About this title: Since its founding in 1916, the National Park Service has been charged with two equally important and often conflicting missions: to preserve America's natural wonders for future generations and to develop national parks for the appreciation and enjoyment of visitors. Recalling the era of the great lodges at Yellowstone and Yosemite, this book tell the story of how the new bureau's landscapes designers, architects, and engineers met each of these challenges, forging a rich legacy of buildings, roads and trails that both harmonized with the natural scenery and accommodated visitors to the ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: 1997-11-18
ISBN-13:9780801855832ISBN:0801855837
Description: Very Good. Crisp, clean, fresh pages. No tears. Sharp edges and corners. Nice cover with a small crease to the front. No writing or highlighting. Book has very minor shelf wear. Guaranteed to be as described. read more
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; 1998. 0801855829. Very lightly used, mild signs of handling-unmarked. Nice, used copy. DJ improved with new, clear mylar cover.; Hardcover; The Johns Hopkins University Press; Baltimore; First Printing; Small 4to 9"-11" tall; 591 pages. read more
Description: Description: xxv, 591 p. : ill.; 26 cm. Subjects: National parks. Historic Landscape Design and Construction. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. 1. pp. 591. read more
Description: Description: xxv, 591 p. : ill.; 26 cm. Subjects: National parks. Historic Landscape Design and Construction. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. 1. pp. 591. read more
Description: Description: xxv, 591 p. : ill.; 26 cm. Subjects: National parks. Historic Landscape Design and Construction. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. read more
Description: Description: xxv, 591 p. : ill.; 26 cm. Subjects: National parks. Historic Landscape Design and Construction. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. read more
Description: Trade pb Very Good. No dust jacket, as issued. Unknown printing. (pbk. ) xxv, 591 p. : ill.; 26 cm. Originally published: Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Cultural Resources, Interagency Resources Division, National Register of Historic Places, 1993. Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-573) and index. read more
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