Preserving the Desert: A History of Joshua Tree National Park - Paperback
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Preserving the Desert: A History of Joshua Tree National Park
National parks are different from other federal lands in the United States. Beginning in 1872 with the establishment of Yellowstone, they were largely set aside to preserve for future generations the most spectacular and inspirational features of the country, seeking the best representative examples of major ecosystems such as Yosemite, geologic forms such as the Grand Canyon, archaeological...
Lary M. Dilsaver is Professor Emeritus of Historical Geography at the University of South Alabama and a thirty-year volunteer researcher for the National Park Service. He has written more than forty articles and book chapters on national parks and historic landscapes, and he has authored or edited six books, including America's National Park System: The Critical Documents and Cumberland Island...
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