You might also like

More about Myth and History in the Creation of Yellowstone National Park

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 34 loyalty points

Book synopsis

Yellowstone National Park, a global icon of conservation and natural beauty, was born at the most improbable of times: the American Gilded Age, when altruism seemed extinct and society's vision seemed focused solely on greed and growth. Perhaps that is why the park's "creation myth" recounted how a few saint-like pioneer conservationists laboured to set aside this unique wilderness against all odds, when in fact, the establishment of Yellowstone was the result of complex social, scientific, economic, and aesthetic forces. Paul Schullery and Lee Whittlesey, both longtime students of Yellowstone's complex history, present the first full account of how the fairy-tale origins of the park found universal public acceptance, and of the long process by which the myth was reconsidered and replaced with a more realistic and ultimately more satisfying story.

Book details

Book category Books in English Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning The environment Conservation of the environment

• Full title: Myth and History in the Creation of Yellowstone National Park
• Author: Paul Schullery, Lee H. Whittlesey
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 146
• EAN: 9780803234734
• ISBN: 0803234732
• ID: 04923087
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Weight: 242 g
• Dimensions: 226 × 153 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 2011

Trending among others

---

---

---