New photo books

The Smokies, in two books

Years of early mornings in Great Smoky Mountains National Park: bears, cubs, elk, fall color, fireflies, and the stars. Paperback and hardcover, on Amazon.

Smoky Mountain Bears book cover: a mother black bear with her cubs on a gravel road

Smoky Mountain Bears

Mothers on the move. Big bears in the meadows. Cubs in the treetops.

A photo book of black bears in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It opens with mothers leading their families and big bears up close, then turns to a whole chapter of cubs: standing up to see over the grass, wrestling, climbing, and napping in the forks of old trees.

  • Bear facts, a year in the life of a Smokies bear, and a page to log your own sightings
  • Paperback, 8.5 × 8.5 in, premium color
  • Hardcover edition, 8.25 × 11 in, 70 photographs
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Mother bear and cub touching noses
Nose to Nose
Two bear cubs wrestling
The Hug
Bear cub draped over a tree limb
Hanging Around
Black bear with mouth open eating cicadas
Cicada Season
Smoky Mountain Seasons book cover: a white church under fall color

Smoky Mountain Seasons

Elk in the fog. Fire in the October ridges. Fireflies in June.

The Great Smoky Mountains from spring to summer to fall to night: wildflowers and rhododendron, owls and eagles, the synchronous fireflies, bugling elk and the fall rut, October color, waterfalls, and the Milky Way over the ridges.

  • When to go, the story of the Smokies elk, and a page to log your own sightings
  • Paperback, 8.5 × 8.5 in, premium color
  • Hardcover edition, 8.25 × 11 in, 67 photographs
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Bull elk bugling in morning fog
The Bugle
Synchronous fireflies in the woods
Synchronous Fireflies
White church under fall color
October Church
Milky Way over mountain ridges
The Milky Way

A gift for anyone who loves the Smokies

Every animal in these books was photographed from a safe, legal distance with a long lens. Always stay 50 yards back, never chase wildlife, and obey the rangers.