Yellowstone, Land of Wonders Promenade in North America's National Park.

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Leclercq, Jules [Author]

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online resource

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9780803245587

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F722 .Y455 2013

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Subject: In the summer of 1883 Belgian travel writer Jules Leclercq spent ten days on horseback in Yellowstone, the world's first national park, exploring myriad natural wonders: astonishing geysers, majestic waterfalls, the vast lake, and the breathtaking canyon. He also recorded the considerable human activity, including the rampant vandalism. Leclercq's account of his travels is itself a small marvel blending natural history, firsthand impressions, scientific lore, and anecdote. Along with his observations on the park's long-rumored fountains of boiling water and mountains of glass, Leclercq desc.

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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	F722 .3413 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn830161810

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword by Lee H. Whittlesey; Acknowledgments; Translators' Introduction; Translation and Editorial Method; A Note on the Illustrators; Chapter I. The Land of Wonders; Chapter II. The First Explorations; Chapter III. From the Mississippi to the Yellowstone; Chapter IV. The Upper Yellowstone; Chapter V. Mammoth Springs; Chapter VI. The Gibbon River; Chapter VII. The First Geysers; Chapter VIII. The Firehole; Chapter IX. Old Faithful; Chapter X. Beehive and Giantess; Chapter XI. Along the Firehole.

Chapter XII. Land of Wonders and Land of IceChapter XIII. Theory of Geysers; Chapter XIV. Excelsior; Chapter XV. The Indians in the National Park; Chapter XVI. Yellowstone Lake; Chapter XVII. Remarks on Fishing and Hunting; Chapter XVIII. Sulphur Mountain; Chapter XIX. The Falls of the Yellowstone; Chapter XX. Mount Washburn; Conclusion; Works to Consult; Maps; Notes; Translators' Bibliography; Index.

In the summer of 1883 Belgian travel writer Jules Leclercq spent ten days on horseback in Yellowstone, the world's first national park, exploring myriad natural wonders: astonishing geysers, majestic waterfalls, the vast lake, and the breathtaking canyon. He also recorded the considerable human activity, including the rampant vandalism. Leclercq's account of his travels is itself a small marvel blending natural history, firsthand impressions, scientific lore, and anecdote. Along with his observations on the park's long-rumored fountains of boiling water and mountains of glass, Leclercq desc.

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