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The Resource Prophets and moguls, rangers and rogues, bison and bears : 100 years of the National Park Service, Heather Hansen ; foreword by Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director, National Park Service

Prophets and moguls, rangers and rogues, bison and bears : 100 years of the National Park Service, Heather Hansen ; foreword by Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director, National Park Service

Label
Prophets and moguls, rangers and rogues, bison and bears : 100 years of the National Park Service
Title
Prophets and moguls, rangers and rogues, bison and bears
Title remainder
100 years of the National Park Service
Statement of responsibility
Heather Hansen ; foreword by Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director, National Park Service
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"In celebration of the centennial of the National Park Service, award-winning writer Heather Hansen crafts an engaging, accessible story of the NPS that brings its history and characters to life"--Provided by publisher
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Hansen, Heather
Dewey number
363.6/80973
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
SB482.A4
LC item number
H34 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • United States
  • National parks and reserves
  • United States
Label
Prophets and moguls, rangers and rogues, bison and bears : 100 years of the National Park Service, Heather Hansen ; foreword by Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director, National Park Service
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Part I. 1872-1916 -- Whose idea was it? -- Prophets of outdoordom -- All aboard! -- Who's in charge? -- Dam hetch-hetchy! -- Stephen Mather goes to Washington -- Playing monopoly -- Mr. Albright. Telephone -- Part II. 1916-1939 -- Spare no expense, but keep it simple -- Parks during World War I : don't let the bastards graze! -- If a bear is in a hotel, send a ranger -- For the good of the game -- Livin' in the Garden of Eden -- Tree army -- The realization is coming -- Part III. 1940-1979 -- Parks during World War II : a nation worth fighting for -- An investment in good citizenship -- Those wild sixties -- The mood of wild America -- Parkscape USA -- "Park barrel" politics -- Civilized off the face of the Earth -- Part IV. 1980-2016 -- Science takes center stage -- Keepers of national memory -- We differ as the waves -- The adventure of seeing -- Paid in sunrises and sunsets -- The Everglades is a test -- The next century of greatness -- Time line -- Appendix
Control code
ocn904801187
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
350 pages
Isbn
9781594858888
Isbn Type
(paperback)
Lccn
2015007674
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
Label
Prophets and moguls, rangers and rogues, bison and bears : 100 years of the National Park Service, Heather Hansen ; foreword by Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director, National Park Service
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Part I. 1872-1916 -- Whose idea was it? -- Prophets of outdoordom -- All aboard! -- Who's in charge? -- Dam hetch-hetchy! -- Stephen Mather goes to Washington -- Playing monopoly -- Mr. Albright. Telephone -- Part II. 1916-1939 -- Spare no expense, but keep it simple -- Parks during World War I : don't let the bastards graze! -- If a bear is in a hotel, send a ranger -- For the good of the game -- Livin' in the Garden of Eden -- Tree army -- The realization is coming -- Part III. 1940-1979 -- Parks during World War II : a nation worth fighting for -- An investment in good citizenship -- Those wild sixties -- The mood of wild America -- Parkscape USA -- "Park barrel" politics -- Civilized off the face of the Earth -- Part IV. 1980-2016 -- Science takes center stage -- Keepers of national memory -- We differ as the waves -- The adventure of seeing -- Paid in sunrises and sunsets -- The Everglades is a test -- The next century of greatness -- Time line -- Appendix
Control code
ocn904801187
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
350 pages
Isbn
9781594858888
Isbn Type
(paperback)
Lccn
2015007674
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color), color maps

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