Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America

by Megan Kate Nelson

Book Overview

From historian and critically acclaimed author of The Three-Cornered War comes the propulsive and vividly told story of how Yellowstone became the world's first national park after the nationwide turmoil of the Civil War.

Each year nearly four million people visit Yellowstone National Park--one of the most popular of all national parks--but few know the fascinating and complex historical context in which it was established. In...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1982141336
• ISBN13: 9781982141332
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

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I had to buy this book for my college course I am taking this semester. I did not know all of these things were connected. The book is well written and keeps your attention. I feel for the events that happen in this book. I thought it was originally just going to be about the Yellowstone. but it is so much more.