Thread 2832853

Title. Fiction or Non. Picrel fucked me up, I knew about the cannibalism but that was the least of it. Looking for more recs, /out/ related preferered but whatever you like or are currently reading is cool too.

Just finished reading this, and I loved it. I've been getting burned out on reading histories lately, and I'm trying to read some fiction before I jump into Shelby Foote's Civil War.

I'm normally a slow reader but I ploughed through all these

>>2832858
>A Walk In The Woods
That's the one where the guy hikes the AT, right? I just saw it at my local used bookstore yesterday and almost picked it up.

>>2832861
Yerp
I read it when I was a jit and didn't have the means to camping, it scratched the itch pretty well

>>2832869
Cool, I might go back and pick it up. Thanks, fren.

>The Reign of Wolf 21
Can't recommend this book enough. I love wolves, but even if you don't, you shouldn't skip the joy of this superb account of Yellowstone's Druid pack.

Further /out/ /lit/ suggestions:
>The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiesen
>No Way Down: Life and Death on K2

Dude was like a 19th century Forrest Gump, except not retarded.
>Led multiple expeditions to explore the Oregon Territory
>Fought in the Mexican-American War
>Involved in the Dinner party story
>Military Governor, then California Senator during the gold rush
>Fought in the Civil War
>Governor of the Arizona Territory

>>2833578
>Dinner party
Meant to type Donner Party, but it still works

>>2832858
How different is the book from the movie?

>>2833584
I don't know, I haven't watched the movie

>Alive
>Endurance
>Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
my faves.

>>2832858
Sailing Alone is GOATed. Made me interested in sailing where I had no prior interest.

Eiger dreams

>>2832880
>>No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
it's kino. mountaineering tragedies are super interesting

>>2833578
Adding that to the list but Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides makes him seem slightly retarded, though that was just the expeditions IIRC

>>2833769
>makes him seem slightly retarded
He had his moments. Negotiating a overly lenient treaty with the Mexican army in California was probably not the best move.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Teddy Roosevelt

yurope is interesting because it was fiction when it was published but now its become non fiction

>>2832853 (OP)
Been reading Aubrey-Maturin series but I know after like the 3rd or 4th book I'll be burned out on it so I'm going one by one.
Also reading the Conan stories, I think the first book is The Coming Of Conan

Epidermal mucus, a major determinant in fish health: a review
>https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6056142/#__sec1title

Very strongly recommend

Any books where the old-timey military /his/ fucks get BTFO’d by natives? America or Mesoamerica preferred please.

>>2834076
Anon...

>>2834078
nothing’s visible it’s fine it’s just there to make sure i get replies.

now spoonfeed me my book requests or you get the belt again

>>2834023
Looks riveting. Monumental even.

if you guys are gonna report the post like a bunch of kids crying to the teacher, you could at least post some books while doing it.

>>2834076
>Any books where the old-timey military /his/ fucks get BTFO’d by natives?
That's so unrealistic it barely even happens in fiction. Go watch Avatar maybe?
>>2834023
That looks interesting, I'm going to get a copy

>>2834221
Okay I actually did kinda like Avatar but sad to see the firearms+euro disease gap is just too strong. Dang. Oh well. Thanks anon

>>2834249
>the firearms+euro disease gap is just too strong.
Just the disease, really. I can't remember where I read this estimate (it might have been Guns, Germs, and Steel) but 90% of the Native American population was wiped out by European diseases, the vast majority of them before they ever even saw a white man. That's also why the bison population was so huge in the west when we first got there - they were no longer being hunted by Indians in the same numbers as before

>>2834300
thatsfuckedup……..

>>2834300
Guns germs steel suffers from the writer not being an expert in that the death numbers are based on incorrect estimates (counting each seasonal camp as a different group) and almost everything he says about plants and animals isn't correct. It's a very clean "just so" story take with a large block of salt.

>>2834020
I would say that once you've gotten hooked on the first book and worked your way through Jack's lovey-dovey moments in Post Captain, there's very little left to give you cause to stop reading. I love the books dearly, and when winter sets in I'll do a re-read of them.

