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Sea of Sand
A History of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Inbunden, 2016
384 kr
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Sculpted into graceful contours by countless centuries of wind and water, the Great Sand Dunes sprawl along the eastern fringes of the vast San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado. Covering an area of nearly thirty square miles, they are the tallest aeolian, or wind-produced, dunes in North …
National Parks Beyond the Nation
Global Perspectives on ""America's Best Idea
Av Adrian Howkins, Jared Orsi m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
409 kr
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The idea of a national park was an American invention of historic consequences marking the beginning of a worldwide movement,"" the U.S. National Park Service asserts in its 2006 Management Policies. National Parks beyond the Nation brings together the work of fifteen scholars and writers to reveal …
Chisholm Trail Volume 3
Joseph McCoy's Great Gamble
Inbunden, 2018
441 kr
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One hundred fifty years ago the McCoy brothers of Springfield, Illinois, bet their fortunes on Abilene, Kansas, then just a slapdash way station. Instead of an endless horizon of prairie grasses, they saw a bustling outlet for hundreds of thousands of Texas Longhorns coming up the Chisholm Trail - …
Crossroads of Change
The People and the Land of Pecos
Häftad, 2020
194 kr
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Encompassing nearly seven thousand acres amid the woodlands of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico, the land that is now Pecos National Historical Park has witnessed thousands of years of cultural history stretching back to the Native peoples who long ago inhabited the pueblos of …
Sea of Sand
A History of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Häftad, 2021
254 kr
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Sculpted into graceful contours by countless centuries of wind and water, the Great Sand Dunes sprawl along the eastern fringes of the vast San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado. Covering an area of nearly thirty square miles, they are the tallest aeolian, or wind-produced, dunes in North …
Democracy's Mountain Volume 5
Longs Peak and the Unfullfilled Promises of America's National Parks
Inbunden, 2023
1110 kr
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At 14,259 feet, Longs Peak towers over Colorado’s northern Front Range. A prized location for mountaineering since the 1870s, Longs has been a place of astonishing climbing feats—and, unsurprisingly, of significant risk and harm. Careless and unlucky climbers have experienced serious injury and …
Democracy's Mountain Volume 5
Longs Peak and the Unfullfilled Promises of America's National Parks
Häftad, 2023
297 kr
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At 14,259 feet, Longs Peak towers over Colorado’s northern Front Range. A prized location for mountaineering since the 1870s, Longs has been a place of astonishing climbing feats—and, unsurprisingly, of significant risk and harm. Careless and unlucky climbers have experienced serious injury and …
Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis Volume 6
Recovering the Lost History and Culture of Quitobaquito
Av Jared Orsi
Inbunden, 2023
1110 kr
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In the southwestern corner of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, on the border between Arizona and Mexico, one finds Quitobaquito, the second-largest oasis in the Sonoran Desert. There, with some effort, one might also find remnants of once-thriving O’odham communities and their predecessors with …
Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis Volume 6
Recovering the Lost History and Culture of Quitobaquito
Av Jared Orsi
Häftad, 2023
297 kr
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In the southwestern corner of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, on the border between Arizona and Mexico, one finds Quitobaquito, the second-largest oasis in the Sonoran Desert. There, with some effort, one might also find remnants of once-thriving O’odham communities and their predecessors with …
National Parks, Native Sovereignty Volume 7
Experiments in Collaboration
Av Christina Gish Hill, Matthew J. Hill m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
341 kr
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The history of national parks in the United States mirrors the fraught relations between the Department of the Interior and the nation’s Indigenous peoples. But amidst the challenges are examples of success. National Parks, Native Sovereignty proposes a reorientation of relationships between tribal …
National Parks, Native Sovereignty Volume 7
Experiments in Collaboration
Av Christina Gish Hill, Matthew J. Hill m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1110 kr
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The history of national parks in the United States mirrors the fraught relations between the Department of the Interior and the nation’s Indigenous peoples. But amidst the challenges are examples of success. National Parks, Native Sovereignty proposes a reorientation of relationships between tribal …
Chisholm Trail Volume 3
Joseph McCoy's Great Gamble
Häftad, 2025
237 kr
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One hundred fifty years ago the McCoy brothers of Springfield, Illinois, bet their fortunes on Abilene, Kansas, then just a slapdash way station. Instead of an endless horizon of prairie grasses, they saw a bustling outlet for hundreds of thousands of Texas Longhorns coming up the Chisholm …
Man Who Dammed Hetch Hetchy Volume 8
San Francisco's Fight for a Yosemite Water Supply
Inbunden, 2025
546 kr
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The damming of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park is widely seen as a watershed event in American environmental history. Passionately opposed by naturalist John Muir and his ardent supporters, the massive undertaking succeeded largely through the efforts of John R. Freeman, one of the …
