Yellowstone, land of wonders : promenade in North America's national park / Jules Leclercq ; translated and edited by Janet Chapple and Suzanne Cane ; foreword by Lee H. Whittlesey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leclercq, Jules Joseph, 1848-1928.

Contributor:

Chapple, Janet.

Cane, Suzanne.

Standardized Title:

Terre des merveilles. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yellowstone National Park--Description and travel.

Yellowstone National Park.

Leclercq, Jules Joseph, 1848-1928--Travel--Yellowstone National Park.

Leclercq, Jules Joseph.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<DIV>"<I>Yellowstone, Land of Wonders</I> is as enjoyable a narrative tour of Yellowstone now as it was 130 years ago. This book-both the clear descriptions and the lovely woodcuts-illustrates the timelessness of this remarkable place."-Michael J. Yochim, senior project manager at Yosemite National Park and author of <I>Yellowstone and the Snowmobile: Locking Horns over National Park Use</I> </DIV>

Contents:

Translators' Introduction

Translation and Editorial Method

A Note on the Illustrators

Yellowstone, Land of Wonders : Promenade in North America's National Park

The Land of Wonders

The First Explorations

From the Mississippi to the Yellowstone

The Upper Yellowstone

Mammoth Springs

The Gibbon River

The First Geysers

The Firehole

Old Faithful

Beehive and Giantess

Along the Firehole

Land of Wonders and Land of Ice

Theory of Geysers

Excelsior

The Indians in the National Park

Yellowstone Lake

Remarks on Fishing and Hunting

Sulphur Mountain

The Falls of the Yellowstone

Mount Washburn.

Notes:

"Originally published in French as La terre des merveilles : promenade au parc national de l'Amerique du Nord"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781496211705

1496211707

9780803245587

0803245580

OCLC:

830161810