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<p><b>Featured in the </b><i><b>Wall Street Journal’</b></i><b>s 2021 Holiday Gift Books Guide</b><br><b>Finalist of the 2021 Marfield Prize</b><br><br>Wallace Stegner called national parks “the best idea we ever had.” But where did the idea originate? Before Yellowstone, with nothing to put up against Europe’s cultural pearls—its cathedrals, castles, and museums—Americans came to realize that their plenitude of natural wonders might compensate for the dearth of manmade attractions. That insight

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Author

Drabelle, Dennis

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781496230140

Category

history

Subjects

History, Nature, Biography

Rating

4.5 / 5 (94 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14