. During the transition to a new editor of this section, Steven Jervis gives a report on Denali.

Accidents

Appalachia

Analysis of summer/fall 2015 accidents in the White Mountains of New Hampshire found many slips on cool, damp rocks. Accidents included: Hikers seeking Owls Head turned back at swollen Franconia Brook on May. On August 11, a teenager died after being swept under Franconia Brook, which was rising fast following heavy rain. In October, an experienced hiker was swept away by the swollen Gale River and died. Bad weather on August 11 trapped a hiking group on Mount Madison. Mishaps on Mount Monadnock in southwestern New Hampshire. A helicopter rescued a man who collapsed on the Falling Waters Trail and …

Letters

Appalachia

A letter from Jack Reilly comments on the contrasting approaches to mountains by Kate Matrosova and William Putnam as chronicled in the Winter/Spring 2016 issue of Appalachia.

A Maple For The Ages: Discovering A 250-Year-Old Tree Hidden In An Overgrown Nature Preserve, Christopher Johnson

Appalachia

A writer explores Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary in Massachusetts, coming upon a very old maple tree that once stood alone.

The Randolph Glacier Inventory: Scientists Gatheres In The White Mountains To Count The World's Glaciers, W. Tad Pfeffer

Appalachia

A glaciologist describes a meeting in Randolph, New Hampshire, in the White Mountains, of international scientists charged with creating a glacier inventory for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Catching A Fish: Girls Find Food And Water, Leah Titcomb

Appalachia

A registered Maine guide shares tales of teaching girls outdoor skills on three-week-long canoe expeditions.

The Geography Of Philanthropy: With Three Meditations On Humility, W. Kent Olson

Appalachia

A former Appalachia editor considers the motivations behind the creation of Maine’s Acadia National Park on its centennial.

Steepness Ends: Considering The Will To Live, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

Preoccupations run through Elissa Ely’s mind on the way to Galehead Hut and South Twin Mountain.

Looking For Kate: Searchers' Stories, Sandy Stott

Appalachia

The story of Kate Matrosova’s tragic death near Mount Adams on February 15, 2015, told by those who searched for her.

A Scoutmaster's Fall: Three Witnesses Will Never Forget It, Crawford Coates

Appalachia

Looking back on the 1952 fatal fall of Charles Bays Locker, a dynamic guide, in the Sierras.

Wild Katahdin?: Will Growing Numbers Of Thru-Hikers And Disruptive Behavior Remove "Maine's Greatest Mountain" From The At?, Lucille Stott

Appalachia

As growing numbers of long-distance hikers hold public celebrations at the northern terminus of the famed Appalachian Trail, some fear that Baxter State Park may push to move the AT off the mountain.

"All A Question Of Luck": Hope Deteriorated Into A Survival Game In The A. W. Greely Expedition, Laura Waterman

Appalachia

An expedition to the Arctic from 1881–1884 deteriorates into a grim survival game.

The Long Way Home: With Magic Like This, Who Needs Routine?, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

Christine Woodside offers a critic’s view of “trail magic” on the Appalachian Trail.

Appalachia Summer/Fall 2016: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Summer/Fall 2016 - Volume LXVII, Number 2 - Issue #242. Living with the Consequences: Six of These Men Survived

How To Bring Up Your Brother: An Authoritarian Guide For Older Sisters, Mary Morrison

The Tuxedo Archives

My troubles first began when he arrived. I was 14 months old and my first look at my new baby brother told me he couldn't be real. I had to find out, so quietly, I moved my index finger to his face and into his eye, to see if he was real!

7 Things You Learn As A First Semester Senior In College, Melanie Carlson

The Tuxedo Archives

1. Going out is fun! And exhausting.

You probably turned 21 within a year of starting senior year, and you probably took advantage of all of your newfound freedom. This was really exciting and fun at first, but after a while you just want a nap (and also to never see a vodka redbull again. Seriously, who thought those were a good idea?).

Amjambo Africa! (November 2021), Kathreen Harrison

Amjambo Africa!

In this Issue

Afghanistan................................2

Anti-racism. ...............................3

Wabanaki Alliance. ...................5

Allan Monga. .............................6

Translations .......9-13, 30/31, 33

French • Kinyarwanda

Portuguese • Somali

Spanish • Swahili

Africa/COVID.........................13

Banyamulenge....................13/14

Burundi/UN. ...........................14

Tigray........................................14

Rebels........................................14

Market Basket..........................15

Azerbaijani women.................18

Health & Wellness. ............20-29

Diabetes | COVID In English & translation

Columns .......................19, 32/33

Maine Equal Justice

ILAP – IntWork

Let’s Talk • Beautiful Blackbird

New Voices ..................34/35/37

Dr. Abdullahi Ahmed

Rupal Ramesh Shah

Nsiona Nguizani

Coco McCracken

Gashi

Kifah Abdulla

Financial Literacy. ...................36

Tips & Info ...39

An Excerpt From My Senior Thesis, Aimee G. Carrazco

The Tuxedo Archives

No abstract provided.

America 2016, Veronika C Cuddy

The Tuxedo Archives

No abstract provided.

Great River Legs, Laura Madeline Wiseman

Zea E-Books Collection

Great River Legs is a lyric collection of prose poetry, creative nonfiction, and found poetry. This creative response documents my 1,398 mile, 25-day bicycle ride from Muscatine, Iowa, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, between October 2017–March 2018. The journey took place in legs over breaks during the school year, with two additional back-to-back weekend rides that started the adventure.

In her latest book, Great River Legs, Laura Madeline Wiseman takes you on an intimate journey as she weaves in and out of a cross-country, long distance bike ride. In this beautifully curated book that includes prose poetry, creative non-fiction and …

The Legacy Book In America, 1664–1792, Roxanne Harde, Lindsay Yakimyshyn

Zea E-Books Collection

Legacy books in colonial America were instruments for the transmission of cultural values between generations: the dying mother (usually) instructing and advising children on the path to salvation and heavenly reunions. They were a popular and influential form of women’s discourse that distilled the ideologies of the religious establishment into practical and emotional lessons for lay persons, especially the young.

This collection draws together legacy texts written by colonial American women and girls: five mother’s legacy books and two legacies by children, organized here chronologically. These legacies were writ­ten in anticipation of dying, making awareness of death central to the …

Assyrian Aesthetics: Recovering The Modern Assyrian Art Of William Daniel (1903-88) And Andre Gvalevich (1911-85), Ryan Nazari

Canterbury Scholars

In response to the lack of scholarly attention to modern Assyrian culture (i.e., mid-20th century to present), this paper creates a conversation between two Assyrian pieces of art––William Daniel’s poem “The Problem” and Andre Gvalevich’s oil painting portrait of William Daniel. In my argument, I show how “The Problem” and the portrait advance themes of loneliness/intimacy based on the aesthetic relationship between the artists and their respective audiences. I first define Peter Balakian’s account of aesthetics in his article “Poetry as Civilization” for my theoretical context. Secondly, I summarize and critique the methodologies of current scholarship that exist on my …

Limitations, Charlie Griggs

Floodwall Magazine

No abstract provided.