Duncan, Dayton.

Summary: 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009

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Drabelle, Dennis

Summary: "The Power of Scenery tells the story of how America's national parks came to be, with Frederick Law Olmsted's insights and energy serving to link three jewels: Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Niagara Falls State Park"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.6 DRA

Egan, Timothy.

Summary: 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009

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Fifty-Nine Parks (Firm)

Summary: "Explore the majesty of the National Parks through the eyes of contemporary artists"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Earth Aware Editions 2021

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 917.3002 ART

Egan, Timothy.

Summary: The unfogettable story of America's worst inferno and Teddy Roosevelt's triumphant struggle to save the American forest.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2009

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Gessner, David

Summary: "An urgent call to protect America's public lands, told through New York Times bestselling author David Gessner's American road trip with our greatest conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, as his guide"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020

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Summary: Not a travel guide, this book is a collection of essays that delve into issues affecting America's national parks and historic sites. The authors, who all have deep personal and professional connections to the national parks, explore how the nation's biological and cultural diversity is represented; the importance of balancing between recreation and preservation; the dynamics of nature as they...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: George Braziller Publishers 2016

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Little, Charles E.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 1995

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Summary: Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films' history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2009

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Kenyon, Mark

Summary: "From prominent outdoorsman and nature writer Mark Kenyon comes an engrossing reflection on the past and future battles over our most revered landscapes--America's public lands. Every American is a public-land owner, inheritor to the largest public-land trust in the world. These vast expanses provide a home to wildlife populations, a vital source of clean air and water, and a haven for...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2019

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Heacox, Kim.

Summary: "An inspired tribute to the astonishing beauty and priceless cultural treasures of America's National Parks, this volume is a lavish celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. National Geographic The National Parks collects the very best of National Geographic's photographs, combined with an expertly told history: from the multi-hued layers of the Grand Canyon to the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2016

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