Myth and History in the Creation of Yellowstone National Park Paul Schullery and Lew Whittlesey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schullery, Paul.

Contributor:

Whittlesey, Lee H., 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yellowstone National Park--Folklore.

Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone National Park--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 125 p. ) ill. ;

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Yellowstone National Park, a global icon of conservation and natural beauty, was born at the most improbable of times: the American Gilded Age, when altruism seemed extinct and society's vision seemed focused solely on greed and growth. Perhaps that is why the park's "creation myth" recounted how a few saintlike pioneer conservationists labored to set aside this unique wilderness against all odds, when in fact, the establishment of Yellowstone was the result of complex social, scientific, economic, and aesthetic forces. Paul Schullery and Lee Whittlesey, both longtime students of Yellowstone's complex history, present the first full account of how the fairy-tale origins of the park found universal public acceptance, and of the long process by which the myth was reconsidered and replaced with a more realistic and ultimately more satisfying story.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780803203322

9786610465804

9781280465802

1280465808

9780803203327

0803203322

OCLC:

53119564