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Idaho for the Curious: A Guide | 
 enlarge | Author: Cort Conley
Publisher: Backeddy Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 71916
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 704
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 1.7
ISBN: 0960356630
Dewey Decimal Number: 016.917960433
EAN: 9780960356638
ASIN: 0960356630
Publication Date: June 1982
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Best Idaho Guide June 27, 2007
Every bookseller I've ever met in Idaho recommends this book. It's informative but also fun and insanely well-written. Conley covers the Idaho basics but also wanders off down side streets and tiptoes through the state's history. And even though it's 700 pages, you still get the sense Cort knows more than he's telling.
I've had the book for 5 years and find myself going back to it again and again. I strongly recommened it for anyone living in Idaho and anyone interested in the West or just good writing
A great guide, very informative November 29, 2005
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
If every state could offer up a tour guide as thorough as this one, travelers would have much to cheer about, no matter where they were. This is a major achievement in the field.
Conley has arranged the book into three major sections (Lakes and Forests - North; Rivers and Canyons - Southwest; and Mountains and Deserts - Southeast), and then by major highways within each section. He takes the traveler along each route, pointing out historic sites, geological formations, archeology, towns and cities, and all kinds of points of interest along the way. When appropriate he will venture down side roads to highlight sites.
Much historical information is related by Conley (the book is 700 pages long), and there are photographs (mostly historical) galore. As useful as the guide is on the road, it is equally as entertaining and informative for the armchair traveler as well. This book will not help you with finding motels, restaurants, or modern day tourist attractions; it is strictly written with the history of the state in mind. And in that regard, it's a beauty. Travelers in Idaho or those interested in the state's history should be sure to get a hold of this book - you won't be disappointed.
 Good History - Bad Tour Guide April 9, 2005
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
We're planning our first trip to Idaho and were looking for the basic "have to have it with us" tour guide to help plan the trip and guide us through it. This book isn't it.
It appears to be a great book of local history and would be fine for backup information about the state but it is not good for planning a trip.
The only way to find items of interest is to read the whole book, set up your own itinerary, and basicaly write your own guide book from the information found here.
Fodors and Frommer have nothing to fear.
should be on bookshelf of every northwest native January 27, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Cort Conley is to Idaho what Frank Dobie is to Texas. There is no man who has seen more of the Idaho landscape and backcountry, and known more of the Idaho people than Conley. And few people (if any) can tell you more about Idaho's underappreciated history and Indian lore. This book should be on the bookshelf of every native to the Pacific Northwest, alongside Evie Litton's Hiking Hot Springs of the Pacific Northwest (they just look good together).
Idaho -- It's not a confession, it's a state October 4, 2002
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Let's face it - what about Idaho DOESN'T make you curious? Whether it's the state capital Boise, or their infatuation with potatoes, Idaho has always been one of the more unusual states.Well, thanks to author Cort Conley's vivid descriptions of the lush landscapes, and the colorful people that populate this great state, Idaho is well on its way to becoming much more than just "the state next to Montana". As long as there are imaginative travel-authors like Conley around, Idaho will not be forgotten.
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