BOOKS ABOUT THE NATIONAL PARKS / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
 | Albright,
Horace M. and Marian Albright Schenck Creating
the National Park Service: The Missing Years. Norman, OK: University of
Oklahoma Press, 1999. 350 pp. |
Ise, John. Our National Park Policy: A Critical History. Baltimore, MD: Johns
Hopkins Press, 1961. Reprint ed., Arno Press, 1979. 701 pp. |
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Dilsaver, Lary M., ed. America's
National Park System: The Critical Documents. 2nd edition.
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016. 506 pp.
Dilsaver, Lary M., ed. America's
National Park System: The Critical Documents.
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1997. 484 pp.
Dilsaver, Lary M., ed.
America's
National Park System: The Critical Documents.
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1994. 470 pp. |
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Everhart, William C. The National Park Service. New York, NY: Praeger Publishers, Inc.,
1972. 288pp. |
Everhart, William C. The National Park Service. Boulder, CO: Westview Press,
1983. 197 pp. |  |
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Everhardt, Bill. Take Down Flag & Feed Horses. Urbana,
IL: University of Illinois Press, 1998. |
Foresta, Ronald A. America's National Parks and Their Keepers. Washington:
Resources for the Future, 1985. 382 pp. |
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Farabee, Charles R. "Butch", Jr. Death, Daring and Disaster: Search and
Rescue in the National Parks. Boulder, CO: The Roberts Rinehart Publishing Group, 1999. |
Farabee, Charles R. "Butch", Jr. Death, Daring and Disaster: Search and
Rescue in the National Parks. Revised edition. Lanham: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2005. |
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Hosmer,
Charles B., Jr. Preservation Comes of Age: From Williamsburg to the
National Trust, 1926-1949. Charlottesville: University Press
of Virginia, 1981. 2 vols., 1,291 pp. |
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Kaufman, Polly Wells. National Parks and the Woman's Voice: A History. Albuquerque,
NM: University of New Mexico Press, updated ed., 2006. 352pp.
Kaufman, Polly W. National Parks and the Woman's Voice: A History. Albuquerque,
NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1996. 305 pp. |
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Keiter, Robert B. To Conserve Unimpaired: The Evolution of the National Park Idea.
Robert B. Keiter Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2013. 368 pp. |
Webb Melody. A Woman in the Great Outdoors: Adventures in the National Park Service. Albuquerque:
University of New Mexico Press, 2003. 272 pp. |
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Mackintosh,
Barry. The
National Parks: Shaping the System. Washington, DC: National
Park Service, 2005. 128 pp. |
Mackintosh, Barry A., Janet A. McDonnell and John H. Sprinkle, Jr. The
National Parks: Shaping the System. The George Wright Forum, Vol. 35 No. 2, 2018. 132 pp. |
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Rettie,
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. |
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Rothman,
Hal K. America's National Monuments: The Politics of Preservation. Lawrence,
KA: University Press of Kansas, 1994. 280 pp.
Rothman, Hal Preserving Different Pasts: The American National Monuments. Urbana,
IL: University of Illinois Press, 1989. 280pp. |
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Runte, Alfred. National Parks: The American Experience. 5th ed. Lyons Press, 2021. 352 pp.
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. |
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Runte, Alfred. Trains of Discovery: Railroads and the Legacy of Our National Parks. 5th ed., Lanham, MD: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 2011.
Runte, Alfred. Trains of Discovery: Western Railroads and the National Parks. 4th ed., Niwot, CO: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1998.
Runte, Alfred. Trains of Discovery: Western Railroads and the National Parks. 3rd (Collector's) ed., Niwot, CO: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1994.
Runte, Alfred. Trains of Discovery: Western Railroads and the National Parks. 2nd ed., Niwot, CO: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1990.
Runte, Alfred. Trains of Discovery: Western Railroads and the National Parks. 1st ed., Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1984. 89p. |
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 | Runte, Alfred.
