Enos A Mills

Reproduction of the original: The Grizzly by Enos A. Mills

Reproduction of the original: The Rocky Mountain Wonderland by Enos A. Mills

Reproduction of the original: Wild Life on the Rockies by Enos A. Mills

Reproduction of the original: Wild Life on the Rockies by Enos A. Mills

Do you know that -- the Great Pyramid is made of shellfish? The Grand Canyon has been dipped into the ocean three times? We are sinking at the rate of one foot every nine thousand years? The Mississippi delta will soon be as large as one of the smaller Balkan states? Camels once lived as natives in the United States? The Niagara River is new, the Rio Grande is a vagabond, and the Tennessee a pirate? Chalk is made chiefly of skeletons? "Romance of Geology" is one of Enos Mills' last books, published after his death in 1922. It is a great collection of stories of the lives of rivers, mountains, oceans and deserts, mirages and glaciers, for both the seasoned rock hound and the newly curious about the ways weather and elements have changed our world Enos A. Mills is known as "The Father of Rocky Mountain National Park" and his many years of adventuring led to several books on the natural world and the fascinating stories he discovered in it. This edition has been published by the Enos Mills Cabin, owned and operated by descendants of Enos A. Mills. We have included letters and other memorabilia from our archives to make your experience with Enos' stories richer and more enjoyable. All purchases from the Enos Mills Cabin help keep his homestead museum and his works available to the public. We receive no financial help from government agencies. Thank you for your support

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.

This volume is the consequence of dissecting all previous editions and selecting the essence of the very early times spent in Estes Park. Enos A. Mills' first book, "The Story of Early Estes Park and a Guide Book" is, as always, a glorious experience to explore the Estes Park of the past. Enos did not include the "Guide" section in his second edition "The Story of Estes Park". Nor did the subsequent editions "The Story of Estes Park and Grand Lake", "The Rocky Mountain National Park Memorial Edition", "Early Estes Park", and "The Story of Early Estes Park, Rocky Mountain National Park and Grand Lake". We have tried to remain faithful to the original "paleface" names of areas, rock formations and canyons of this time period, simply because we cannot keep up with the recent explosion of confusing name changes. We have added a few new goodies we hope you will enjoy. We thank the Stanley Museum of Estes Park, Colorado and Kingfield, Maine, for graciously allowing us to include a portion of Flora's personal perspective of Estes Park.

Wild Life on the Rockies is a classic nature book that contains the record of a few of the many happy days and novel experiences which I have had in the wilds. For more than twenty years it has been my good fortune to live most of the time with nature, on the mountains of the West. I have made scores of long exploring rambles over the mountains in every season of the year, a nature-lover charmed with the birds and the trees. On my later excursions I have gone alone and without firearms.

This was Enos A. Mills' first major book, originally published by Houghton Mifflin. By 1909 he had climbed Long's Peak 257 times, and this book includes one of his most memorable trips to the top with little Harriet Peters. He also tells of his days as a Colorado Snow Observer, a canine argument between his dog Scotch and a pack of cunning coyotes, and a tale of two prospectors besieged in their cabin by three black bears. Fourteen stories round out this entertaining book. "Extraordinary interest attaches to his narratives of exciting adventure with snow slides, wild beasts and wild weather. He communicates to the reader something of his own sense of the beauties of the mountains and the delight of tramping among them." Philadelphia Press "The book is one which lovers of Nature should read; one which all who know the majesty of the continental divide will read with interest. Mr. Mills knows his subject as well as any writer in the country. There is not an uninteresting page between the covers". Springfield (Mass.) Republican "This book will be read with vast pleasure by innumerable nature-lovers who have lacked Mr. Mills's rare opportunities for most intimate association with Dame Nature in all her moods. It gives a clearer idea of the Rockies, their trees, flowers, plant life, birds, and beasts that may be gleaned from any other volume of its kind". Lincoln (Neb) Star "The fourteen essays in 'Wild Life on the Rockies' contain personal adventures, observations of nature, of trees and animals, told in a peculiarly ingenuous, simple manner that is extremely attractive. Mr. Mills conveys the spirit of the mountains to his readers." New York Sun "With the publication of this book Mr. Mills takes a place in the front rank of American nature writers. It is the outcome of the demands of thousands of his hearers that the personal experiences woven into his talks be put into permanent form. It is a book by a nature-lover of genuine enthusiasm, based on actual experiences in the fascinating region that he knows and loves. His text is as simple and straightforward as his own personality. It is convincing. It is adequate. He is equally at home in the technical and in the descriptive, and he tells a story well. Altogether, it is one of the most informing, entertaining, and fascinating nature books that one has seen in many a day." The Chicago Inter-Ocean "Mr. Mills has the faculty of making converts. He is a kind of evangelist of the wilderness, and when he preaches the gospel of the wilds you are convinced of the sincerity of its divine invitation. His book has the same convincing and fascinating quality as his lectures. The illustrations are exceptionally fine." St. Paul Dispatch