"Oh, Ranger!" A Book About The National Parks (Advance Copy Of Second Printing 1928)

Langue : anglais

Edité par Stanford University Press, Stanford University, 1928

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Xi1, 178 Pp. Beige Wrappers, Extra Front And Rear Blank Endpapers, Map Endpapers Bound In As Usual At Front And Back. 9 5/8" Tall (Rough Cut) Second Printing (1928), Considerably Taller Than Later Editions. Book With Slight Signs Of Use, No Marks. Per Wikipedia, Horace Marden Albright (1890 – 1987) Was An American Conservationist And The Second Director Of The National Park Service. Horace Albright Was Born In 1890 In Bishop, California, The Son Of George Albright, A Miner. He Graduated From The University Of California, Berkeley In 1912, And Earned A Law Degree From Georgetown University. Albright Married His College Classmate Grace Noble And They Had Two Children. After Graduation, He Worked For The Department Of The Interior In Washington, D.C. Albright Became A Legal Assistant To Stephen Mather When Mather Became Assistant Secretary In Charge Of National Parks, And Later Assisted Mather When The National Park Service (Nps) Was Established In 1916. As Legal Assistant, He Helped Acquire Land For Several New National Parks In The East. When Mather Became Ill, Albright Managed The Nps As Acting Director. He Later Served As Superintendent Of Yellowstone National Park And, For A Short Time, Yosemite National Park. On October 18, 1922, He Was Elected Associate Member Of The Boone And Crockett Club, A Wildlife Conservation Organization Founded By Theodore Roosevelt And George Bird Grinnell, In 1887. On January 12, 1929, Albright Succeeded Mather As The Second Director Of The Nps And Held The Post Until August 9, 1933. He Next Worked For The U.S. Potash Corporation And U.S. Borax And Chemical Corporation, Serving Variously As Director, Vice President, And General Manager. During This Time, The Albrights Lived In New Rochelle, New York. In 1969, Albright Received The National Audubon Society's Highest Honor, The Audubon Medal. The Nation's Highest Civilian Award, The Presidential Medal Of Freedom, Was Awarded To Albright By President Jimmy Carter On The 64Th Anniversary Of The National Park Service. President Carter Announced The Award In August 1980, And The Medal Was Presented On December 8 By Assistant Secretary Of The Interior Robert L. Herbst, In A Ceremony At Van Nuys, California. Albright Grove, A Grove Of Old-Growth Hemlocks And Tulip Poplars Located In The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Was Named In Albright's Honor. The Albright Training Center At Grand Canyon National Park, The Albright Visitor Center At Yellowstone National Park, And Albright Peak In Grand Teton National Park Also Bear His Name.…

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Titre
"Oh, Ranger!" A Book About The National Parks (Advance Copy Of Second Printing 1928)
Auteur
Albright, Horace M., And Frank J Taylor, Introduction By Stephen T. Mather, Drawings By Ruth Taylor
Éditeur
Stanford University Press, Stanford University
Année de publication
1928
État de l'article
Very Good
Jaquette
No Dust Jacket
Reliure
Soft cover
Langue
anglais
Illustrateur
Photographs, And Drawings By Ruth Taylor
Édition
1st Edition
Impression
2nd Printing
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