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Conservationists United States Biography Forest conservation United States History Forest fires Idaho History Forest fires Montana History National parks and reserves United States History Nature conservation United States History Pinchot, Gifford 1865-1946 Presidents United States Biography Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919 United States. National Park Service HistoryFifty-Nine Parks (Firm)
Summary: "Explore the majesty of the National Parks through the eyes of contemporary artists"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Earth Aware Editions 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 917.3002 ARTSummary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: George Braziller Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333 MANLittle, Charles E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 1995
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973 LITDuncan, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.78 DUNCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 333.78 DUNPearson, Stephanie
Summary: "This beautifully illustrated collection highlights America's 62 national parks and 38 state, recreational, and city parks and green spaces"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.304 PEAGessner, 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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.78 GESWilson, Randall K.
Summary: "It has been called Wonderland, America's Serengeti, the crown jewel of the National Park System, and America's best idea. But how did this faraway landscape evolve into one of the most recognizable places in the world? As the birthplace of the national park system, Yellowstone witnessed the first-ever attempt to protect wildlife, to restore endangered species, and to develop a new industry...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint
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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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.6 DRAHeacox, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2016
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973 HEAKenyon, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENYON, MARK KENSummary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.783 NAT2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NAT
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NAT NOT RATEDEgan, 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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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 973.911 EGAEgan, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009