The national parks : a century of grace / karla k. morton, Alan Birkelbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morton, Karla K., author.

Birkelbach, Alan, author.

Contributor:

Murphey, Michael, 1945- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National parks and reserves--United States.

National parks and reserves.

United States.

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

Genre:

Nature poetry.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xiii, 250 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Two Texas Poets Laureate visit each and every US National Park, in the order in which each was designated. The sixty-two parks are illustrated with scores of gorgeous color photographs and accompanied by essential information for readers wishing to visit each iconic site, along with a poem by each author highlighting the awe-inspiring experience presented by these stunning natural wonders"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1872: Yellowstone National Park Wyoming, Idaho, Montana The Howling Lamar Valley

1890: Yosemite National Park California 1890s Mariposa Grove

The Fallen Monarch: Reach

1890: Sequoia National Park California I Dare You Seeds

1899: Mount Rainier National Park Washington Tahoma: Lesson Number 58 Grove of the Patriarchs

1902: Crater Lake National Park Oregon Crater Lake Blue Crater Lake: Immeasurable

1903: Wind Cave National Park south Dakota Hourglass Theology Wind Cave

1906: Mesa Verde National Park Colorado Mesa Verde/Hovenweep Axis Mundi

1910: Glacier National Park Montana, Canada Wildfire What We Abandon

1915: Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado The Answer I ask you

1916: Lassen Volcanic National Park California Angle of Repose Ishi

1916: Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park hawai'i A Hand atop a Smoldering Tattoo Hawai'i Volcanoes: Crush

1916: Haleakala National Park Hawaii Maui Biking Down Haleakala

1917: Denali National Park Alaska Alaskan Mnemonics The Train to Denali

1919: Grand Canyon National Park Arizona The Grand Canyon: Completely Fogged In Grand Canyon: Imaginings

1919: Zion National Park utah Mukuntuweap: Zion, the Place of the Gods The Lilliputians Every Morning

1919: Acadia National Park maine October Sunrise, Cadillac Mountain Acadia

1921: Hot Springs National Park Arkansas Let the People Go Rejuvenation

1926: Shenandoah National Park Virginia Blue Ridge: The Shenandoah Shenandoah: The Expiration of Anguish

1928: Bryce Canyon National Park utah Mule-Backed on Wallapie among theHoodoos Thor's Hammer

1929: Grand Teton National Park Wyoming Song of the Tetons Grand Teton

1930: Carlsbad Caverns National Park new Mexico

Mapping the Underworld Rule of3 1934: Everglades National Park Florida Unexpected Beauty: The Everglades The Shore from Flamingo

1934: Great Smoky Mountains National Park north Carolina, Tennessee White Bear Obscured Truth

1938: Olympic National Park Washington A Fallen Nurse Log: A Douglas Fir 87 Steps Long: Hoh Rainforest Walking the Beach at Kalaloch

1940: Kings Canyon National Park California The Sequoia Travel Plans

1940: Isle Royale National Park michigan In the Beginning: Isle Royale National Park The Day after the Hike

1941: Mammoth Cave National Park Kentucky Spelunking November Diary at Echo Springs

1944: Big Bend National Park texas The Hunger to Know The Rio Grande and the Langford Hot Springs

1956: Virgin Islands National Park us virgin islands Manzanilla de la Muerte: Little Apple of Death Virgin Islands - Annaberg Ruins

1962: Petrified Forest National Park Arizona Discovering Arrowheads in the Petrified Forest Petrified Forest: Petroglyphs

1964: Canyonlands National Park utah Fonts of Canyonlands Walking Away from Words

1966: Guadalupe Mountains National Park texas Guadalupe Mountain Guadalupe: Up in the Light, Down in the Dark

1968: North Cascades National Park Washington The Wild Cascades: Still They Climb Desolation Pottery

1968: Redwood National Park California Enchanted Redwood: Cathedral

1971: Capitol Reef National Park utah Small-Leafed Globemallow Two Sets of Letters

1971: Voyageurs National Park Minnesota Lake Namakan Voyageurs

1971: Arches National Park utah Arches Song While Hiking to Delicate Arch

1978: Theodore Roosevelt National Park north Dakota Elkhorn Ranch, in the Floodplain, beneath the Cottonwood Trees Feast

1978: Badlands National Park south Dakota Horseback through the Badlands: the Borealis The Bering Land Bridge and the Badlands

1980: Channel Islands National Park California Channel Islands Channel Islands: Spirit of the Dead Watching

1980: Biscayne National Park Florida Vatic Kayaking at Adams Key

1980: Katmai National Park Alaska Late August in Katmai, Numbers on Naknek

1980: Glacier Bay National Park Alaska Quietus, Late August, Alaska: Salmon Carried Off by Eagle Arctic Lesson

1980: Gates of the Arctic National Park Alaska The Hungers Gates of the Arctic: Washed

1980: Kenai Fjords National Park Alaska Kenai Fjords Kenai: Communication and Respect

1980: Kobuk Valley National Park Alaska Kobuk Valley The Sand Dunes

1980: Lake Clark National Park Alaska Lake Clark After Flying over Tliamna and Redoubt We Played Horseshoes

1980: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Alaska Egression To Walt Whitman

1986: Great Basin National Park Nevada The Cirque: Nevada Great Basin Great Basin National Park

1988: National Park of American Samoa American samoa Aitu Ofu

1992: Dry Tortugas National Park Florida Desideratum Prayer for Epiphany

1994: Death Valley National Park California, Nevada Rain Shadow and the Racetrack Phenomenon Racetrack at Death Valley: The Sailing Stones

1994: Saguaro National Park Arizona Pilgrimage: Saguaro National Park The Scorn of Fortuitous Things

1994: Joshua Tree National Park California The Rocks Speak A Minimum of Direction

1999: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Colorado Resting in a Holy Spot: Where White Waters Turn Still Types of Falling

2000: Cuyahoga Valley National Park ohio Hara-kiri: Cuyahoga, the Lesson Park Cuyahoga National Park

2003: Congaree National Park south Carolina Cedar Creek, Deep in the Congaree Congaree: Seeing It

2004: Great Sand Dunes National Park Colorado Great Sand Dunes The Perseid Meteor Shower and The Party Line

2013: Pinnacles National Park California Remus Street, Pinnacles Pinnacles: Hiking the Talus Caves

2018: Gateway Arch National Park Missouri "And the Thing Was Done" Gateway Arch

2019: Indiana Dunes National Park Indiana Terminal Snow Mount Baldy

2019: White Sands National Park new Mexico How to Carry the Moon Letter From the Dunes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780875657639

087565763X

OCLC:

1157901272