Related Books

Myth and History in the Creation of Yellowstone National Park
Language: en
Pages: 154
Authors: Paul Schullery
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-01-01 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Does a beloved institution need its own myths to survive? Can conservationists avoid turning their heroes into legends? Should they try? Yellowstone National Pa
Myths and Legends of Yellowstone
Language: en
Pages: 216
Authors: Ednor Therriault
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-01 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The world's first designated national park, Yellowstone is famous for its steaming geysers, bubbling mud pots, and wildlife-caused traffic jams. But few people
Yellowstone
Language: en
Pages: 302
Authors: Chris J. Magoc
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Magoc (history, Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania) explores the conflicted creation of Yellowstone National Park in late 19th-century America. He examines
Storytelling in Yellowstone
Language: en
Pages: 404
Authors: Lee H. Whittlesey
Categories: Historiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: UNM Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Whittlesey shares tales of "the great Geyserland" as told by the earliest tour guides of America's first and most unique national park.
Civilizing Nature
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Bernhard Gissibl
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-30 - Publisher: Berghahn Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

National parks are one of the most important and successful institutions in global environmentalism. Since their first designation in the United States in the 1