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The Book of the National Parks

Yard, Robert Sterling

Read by J. M. Smallheer · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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00 - Preface (4:09)
01 - On the Appreciation of Scenery (22:41)
02 - The National Parks of the United States (23:00)
03 - The Granite National Parks - Granite's Part in Scenery (4:27)
04 - Yosemite, The Incomparable (24:17)
05 - Yosemite, The Incomparable, continued (25:39)
06 - The Proposed Roosevelt National Park (36:18)
07 - The Heart of the Rockies (37:33)
08 - McKinley, Giant of Giants (20:54)
09 - Lafayette and the East (14:52)
10 - The Volcanic National Parks - On the Volcano in Scenery (4:56)
11 - Lassen Peak and Mount Katmai (16:37)
12 - Mount Rainier, Icy Octopus (18:45)
13 - Mount Rainier, Icy Octopus, continued (19:13)
14 - Crater Lake's Bowl of Indigo (25:36)
15 - Yellowstone, A Volcanic Interlude (23:11)
16 - Yellowstone, A Volcanic Interlude, continued (18:17)
17 - Three Monsters of Hawaii (22:54)
18 - The Sedimentary National Parks - On Sedimentary Rock in Scenery (4:51)
19 - Glaciered Peaks and Painted Shales (25:42)
20 - Glaciered Peaks and Painted Shales, continued (25:57)
21 - Rock Records of a Vanished Race (31:51)
22 - The Healing Waters (17:47)
23 - The Grand Canyon and Our National Monuments - On the Scenery of the Southwest (9:58)
24 - A Pageant of Creation (19:03)
25 - A Pageant of Creation. continued (17:28)
26 - Rainbow of the Desert (21:44)
27 - Historic Monuments of the Southwest (25:41)
28 - Desert Spectacles (27:52)
29 - The Muir Woods and Other National Monuments (24:00)

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