Lassoing the sun : a year in America's national parks / Mark Woods.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woods, Mark (Journalist), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Woods, Mark--Travel--United States.

Woods, Mark.

Woods, Mark--Family.

National parks and reserves--United States.

National parks and reserves.

Mothers.

Death.

Mothers and sons.

United States.

United States--Description and travel.

Mothers and sons--United States--Biography.

Mothers--United States--Death.

Families--United States--Psychological aspects.

Families.

Psychological aspects.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

312 pages, 32 unnumbered unnumbers pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, [2016]

Summary:

"'In this remarkable journey, Mark Woods captures the essence of our National Parks: their serenity and majesty, complexity and vitality--and their power to heal'--Ken Burns; Many childhood summers, Mark Woods piled into a station wagon with his parents and two sisters and headed to America's national parks. Mark's most vivid childhood memories are set against a backdrop of mountains, woods, and fireflies in places like Redwood, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon national parks. On the eve of turning fifty and a little burned-out, Mark decided to reconnect with the great outdoors. He'd spend a year visiting the national parks. He planned to take his mother to a park she'd not yet visited and to re-create his childhood trips with his wife and their iPad-generation daughter. But then the unthinkable happened: his mother was diagnosed with cancer, given just months to live. Mark had initially intended to write a book about the future of the national parks, but Lassoing the Sun grew into something more: a book about family, the parks, the legacies we inherit and the ones we leave behind"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781250105899

1250105897

OCLC:

932576912