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Wonders of sand and stone : a history of Utah's national parks and monuments /
From Delicate Arch to the Zion Narrows, Utah's five national parks and eight national monuments are home to some of America's most amazing scenic treasures, created over long expanses of geologic time. In Wonders of Sand and Stone, Frederick H. Swanson traces the recent human story behind...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Salt Lake City :
The University of Utah Press,
[2020]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Exploration
- 2. The Bridges of White Canyon
- 3. The Objects to Be Protected
- 4. Rainbow in Stone
- 5. The Great American Plateau
- 6. Desert Yosemite
- 7. See America
- and Especially Utah
- First
- 8. A Great and Beautiful Playground
- 9. New Wonderland
- 10. Grand Circle
- 11. Desert Reefs and Stone Arches
- 12. Scenic Drives and Rocky Trails
- 13. Zeke's Bridges
- 14. The View from the Aquarius Plateau
- 15. The Monument That Almost Was
- 16. Negotiations
- 17. Wilderness
- 18. Inspiration at Dead Horse Point
- 19. New Discoveries in an Old Landscape
- 20. Water and Power
- 21. Mission 66
- 22. Hidden Canyon
- 23. A Park in the Canyon Lands
- 24. The Road to a New Park
- 25. Master Plan
- 26. Jewel of the Colorado
- 27. Preservation and Expansion
- 28. Smokestacks on the Plateau
- 29. That Ribbon of Dirt
- 30. Wasted: Canyonlands at Risk
- 31. Out of the Blue: A Monument for the BLM
- 32. Managing Parks in a Crowded World
- 33. Promoting Use
- and Understanding
- 34. Sacred Land, Divided Nations.