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Product Detail - America's Best Idea: A Photographic Journey Through Our National Parks

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This photographic journey through our National Parks takes you on a visual tour of America's most special natural and cultural places. Arranged in chronological order from the year that each park received protection as public land, America's Best Idea provides you with a history of names, dates and designations of all national parks in the United States. This book provides an iconic full-color image of each national park, highlighting the spirit of preservation that became a guiding force in the creation of the National Park Service in 1916. All net profits from book sales will be donated to support national park education programs and the Employees & Alumni Association of the National Park Service.

About the Author:
Photographer Stan Jorstad was born in New York in 1922. He attended Temple University and enlisted in the 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops. During World War II, he served in North Africa and Italy, receiving the Purple Heart. After the war, he became the Director of Photography for the Chicago-based Container Corporation of America,earning over 50 awards for excellence in photography and design. In the 1960s and 1970s, Stan became a cinematographer for television and launched PhotoMark, a commercial photography business. Stan is one of a few photographers to photograph every national park.

hardcover, 135 pages
full color

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