Presents a guide to some of the national parks of the United States, designated by state, and includes information on the history of each site and the plants and animals that can be found there.

John Muir (1838-1914) ranks among America's most important and influential environmentalists and nature writers. Devoted to the preservation of wilderness areas, Muir founded the Sierra Club and was active in the establishment of Yosemite National Park. Our National Parks, originally published in 1901, includes ten articles that previously appeared in The Atlantic Monthly. Muir wrote them in hopes of exciting interest in the parks, certain that visitors...

A thoroughly revised and expanded successor to Alfred Runte's Trains of Discovery: Western Railroads and the National Parks, the new edition now includes protected landscapes and historical sites east of the Mississippi made possible or influenced by railroads: the Hudson River Valley, Delaware Water Gap, Harpers Ferry, Indiana Dunes, Gettysburg, Steamtown, and Shenandoah, Great Smoky Mountains, and Acadia National Parks. Illustrated with paintings,...

Contains brief profiles of America's national parks, arranged alphabetically by state and territory, providing contact information, directions, and details on fees, hours, regulations, sights to see, activities, food, lodgings, and supplies.

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