Yosemite National Park: Adventure, Explore, Discover

by Stephen Feinstein

Overview

Millions travel to Yosemite National Park each year to experience its groves of giant sequoia trees, waterfalls, valleys, and massive granite monoliths like El Capitan. Author Stephen Feinstein covers the geologic processes that shaped the Yosemite Valley, the area's Ahwahneechee Indians, and John Muir's critical role in working to preserve the area. Yosemite's flora and fauna and current environmental issues are also featured, as are popular visitor activities like hiking, camping, and rock climbing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781598450958
Publisher:	Enslow Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	07/16/2008
Series:	America's National Parks Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	11 - 17 Years

Editorial Reviews

America's National Parks series. Readers interested in touring national parks will find these books useful. Information about the history of each park is provided plus ways to get there, sights to see, etc. Report writers may consider the publisher's enhanced website a welcome shortcut to doing their own Internet research. Contemporary and archival photographs and web screen shots accompany the texts. Reading list. Glos., ind., The Horn Book Guide Spring 2010

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