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Our National Parks

Our National Parks

By: John Muir
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This book is a collection of sketches first published in the Atlantic Monthly magazine and gathered into book form in 1901. The focus here is on 4 parks in the west. Six of the 10 articles focus on Yosemite National Park; also described are Yellowstone, Sequoia, and General Grant (renamed Kings Canyon in 1940) National Parks. - Summary by TriciaGCopyright Nature Genre Art Biological Sciences Literary History & Criticism Science
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