Discover America : the Smithsonian book of the national parks / by Charles E. Little ; photographs by David Muench.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Little, Charles E.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Smithsonian Institution

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National parks and reserves--United States--History.

National parks and reserves.

United States.

History.

National parks and reserves--United States--Guidebooks.

National parks and reserves--United States--Pictorial works.

Genre:

Guidebooks.

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

224 pages ; illustrations cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Books, 1995.

Summary:

Discover America offers a fresh way to explore the vast pageant of natural and human history to be found in the National Park Service's 368 national monuments, parks, battlefields, and preserves. Linking together better- and lesser-known sites, the book opens new vistas on our country's geology, prehistory, immigration, settlement, and war. Discover America is more than an information-packed guide to understanding our nation's history. It is also a celebration in words and pictures of the parks that best express the essential character of America. With an engaging, full-length narrative by acclaimed author Charles E. Little and the color photography of David Muench, America's premier landscape photographer, Discover America highlights the parks that convey the full sweep, grandeur, and tragedy of our past.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0895990504

OCLC:

33078941