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Series
Publisher
Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019].
Language
English
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Description
Lonely Planet is your passport to USA's National Parks, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice. Crane your neck at giant rock formations in Yosemite, test your nerves on the astounding Go-ing-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, watch the sunset over the Grand Canyon; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of USA's National Parks and begin your journey now!/Coverage includes: California, Alaska & the Pacific...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Author and illustrator Evan Turk showcases the beauty and importance of the National Parks in this gorgeous picture book that takes readers on an amazing tour across the United States. In simple, soaring language and breathtaking art, acclaimed author-illustrator Evan Turk has created a stirring ode to nature and nation. From the rugged coast of Maine to the fiery volcanoes of Hawaii, You Are Home reminds us that every animal, plant, and person helps...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
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Description
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.
6) Before they're gone: a family's year-long quest to explore America's most endangered national parks
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"A longtime backpacker, climber, and skier, Michael Lanza knows our national parks like the back of his hand. As a father, he hopes to share these special places with his two young children. But he has seen firsthand the changes wrought by the warming climate and understands what lies ahead ... He takes his nine-year-old son, Nate, and seven-year-old daughter, Alex, on an ambitious journey to see as many climate-threatened wild places as he can fit...
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