{"product_id":"yellowstone-treasures-the-travelers-companion-to-the-national-park-paperback","title":"Yellowstone Treasures: The Traveler's Companion to the National Park - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanet Chapple\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book makes you the tour guide for your group  Janet Chapple shares her tips to pack for your trip, spot wildlife, see the best views, catch geyser eruptions, stay safe, and escape the crowds. The author's passion for the park, which began when her parents worked at Old Faithful Inn in the early twentieth century, shines throughout. Whether you want to hike in the geyser basins and forests, drive the mountain passes, ride horseback, or take a boat out on the lake, the mile-by-mile road logs prepare you. The description is enlivened by entertaining historical anecdotes. This sixth edition, fully updated for 2020 by editor Beth Chapple and geologist Jo-Ann Sherwin, includes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhich geysers and hot springs are active, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe new overlooks at Grand Prismatic Spring and the south rim of the canyon, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea new time line of the geology, and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexplanations of the geological forces like lava flows and the Yellowstone hot spot.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThe book is in full color with 38 new and revised maps. Charts of the facilities and a field guide to the wildlife and wildflowers round out this comprehensive guide to America's first national park. After the first edition won Gold in the Travel Guides category in ForeWord Magazine's 2002 Book of the Year Awards, later editions won Silver in the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards in 2010 and 2018.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMontana native \u003cb\u003eJanet Chapple\u003c\/b\u003e has been savoring the atmosphere of Yellowstone Park since she was a child, when her parents worked at Old Faithful Inn. On her many visits since then, she has combined intensive personal observation with research year-round, reading widely, consulting experts, and attending Yellowstone Institute courses. Janet's undergrad education was at Stanford and the University of Southern California, followed much later with a master's degree in cello performance from Indiana University. After a long career in music in Rhode Island, including editing and writing for a music practice booklet, she turned to researching and writing about Yellowstone Park. She wrote and published four previous editions of Yellowstone Treasures, beginning in 2002. In 2013 she cotranslated with colleague Suzanne Cane an 1883 travelog called Yellowstone, Land of Wonders by Belgian travel writer Jules Leclercq, from French to English. In 2016 she selected and annotated the adventure stories in Through Early Yellowstone: Adventuring by Bicycle, Covered Wagon, Foot, Horseback, and Skis. She lives in Oakland, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769291047200,"sku":"9781733103206","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/eabbf7ae474e3fbbb8cdc0fcfe6645b1.webp?v=1780345260","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/yellowstone-treasures-the-travelers-companion-to-the-national-park-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}