Playing God in Yellowstone: The Destruction of America's First National Park

Alston Chase
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Chase asserts that Yellowstone is being destroyed by the very people assigned to protect the National Park Service. Named as one of “ten books that mattered” in the 1980s by Outside magazine and a book of continuing crucial relevance. Index; map.
Genres: NonfictionNatureEnvironmentHistoryScienceNatural HistoryEcologyPoliticsAmerican HistoryWesterns
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