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6 books match the query 'Forty Years'
Deep Powder Snow
Forty Years of Ecstatic Skiing, Avalanches, and Earth WisdomDolores LaChapelle
University of Wyoming Press, 2027
“Everything I know, I learned from skiing powder.”— Dolores LaChapelle, the godmother of powder skiing
An out-of-print classic returns… Deep Powder Snow, originally published in 1993, is an autobiographical account of how Dolores LaChapelle’s experiences powder skiing gave her a path to cultural resistance. More than a memoir of one woman’s love for the sport, this philosophical exploration of skiing and the relationship between humanity and nature became a cult classic for mountain recreationists around the world who connected deeply with her worldview.
LaChapelle’s words still give voice to why skiing and other outdoor recreation feel like so much more than a pastime for many. In this reprint of the classic text, ski journalist and historian Clare George offers a new generation of readers the opportunity to engage with LaChapelle, adding a foreword with critical contextualization of the book’s significance and impact.
Deep Powder Snow is more relevant than ever. In the age of rapid climate change and the ever-more-jarring effects of the Anthropocene, this memoir advocates for a different way of thinking about our place in the world and for skiing as not merely a hobby but the foundation of a good life.
Dorothy Thompson and Rose Wilder Lane
Forty Years of Friendship, Letters, 1921-1960Edited by William Holtz
University of Missouri Press, 1991
The friendship between Dorothy Thompson and Rose Wilder Lane began in 1920 in the publicity office of the American Red Cross in Paris and continued until Thompson’s death in 1961. Although both women are today remembered primarily for their connections with others —Thompson as the wife of Sinclair Lewis, and Lane as the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the “Little House” books —each was remarkable in her own right.
Both women had a vital engagement with life that led them in fearless pursuit of experience. In 1939, Thompson appeared on the cover of Time, which judged her second only to Eleanor Roosevelt among influential women of the day. Typical of Lane were her travels through the mountains of Albania, the deserts of Syria, and Soviet Georgia in the 1920s and her visit as a journalist to Vietnam in 1965 at the age of seventy-eight.
The correspondence of these two talented and articulate women reveals their personal concerns, social ideas, and political/economic philosophies and how they changed over time. Their letters tell the story of the first generation of women to come of age during the twentieth century, as they tried to cope with problems that women still face today. Along with the letters themselves, Holtz has included annotations and footnotes that provide biographical information, as well as explaining personal and topical references.
Fonda San Miguel
Forty Years of Food and ArtBy Tom Gilliland and Miguel Ravago
University of Texas Press, 2016
“Walking through the old wooden doors at Fonda San Miguel is like a journey back to colonial Mexico. . . . World-class Mexican art and antiques decorate the interior, and famed Mexican chefs have taught and cooked here. Acclaimed as one of the best Mexican restaurants in the country serving authentic interior food . . .” —USA Today
“The stately yet bright and colorful hacienda decor and standout Mexican-interior cooking . . . will transport you straight to Guanajuato.” —Vogue
“It anchors the city as its premier Mexican restaurant institution.” —The Daily Meal, which named Fonda San Miguel one of “America’s 50 Best Mexican Restaurants”
Updated and reissued to celebrate the restaurant’s four decades of success, Fonda San Miguel presents more than one hundred recipes. The selections include many of Fonda’s signature dishes—Ceviche Veracruzano, Enchiladas Suizas, Cochinita Pibil, Pescado Tikin Xik, and Carne Asada—as well as a delicious assortment of dishes from Mexico’s diverse regional cuisines. Supplementary sections contain tips on buying and cooking with the various chiles and other ingredients, along with information on basic preparation techniques, equipment, and mail-order sources. Full-color photographs illustrate special dishes, and representative works from the impressive Fonda San Miguel art collection are also featured, along with notes on the artists.
Forty Years In The Wilderness
Impressions Of Nevada, 1940-1980James W. Hulse
University of Nevada Press, 1986
A view of Nevada history by native Nevadan and historian Hulse that suggests prosperity be based on diverse businesses rather than on a gaming-financed economy.
Forty Years of Texas Storytelling
Historical and Contemporary Tales from Diverse Writers and PoetsTed Parkhurst
Parkhurst Brothers, Inc., 2024
Stop the Presses (So I Can Get Off)
Tales from Forty Years of Sports WritingClyde Bolton
University of Alabama Press, 2005
A delightful blend of memoir, opinion, and sports from an Alabama original.
For 31 years, Clyde Bolton wrote four sports columns per week for the Birmingham News. By his estimation, this makes him the most widely read Alabamian in history. He may be right.
In Stop the Presses (So I Can Get Off) he takes the reader along on a joyride through more than three decades of Alabama sports. Unsurprisingly, tales of Bear Bryant and Shug Jordan, Roll Tide and War Eagle, dominate, but at one point or another, Clyde covered just about every type of sporting event in the state. Personalities and events from the realms of high school sports, minor league baseball, college basketball, and Nextel Cup Racing are just some of the many facets of his personal and professional life that he shares in this, his 17th book.
In relating the outlines of his life, Bolton pays homage to his mentors, including famed sports editor Benny Marshall, and shares some insights he’s gained after a lifetime in the newspaper game. But throughout the book, he never forgets that any good journalist—any good writer—is in the business of telling stories. And oh, what stories!
Bolton writes of meeting Michael Jordan during the basketball star’s year with the Birmingham Barons; of having dinner with Muhammad Ali at the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house at Auburn University; of walking incognito down sunny Birmingham sidewalks with Hall-of-Famer Johnny Unitas. He explains why Bear Bryant, in his opinion, is the greatest football coach ever, tells of interviewing Joe Namath in the men’s bathroom, and reveals why his grandmother watched professional wrestling on her hands and knees on the floor in front of the television.
Stop the Presses (So I Can Get Off) is a joyous romp through the SEC, the Nextel Cup Circuit, and, in the end, life itself.