Yosemite: The Embattled Wilderness. Lincoln,
NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1990. 282p. |
Runte, Alfred. Yosemite: The Embattled Wilderness. 2nd edition. Lanham, MD: Lyons Press, 2020. 352p. |  |
 | Sax, Joseph L.
Mountains Without Handrails:
Reflections on the National Parks, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 1980. |
Butler, Mary Ellen. Prophet of the Parks: The Story of William Penn Mott, Jr..
Ashburn, VA: The National Recreation and Parks Association. 1999. 313p. |
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Sellars, Richard West, Preserving Nature in the National
Parks: A History New Haven and London, Yale University Press, rev. ed., 2009. 440pp.
Sellars, Richard West, Preserving Nature in the National
Parks: A History New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1997. 380 pp. |
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 | Mengak, Kathy.
Reshaping Our National Parks and Their Guardians: The Legacy of George B. Hartzog Jr.
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. 2012. 336pp. |
Sontag,
William H., ed. National
Park Service: The First 75 Years. Philadelphia, PA:
Eastern National Park and Monument Association, 1990. 64 pp. |
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 | Spence, Mark David.
Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal
and the Making of the National Parks. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2000. |
Albright,
Horace M., and Robert Cahn. The Birth of the National Park Service:
The Founding Years, 1913-33. Salt Lake City: Howe Brothers, 1985.
340 pp. |  |
 | Hartzog,
George B., Jr. Battling for the National Parks. Mt. Kisco, NY:
Moyer Bell, 1988. 284 pp. |
Ridenour,
James M. The National Parks Compromised: Pork Barrel Politics and America's
Treasures. Merrillville, IN: ICS Books, 1994. 254 pp. |
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 | Shankland,
Robert. Steve Mather of the National Parks. 3d ed. New York: Alfred
A. Knopf, 1976. 346 pp. |
Swain, Donald
C. Wilderness Defender: Horace M. Albright and Conservation. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1970. 347 pp. |
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 | Wirth, Conrad
L. Parks, Politics, and the People. Norman: University of Oklahoma
Press, 1980. 397 pp. |
Carr, Ethan.Lincoln, NE:
Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and the
National Park Service. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1998, 384 pp. |
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Darling, F. Fraser and Noel D. Eichhorn. Man & Nature in the National Parks: Reflections on Policy. Washington, D.C.: The Conservation Foundation, 1969. 87pp. |
Lowry, William R. The Capacity for Wonder.
Washington, D.C.,: The Brookings Institution. 1994. 296p. |
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Cole, David N. and Laurie Yung, eds. Beyond Naturalness. Rethinking Park and Wilderness
Stewardship in an Era of Rapid Change. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2010. 287pp. |
Flint, Linda McClelland.
Building the National Parks: Historic Landscape
Design and Construction.Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. |
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 | Lee, Antoinette J.
Architects to the Nation: The
Rise and Decline of the Supervising Architect's Office. New York, NY: Oxford
University Press, 2000. |
Murtagh, William J. Keeping Time: The History and Theory of
Preservation in America. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1997. |
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 | Ernst, J.W.
Worthwhile Places: Correspondence of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Horace Albright Bronx, NY:
Fordham University Press, 1999. 354p. |
Harmon, David, Francis P. McManamon, and Dwight T. Pitcaithley, eds. The Antiquities Act:
A Century of American Archaeology, Historic Preservation, and Nature Conservation. Tucson:
University of Arizona, 2006. 326pp. |
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 | Winks, Robin S.
Laurance S. Rockefeller: Catalyst for
Conservation. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1997. |
Danno, Robert M. Worth Fighting For: A Park Rangers Unexpected Battle Against
Federal Bureaucrats and Washington Redskins Owner Dan Snyder. Shepherdstown, WV: Honor Code Publishing, 2012. 277p. |
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 | 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. |
Harmon, David and Allen D. Putney, eds. The Full Value of Parks: From Economics to the Intangible.
Lanham: MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. 347 pp. |
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 | Hampton, H. Duane.
