Our National Parks |
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Author:
| Muir, John |
Foreword by:
| Runte, Alfred |
ISBN: | 978-0-87156-626-3 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1991 |
Publisher: | Random House, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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This collection of ten essays extols the beauty, grandeur, and importance of Yosemite, Sequoia, Yellowstone, and other national parks of the American West and urges the preservation of these natural areas. It was this book, published in 1901, that brought John Muir to the attention of his future friend and fellow conservationist President Theodore Roosevelt.
This collection of ten essays extols the beauty, grandeur, and importance of Yosemite, Sequoia, Yellowstone, and other national parks of the American West and urges the preservation of these natural areas. It was this book, published in 1901, that brought John Muir to the attention of his future friend and fellow conservationist President Theodore Roosevelt.