Books I Have Read Since January 1, 1980

During my undergraduate days at the U of U I happened to read Theodore White's fascinating autobiography, In Search of History. He chronicled his world adventures in a way that motivated me to read and explore. Since that time I have tried to always be in a book.

1. In Search of History
2. The Mortal Messiah, Book 1
3. Red Star Over China
4. The Bishop’s Horse Race
5. Free to Choose
6. The Mortal Messiah, Book 2
7. Stillwell & the American Experience in China
8. American Ceasar
9. The Gulag Archipelago, Book 1
10. A Guide for the Perplexed
11. Encounters with the Archdruid
12. Man’s Search for Meaning
13. Japanese Society
14. American Power & the New Mandarins
15. Restoring the American Dream
16. The Christ Commission
17. The Confederate Nation: 1861 – 1865
18. The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson
19. Been in the Storm So Long
20. The Real War
21. Goodbye, Darkness
22. Mao
23. Jefferson the Virginian, Book 1
24. Atlas Shrugged
25. Ainge
26. The Path Between the Seas
27. The Eastasia Edge
28. Joseph Smith
29. Jefferson & the Rights of Man II
30. Defender of Faith – B.H. Roberts
31. Washington – The Indispensable Man
32. Late Innings
33. Newport in the Rockies
34. The Vineyard of Liberty
35. Abraham Lincoln
36. The Red Badge of Courage
37. Growing Up
38. Chinabound
39. Brigham Young American Moses
40. Mornings on Horseback
41. Beyond the Hundredth Meridian
42. The Gathering of Zion
43. Good Enough to Dream
44. The Plains Across
45. The Accidental Tourist
46. On Wings of Eagles
47. The Shadow Taker
48. The Reckoning
49. The Book of Mormon
50. Death Comes to the Archbishop
51. Red Storm Rising
52. American Companies in Japan
53. Season on the Brink
54. The Artful Dodger
55. The Hunt for Red October
56. The Haunted Mesa
57. The Angle of Repose
58. Arab and Jew
59. The Killer Angels
60. Battle Cry of Freedom
61. Iacocca
62. Dale Murphy
63. And They Came to Pass
64. The Hiding Place
65. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
66. Heber C. Kimball
67. Common Ground
68. Among Schoolchildren
69. Teaching Children Charity
70. Education of a Wandering Man
71. At Dawn We Slept
72. From Beirut to Jerusalem
73. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
74. East of Eden
75. Teaching Children Responsibility
76. The Pearl
77. All Quiet on the Western Front
78. Crossing to Safety
79. A Bright Shining Lie
80. Holy Man – Father Damien
81. A History of the Jews
82. Shoal of Time, History of Hawaii
83. The Spectator Bird
84. To Kill a Mockingbird
85. Jurassic Park
86. Hawaii Pono
87. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
88. Son of the Morning Star
89. There are No Children Here
90. The Firm
91. Rediscovering America – John Muir
92. The Grapes of Wrath
93. Snow Country
94. Saint Maybe
95. Voyages of Discovery – Captain Cook
96. Of Mice and Men
97. Cold Sassy Tree
98. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
99. Breathing Lessons
100. Refuge
101. A Death in the Family
102. Principle Centered Leadership
103. Cannery Row
104. Parting the Waters
105. Autobiography of Parley Pratt
106. The Price of Paradise
107. Truman
108. Wilford Woodruff
109. A Thousand Acres
110. Lincoln at Gettysburg
111. Six Months in the Sandwich Islands
112. Making Your Home a Missionary Training Center
113. David O. McKay
114. Beyond the Wall
115. Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains
116. World Between Waves
117. Mormona (History of the Church in Hawaii)
118. Guns of August
119. Last Lion – Churchill (Early Years)
120. Hawaii Hidden Treasures
121. Studies in Scriptures – the Gospels
122. Benjamin Franklin – Autobiography
123. Life of Christ
124. Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites
125. Desert Solitaire
126. Life of Clarence King
127. Utah – Centennial Celebration
128. Raising Family to the Lord
129. Churchill – Alone
130. Steadfast and Immovable
131. Since Stephen
132. Men at Work
133. Snow Falling on Cedars
134. Marathon of Faith
135. Heroes of the Book of Mormon
136. Living and Writing in the West
137. Gordon B. Hinckley
138. Lincoln
139. Undaunted Courage
140. The Work and the Glory, all 9 volumes
141. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
142. 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families
143. Into Thin Air
144. Henry Eyring – Talk Book
145. Robert E. Lee – A Biography
146. A Walk in the Woods
147. The Oregon Trail
148. 1846: Year of Decision
149. Angela’s Ashes
150. New Testament
151. Stand For Something
152. A Life on the Edge – Jim Whitakker
153. As Good as I Want to Be
154. The Gathering Storm
155. California Trail
156. Miracle of Forgiveness
157. Charles Lindbergh
158. Their Finest Hour
159. Banner in the Sky
160. Duty
161. No Ordinary Time
162. Return to Christmas
163. Grand Expectations
164. John Adams
165. Founding Brothers
166. The Glorious Cause
167. The Gathering Fury
168. The Grand Alliance
169. Pearl of Great Price
170. Old Testament
171. Sandy Koufax
172. The History of Joseph Smith as Told By His Mother
173. 1776
174. Rough Stone Rolling – Joseph Smith
175. Theodore Rex – Theodore Roosevelt
176. Lance Armstrong
177. Freedom from Fear
178. Flag of Our Fathers
179. Bike to 100
180. Rise and Fall of Nauvoo
181. The Last Lecture
182. Left to Tell
183. The Peacegiver
184. The Glass Castle
185. His Excellency: George Washington
186. Three Cups of Tea
187. The Great Game
188. The Indian Frontier from 1846-1890
189. Charles Sumner & the Coming of the Civil War
190. Team of Rivals
191. A Heart Like His
192. American Lion - Andrew Jackson in the White House
193. Fire of the Covenant
194. The Ultimate Gift
195. Molokai
196. Conversations with Wallace Stegner
197. Leadership and Self Deception
198. The Anatomy of Peace
199. The Holy Secret
200. Arnie and Jack
201. In Wars Dark Shadow (Russia Before the Great War)
202. Snow Falling in Spring
203. Madame Empress - Madame Chiang Kai Shek
204. Believing Christ
205. River of Doubt
206. Darkness More than Night
207. Yalta
208. Russians in War and Revolution 1914-1918
209. Life of Christ
210. Born to Run
211. Hawaii
212. Following Christ
213. Book of Mormon
214. What Hath God Wrought
215. Honolulu
216. Unbroken
217. Same Kind of Different as Me
218. Killing Lincoln
219. Maphead
220. How to Measure your Life
221. Still Alice
222, City of Tranquil Light
223. Wild: From Lost to Found on PCT
224. Undaunted: Hole in the Rock
225. Out of the Dust
226. The Giver
227. Among the Hidden
228. The Wedding
229. 30 Lessons for Living
230. All That Was Promised
231. Let It Go
232. Belonging to Heaven
233. Wonder
234. The Crossover
235. Night
236. Wait Until Next Year
237. The Wright Brothers
238. The Wednesday Wars
239. Okay for Now
240. A Long Walk to Water
241. The Promise of a Pencil
242. Quiet
243. Rent Collector
244. History of Washington County
245. Fish In a Tree
246. In His Steps
247. Mere Christianity
248. Only the Brave
249. Counting By 7s
250. Power of Habit
251. Life is Good
252. The Orphan Keeper
253. The Nightingale
254. Quiet Power
255. The Go-Giver
256. Covenant Keepers
257. The Boys in the Boat
258. The Indifferent Stars Above
259. When Breath Becomes Air
260. Absolutely Almost
261. Brave Companions
262. Ghost
263. The Honest Truth

