Great Lodges of the National Parks: The Companion Book to the PBS Television Series

by Christine Barnes

Book Overview

Stand amid soaring Douglas fir in the great hall of Glacier Park Lodge or sit in the setting sun and gaze into the Grand Canyon at El Tovar. This beautiful gift book will transport you to the majestic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965392457
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: WW West, an imprint of Farcountry Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.8" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

This book is a keeper!

This book makes a wonderful gift or a reference to pour over time and time again as it is packed with information about the history of the Lodges of the National Parks, information about their architectural aspects, interviews with individuals involved in their building etc, along with wonderful photos that make you want to see them all, today! And, we understand that there is a NEW Great Lodges of the National Parks coming out in July, 08, along with an accompanying PBS series. If it is anything like this book, I won't be the least bit disappointed

Glorious photographs will take you there!

This book features amazing photos of the Great Lodges along with brief histories of the parks, locations, and lodges themselves. Wonderful illustrations and blue-print depictions are also included. Great gift idea or coffee table book! Will make you long for more travel time!

Glorious Photos, Wonderful Book

We purchased this book as a thank-you gift for friends, and we were *delighted* with the quality and beauty of it. Truly glorious photos, not a ton of information but enough, and makes a spectacular gift. Highly recommended.

Here's a way to see America

What a treat to find Great Lodges of the National Parks! Not only is the book full of lucious color photographs of the lodges (both inside and out and every season), but historic images and architectural drawings that make you really appreciate the simple fact that they were built in the first place. You also get the full history along with a sense of what the lodges are like today written in a very accessible style. I know people who are trying to go to all of the lodges in Christine Barnes' books. I plan on beginning this summer. (The book also includes Timberline Lodge in Mt. Hood National Forest outside of Portland.)

Beautiful book with spectacular pictures!

This is a gorgeous book.It has 192 pages--loaded with lovely glossy pictures. Not all of these lodges, however, are located in the national parks.Timberline Lodge is in a national forest and Oregon Caves Chateau is located at a national monument. The pictures in this book are breathtaking. Historical pictures as well as present day pictures are located in the book. This book is VERY similar to the Great Lodges of the West book (also by Christine Barnes). Some of the EXACT same pictures that are in the Great Lodges of the West book are in this book!But this book adds more pictures.This one has more pages (as compared to 136 pages) and this one has more pictures. Also covered in this one is Belton Chalet and Sperry & Granite Park Chalets (which the other book doesn't cover in full detail).16 lodges are featured:1) Old Faithful Inn (Yellowstone National Park- Wyoming)2) The Ahwahnee (Yosemite National Park- California)3) Paradise Inn (Mount Rainier National Park, Washington)4) Timberline Lodge (Mount Hood National Forest- Oregon)5) Oregon Caves Chateau (Oregon Caves National Monument-Oregon)6) Crater Lake Lodge (Crater Lake National Park-Oregon)7) El Tovar (Grand Canyon National Park- South Rim)8) Zion Park Lodge (Zion National Park)9) Bryce Canyon Lodge (Bryce Canyon National Park)10) Grand Canyon Lodge (Grand Canyon National Park- North Rim)11) Glacier Park Lodge (Glacier National Park- Montana)12) Belton Chalet (Glacier National Park)13) Lake McDonald Lodge (Glacier National Park)14) Many Glacier Hotel (Glacier National Park)15) Sperry & Granite Park Chalets (Glacier National Park)16) Prince of Wales Hotel (Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada) Also in the front and back is a map that shows where these lodges are located.In the back are Preservation Resources and Travelers' Resources (websites, reservation information, etc...) Although I didn't know that this book would be so similar to the Great Lodges of the West book--(it's just a bigger version), I do not regret buying it. I have them both and the pictures are mesmerizing.