A Yellowstone Album: A Photographic Celebration of the First National Park [Paperback]

Lee H. Whittlesey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1997

A historic, photographic tour of America's first national park.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Yellowstone National Park occupies a unique place in our national consciousness. In 1872 Congress dedicated this dramatic landscape of geysers and hot springs "as a public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people," thus creating the world's first national park. Yellowstone's history has always been as much about this "benefit and enjoyment" as about preservation, to which this handsome book is a testament. An assemblage of historic photographs timed to coincide with the park's 125th anniversary, these black-and-white images of early tourism beautifully illustrate the unique pull the park has always exerted over the American imagination. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

... the collection ... which includes striking images of early crowds, now-forbidden pastimes like bear feeding, and the legendary rangers, offers a comprehensive look at the intensity of human activity in the park almost from the day of its creation. -- The New York Times Book Review, Michael Parfit --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Roberts Rinehart (June 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570981477
• ISBN-13: 978-1570981470
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 9.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,366,087 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)