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Publisher
Reader's Digest Association
Pub. Date
[1973]
Language
English
Description
A panoramic view of America. 50 most outstanding natural scenic places in American, from the rugged granite headlands of Acadia National Park on the coast of Maine to the wolf-haunted woods of Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota and vivid barrnes of Arizona's Painted Desert.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire of August, 1910, and Teddy Roosevelt's pioneering conservation efforts that helped turn public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, though it changed the mission of the forest service with consequences felt in the fires of today.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2020].
Language
English
Description
"The Emmy-winning CBS Sunday Morning correspondent chronicles his year traveling to every one of our National Parks, discovering the most beautiful places and most interesting people that America has to offer. When Conor Knighton decided to spend a year wandering through America's "best idea," he was worried the whole thing might end up being his worst idea. But after a broken engagement and a broken heart, Conor desperately needed a change of scenery....
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
With wit, heartwarming stories and a keen insight into new and exciting ways to see both the past and the future of the country, the actor, writer and woodworker takes a literary journey to America's frontier to celebrate the people and landscape that have made it great.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A personal, lyrical, and idiosyncratic ode to our national parks"--
"For years, America's national parks have provided public breathing spaces in a world in which such spaces are steadily disappearing, which is why close to 300 million people visit the parks each year. Now, to honor the centennial of the National Park Service, Terry Tempest Williams, the author of the beloved memoir When Women Were Birds, returns with The Hour of Land, a literary...
Author
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Take a tour of America's great outdoors and discover the beauty and diversity of its most iconic and majestic national parks. Explore Florida's river-laced Everglades, travel down the white water rapids of the Grand Canyon, trek across the deserts of Death Valley and scale the soaring summits of the Rocky Mountains with this book that brings you up close to nature's greatest adventures. Packed with maps and fascinating facts about the flora and fauna...
Author
Publisher
Taylor Trade
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
This book is Jim Burnettʼs chronicle of a thirty-year career as a Park Ranger for the National Park Service. He has worked in eight parks all across the United States. Burnettʼs accounts are based on personal experiences and official reports. Hey Ranger! is a true tale of humor, and misadventure from Americaʼs National Parks.
Author
Publisher
Stone Road Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This award-winning guide, completely updated for the 2017 edition, includes more than 450 new photographs, 160 revised maps, and 50 hiking tables, making it the only guidebook you'll need to explore the United States National Parks.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In this evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valley that would become Yosemite and the creation of the world's first national park at Yellowstone in 1872, through the most recent additions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundred sites and 84 million acres.
Series
Publisher
Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
To celebrate America's amazing national parks, Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel publisher, takes you on an informative and gorgeous tour of all 59 parks with our lavishly finished hardcover guide packed with detailed itineraries and practical tips on what to do and see in each park to get you started planning your next adventure. America's national parks are full of timeless marvels that still rejuvenate the soul: the world's largest trees...