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History Comics: the National Parks
Preserving America's Wild Places
Falynn Koch
First Second · Print & ebook · May 24, 2022
Reading lane: Symbols & Monuments
Let this graphic novel be your time machine—experience history like never before!
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Wild Places, Public History
A graphic history traces how America’s national parks began, changed, and came to matter.
Come here for
- The origins of national parks and the fight to protect them
- Wilderness history with civic stakes
Expect
- An illustrated account of parks’ changing role in America
- Visionaries, artists, and advocates in the preservation story
Book Details
- Authors
- Falynn Koch
- Publisher
- First Second
- Published
- May 24, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Symbols & Monuments · Comics Science & Nature
- Reading lane
- Symbols & Monuments
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Publisher Categories
Symbols & Monuments
Protecting the Planet
Comics Science & Nature
About This Book
Let this graphic novel be your time machine—experience history like never before! Our past is only the beginning with History Comics. In this volume, The National Parks: Preserving America's Wild Places , turn back the clock to 1872, when Congress established Yellowstone National Park as an area of unspoiled beauty for the "benefit and enjoyment of the people." Meet the visionaries, artists, and lovers of the American wilderness who fought against corruption and self-interes...
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