Glacier National Park : a culmination of giants / by Bristol, George Lambert

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / by Dayton Duncan -- Laying the Foundation : Three Giants: Sedimentation, Crustal Movement, Erosion -- Footprints : The Original People -- The Coming of Napikwan : Explorers, Settlers, and a One-Eyed Baron with Vision -- Except for the Founding Fathers -- Louis Hill, George Bird Grinnell, and the Fight to Save a Crown -- Molding a National Park : 1910-1929 -- The National Park Service and Park Makers : 1915-1933 -- A Road, Another Roosevelt, and the CCC -- Post-War America : A Renewed Love Affair Creates a Dilemma -- Looking Ahead -- The Main Thing Is the Whole Thing -- Appendix A: Franklin D. Roosevelt : Radio Address from Two Medicine Chalet, Glacier National Park, August 5, 1934 -- Appendix B: Report of Presidential Visit to Glacier National Park.…”
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The national parks. America's best idea /

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Great nature, 1933-1945