If youâre still hunting for holiday gifts and looking to support local authors and businesses, look no further. The News&Guide has compiled a list of 22 books for Wyoming s County 22.
The books, recommended by Jackson Hole Writers and local bookstores, are written by local authors or those with Wyoming ties. There s truly something for everyone, from kids to photographers to poetry lovers.
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Ski Run Fun by Hannah Navarro
Wilson resident Hannah Navarro has published her first childrenâs book, âSki Run Fun,â available at ski resorts and bookstores. She wrote the book last winter and self-published it a year later.
Walking around Timbered Island one day in the 1990s I spied something that didnât fit the landscape. When I was closer I saw a chain-link fence about armpit high enclosing a small rectangle.
I suspected as soon as I saw the shape and some plastic flowers stuck to the wire: I went straight up, looked down and saw what I expected.
It was a grave. I was elated.
If youâre a person who understands that reaction, you will enjoy Earle Layserâs new book, âJackson Holeâs Buried History: The Funerary Landscape Unearthed.â Layser, an amateur historian with several previous books, is a man who appreciates a good burial ground.
âRare as Earthâ by Gregory Zeigler
$19.95 at gzeiglerbooks.com and local bookstores.
This âenvironmental thrillerâ shows the effects of extractive industries â from fracking in Pennsylvania to rare earth metal extraction in Utah â while following a team trying to rescue an abducted 14-year-old and her mother.
Phantom of the Nort
$49.95 at SteveMatheis.com and local bookstores.
âPhantom of the Northâ showcases Mattheisâs Great Gray Owl photography, including its cover photo that won the Grand Prize in the 2018 Audubon Photography Awards.
âNotes on a Hospitalized Pregnant Womanâ by Claudia Turner
$14.95 at Valley Bookstore.
Turner shares the story of her two-month hospital stay awaiting her daughterâs birth and reflects on âeverything from the history of childbirth to witchcraft, introversion, existentialism, Parisian parenting tricks and her husbandâs struggles with alcoholism,â according to its descrip