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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Nelson, Megan Kate, 1972-     Subjects     Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887     Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)     Yellowstone National Park -- History -- 19th century.     Yellowstone National Park -- Discovery and exploration.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Nelson, Megan Kate, 1972-       by title:      Saving Yellowstone :...       by call number:      LP 978.7520902 N428s     Search the Web     Nelson, Megan Kate, 1972-     Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887     Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)     Yellowstone National Park -- History -- 19th century.     Yellowstone National Park -- Discovery and exploration.       MARC Display

Saving Yellowstone : exploration and preservation in Reconstruction America / Megan Kate Nelson. by Nelson, Megan Kate, 1972- Center Point Large Print, 2022. Call #: LP 978.7520902 N428s Subjects Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887   Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)   Yellowstone National Park -- History -- 19th century.   Yellowstone National Park -- Discovery and exploration. ISBN:  9781638083405 (large print hc.) Alternate title:  Exploration and preservation in Reconstruction America Edition:  Large print ed. Description:  397 p. (large print) : maps, portraits, photographs ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-395) Summary:  "Each year nearly four million people visit Yellowstone National Park--one of the most popular of all national parks--but few know the fascinating and complex historical context in which it was established. In late July 1871, the geologist-explorer Ferdinand Hayden led a team of scientists through a narrow canyon into Yellowstone Basin, entering one of the last unmapped places in the country. The survey's discoveries led to the passage of the Yellowstone Act in 1872, which created the first national park in the world. Now, author Megan Kate Nelson examines the larger context of this American moment, illuminating Hayden's survey as a national project meant to give Americans a sense of achievement and unity in the wake of a destructive civil war. 'Saving Yellowstone' follows Hayden and two other protagonists in pursuit of their own agendas: Sitting Bull, a Lakota leader who asserted his peoples' claim to their homelands, and financier Jay Cooke, who wanted to secure his national reputation by building the Northern Pacific Railroad through the Great Northwest. Hayden, Cooke, and Sitting Bull staked their claims to Yellowstone at a critical moment in Reconstruction, when the Grant Administration and the 42nd Congress were testing the reach and the purpose of federal power across the nation."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Sheet Harbour Public Library Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 978.7520902 N428s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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