Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America

250 pp.Published by Scribner, 2022 Hardcover, Brown boards.Dust jacket. From historian and critically acclaimed author of The Three-Cornered War comes the captivating story of how Yellowstone became the world's first national park in the years after the Civil War, offering "a fresh, provocative stud, departing from well-trodden narratives about conservation and public recreation" (Booklist, starred review). Each year nearly four million people visit Yellowstone National Park--one of the most popular of all national parks--but few know the fascinating and complex historical context in which it.