This booklet may help your understanding and appreciation of Rocky
Mountain National Park, but in its limited pages only a superficial
treatment can be given. The following publications--nearly all of them
available for reference or purchase at the park museum information
office or Fall River Pass exhibit room--have been found helpful sources
of more detailed interpretation of the story of this park.
_Birds_
Niedrach, Robert J., and Robert B. Rockwell, _Birds of Denver and
Mountain Parks_. Denver Museum of Natural History, 1959.
Peterson, Roger Tory, _Field Guide to Western Birds_. Houghton Mifflin
Co., Boston, 1941.
_Plants_
Clements, Edith S., _Flowers of Mountain and Plain_. H. W. Wilson Co.,
New York, 1926 (3d edition).
More, Robert W., _Colorado Evergreens_. Denver Museum of Natural
History, 1949.
Guide to the conifers, with photographic illustrations.
Nelson, Ruth Ashton, _Plants of Rocky Mountain National Park_.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1953.
The basic reference on the wildflowers of the region.
Pesman, M. Walter, _Meet the Natives_. Cooperative Printing Co.,
Denver, rev. ed., 1960.
A guide to the flora of the region, with a color-key arrangement;
useful anywhere in Colorado.
Preston, Richard, _North American Trees_. Iowa State College Press,
Ames, Iowa, 1948.
An illustrated guide to all species of trees of North America.
Roberts, Harold and Rhoda, _Common Wildflowers of Colorado_. Museum
Pictorial No. 8, Denver Museum of Natural History, 1959.
Roberts, Rhoda, and Ruth Nelson, _Mountain Wildflowers of Colorado_.
Museum Pictorial No. 13, Denver Museum of Natural History,
1957.
Fifty common mountain wildflowers described and illustrated.
_Fishes_
Beckman, William C., _Guide to the Fishes of Colorado_. Leaflet No.
11, Univ. of Colorado Museum, Boulder, 1952.
_Geology_
Pearl, Richard M., _Nature as a Sculptor_. Denver Museum of Natural
History, 1956.
A geological interpretation of western scenery, chiefly Colorado.
Rocky Mountain Nature Association, _Glaciers of Rocky Mountain
National Park_. Published in cooperation with National Park
Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1959.
Glacier story of Rocky Mountain National Park, past and present.
U.S. Geological Survey, _Denver Mountain Area Map_. 1955.
Covers most of Colorado's Front Range and explains its geology.
Wegemann, Carroll, _A Guide to the Geology of Rocky Mountain National
Park_. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1955.
Helpful road logs and the general geologic story of the park.
_Mammals_
Burt, W. H., and R. P. Grossenheider, _Field Guide to the Mammals_.
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1956.
A manual for the identification of all mammals north of Mexico.
Rodeck, Hugo G., _Guide to the Mammals of Colorado_. University of
Colorado, Boulder.
_Mountain Climbing and Hiking_
Henderson, Kenneth, _Handbook of American Mountaineering_. Houghton
Mifflin Co., Boston, 1942.
A pocket-size book, almost encyclopedic in scope, giving detailed
information on mountain climbing and life on the trail.
Nesbit, Paul, _Longs Peak, Its Story and a Climbing Guide_. Published
by Paul W. Nesbit, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1959.
Ormes, Robert M., _Guide to the Colorado Mountains_. Sage Books,
Denver, 3d revised edition, 1955.
_Parks in General_
Butcher, Devereux, _Exploring Our National Parks and Monuments_.
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 4th edition, 1954.
In cloth or paper covers; illustrated; gives succinct information on
all our parks with natural-history backgrounds.
Shankland, Robert, _Steve Mather of the National Parks_. Alfred A.
Knopf, New York, 1955.
The evolution of the National Park System and the life of the first
director of the National Park Service.
Story, Isabelle, _National Park Story in Pictures_. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1957.
Tilden, Freeman, _The National Parks: What They Mean to You and Me_.
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1955.
Factual material on the parks, their significance, origins, and
characteristics.