Our national parks: America's spectacular wilderness heritageCombining magnificent photos and an informative, entertaining text, this volume covers the histories, the geological features, and the wildlife of America's unspoiled paradises. Over 400 full-color photos and 350 full-color illustrations capture rarely seen plants and animals in their native habitats, panoramic vistas and extraordinary natural phenomena. |
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Contents
Where the Parks Are | 7 |
Evelyn S Bauer Acadia maimc | 16 |
Melanie D Hulse Arches utah | 24 |
Copyright | |
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Our National Parks: America's Spectacular Wilderness Heritage Reader's Digest No preview available - 1989 |
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Anasazi animals Badlands beauty beaver beneath birds bison blossoms blue brown pelicans Cascades cave cliffs color Colorado Colorado Plateau cones coral crater Crater Lake creatures deep deer desert early eruptions feet fish flowers flows forest giant giant sequoia glaciers Grand Canyon grass grasslands gray green ground grow Haleakala Hawaiian hunt Ice Age Indians insects island Lake land landscape Lassen lava layers leaves limestone living meadows Mesa miles million years ago moisture moose mountain mule deer National Park nest numbers Paiutes park's peaks pikas pines pinyon pines plants prairie prey pronghorn rain Redwall redwood reef ridges river rock rocky roots sand sandstone season seeds slopes snow snowshoe hares spring squirrels stone streams summer surface survive tiny trees tundra valley volcano walls wild wildflowers winds winter yellow Yellowstone
References to this book
Smithsonian Institution Secretary, Charles Doolittle Walcott Ellis Leon Yochelson Limited preview - 2001 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | Our national parks: America's spectacular wilderness heritage |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Reader's Digest Association, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Mar 11, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0895771977, 9780895771971 |
| Length | 352 pages |
| Subjects | › › National parks and reserves Travel / Parks & Campgrounds Travel / United States / General United States |
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