-
An American Idea: The Making of the National Parks (Paperback)
$14.83 - Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for An American IdeaChronicles the changing visions of wilderness from the 17th century, when the first settlers built towns around shared lands known as commons, to 1916, when the National Park Service initiated a new kind of common - unspoiled parkland held in trust for Americans everywhere for generations.
Full description- Publisher: National Geographic Society
- Published: 18 August 2009
- Format: Paperback 192 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Conservation Of The Environment | History Of The Americas
- ISBN 13: 9781426205637 ISBN 10: 1426205635
- Sales rank: 1,123,895
Other books
Full description for An American Idea
In these lavishly illustrated pages, award-winning author Kim Heacox chronicles the changing visions of wilderness from the 17th century, when the first settlers built towns around shared lands known as commons, to 1916, when the National Park Service initiated a new kind of common - unspoiled parkland held in trust for Americans everywhere for generations. Adventure abounds in this story, with explorers like Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, and John Wesley Powell, who reported wonders so amazing they were met with disbelief. Farsighted leaders like Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and other sponsors of such parks as Yosemite and Yellowstone played a major role in making this unprecedented idea a reality.
