Saturday, April 23, 2016

The 10 Best of Everything National Parks: 800 Top Picks From Parks Coast to Coast (National Geographic the 10 Best of Everything)



The 10 Best of Everything National Parks: 800 Top Picks From Parks Coast to Coast (National Geographic the 10 Best of Everything)



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Notes from reading this book. It's a good reference book when planning to visit a particular park, or plan by interests.

The book is organized by topics:
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I started getting interested when get to the page of “fossils”
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The list of books is also interesting.


Books about u.s. Parks
Fictions
Bob Flame: Rocky Mountain Ranger, Dorr G. Yeager
The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara


Non-fictions:
Oh, Ranger! True Stories From Our National Parks, Edited by Mark J. Saferstein
Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone National Park, Tim Cahill
The Man Who Walked Through Time, Colin Fletcher
Our National Parks, John Muir
The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns
Ranger Confidential: Living, Working and Dying in the National Parks, Andrea Lankford
The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida and the Politics of Paradise, Michael Crunwald
Western National Parks’ Lodges Cookbook, Kathleen Bryant

I also like the index that give me an overview of what the national parks are best at.
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Coicidently, National Geography’s current issue also quoted this book for its coverage of Yellowstone National Park.
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