The national parks /
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| Natura: | Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglés |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
1979.
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| Edizione: | a revised & enlarged edition |
| Soggetti: |
Sommario:
- I. 1. The life community.
- 2. The meaning of the national parks.
- 3. That elderly schoolma'am: nature.
- 4. Audit of the theasure.
- II. 1. Green sanctuaries.
- 2. Forge of vulcan.
- 3. Discipline of the desert.
- 4. Change, the unchanging.
- 5. The underground world.
- 6. The ice moves down.
- 7. Savor of the tropics.
- III. 1. The seashores.
- 2. The parkways.
- 3. National recreation areas.
- 4. Wild rivers.
- IV. 1. Americans before Columbus.
- 2. Struggle for the continent.
- 3. Our early days.
- V. 1. National capital parks.
- 2. L'envoi: vistas of beauty.