America's national parks : 100 years of preserving our land and heritage
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America's national parks : 100 years of preserving our land and heritage
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Time Inc. Books, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (108 pages) : color illustrations, photographs |
| Disciplina: | 917.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | National parks and reserves - United States |
| National monuments - United States | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- 100 candles for our National Parks -- Guardian of the Nation's Spirit --Photo gallery ; Celebrating America's crown jewels ; NPS by the numbers -- Preserving America's singular spaces -- Lure of a challenge ; Profile ; Cliff-hangers on El Capitan ; Preserving exotic ecosystems ; Profile: father of our National Parks ; Going to extremes ; Profile: a president with a passion for nature ; Far away in space and time ; Profile: enduring portraits of primal forces -- Preserving America's heritage -- Nation of Gateways ; Profile: the critic who first led the parks ; Landmarks of discovery ; Profile: in the footsteps of John Muir ; of monuments and memorials ; Profile: sharing history, beyond the fables. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | As the National Park Service marks its 100th birthday in 2016, TIME celebrates America's spectacular, unspoiled natural treasures. Vast in scale at nearly 85 million acres, the park system stretches from Acadia park in Maine to War in the Pacific park on Guam and more than 400 parks in between, visited by 280 million people each year. Highlights of this special edition:Jewels in the crown: a lavish pictorial tour of the most breathtaking parks, including Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Glacier and Grand Teton Founding fathers: the idea of a national park began with Western painter George Catlin and was later embraced by President Teddy Roosevelt after three nights under the stars in Yosemite Valley. A visitor's guide to the best of the parks and monuments, from the spectacular to the quirky |
| Altri titoli varianti: | TIME our national parks |
| Titolo autorizzato: | America's national parks |
| ISBN: | 1-68330-273-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910148560603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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