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Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks
Lassoing the Sun A Year in America's National Parks Author:Mark Woods Many summers Mark Woods's parents piled their three kids into a station wagon and headed to America's National Parks. Mark?s most vivid childhood memories are set against a backdrop of mountains, woods, and fireflies in places like Redwood National Park, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon.On the eve of turning fifty and a little burned out, Mark dec... more »ided to reconnect with the great outdoors. He'd spend a year visiting the National Parks. He planned to take his mother to a park she?d not yet visited and to recreate his childhood trips with his wife and their iPad-generation daughter.But then the unthinkable happened: his mother was diagnosed with cancer, given just months to live. Mark had started out intending to write a book about the future of the National Parks, tied to the Park Service?s centennial, but as he continued the project, it grew into something more: a book about family, the parks, the legacies we inherit and the ones we leave behind.There are more than 400 National Park Service sites, including 59 national parks. Mark Woods visits 15 in the book: Acadia (ME), Saguaro (AZ), Grand Canyon (AZ), Dry Tortugas (FL), Yellowstone (WY, MT, ID), Gateway National Recreation Center (NY), Yosemite (CA), Flight 93 National Memorial (PA), Olympic (WA), Big Bend (TX), Haleakala (HI), Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (UT), Gulf Islands National Seashore (FL/MS), Redwood National and State Parks (CA), and Cumberland Island National Seashore (GA).« less
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