How
the U.S. Cavalry Saved our National Parks. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1971. 246p. |
Tweed, William C. Uncertain Path: A Search for the Future of National Parks.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2010. 248p. |
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Albright, Horace M. "Oh, Ranger!" A Book about the National Parks.
Stanford University, CA: Stanford University Press, 1929. 189p.
Albright, Horace M. "Oh, Ranger!" A Book about the National Parks.
National Park Service Centennial Edition. Riverside, CT: The Chatham Press, Inc., 1972. 253p. |
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 | Burnett, Jim. Hey Ranger!:
True Tales of Humor & Misadventure from America's National
Parks. Taylor Trade Publishing, 2005. 240p. |
Burnett, Jim. Hey Ranger 2: More True Tales of Humor and Misadventure from the Great Outdoors. Taylor Trade Publishing, 2007. 264p. |
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Catton, Theodore. Inhabited Wilderness: Indians, Eskimos, and National Parks in Alaska.
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. 1997. 309p. |
Burnham, Philip. Indian Country, God's Country: Native Americans And The National Parks.
Washington, D.C.: Island Press. 2000. 384p. |
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Keller, Robert H. and Michael F. Turek. American Indians & National Parks.
The University of Arizona. 1999. 319p. |
Hill, Christina Gish, Matthew J. Hill and Brooke Neely. National Parks, Native Sovereignty: Experiments in Collaboration. University of Oklahoma Press. 2024. 290p. |
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Chase, Alston. Playing God in Yellowstone: The Destruction of
America's First National Park. San Diego, CA: A Harvest/HBJ Book. 1987. 478p. |
Schullery, Paul and Lee Whittlesey. Myth and History in the Creation of Yellowstone National Park
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2003. 125 pp. |
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Farabee, Jr., Charles R. "Butch". National Park Ranger: An
American Icon. Lanham, MD: Roberts Rinehart Publishers. 2003. 192p. |
Garrison, Lemuel A. The Making of a Ranger: Forty Years with the
National Parks. Salt Lake City, UT: Howe Brothers. 1983. 320p. |
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 | Weber, Joe and Selima Sultana.
The Parks Belong to the People: The Geography of the National Park System. Athens: University of Georgia Press. 2024. 292p. |
Frome, Michael. Regreening the National Parks.
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press. 1992. 289p. |
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Miles, John C. Wilderness in National Parks: Playground or Preserve.
Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. 2009. 344p. |
Nash, Roderick Frazier. Wilderness and the American Mind Fifth Edition.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. 440p. |
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Louter, David. Windshield Wilderness: Cars, Roads, and Nature in Washington's National Parks.
Seattle, WA: Unversity of Washington Press, 2006. 240 pp. |
Sutter, Paul S. Driven Wild: How the Fight Against Automobiles Launched the Modern Wilderness Movement.
Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2002. 343 pp. |
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Lowry, William R. Repairing Paradise: The Restoration of Nature in America's National Parks.
Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 2009. 287 pp. |
Grange, Kevin. Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton.
2021. 304p. |
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Carr, Ethan. Mission 66: Modernism and the National Park Dilemma.
Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press. 2007. 407p. |
Davis, Timothy. National Park Roads: A Legacy in the American Landscape. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016. 331 pp. |
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 | Roediger, David and Martin H.
Blatt. The Meaning of Slavery in the North.New York, NY:
Garland Pub. 1999. |
Frome, Michael. Rediscovering National Parks in the Spirit of John Muir. Salt
Lake City: University of Utah Press. 2015. 272p. |
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Heacox, Kim. The National Parks: An Illustrated History. Washington, DC:
National Geographic Society, 2015. 384p. |
Hansen, Heather. Prophets and Moguls, Rangers and Rogues, Bison and Bears: 100 Years of
The National Park Service. Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 2015. 352p. |
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Ryan, P.J. The Gospel According to Thunderbear. Steuben Press, 2019. 304p. |
Lusk, Gil. National Parks Our Living Treasure: A Time for Concern. Columbus, OH: Gatekeeper Press, 2019. 417p. |
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The Grandest Things: Our National Parks in Words, Images, and Stamps. Washington, DC: United States Postal Service, 2010. 115p. |
McCarthy, Tom. National Parks Conservation Association: A Century of Impact. Franklin, TN: Grandin Hood Publishers, 2019. 192p. |
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Hoff, Emily and Maygen Keller. Scenic Science of the National Parks: An Explorer's Guide to Wildlife, Geology, and Botany. Ten Speed Press, 2020. 352p. |
Quinn, Vernon. Beautiful America. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1923. 333 pp. |
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Desourdis, Robert Irving, ed. Walking the Ground: From Big Sky to Semper Fi — A Memoir of Edwin Cole Bearss.
