Trailblazer: The Adventures of a Nature Guide - Softcover

Mills, Enos A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 048684000X ISBN 13: 9780486840000

Verlag: DOVER PUBN INC, 2020

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Enos A. Mills (1870&;1922) was the driving force behind the 1915 founding of Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park, which ensured the preservation and ongoing public enjoyment of one of the United States' great wilderness regions. Mills recognized visitors' need for guidance and education, and in this evocative, easy-to-read autobiography he tells of his experiences as a homesteader and nature guide.
 The great naturalist John Muir encouraged Mills to assist in the promotion of parks and forests by conducting close observations of wildlife and writing and lecturing about his findings. Mills took his mentor's advice to heart, producing more than a dozen books and hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles. He also trained both men and women as nature guides, creating a new professional role for females during an era when such opportunities were rare, and he paved the way for what the National Park Service today terms "interpretation." Featuring all the illustrations from the original book, this edition transports readers to the unspoiled natural beauty of the Rockies under the expertise of one of the region's greatest advocates.

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Enos Mills (1870&;1922) left his native Kansas at the age of 14 for Colorado, where he became an innkeeper and homesteader, nature guide, and national park advocate. The "Father of Rocky Mountain National Park," he was active in the development of the National Park Service, training nature guides and paving the way for modern-day park ranger interpretation.

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• Verlag: DOVER PUBN INC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 048684000X
• ISBN 13: 9780486840000
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italien