>>2834417
Seems like people only bring this book up to talk trash about it, and yet that's what keeps more and more people reading it. I wish everyone -- /lit/ especially -- could bring themselves to simply stop talking about it.
Turns out the secret to getting a Papuan supremacist horseshit pamphlet on the bestseller list for 30 years is simply to write it poorly enough

>>2832853 (OP)
Started reading the culture series by Iian M Banks recently, I'm on my last book now and i'm sad it's over :(

>>2834300
I recently read Charles Mann's 1491 and it had this same claim.

>>2834847
Don't say that. I just bought that book and now I don't want to read it.

>>2834885

It shouldn't discourage you. Mann is a journalist but probably cites well enough if you're an academic reader. He's not unaware that what he writes is contested and unsettled and makes an effort to preference as such.

>>2832853 (OP)

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/nature-writing

>>2835999
>checked
Good stuff, thanks.

>>2832853 (OP)
my interest in the outdoors is tied to my interest in ancient history and wondering what people were doing in my neck of the woods a couple thousand years ago and especially religious/artistic traditions

>>2836051
I'm assuming you're in the southwest - if you haven't been to Montezuma's Castle, it's worth a visit.

Death in the long grass is required /out/ reading. Jim Corbetts "Man eaters of Kumon" is also fantastic.

Young Men and Fire is a pretty good /out/ book. It's about the early Smokejumpers, guys who skydive into wilderness areas to fight wildfires, and one time everything went wrong. A true story that explains what went wrong and what we learned from it.

Read these 2 sorta recently, definitely recommend Last Stand if you're into early conservationism.
End of Night was disappointingly lacking in substance, especially since its a subject matter I care about.

Also currently got memed into reading Blood Meridian. Definitely has an incredibly rich use of figurative language which already has made the read worthwhile all on its own.

One day I'll find it.

Makes me want to travel to the states and camp like the stoic loner gunslinger

>>2836500
Tbh smoke jumping seems like a useless, poorly thought out, and obsolete method these days. I knew two PJs that separated and became smoke jumpers and it seemed like it was kind of a job haven for former mil guys that couldn't readjust to normal society.

>>2836432
im in the north west but lived in southern alberta half my life. i sure as hell am not visiting america any time soon but that looks hella cool bro thanks for the tip

>>2836548
Trust me, gunslinging and facing down mexicans in a hot, dusty desert ain't all its cracked up to be

>>2832853 (OP)
Just finished Dantes inferno, now on this

>>2832853 (OP)
building a mini /out/ library.

>>2832853 (OP)
The Bible. I'm not a christian, I just find it relaxing and comforting, especially if youve listened to David Suchet's audio version of NIV. It also contains a lot of content, so you never have to worry about running out, and it often comes in travel size.

>>2837170
Thanks for not being one of those posers who pretend to like KJV

>>2837170
Psalms go crazy in the woods

A 4chan special, I very funny way to read this timeless classic

Comanche moon by Larry Mcmurtry. Im trying to collect the whole Lonesome Dove series.

>>2837202
Any appreciation I have for KJV would be for it (now) archaic language, but its not archaic enough for me to take massive interest in, unlike works like gothic wulfila bible or late old norse stjórn. But I reckon anyone interested in the nuanced meanings would look towards learning greek/aramaic/hebrew.
>>2837224
Absolutely. Its the book I find myself revisiting most often. I originally took interest in stories I experienced as a child, Exodus - Prince of Egypt, and the story of creation and later Noah from Genesis. Later on works like the Gospel of Matthew was a nice intro into the new testament, and I have found a lot of appreciation for Mark, Luke and John as well. But Psalms remains are one of the most calming, especially for a restless man trying to see the best of the world.

This is my favorite cormac book

>>2837381
I recently finished Blood Meridian. I thought it was quite good (not a hot take, I know) though his odd staccato prose warranted rereading some sections. Not a criticism, just an observation.

I finally found a copy of this book for under a hundred dollars last year. I'm going to need to read it after I finish what I'm currently working through. I've heard it's a wild time.

>>2838208
I've got a copy of Blood Meridian, but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet - probably because there's no way it's going to live up to the hype at this point

>>2838590
I had a similar feeling. I'd say to just dive in. It really is a captivating story. I ended up buying a copy of the book it was inspired by but haven't read that one yet. Picrel.

memetake but honestly great

>>2832858
If you like sailing this ones good

>>2839084
every sailing man must read Two Years Before the Mast, you probably already have

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2055/2055-h/2055-h.htm

I can't vouch for everything Abbey wrote but this one is a classic.