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Yellowstone, a global icon of conservation and natural beauty, was born at the most improbable of times: the American Gilded Age, when social enlightenment seemed marginalised. Perhaps for this reason the park's "creation myth" portrayed a few saintly pioneer conservationists labouring to set aside this unique wilderness against all odds. The authors trace the evolution of this legend and its relation to fact.
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By: Paul Schullery and Lee Whittlesey
125 pages, 28 photos
This book is valuable because it offers a complex vision of the origins of the national park ideal rather than a simple campfire story, and it is accessible to general readers. It is also an interesting tale of the use, and possible misuse, of history.-Kathy S. Mason, Register of the Kentucky Historical Society -- Kathy S. Mason "Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"