Description
An “impassioned, vividly written chronicle” of the first scientific expedition across The united states’s western wilderness, with photos and illustrations (Kirkus Reviews).
In the summertime of 1871, a team of thirty-two renowned scientists, artists, and adventurers got down to explore the uncharted territory surrounding the Yellowstone River, sampling, sketching, and photographing the region’s breathtaking wonders. On the end of their foray into the wilderness, the survey team headed east, made up our minds to convince the US Congress of the wish to preserve the land from commercial development. Spinning “stories of wonder hardly short of fairy tales,” to quote the New York Times, they enlisted the toughen of influential conservationists such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and Frederick Law Olmsted.
This fascinating book tells the story of that journey, recounting the astonishing expedition that led to the passage of the Yellowstone Park Bill, a law that set aside over two million acres of wilderness as “a great national park for the benefit and enjoyment of people” and created a beloved vacation destination where visitors could enjoy white-capped mountain vistas and natural world in its natural habitat.
Filled with “vivid descriptions . . . and color photographs [that] highlight Yellowstone’s dramatic geological features,” this first-of-its-kind account from a former park ranger will instill a sense of awe and wonder at The united states’s wealthy natural heritage (Publishers Weekly).
In the summertime of 1871, a team of thirty-two renowned scientists, artists, and adventurers got down to explore the uncharted territory surrounding the Yellowstone River, sampling, sketching, and photographing the region’s breathtaking wonders. On the end of their foray into the wilderness, the survey team headed east, made up our minds to convince the US Congress of the wish to preserve the land from commercial development. Spinning “stories of wonder hardly short of fairy tales,” to quote the New York Times, they enlisted the toughen of influential conservationists such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and Frederick Law Olmsted.
This fascinating book tells the story of that journey, recounting the astonishing expedition that led to the passage of the Yellowstone Park Bill, a law that set aside over two million acres of wilderness as “a great national park for the benefit and enjoyment of people” and created a beloved vacation destination where visitors could enjoy white-capped mountain vistas and natural world in its natural habitat.
Filled with “vivid descriptions . . . and color photographs [that] highlight Yellowstone’s dramatic geological features,” this first-of-its-kind account from a former park ranger will instill a sense of awe and wonder at The united states’s wealthy natural heritage (Publishers Weekly).
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