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Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods by Christine Byl Publisher Comments A lively and lyrical account of one woman's unlikely apprenticeship on a national-park trail crew and what she discovers about nature, gender, and the value of hard work. Christine Byl first encountered the national parks the way most of us do: on... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Interpreting Our Heritage (Chapel Hill Books) Synopsis Every year millions of Americans visit national parks and monuments, state and municipal parks, battlefield areas, historic houses, and museums. By means of guided tours, exhibits, and signs, visitors to these areas receive a very special kind of... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Great Lodges of the National Parks: The Companion Book to the PBS Television Series by Christine Barnes Publisher Comments Stand amid soaring Douglas fir in the great hall of Glacier Park Lodge or sit in the setting sun and gaze into the Grand Canyon at El Tovar. This beautiful gift book will transport you to the majestic lodges of our national parks to relive the glory of... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Tongass Pulp Politics & the Fight for Al by Kathie Durbin Synopsis Set in Alaska's coastal rain forest, Tongass is a dramatic story of greed, courage, bare-knuckles politics, and the fate of a remote, beautiful land.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mr. Rockefeller's Roads: The Untold Story of Acadia's Carriage Roads and Their Creator by Ann Roberts Publisher Comments Gracefully looping through the wilds of Acadia National Park are 51 miles of carriage roads. John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s granddaughter recounts the fascinating story of the roads, and of a man ahead of his time who opened the park to visitors from all... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blue Ridge 2020: An Owner's Manual by Steve Nash Publisher Comments A thorough and clear-eyed examination of this most precious and majestic resource. Greensboro News and Record Patient, painstaking and even-handed. Jack Betts, The Charlotte Observer Takes a hard look at what may happen in the coming decades to the... (read more) List Price $33.75 Your price: $4.48 Used - Trade Paper
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Yellowstone, Land of Wonders: Promenade in North America's National Park by Jules Leclercq Publisher Comments In the summer of 1883 Belgian travel writer Jules Leclercq spent ten days on horseback in Yellowstone, the worlds first national park, exploring myriad natural wonders: astonishing geysers, majestic waterfalls, the vast lake, and the breathtaking canyon.... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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In Pictures Yellowstone: The Continuing Story by Sandra Chisholm Robinson 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 $9.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bryce Canyon by John V. Bezy 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 $9.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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In the Empire of Ice: Encounters in a Changing Landscape by Gretel Ehrlich Publisher Comments In this gripping circumnavigation of the Arctic Circle, Gretel Ehrlich paints a vivid portrait of the indigenous cultures that inhabit the starkly beautiful boreal landscape surrounding the Arctic Ocean, an ice-bound wilderness that includes northern... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Grand Canyon Country: Its Majesty and Its Lore (National Geographic Park Profiles) by Seymour L Fishbein Publisher Comments Grand Canyon Country explores the spectacular 277-mile-long gash in Arizonas red-rock countrynoted by Theodore Roosevelt in 1903 as "the most impressive piece of scenery I have ever looked at"and much more. Along with the geological marvels... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Yellowstone's Rebirth by Fire: Rising from the Ashes of the 1988 Wildfires by Karen Reinhart Synopsis In text and photographs, Reinhart examines the 1988 Yellowstone fires and their aftermath: smoke-shrouded skies, flaming forests, and fireballs that have been replaced by wildflowers, aspen stands, and rare Bicknell's geraniums. Reinhart also explores... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks by Andrea Lankford Publisher Comments The real stories behind the scenery of Americas national parks For twelve years, Andrea Lankford lived in the biggest, most impressive national parks in the world, working a job she loved. She chaperoned baby sea turtles on their journey to sea. She... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Scorched Earth: How the Fires of Yellowstone Changed America by Rocky Barker Publisher Comments In 1988, forest fires raged in Yellowstone National Park, destroying more than a million acres. As the nation watched the land around Old Faithful burn, a longstanding conflict over fire management reached a fever pitch. Should the U.S. Park and Forest... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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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: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Our National Parks by Readers Digest Publisher Comments This one-of-a-kind guide covers all 52 national parks. Facts about their histories, their unique geological features, and plant and animal life offer an in-depth understanding and appreciation of the parks. Includes detailed maps highlighting key... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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Adirondack Moments by James Kraus Publisher Comments Gorgeous photographs of one of America's most beloved park and vacation destinations. The six million acres of the Adirondack Park in northern New York State is one of the largest protected parks in the United States. Treasured for its awe-inspiring... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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Yellowstone National Park by Hiram M Chittenden Publisher Comments The largest and oldest of our national parks has a history as fascinating as its many natural wonders. Across its scenic acres moved some of the West's most notable characters. It was at Yellowstone in 1808 that John Colter ran and won his famous race... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Legacies of Camelot: Stewart and Lee Udall, American Culture, and the Arts by L Boyd Finch Publisher Comments An insiders view of cultural innovations in the Kennedy era and beyond Selected as Secretary of the Interior by President John F. Kennedy, Stewart Udall had the idea to invite Robert Frost to take part in Kennedys inauguration. Frosts unforgettable... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Death Valley National Park by Fred Hirschmann Publisher Comments More than 100 color photos by Fred and Randi Hirschmann are complemented by Mark Schlenz's environmental history.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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