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Myth and History in the Creation of Yellowstone National Park

Myth and History in the Creation of Yellowstone National Park

Schullery, Paul
Whittlesey, Lee

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19th Century United States History

ISBN10: 0803243057
ISBN13: 9780803243057
Publisher: Univ Of Nebraska Pr
Published: Sep 1 2003
Pages: 125
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.34 Depth: 9.24
Language: English
Yellowstone National Park, a global icon of conservation and natural beauty, was born at the most improbable of times: the American Gilded Age, when altruism seemed extinct and society's vision seemed focused solely on greed and growth. Perhaps that is why the park's creation myth recounted how a few saintlike pioneer conservationists labored to set aside this unique wilderness against all odds, when in fact, the establishment of Yellowstone was the result of complex social, scientific, economic, and aesthetic forces. Paul Schullery and Lee Whittlesey, both longtime students of Yellowstone's complex history, present the first full account of how the fairy-tale origins of the park found universal public acceptance, and of the long process by which the myth was reconsidered and replaced with a more realistic and ultimately more satisfying story.

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