Voyageurs National Park : the battle to create Minnesota's national park / / Fred T. Witzig ; foreword by Elmer L. Andersen

• Autore: Witzig Fred T (Frederick Theodore), <1925->
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Disciplina: 977.6/77
• Soggetto geografico: Voyageurs National Park (Minn.) History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: The National Park Service in Northeastern Minnesota: The Early Years; TWO: Developing a Proposal for Voyageurs National Park; THREE: Delay and Frustration; FOUR: Progress on Voyageurs Stalled; FIVE: State Administration Leads National Park Cause; SIX: The Introduction of Voyageurs National Park Legislation; SEVEN: The Reintroduction of Park Legislation; EIGHT: Deadlocks and Bottlenecks; NINE: Congressional Hearings; TEN: Final Passage; ELEVEN: The Final Step to Establishment: Land Donation and the State Legislature ; TWELVE: The Four Years to EstablishmentEpilogue; Appendix A. Voyageurs National Park Legislation; Appendix B. Legislative Chronology for Voyageurs National Park, 1891-2001; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Voyageurs National Park chronicles the complex legal and political campaign to found Minnesota's only national park. Fred Witzig's thoroughly documented and referenced research allows him to offer a detailed view of the unanticipated disappointments and defining moments of achievement that accompanied this complicated legislative battle, and focus on the individuals and groups who were instrumental in its establishment.
• Titolo autorizzato: Voyageurs National Park
• ISBN: 0-8166-9423-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807403003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II