LENDING LIBRARY


The Hiking Club has a number of items that are available for checkout by the general membership.  Items may be kept for up to two weeks.  Contact Tom Johnson via e-mail at tnjohnson1@cox.net or telephone 648-5340 to make arrangements to borrow any of the following items.

DVD

  1. 4 Wheeling Basics by Rick Russell
  2. Our River of Life, The San Pedro – Video produced by Milt Foster
  3. Desert Dwellers – Produced by the Green Valley Fire District

CD 

1. A Life in the Mountains – A CD narrated by Frances Chamberlin Carter

                                                                                                                                                                       
BOOKS

1.      GPS Made Easy by Lawrence Letham  - This book is used in the Club’s GPS Course.

2.      The Conquest of Apacheria by Dan Thrapp - An excellent summary of the Apache Wars.

3.      Cochise by Edwin Sweeney - A history of the Chiricahua Apaches.

4.      Going Back to Bisbee by Richard Shelton - A history of Southern Arizona.

5.      A Portal to Paradise by Alden Hayes - A historical account of the Chiricahua Mountains

6.      The Nature of Madera Canyon by Douglas Moore.

7.      Named in Stone and Sky, An Arizona Anthology edited by Gregory McNamee.

8.      Enigma at Tumacacori Arizona by Gary Don Oliver.

9.      The Geologic History of the Tucson Mountains and Southern Arizona by David Kring.

10.   Roadside Geology of Arizona by Halka Chronic.

11.  Arizona Ghost Towns and Mining Camps - An Arizona Highways Book.

12.  Ghost Towns of Arizona by James E. and Barbara H. Sherman

13.  Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining - Arizona Bureau of Mines Publication

14.  Gold Placers and Placering in Arizona - Arizona Bureau of Mines Publication.

15.  Manganese Ore Deposits in Arizona - Arizona Bureau of Mines Publication.

16.  Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County - Arizona Bureau of Mines Publication.

17.  Hikers Guide to the Santa Rita Mountains by Betty Leavengood & Mike Liebert.

18.  Tucson Hiking Guide by Bette Leavengood.

19.  Outdoors in Arizona - A Guide to Hiking and Backpacking - Arizona Highways Book.

20.  Emergency Survival by Charles Lehman.

21.  Pocket Guide to Wilderness Medicine by Paul G. Gill, Jr., M.D.

22.  Heartsaver CPR - Book by the American Heart Association.

23.  Trails of Southwestern Arizona – Published by AZ State Parks System

24.  Trails of Southeastern Arizona – Published by AZ State Parks System

25.  Massacre at Camp Grant – Forgetting and Remembering Apache History by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh

26.  Images of America – Green Valley Arizona by Philip Goorian

27.  Arizona Trail – The Official Guide by Tom Lorang Jones & AZ Trail Association

28.  Crossing Arizona – A solo hike of the Arizona Trail by Chris Townsend

29.  Geronimo – a book by Angie Debo

30.  Sonoita Plain – Views from a Southwestern Grassland by Carl & Jane Bock

31.  Arizona Scenic Drives by Stewart Green

32.  Arizona Wildlife Viewing Guide by John N. Carr

33.  Death Clouds on Mt. Baldy by Cathy Hufault

34.  A Beautiful Cruel Country by Eva Antonia Wilbur-Cruce


We also have eleven different volumes of the Journal of Arizona History published by the Arizona Historical Society.  These are excellent books that cover a wide range of subjects.

 

The Hazardous Abandoned Mine finders searched out and documented numerous abandoned mines in Southern Arizona.  The results of these searches were published in a series of documents prepared by Lloyd Sebring.  The Library possesses 31 of the 37 volumes in the series.