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The National Parks

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Runte, Alfred. National Parks: The American Experience. 4th ed. Taylor Trade Publishing, 2010. 336 pp.

Runte, Alfred. National Parks: The American Experience. Lincoln, NE.: 3rd ed. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997. 335 pp.

Runte, Alfred. National Parks: The American Experience. Lincoln, NE.: 2d ed. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1987. 356 pp.

Runte, Alfred. National Parks: The American Experience. Lincoln, NE.: 1st ed. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1979. 254 pp.
book coverKeiter, Robert B. To Conserve Unimpaired: The Evolution of the National Park Idea. Washington: Island Press, 2013. 368 pp. A Thinking Person's Guide to America's National Parks New York: George Braziller Inc., 2016. 300 pp. book cover
book coverChase, Alston. Playing God in Yellowstone: The Destruction of America's First National Park. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. 464 pp. Hansen, Heather. Prophets and Moguls, Rangers and Rogues, Bison and Bears: 100 Years of The National Park Service. Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 2015. 352p. book cover
book coverTilden, Freeman. The National Parks: What They Mean to You and Me. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. 326 pp. Lowry, William R. Repairing Paradise: The Restoration of Nature in America's National Parks. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 2009. 287 pp. book cover
book coverLowry, William R. The Capacity for Wonder. Washington, D.C.,: The Brookings Institution. 1994. 296p. Berkowitz, Paul. The Case of the Indian Trader: Billy Malone and the National Park Service Investigation at Hubbell Trading Post. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2011. 373p. book cover
book coverTweed, William C. Uncertain Path: A Search for the Future of National Parks. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2010. 248p. Freemuth, John C. Islands Under Seige: National Parks and the Politics of External Threats. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1991. 186 pp. book cover
book coverFrome, Michael. Regreening the National Parks. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press. 1992. 289p. Frome, Michael. Rediscovering National Parks in the Spirit of John Muir. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. 2015. 272p. book cover
book coverMiles, John C. Wilderness in National Parks: Playground or Preserve. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. 2009. 344p. Kaufman, Polly Wells. National Parks and the Woman's Voice: A History. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, updated ed., 2006. 352pp. book cover
book coverRettie, Dwight F. Our National Park System: Caring for America's Greatest Natural and Historic Treasures. Urbana, IL: : University of Illinois Press, 1996. 293 pp. Rettie, Dwight F. Our National Park System: Caring for America's Greatest Natural and Historic Treasures. Urbana, IL: : University of Illinois Press, 1995. 308 pp. book cover
book coverForesta, Ronald A. America's National Parks and Their Keepers. Washington: Resources for the Future, 1985. 382 pp. Ise, John. Our National Park Policy: A Critical History. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press, 1961. Reprint ed., Arno Press, 1979. 701 pp. book cover
book coverConnally, Eugenia Horstman. National Parks in Crisis. Washington, D.C.: National Parks & Conservation Association, 1982. 220 pp. Hummel, Don. Stealing the National Parks: The Destruction of Concessions and Public Access. Bellevue, WA: The Free Enterprise Press, 1987. 414 pp. book cover
book coverYosemite Conservancy, ed. The Wonder of it All — 100 Stories from the National Park Service. Yosemite Conservancy, 2016. 320 pp. Peterman, Audrey. Our True Nature — Finding a Zest for Life in the National Park System. Martinsville, IN: Fideli Publishing Inc., 2012. 242 pp. book cover
book coverWilliams, Terry Tempest The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks. Sara Crichton Books, 2016. 416 pp. Woods, Mark. Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2016. 320 pp. book cover
book coverDuncan, Dayton and Ken Burns. The National Parks — America's Best Idea: An Illustrated History. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. 404 pp. Heacox, Kim. An American Idea: The Making of the National Parks. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2001. 288 pp. book cover
book cover Heacox, Kim. The National Parks: An Illustrated History. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2015. 384p. Schullery, Paul. America's National Parks. New York: DK Publishing, 2001. 408 pp. book cover