Yellowstone National Park's famous geysers, exotic landscape, and
beautiful wildlife partially explain its enormous popularity, but there
is something more to the Yellowstone experience--a powerful spirit to
the place that is more than the sum of its parts. This fascinating
history of America's favorite national park shows how that spirit has
endured over Yellowstone's 127-year existence. Meyer shows that
Yellowstone has consistently evoked awe in different generations of
Americans, even as our attitudes toward nature have changed over the
years. That awe is also captured in photographer Vance Howard's
evocative images, which, alongside historic photographs and other early
artistic interpretations of the Park's wonders, support Meyer's view
that Yellowstone's unique sense of place makes it worth preserving not
only for its ecological value but for its lasting importance in American
culture.