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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America by Timothy Egan Staff Pick In this remarkable tale of the nation's largest forest fire — which burned more than three million acres in 1910 — Timothy Egan vividly narrates the heroic efforts to fight the blaze and the dramatic impact it had on the future of conservation.... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover 
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America by Timothy Egan Publisher Comments On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno. Forest... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Empire of Shadows: The Epic Story of Yellowstone by George Black Publisher Comments “George Black rediscovers the history and lore of one of the planets most magnificent landscapes. Read Empire of Shadows, and youll never think of our first—in many ways our greatest—national park in the same way again.”... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover
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The National Parks: America's Best Idea by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns Staff Pick The dazzling companion volume to the acclaimed Ken Burns documentary, The National Parks: America's Best Idea chronicles the fascinating history of the world-renowned United States National Park system. Four hundred pages of richly composed text by... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $35.00 Used - Hardcover
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Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country (Geology Underfoot) by Marc S. Hendrix Publisher Comments Although it's also known for for wolves, bison, and stunning scenery, Yellowstone National Park was established as the world's first national park in 1872 largely because of its geological wonders. In Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country, author and... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Trade Paper
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National Parks and the Woman's Voice: A History by Polly Kaufman Synopsis This lively study provides a missing chapter in the history of the nation's preservation of historic space and wild and scenic landscapes. Now available in paperback, it draws on extensive research, including hundreds of personal interviews. Kaufman... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park by Lee H Whittlesey Publisher Comments Intriguing stories of how people have died in Yellowstone warn about the many dangers that exist there and in wild areas in general.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The National Parks: America's Best Idea by Dayton Duncan Publisher Comments In paperback for the first time, the companion volume to the stirring Ken Burns film: a magnificently illustrated history of the American National Park System, with a vast array of breathtaking photographs.... (read more) Your price: $32.50 New - Trade Paper
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Yosemite: Art of an American Icon by Amy Scott Publisher Comments This lavishly illustrated volume offers a stunning new view of Yosemite's visual history by presenting two hundred works of art together with provocative essays that explore the rich intersections between art and nature in this incomparable Sierra Nevada... (read more) List Price $36.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Soul of Yosemite: Portraits of Light and Stone by Ed Cooper Publisher Comments From the author of the acclaimed Soul of the Heights and Soul of the Rockies, a stunning photographic celebration of Yosemites great landforms Celebrate one of Americas most iconic natural wonders with this stunning and singular photographic feast... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Parks and Carrying Capacity: Commons Without Tragedy by Robert E. Manning Publisher Comments How much can we use the environment without spoiling what we find so valuable about it? Determining the carrying capacity of parks and related areas is a perennial question whose urgency grows each year as the number of visits continues to increase... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $21.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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This Land by Robert H. Mohlenbrock Publisher Comments Part armchair travelogue, part guide book, this projected three-volume series--divided into the western, central, and eastern United States--will introduce readers to all 155 national forests across the country. This Land is the only comprehensive field... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $23.03 Google eBooks - Electronic
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How the Canyon Became Grand: A Short History by Stephen J. Pyne Publisher Comments An acclaimed environmental writer and firefighter in the Grand Canyon for fifteen years presents an informed, brief geological, political, cultural, and economic history of the canyon, complete with photographs, maps, and charts. Reprint.... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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National Park Service: The Story Behind the Scenery by Horace M Albright Publisher Comments The very best in brilliant full-color photography in a large format book, with accurate, readable, interpretive text on the natural scene and the human history of national parks and monuments throughout the country... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ho! for Wonderland: Travelers' Accounts of Yellowstone, 1872-1914 by Lee H Whittlesey Publisher Comments These stories by early Yellowstone Park visitors helped propel the popularity of this American wonderland.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Death, Daring, and Disaster: Search and Rescue in the National Parks by Charles R Farabee Publisher Comments An encyclopedic account of search and rescue in the national parks from 1870 to the present. New edition contains SAR from 1998-2004.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Totally Out There Guide to Glacier National Park by Donna Love Synopsis Glacier National Park remains a unique ecosystem, one of the most unspoiled in the world, full of wonders to discover. Triple Divide Peak is the only place in the United States where water flows to three oceanswest to the Pacific Ocean, east to the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Travels in the Greater Yellowstone by Jack Turner Publisher Comments Award-winning nature writer Jack Turner directs his attention to one of Americas greatest natural treasures: the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. In a series of essays, Turner explores this wonderland, venturing on twelve separate trips in all seasons... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Hitchhiker by Anthony Brittin Synopsis "The Hitchhiker" is musician Anthony Brittin's rugged account of six summers of work for the United States Forest Service in Idaho. Working for the Forest Service turned out to be much more than a job, however--it was an adventure. Hitchhiking from Idaho... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The National Parks: Our American Landscape by Ian Shive Synopsis The National Parks: Our American Landscape is the second book from rising nature photographer Ian Shive who has been making a name for himself in publications such as Time, National Geographic, and National Parks magazine. Shive brings a fresh... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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