Our National Parks

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OUR NATIONAL PARKS America's Spectacular Wilderness Heritage Our national parks are America's crown jewels, 48 gems like no others in the world. Yellowstone, Yosemite, Everglades, Grand Canyon-these may be the most dazzling, but the others are no less perfect. Crater Laké shimmers with the purest of blue waters; Acadia enchants with its waves and its mists and its mountains; Hawaii Volcanoes glows with its fire, Mount Rainier with its ice. Our national parks boast mountains and forests, caves and coastlines, jungles and glaciers, geysers, hot springs, volcanoes, prairies, deserts, coral reefs, lakes, rivers, islands. Wild, wonderful places, they are the finest in America, and this book reveals them at their best. Seasoned writers who know and love the parks escort you through their wonders. Hundreds of dramatic full-color photos, somé stretched across two full pages, highlight their grandeur; wildlife paintings bring them magically to life. Eagles, mountain goats, cougars,... Tovább

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OUR NATIONAL PARKS America's Spectacular Wilderness Heritage Our national parks are America's crown jewels, 48 gems like no others in the world. Yellowstone, Yosemite, Everglades, Grand Canyon-these may be the most dazzling, but the others are no less perfect. Crater Laké shimmers with the purest of blue waters; Acadia enchants with its waves and its mists and its mountains; Hawaii Volcanoes glows with its fire, Mount Rainier with its ice. Our national parks boast mountains and forests, caves and coastlines, jungles and glaciers, geysers, hot springs, volcanoes, prairies, deserts, coral reefs, lakes, rivers, islands. Wild, wonderful places, they are the finest in America, and this book reveals them at their best. Seasoned writers who know and love the parks escort you through their wonders. Hundreds of dramatic full-color photos, somé stretched across two full pages, highlight their grandeur; wildlife paintings bring them magically to life. Eagles, mountain goats, cougars, coyotes-animals there are in abundance in Our National Parks. Through text and photographs, you'll meet a east of characters as vast and intriguing as America itself: alligators in tender courtship ... wolves baby-sitting while the rest of the pack is out on the prowl... roadrunners that sprint up to 15 miles an hour in pursuit of lizards ... prairie dogs that "kiss and teli" (strangers are identified by their refusal to kiss). Parks are sanctuaries (continued on back flap) Vissza