Grand Canyon : a history of a natural wonder and national park / Don Lago.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lago, Don, 1956- author.

Series:

America's national parks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--History.

Grand Canyon (Ariz.).

Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--History.

Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.).

Arizona--Grand Canyon.

Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Reno, Nevada : University of Nevada Press, [2015]

Summary:

The Grand Canyon has long inspired deep emotions and responses. For the Native Americans who lived there, the canyon was home, full of sacred meanings. For the first European settlers to see it, the canyon drove them to great exploration adventures. Yet the canyon held an even deeper importance for America's pioneer conservationists such as Teddy Roosevelt, John Muir, and Aldo Leopold, and it played a central role in the emerging environmental movement. Many vivid characters shaped the canyon's past. Its largest story is one of cultural history and changing American visions of the land. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: reverence and conquest

Geology: the land writes the human stories

Native Americans: the canyon as home

Explorers: the great unknown

Exploiters: the wild west canyon

Conservation: "Leave it as it is."

Culture: pioneers of perception

National park: if you build it

Architecture: buildings grown by the canyon itself

The environmental era: seeing nature from the inside

Adventure: the Mount Everest of river trips

Conclusion: the land was ours before we were the land's.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780874179903

0874179904

OCLC:

908448265