| Description |
xiii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Welcome to Glacier! -- Chasing the Plows on Going-to-the-Sun Road -- The Phoenix of Glacier Park -- What Happened to the Whitehead Brothers? -- Waterton's Bison Return After Trial by Fire -- Above it All -- Stalking the Untamed Mushroom -- A Forgotten Hero in Glacier Park -- History on Display at Marias Pass Memorial Park -- Growing Up Glacier -- Welcome to Yellowstone! -- Grand Loop Road : Yellowstone's Asphalt Heart -- The Pack is Back -- Yellowstone is an Active Volcano, But How Active, Exactly? -- Fort Yellowstone to the Rescue -- Lost (and Found) in Yellowstone -- Danger and Comfort : Seeing Yellowstone "The Wylie Way" -- Uncle Tom's Trail...of Terror -- Some Like it Hot -- Yellowstone's Latest 500-Year Flood -- See, Rock City! -- The Little Shell Tribe, the "Newest" Nation in Montana -- Remembering Butte's Own Disneyland -- Where the Buffalo (and Others) Roam -- Ladies and Gentlemen, the Virginia City Players -- Montana's State Parks : Like National Parks, Only Smaller -- Buffalo Soldiers : Winning the West of Two Wheels -- World Museum of Wildlife is Truly World Class -- Lewis and/or Clark Slept Here -- Hungry Horse Dam, the Flathead Valley's Hidden Jewel. |
| Summary |
"A travel guide to Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks, blending history, culture, and local flavor. An entertaining travel companion and a useful resource for those visiting the two national parks, and the vast chunk of Montana that connects them"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Montana is home to two of America's most popular national parks, and many of the twelve million visitors who travel to Big Sky Country each year include both Glacier and Yellowstone in their plans. Therriault's travel guide to Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks blends history, culture, and local flavor. Readers will discover the reasons behind Yellowstone's devilish place names; find insider tips on regional delicacies, and even road trip playlists to provide a soundtrack to your Montana adventure. The result is an entertaining travel companion and a useful resource for those visiting the two national parks, and the vast chunk of Montana that connects them. -- adapted from back cover and publisher's info |
| Subject |
Glacier National Park (Mont.) -- Guidebooks.
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Yellowstone National Park -- Guidebooks.
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Glacier National Park (Mont.) -- History.
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Yellowstone National Park -- History.
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Montana -- Glacier National Park.
(OCoLC)fst01281596
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United States -- Yellowstone National Park.
(OCoLC)fst01285604
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Montana -- Guidebooks.
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Montana -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Guidebooks. (OCoLC)fst01423871
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Guidebooks.
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| Added Title |
Exploration of Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, and all that Montana in between |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Therriault, Ednor Big sky, big parks Essex, Connecticut : TwoDot, [2023] 9781493064762 (DLC) 2022061600 |
| ISBN |
9781493064755 (paper ; alk. paper) |
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1493064754 (paper ; alk. paper) |
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9781493064762 (electronic) |
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