Kim Heacox Books in Order

This illustrated survey explores California's state parks through their varied landscapes and historical settings. Its coverage includes Native American and Spanish-Mexican heritage, historic homes, redwoods, beaches, mountain forests, and parks designated for off-road vehicle use.

Heacox’s text and Fred Hirschmann’s photographs portray the role of bush aviation in Alaska. Flights across remote landscapes reveal how small aircraft connect communities and make it possible for residents to work, travel, and explore beyond the roads.

Photographs and essays explore Alaska’s sled-dog culture, from the Iditarod to smaller races and everyday travel. Accounts of mushers, dogs and historic journeys reveal how dogsledding became both a competitive sport and a way of life.

This illustrated guide explores the natural landscapes of Hawaii and Alaska, from national parks to wilderness preserves and nature sanctuaries. Photographs and maps accompany accounts of wildlife, scenery, and the places visitors can experience beyond familiar destinations.

Biographies trace the thinkers and writers who shaped American attitudes toward wilderness. Figures including Emerson, Thoreau, Muir and Carson illuminate the enduring debate over nature, national identity and the responsibility to preserve wild places.

Photographs and essays follow Alaska’s light from coastal forests to Arctic wilderness. Observations and historical context connect the changing landscape with the people and wildlife whose lives follow its seasonal rhythms.

A natural history of Antarctica explores a continent defined by ice, isolation and environmental extremes. Its landscapes and living systems become the basis for considering why this remote wilderness matters and what preserving it demands.

Photographs and essays explore Denali National Park’s wildlife, landscapes and changing light. Bears, birds, flowers and mountain weather reveal the character of a Alaskan wilderness and the reasons for protecting it.

Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expeditions reveal a leader whose achievements came through failure and survival. The Endurance ordeal and his other polar journeys show how determination and care for his men shaped his reputation.

Spanning four centuries, this illustrated history traces America’s relationship with its wild landscapes. It explores how a nation driven by expansion and commerce also developed the idea of setting places aside for preservation.

Alaskan Shannon DeShay uncovers a militant plot aimed at destroying the environmental movement. With oil development threatening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, she must risk her own safety to protect both the land and the man she loves.

Living and working near Alaska’s Glacier Bay, Kim Heacox reflects on wilderness, friendship and a landscape emerging from retreating ice. Encounters with wildlife and fellow travelers expose the tension between seeking wild places and protecting them.

John Muir’s encounters with Alaska’s glaciers transform an adventurous naturalist into a force for conservation. His developing ideas about landscape and science reveal how one person helped change America’s understanding of wilderness and its value.

An aging Tlingit canoe carver finds renewed purpose when his grandson is badly injured and loses hope. Finishing one last canoe together, they begin a journey into Alaska’s wilderness that becomes an exploration of family and reconciliation.

Kim Heacox revisits decades of connection with Denali National Park, combining personal history with encounters involving wildlife, music and friendship. His experiences explore what wild places give people and why their future deserves attention.

This illustrated history marks the National Park Service’s first century through photographs, graphics and historical paintings. It traces the people and ideas behind protecting American landscapes, and the tensions between preservation and exploitation.

Plans for a road and bridge divide a remote Alaskan town. A father seeking care for his disabled son, a girl coping with her father’s wartime trauma, and a nearby wolf pack become caught in the conflict.

Photographs and essays explore Alaska’s Inside Passage, following its coastline from Ketchikan to Skagway. Heacox brings together rainforest, glaciers, wildlife, and coastal communities with accounts of travel, local history, and the traditions associated with the region.