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Book	Author	Dewey Number	Description
The Oregon Trail/	Parkman, Francis	971.01 PAR	The gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846.
The Pioneers	Cooper, James Fenimore	FIC COO	First in a series of novels that will become called the ‘Leatherstocking Tales’.
My First Summer in the Sierra	Muir, John	508.74 MUI	Muir’s first encounter with the mountains and valleys of central California in 1869.
Kon-Tiki	Heyerdahl, Thor	910 HEY	The Kon-Tiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands.
The Endurance	Alexander, Caroline	919.89 ALE	2016 Vermont Reads selection about Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition.
The Dark Romance of Dian Fossey	Hayes, Harold T.P.	920 FOS	Fossey’s life and adventures with mountain gorillas.
Cold	Streever, Bill	910.911 STE	Science writer Streever explores the really cold places on earth.
Lewis and Clark	Duncan, Dayton	917.824 DUN	The 1804 expedition of a party of explorers called the Corps of Discovery.
The Right Stuff	Wolfe, Tom	629.1 W	The inside story on the astronauts as they explore space.
Moby Dick	Melville, Herman	FIC MEL	The search for the great white whale.
Endurance	Kelly, Scott	92 KEL	Astronaut Scott Kelly’s biography of his career.
The River	Heller, Peter	FIC HEL	A wilderness canoe trip turned survival tale.
Into the Forest	Hegland, Jean	FIC HEG	Two young women must create a new existence in the forest after global catastrophe strikes.
The Poisonwood Bible	Kingsolver, Barbara	FIC KIN	A missionary family goes to the Belgian Congo in 1959 and find that they need much more to survive in Africa than they anticipated.
To the Bright Edge of the World	Ivey, Eowyn	FIC IVE	An exploration of untamed Alaskan Territory in 1885 and an exploration of nature through the new art of photography.
Into the Wilderness	Donati, Sara	FIC DON	An epic of romance and history set in the New York wilderness of 1792—fans of Cooper will recognize elements from this historical fiction.
The Hungry Tide	Ghosh, Amitav	FIC GHO	A young marine biologist meets an inhabitant of the remote Sundarbans islands in this tale of adventure.
The Signature of All Things	Gilbert, Elizabeth	FIC GIL	An expansive tale of science, adventure and love.
Dreamers of the Day	Russell, Mary Doria	FIC DOR	A young woman explores Egypt during the tumultuous years of nation-building in this historical fiction.
Space	Michener, James	FIC MIC	Michener’s fictional account of The Right Stuff.
The Call	Murphy, Yannick	FIC MUR	Vermonter’s encounter adventure and explore a wider world—right in their own backyards.
Ines of My Soul	Allende, Isabel	FIC ALL	A historical fiction involving the attempt by the Spanish to conquer Chile.
Euphoria	King, Lily	FIC KIN	Loosely based on Margaret Mead’s studies in New Guinea—this is a haunting romance filled with atmosphere.
State of Wonder	Patchett, Ann	FIC PAT	A research scientist is sent to Brazil to track a missing colleague. A contemporary heart of darkness tale.