Hauppauge: Nova Science Publishers, 2020. 263p.
Desourdis, Robert Irving, ed. Walking the Ground: Making American History — A Memoir of Edwin Cole Bearss.
Hauppauge: Nova Science Publishers, 2020. 297p.
Desourdis, Robert Irving, ed. Walking the Ground: The Pied Piper of History — A Memoir of Edwin Cole Bearss.
Hauppauge: Nova Science Publishers, 2020. 350p.
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 | Later, Monte.
Getting Here. 2020. 197p. |
Fiege, Mark. The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States.
Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2012. 600 pp. |  |
 | Luong, QT.
Treasured Lands: A Photographic Odyssey Through America's National Parks. 2022. 492p. |
Luong, QT. Our National Monuments: America's Hidden Gems.
San Jose, CA: Terra Galleria Press, 2021. 308p. |  |
 | Soukup, Michael A. and Gary E. Machlis.
American Covenant: National Parks, Their Promise, and Our Nation's Future. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021. 216p. |
Swanson, Frederick H. Wonders of Sand and Stone: A History of Utah's National Parks and Monuments.
Salt Lake City, UT: The University of Utah Press, 2020. 370p. |  |
 | Drabelle, Dennis.
The Power of Scenery: Frederick Law Olmsted and the Origin of National Parks. Lincoln: Bison Books, 2021. 272p. |
Diamant, Rolf and Ethan Carr. Olmsted and Yosemite: Civil War, Abolition, and the National Park Idea.
Amherst: Library of American Landscape History, 2022. 192p. |  |
 | Jarvis, Jonathan B. and T. Destry Jarvis.
National Parks Forever: Fifty Years of Fighting and a Case for Independence. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2022. 247p. |
Share Amber. Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors.
New York: Plume, 2021. 224p. |  |
 | Cahill, Russell.
Tales from the Parks: My Adventures as a Park Ranger. 2016. 266p. |
Emory, Jerry. George Meléndez Wright: The Fight for Wildlife and Wilderness in the National Parks.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2023. 248p. |  |
 | Price, L. Greer, ed.
The Geology of Northern New Mexico's Parks, Monuments, and Public Lands. New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 2010. 380p. |
Scholle, Peter A., Dana S. Ulmer-Scholle, Steven M. Cather and Shari A. Kelly, eds. The Geology of Southern New Mexico's Parks, Monuments, and Public Lands.
New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 2020, 404p. |  |
 | Kyu, Dave and Ilyssa, eds.
Campfire Stories: Tales from America's National Parks. Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 2018. 224p. |
Kyu, Dave and Ilyssa Kyu, eds. Campfire Stories Volume II: Tales from America's National Parks and Trails.
Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 2023. 320p. |  |
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Abella, Scott R. Conserving America's National Parks. 2015. 194 pp. |
Stuckey, Mary E. For the Enjoyment of the People: The Creation of National Identity in American Public Lands.
Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2023. 304p. |  |
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Habecker, Tom. Send a Ranger: My Life Serving the National Parks. Falcon. 2023. 278p. |
Goodwin, John. Echoes of the Badge: Stories from a National Park Service Career.
2024. 312p. |  |
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Reed, Jesse and Hamish Smyth, eds. Parks. Standards Manual. 2019. 384 p. |
Reed, Jesse and Hamish Smyth, eds. Parks 2. Standards Manual. 2024. 384 p. |
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