US National Parks Visited

My parents introduced me to several National Parks when I was young and I've tried to do the same with my kids. I've never been disappointed in any exploration of our National Parks.

1. Grand Canyon









2. Canyonlands









3. Arches









4. Zion









5. Bryce Canyon









6. Capitol Reef









7. Grand Teton









8. Yellowstone









9. Yosemite
10. Mount Rainier
11. North Cascade
12. Olympic
13. Great Basin
14. Rocky Mountain
15. Mesa Verde
16. Hawaii Volcanoes









17. Haleakala












18. Sequoia
19. Shenandoah
20. Lassen Volcanic
21. Great Smoky Mountains
22. Kings Canyon
23. Glacier
24. Death Valley









25. Crater Lake









26. Redwood









27. Badlands
28. Black Canyon of the Gunnison
29. Great Sand Dunes
30. Acadia

31. Theodore Roosevelt
32. Petrified Forest

33, Kenai Fjords
34. Denali
35. Sagauro East and West

Airports (landed or took off), random order

During my teenage landscaping jobs I always watched the planes approach and take off from the Salt Lake Airport. I dreamed of flying around the world and made this list of airports one day in a meeting to stay awake. My brother put this list on a T-shirt so it has become one of my favorite lists.

1. Seattle (SEA)
2. Portland (PDX)
3. San Francisco (SFO)
4. Los Angeles (LAX)
5. Orange County, CA (SNA)
6. Honolulu, HI (HNL)
7. Kahului, Maui (OGG)
8. Lihue, Kauai (LIH)
9. Tokyo Haneda (HND)
10. Fukuoka, Japan (FUK)
11. Naha, Okinawa (OKA)
12. Salt Lake City (SLC)
13. Phoenix (PHX)
14. Dallas (DFW)
15. Tulsa (TUL)
16. Chicago (ORD)
17. Omaha (OMA)
18. St. Louis (STL)
19. Huntsville, AL (HSV)
20. Tampa (TPA)
21. Panama City, FL (PFN)
22. Tallahassee (TLH)
23. Richmond (RIC)
24. Norfolk, Virginia (ORF)
25. Knoxville, TN (TYS)
26. Washington National (DCA)
27. Washington Dulles (IAD)
28. Lanai City, Lanai (LNY)
29. Denver (DEN)
30. Denver Stapleton (DEN)
31. New York (JFK)
32. Laguardia, NY (LGA)
33. Syracuse, NY (SYR)
34. Boston (BOS)
35. Providence, RI (PVD)
36. Colorado Springs (COS)
37. Las Vegas (LAS)
38. Twin Falls (TWF)
39. Houston Hobby (HOU)
40. Houston Intercontinental (IAH)
41. New Orleans (MSY)
42. Cozumel, Mexico (CZM)
43. Charlotte, NC (CLT)
44. Philadelphia (PHL)
45. Atlanta (ATL)
46. Indianapolis (IND)
47. Pittsburgh (PIT)
48. Orlando (MCO)
49. Reno, NV (RNO)
50. Ft. Walton Beach, FL (VPS)
51. Tokyo Narita (NRT)
52. Kona, HI (KOA)
53. San Diego (SAN)
54. Princeville, Kauai (HPV)
55. Hilo, HI (ITO)
56. Kaunakakai, Molokai (MKK)
57. Oakland (OAK)
58. Auckland, NZ (AKL)
59. Queenstown, NZ (ZQN)
60. Osaka Kansai, Japan (KIX)
61. Busan, South Korea (PUS)
62. Incheon, South Korea (ICN)
63. Minneapolis, St Paul (MSP)
64. Anchorage (ANC)
65. Rome, Italy (FCO)
66. Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV)
67. Paris, France (CDG)