Full of stunning pictures and descriptions of America's national parks in The Rocky Mountains, The Great Plateau, The Southwest, The Golden West, The Pacific Northwest, The East, Alaska, Hawaii and the Virgin Islands. Included is a tri-fold map of the regions and parks within.
Hardcover
(National Geographic Society, Aug. 1, 1996)
Blending image-filled prose with straightforward historical facts and events, such as the 100,000 streams and rivers that drain into the great river like an enormous spider web, and encompassing thirty-one states and two Canadian provinces, this book examines the undeniable force of the Mississippi.