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History Comics: the National Parks by Falynn Koch

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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!

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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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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-interest to carve out and protect these spaces for future generations. See for yourself how the idea of National Parks began, how they've changed, and how they continue to define America.

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