An Exploration of The Tetons
Featuring Text from "The Ascent of Mount Hayden," 1873 by Nathaniel P. Langford


photography by David William Peterson

published by Farcountry Press

  • The moody landscape images of David William Peterson join the dramatic derring-do of Nathaniel Langford's 1873 expedition in this combination photographic portfolio/true adventure story set in the Grand Tetons.



88 pages, 9 1/8'' x 8 1/8'', 68 color photos, 9 illustrations, 50 softcovers per case, Smythe-sewn

softcover
ISBN 10: 1560373032
ISBN 13: 9781560373032
$12.95


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An Exploration of The Tetons
Featuring Text from "The Ascent of Mount Hayden," 1873 by Nathaniel P. Langford

"When I visited Idaho Falls last summer I had no idea that seeing anything like the Tetons was in store for me. I didn’t know that this type of mountain even existed; graceful, rocky peaks soaring straight up out of flat ground, surrounded by picturesque lakes and forest. They are astonishing, and have been etched in my mind’s eye ever since. But if I do get fuzzy on the details, I have this wonderful book to jog my memory, and show me places I didn’t even see in the first place.

The text is an account written by Nathaniel Pitt Langford, of an 1872 expedition in which he and James Stevenson became the first white men to reach the summit of the Grand Teton, or Mount Hayden as it was then called. It was a fascinating read, and I could roughly follow their route on my fold-out maps of Idaho highways and Grand Teton, although I suspect many other place names besides Mount Hayden may have changed. My map doesn’t have contour elevations so I couldn’t trace the exact route up the mountain, but enjoyed having photographs that show approximately the same views as the climbers would have seen. The photographer, David William Peterson, wrote that his pride was still recovering after reading how Langford and Stevenson reached the summit without modern climbing gear or guidebooks. But after reading their account, I would say that gamblers’ luck had a good deal to do with it too, and while I do recognize their courage and stamina, they could just as easily have fallen to their deaths. It sounded hair-raising!

One other thing that incidentally caught my attention, was a photograph of a pelican at Colter Bay which looked completely out of place to me, because I had always assumed that pelicans live only in Australia. American pelicans... now I know!"

Akkison, Goodreads review



 align= A veteran of more than 20 seasons in northwestern Wyoming, David William Peterson was born and raised in Nebraska. His photographs have appeared in Wyoming Wildlife and Popular Photography, as well as in gallery showings. He has published several books on Yellowstone National Park.


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