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The wonder of it all : 100 stories from the National Park Service

Title
The wonder of it all : 100 stories from the National Park Service / preface by Jon Jarvis ; foreword by Dayton Duncan ; edited by Yosemite Conservancy.
Publication
Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Conservancy, [2016]

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Additional Authors
  • Jarvis, Jonathan B.
  • Duncan, Dayton
  • Yosemite Conservancy (Organization), editor.
Description
xiv, 305 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"Since the founding of the National Park Service in 1916, tens of thousands of NPS employees and volunteers have devoted themselves to preserving our public lands, which today number more than 400. Each person's NPS career is unique, seasoned with daily duties, grand adventures, and everything in between! Yet there is one common element: each person has plenty of material for terrific stories about living and working in America's most special places. These 100 true stories from current and past NPS employees and volunteers make for an engrossing, funny, and often moving read, with something for everyone. The writers welcome visitors, ride the rails, collar caribou, reenact and make history, and every day face the mystery of wildness -- including plenty of bears! -- all for America's public lands. Featuring more than 100 photograph and stories from 80 different parks, monuments, and historic sites, stretching from the coast of Maine to American Samoa, The Wonder of It All is sure to inspire a new generation to cherish the natural and cultural resources that the National Park Service was born to preserve."--Provided by Amazon.com.
Alternative Title
  • 100 stories from the National Park Service
  • One hundred stories from the National Park Service
Subject
  • United States. National Park Service > Officials and employees > Anecdotes
  • United States. National Park Service
  • National parks and reserves > United States > Anecdotes
  • Employees
  • National parks and reserves
  • United States
Genre/Form
Anecdotes.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Preface by Jon Jarvis -- Foreword by Dayton Duncan -- Acknowledgments -- Getting started -- Life-changing moments -- People to remember -- Stories from the field -- Volunteer adventures -- Love of place -- Looking back, moving forward.
ISBN
  • 9781930238626
  • 1930238622
LCCN
2015947645
OCLC
  • ocn944460476
  • 944460476
  • SCSB-14263555
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library