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National Park Service PublicationsTo mark National Park Week, the U.S. Government Printing Office is highlighting a wide variety of colorful and informative National Park Service publications. These publications are designed to enhance your knowledge, appreciation and understanding of America's national parks. Each publication contains complete park information covering: history and sites, a basic map, lodging, camping, fishing, hiking, fact sheet, and many illustrations. Yellowstone: A Natural and Human History, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications Description: Yellowstone: A Natural and Human History, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Explores the exciting home of steaming geysers, hot springs, grizzly bears, wolves, elk, buffalo, big horn sheep, moose and other wildlife. Includes a travel guide and reference material for touring the parks. (Also sold in packages of 50 at $177.00 when mailed to one address.) Year/Pages: 2001: 127 pages; illustrated. Redwood: A Guide to Redwood National and State Parks, California Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications Description: Provides an introduction to the parks and the movement to preserve the redwoods, the world's tallest trees. Explores redwood natural history, the work of restoring logged lands, North Coast Indian Culture. Includes a travel guide and reference material for touring the parks. (Also sold in packages of 50 copies at $171.00 when mailed to one address.) Year/Pages: 1996: 112 pages; illustrated. Jefferson Memorial: Interpretive Guide to Thomas Jefferson Memorial, District of Columbia Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications Description: Describes the Jefferson Memorial located on the National Mall in the Nation's Capital. Includes a biography of Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, President, educator, farmer, architect, and one of the most enlightened men of the 18 th century. Year/Pages: 1995: 48 pages; illustrated. 1998-reprint. Clara Barton: Clara Barton National Historic Site, Maryland Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications Description: Tells the story of the life and legacy of the founder of the American Red Cross. Clara Barton. Provides a guide to the Clara Barton National Historic Site, which served as headquarters and a warehouse for the American Red Cross. Includes a travel guide and related National Park Service Sites. (Also sold in packages of 100 at $541.00 when mailed to one address.) Year/Pages: 1998: 80 pages; illustrated. North Cascades: A Guide to the North Cascades National Park Service Complex, Washington Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center, Division of Publications Description: Provides a brief introduction to North Cascades National Park and the surrounding region. Describes a visit to the park by highway and ferry. Includes concise travel and reference information. (Also sold in packages of 50 copies for $318.00 when mailed to one address.) Year/Pages: 2002: 112 pages; illustrated. Boston and the American Revolution: Boston National Historical Park, Massachusetts Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications Description: Describes Boston at the time of the American Revolution. Includes a section on historic sites in Boston and related Massachusetts' sites. (Also sold in packages of 50 copies of $194.00 when mailed to one address.) Year/Pages: 1998: 96 pages; illustrated. Salem: Maritime Salem in the Age of Sail Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service Description: Provides a portrait of the port's seafaring era in the late 18 th and early 19 th centuries. Includes an illustrated.strated guide to the historic sites of Salem, Massachusetts. (Also sold in packages of 100 copies for $404.00 when mailed to one address.) Year/Pages: 2002: 160 pages; illustrated. Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications Description: Describes the Civil War battles fought in the Fredericksburg, Virginia, area and the condition of those battlefields today. (Also sold in packages of $201.00 per 50 copies when mailed to one address.) Year/Pages: 2000: 96 pages; illustrated. Forts of Old San Juan: San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications Description: Tells the story of the evolution of the defenses of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the role they played in helping to safeguard Spanish possessions in the Caribbean from the 16 th to the 19 th centuries. (Also sold in packages of 100 copies for $404.00 when mailed to one address.) Year/Pages: 1995: 80 pages; illustrated. Underground Railroad: Official Map and Guide (Folder) Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service Description: Provides a brief history of slavery in America from 1450-1865. Also describes how slaves were brought to freedom through the Underground Railroad. (Also sold in packages of 100 at $67.00 when mailed to one address.) Year/Pages: 1996: Folder; illustrated. Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications Description: Describes the many ways that blacks took to escape slavery in the southern United States before the Civil War. This handbook draws together court records, buildings, letters, and memories as well as the research of historians. (Also sold in packages of 100 at $262.00 when mailed to one address.) Year/Pages: 1997: 88 pages; illustrated. Fort Vancouver: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Washington Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications, Harpers Ferry Center Description: Describes Fort Vancouver, which served as a trading post on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. Includes a history of the area, focusing on the major personalities of the time. (Also sold in packages of 50 at $336.00 when mailed to one address.) Year/Pages: 2001: 112 pages; illustrated. United States Virgin Islands: A Guide to National Parklands in the United States Virgin Islands Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications, Harpers Ferry Center Description: Provides insight into the marine and terrestrial ecosystems and human histories of the United States Virgin Islands. Also sold in packages of 50 at $177.00 when mailed to one address. Year/Pages: 2002: 127 pages; illustrated. Mammoth Cave: Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service Description: Provides a brief history of the longest recorded cave system in the world, with more than 360 miles explored and mapped. (Also sold in packages of 50 at $184.00 when mailed to one address.) Year/Pages: 2003: 110 pages; illustrated. [ Top ]
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