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02745aam a2200373Ki 4500 001 73F7F912288711E68E92CCAFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160602010124 008 150824s2016 caua b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2015947648 020 $a 1930238622 020 $a 9781930238626 040 $d SILO 041 0 $a eng 043 $a n-us--- 082 04 $a 917.3 $2 23 245 04 $a The wonder of it all : $b 100 stories from the National Park Service / $c preface by Jon Jarvis ; foreword by Dayton Duncan ; edited by Yosemite Conservancy. 264 1 $a Yosemite National Park, [California] : $b Yosemite Conservancy, $c [2016] 300 $a xiv, 305 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Preface by Jon Jarvis -- Foreword by Dayton Duncan -- Acknowledgments -- Getting started -- Life-changing moments -- People to remember -- Stories from the field -- Volunteer adventures -- Love of place -- Looking back, moving forward. 520 $a "Since the founding of the National Park Service in 1916, tens of thousands of NPS employees and volunteers have devoted themselves to preserving our public lands, which today number more than 400. Each person's NPS career is unique, seasoned with daily duties, grand adventures, and everything in between! Yet there is one common element: each person has plenty of material for terrific stories about living and working in America's most special places. These 100 true stories from current and past NPS employees and volunteers make for an engrossing, funny, and often moving read, with something for everyone. The writers welcome visitors, ride the rails, collar caribou, reenact and make history, and every day face the mystery of wildness -- including plenty of bears! -- all for America's public lands. Featuring more than 100 photograph and stories from 80 different parks, monuments, and historic sites, stretching from the coast of Maine to American Samoa, The Wonder of It All is sure to inspire a new generation to cherish the natural and cultural resources that the National Park Service was born to preserve."--provided by Amazon.com. 650 0 $a National parks and reserves $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Wilderness areas $v Anecdotes. 651 0 $a United States $v Anecdotes. 700 1 $a Jarvis, Jonathan B., $e author of preface. 700 1 $a Duncan, Dayton, $e author of foreword. 710 2 $a Yosemite Conservancy (Organization), $e editor. 941 $a 4 952 $l CDPC522 $d 20230506010222.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20161216033342.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20160826014922.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20160602010917.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=73F7F912288711E68E92CCAFDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search