About the Book
This entertaining book tells the fascinating stories—sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant—about the people who buy maps and the reasons they do so.
Read about death by lightning, a bounty hunter, a newly minted Shaman, the history of the Denver Federal Center and more.
If you think most maps are bought by hikers and hunters, you will be delighted to meet the rest of the people who buy maps and the surprising stories behind their maps.
The Author
Jim West worked at the USGS Map Store for nine years helping hundreds of people find the maps they wanted. As an instructor in the Colorado Mountain Club’s Wilderness Trekking School, he taught map and compass skills to new hikers.
He is an avid hiker and backpacker and with his wife, Ann, has hiked all overthe Rocky Mountains and the Canyonlands,and in Alaska, the Alps,the Andes, the Himalayas,New Zealand, andTanzania—always with his map.