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Book about the National Parks by HORACE M. ALBRIGHT AND FRANK J. TAYLOR. Originally published in 1928. PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION 1946: THE satisfaction and pleasure we have had in the continuing acceptance of this book by visitors to the national parks and related preserves, both scenic and historic, have prompted us to attempt a thorough revision for those who will travel about our country in the post war era. Since the revision in the early thirties, the growth of interest in the conservation of natural resources, including national park features, has been phenomenal. There have been...

Two men played a crucial role in the creation and early history of the National Park Service: Stephen T. Mather, a public relations genius of sweeping vision, and Horace M. Albright, an able lawyer and administrator who helped transform that vision into reality. In Creating the National Park Service, Albright and his daughter, Marian Albright Schenck, reveal the previously untold story of the critical "missing years" in the history of the service. During this period, 1917 and 1918, Mather s problems with manic depression were kept hidden from public view, and Albright, his able and devoted...