"National parks are the home of our history, dyed in our blood, warmed by our hopes, inspired by our accomplishments. Memories of who we were, knowledge of who we are, and dreams of who we can hope to become."
- Nevada Barr -
(updated 06/14/06)
Welcome to the Nevada Barr Resource Page. Engaging and
down-to-earth,
Ms. Barr entwines the cycle of nature throughout her mystery books with
her character, Anna Pigeon, a National Parks Ranger. Add the increasing
congestion in our national parks, and you have a heroine forced to live
in two worlds at once. If you aren't currently familiar with Nevada
Barr
and her writing, please read on. She is wonderful!
Attention Rangers! Nevada's new book, High
Country,
is due to be released in February 2004! Visit her official site for
information
about her upcoming booksigning
tour !
Mysteries To
Die
For -
Great independent store visited by Nevada for a booksigning.
She
strongly supports small bookstores since they keep the food chain going
for new authors, whereas larger stores do not. Support your local
mystery
bookstore today!
Nevada
Holds Out!
- Glowing tribute to Nevada Barr from the editor of the Mystery Guild.
How I
Became a Park Ranger - by Lynda Boose. Not an article on Nevada
Barr, but rather about
someone
who "became" one of her characters at Isle Royale!
Rangers On the
Web
- [temporarily out-of-service as they move to a new web location] This
is the real world of Nevada Barr. A site by and for Park Rangers,
including news updates of major crimes being committed in our National
Parks. There are ranger bios, job opportunities, educational, law
enforcement,
graphics, and park operation links, among many others. Welcome home,
rangers!
Meet Ranger
Rick Holt as he receives recognition for his internet efforts.
Dancing
Badger Review
- Great intro to and honest reviews of Nevada's Anna Pigeon books
Cumberland
Researcher Settles With Author - Newspaper account explaining why
Marty
in Endangered Species is now a man in the paperback. Hold on to
your copies before the sex change. They may become a collector's item
one
day!
Novelist
Nevada Barr's Home On the Range - Interview by Randy Dotinga, west
coast correspondent of APB
News, ("...the first news-centered network devoted exclusively
to crime, justice and safety")
The
Writer's
Craft
- Hear Nevada talk about her books Blood Lure, Hunting Season,
Flashback, and Hunting Season (brought to you by Bill
Thompson's Eye on Books)
Mystery
Guild Author Interview - Nevada speaks in depth about her creative
process, acting, touring, and what lies ahead
Nevada Barr Book List
Bittersweet
(1984) - Nevada's first novel has been reprinted! "...Barr tells an
extraordinary
story of two women in the Old West, not only pioneers but lovers forced
to keep their love a secret...Barr succeeds in conveying the meaning of
these brave and desperate lives."
Seeking
Enlightenment... Hat by Hat (2003) - Nevada charts the course of
her
spiritual evolution in a series of essays, each chapter "offering a
truth
or an answer forged through experience and deep reflection, and a
nugget
of insight certain to encourage thought and discussion among readers
who
may, in turn, find their own spiritual language."
Anna Pigeon Novels:
Track
of the Cat (1993) - Anna Pigeon in the Guadalupe Mountains (1994
Agatha
Award for Best First Mystery Novel)
A
Superior Death (1994) - Anna Pigeon dives into Lake Superior at
Isle
Royale
Ill Wind
(1995) - Anna Pigeon and mysteries of the Anasazi in Mesa Verde
Firestorm
(1996) - Anna Pigeon under fire in Lassen Volcanic National Park
Endangered
Species (1997) - Anna Pigeon on Georgia's Cumberland Island
National
Seashore
Blind
Descent (1998) - Anna Pigeon inside Carlsbad Caverns
Liberty
Falling (1999) - Anna Pigeon visits Ellis Island and the Statue of
Liberty at Liberty State Park
Deep
South
(2000) - Anna Pigeon as a district ranger on the Natchez Trace Parkway
Blood
Lure (2001) - Anna Pigeon and grizzly bears in Montana's Glacier
National
Park
Naked
Came the
Phoenix: A Serial Novel (2001) - Edited by Marcia Talley, and
led
off by Nevada Barr, each chapter in this novel is written by a
different
mystery writer (Note: half the proceeds from this novel are being
doated
to breast cancer research)
Az
Murder Goes...Artful (2001) - Edited by Susan Mailing and
Barbara
Peters, this anthology includes short stories by Nevada Barr and other
mystery writers exploring crimes rooted in the worlds of art,
architecture,
and antiquities
Women
on the
Case (1996) - Edited by Sara Paretsky, includes "Beneath the
Lilacs"
by Nevada Barr, whose "museum curator finds out as she digs too deep
for
lies...."
Cumberland
Island Escape - by Jeremy Church, for CNN TravelGuide ("Imagine a
place
so rapturous that it could not only silence the rankling presence of
strangers,
but make a lullaby of their creaky chairs....")
Stand By
Your Lands! - Cumberland Island overview as one of the 15 most
endangered
wild lands
Glacier
National
Park -
Park overview for Blood Lure, including maps, brochures, road
conditions,
photo gallery, history, and more
Webcams
- View
Glacier National Park from dawn to dusk. The view from the foot of Lake
McDonald, near Apgar Village, is particularly beautiful and you can
make
a floating webcam window for your desktop which will refresh itself
every
15 minutes.
Bear
DNA
Project
- USGS research report of bear monitoring at Glacier National Park
National Park Experiences
- Rocky Mountain National Park activities, both online (videos,
postcards) and in the park (featured hikes, fishing, camp spotlights)
and much more! Nature photos!
This page was first web published
in 1995 and is maintained as time permits by Kathleen
Clark, email mindharpweb@yahoo.com
, as a service to readers of mystery writer and former national
park ranger Nevada Barr.
Please note that Ms.Clark has no
contact with Nevada Barr and suggests that you try to reach her through
her website www.nevadabarr.com
or through her current publisher.
