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Park Profiles: Yosemite (Park Profiles) by: National Geographic Society List Price: $15.00 City Travel Guides Price: $11.70 You Save: $3.30 (22%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 917.9447 EAN: 9780792270300 ISBN: 0792270304 Label: National Geographic Manufacturer: National Geographic Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 200 Publication Date: April 01, 1997 Publisher: National Geographic Studio: National Geographic Sales Rank: 745089 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Book Description: More than 120 color photographs depict this jewel of the Sierra Nevada. The beauty and the grandeur of Yosemite National Park beckon 4.1 million visitors each year. Some are rock climbers, come to challenge Yosemite's granite. Some, en route to the backcountry, come for solitude. But by far the greatest number come to experience the view from the valley. Author Kenneth Brower details the captivating variety of Yosemite's plants and animals. He chronicles how rivers of ice shaped the valley and relates the saga of the park through its first one hundred years. Despite concerns about crowds of visitors straining park resources, Brower remains optimistic. He writes, "The message of Yosemite is not how badly the park is run, but how well." Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Stunningly beautiful.For those of you who have been to Yosemite, this book will make you long to go back. For those who haven't, you'll want to experience the park for the first time. The priniciple feature of this NG Park Profile is the photography, and as usual, NG doesn't disappoint. I feel the author does a good job in the text of dealing with many of the features, and issues, of Yosemite, but the pictures are the core of this book. Rating:  - YosemiteBeautifully done - a great gift |
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