book on Yellowstone?

I found "Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks" by Lonely Planet, 3rd Edition Feb 2012, to be a wealth of information and suggestions.

The Moon Guide Books are very well written and booked with info... I have never bought a bad one.

I wasn't aware of the Grand Canyon Deaths book! Thanks for the heads up!

WoodGlue

Thanks for all the help. I finally ordered three of the recommendations. Looking forward to some good reading.

The best information I have found was online and there are hundreds of good sources including the US park service website. This includes information on the roads, the wildlife, facilities inside the park, and on tours and staying healthy.

The best book I have found is the Moon Montana guide book which has a section on Yellowstone but also includes the surrounding area which is very helpful when planing your visit to the park and areas you will pass through getting there or going home as with the Jackson Hole area, Glacier NP, and the Tetons.

In terms of personal safety most of the deaths in Yellowstone are the result of people falling into one of the hot thermal pools and not from an encounter with the wildlife.

Death in Yellowstone was an excellent book. There is also one for the Grand Canyon.

dodge guy wrote:

WoodGlue wrote:
This is kinda morbid, but a terrific book anyway!

Death In Yellowstone

4.5 star rating at Amazon! The ghouls and boys know their stuff!

WoodGlue

It should be required reading for anyone going to any type of Natioanl Park. more so when dangerous wildlife and mountains are involved!

This is a great book and I agree, it should be required reading before you go to YNP. The things we saw while we were there just baffled my mind. People climbing off the boardwalks to walk across the crust of a thermal--don't they know those crusts can give way at any moment? People petting bull bison. People trying to get close to a 9-point elk for pictures. People leaning over boardwalks to touch the extremely hot water. Geez. Honorary Darwin Award winners.

Yep Dodge Guy!

People would be surprised at the "camping errors" made that have cost people loss of property, if not their lives!!

WoodGlue

WoodGlue wrote:
This is kinda morbid, but a terrific book anyway!

Death In Yellowstone

4.5 star rating at Amazon! The ghouls and boys know their stuff!

WoodGlue

It should be required reading for anyone going to any type of Natioanl Park. more so when dangerous wildlife and mountains are involved!

I purchased Deaths in Yellowstone from the bear and wolf preserve gift shop back in 1998. Very good read.