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 Author Name: Kim Heacox, Foreword by Jimmy Carter
Title: AN AMERICAN IDEA: THE MAKING OF THE NATIONAL PARKS
Binding: Hardcover
Type: BOOK
Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER
ISBN Number: 0792279743 / 9780792279747
Seller ID: 1028269
Authoritative & beautifully illustrated book traces evolution of the American land ethic from the 1600s to the creation of the national park service in 1916. 175 illus including archival photos, paintings, & maps; 8.5x10 inches, 288 pgs.
'This authoritative and beautifully illustrated book traces the evolution of the American land ethic from the 1600s to the creation of the national park service in 1916, with an epilogue featuring the work of celebrated photographer Ansel Adams.
In An American Idea: The Making of the Nastional Parks, Kim Heacox--winner of the Benjamin Franklin Nature Book Award, and twice winner of the Lowell Thomas Award for excellence in travel journalism--explores the development of our nation's environmental consciousness. Heacox depicts the remarkable feats accomplished by dedicated people, from Lewis and Clark and Henry David Thoreau to John Muir and Teddy Roosevelt. Delving into original sources that date back to the 1600s, he pieces together an inspirational story peopled with such fascinating characters as young artist Thomas Moran, whose stunning landscapes of Yellowstone compelled Congress to deem it the first national park, and John Wesley Powell, the one-armed Civil War officer who first mapped the Grand Canyon.
Enhanced by a portfolio of Ansel Adams' photography, commissioned in the 1940s by the Department of the Interior to bring the beauty of the parklands to greater public awareness, An Americasn Idea: The Making of the National Parks is a literary and visual treasure. Through compelling text enriched with stunning photographs, maps, and paintings--many of which have never been seen-this volume gives three centuries of American history an original and unexpected twist.
ABOUT THE FOREWORD
Jimmy Carter, as 39th Prestident of the United States, worked tirelessly to protect our natural resources for future generations. During his administration, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act added more than 43 million acreas to the National Park System, more than doubling its size at the time. Among the jewels saved: Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve at more than eight million acreas, and Wrangell-St.Elias National Park & Preserve at more than 12 million acreas. His legacy has continued since that time, and to this day he remains an important spokesperson on behalf of wilderness and national parks.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kim Heacox, writer, photographer, musician, and conservationist, has written feature articles for a dozen national magazines, opinion-editorials for the Los Angeles Times/Washingbton Post News Service, and a television script for WNET/Nature. He is the author and photgrapher of several books, including In Denali and Alaska Light. He lives in Gustavus, Alaska, where he and his wife, Melanie, are designing the Glacier Bay Institute.
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