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December 1997
Compiled by Jennifer Owens from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.

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Journey by James A. Michener
Eagle Fur by Robert Newton Peck
Yosemite by Gary McCarthy
The Rifles by William T. Vollmann
Due North by Mitchell Smith
As the Wolf Loves Winter by David Poyer (mystery/suspense set in the mountains of Pennsylvania)
Siberian Oil Fields by Robin White
Icefields by Thomas Wharton
Ice Trek by Ewan Clarkson
Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
White Dawn by James Huston
Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour
Purgatory Road by Bob Riess
The Cage by Audrey Schulman
McTeague by Frank Norris
Rick Bass wrote a variety of short stories:
In the Loyal Mountains
Winter: Notes from Montana

Fiction specifically about the Donner Party:

Tamsen by David Galloway
Winter Harvest by Norah Lofts
The Ungodly by Richard Rhodes

Here are some nonfiction offerings, as well:

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Shadows on the Koyukuk by Sidney Huntington
Company of Adventurers by Peter C. Newman
Caesars of the Wilderness by Peter C. Newman
The Good Rain by Tim Egan
The Great Adventure: How the Mounties Conquered the West by David Cruise

www.webrary.org/rs:flbklists/Wild.html
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Last updated: 11/21/2000