Picturesque America: Its Parks and Playgrounds

Picturesque America: Its Parks and Playgrounds.: An Illustrated Volume with Special Articles Contributed for Park and Playground Sections and Numerous Selections from the Works of Well Known Authors Expressing the Varied Appeal of Outdoors in America. by Kane, John Francis 1925. New York, Resorts and Playgrounds of America, 1925. Octavo. 521 pages. Original Hardcover with protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes essays with photographs on all the important National Parks with an introductory essay by Ovid M. Butler: The Call of the National Forests / Further essays are: by: Robert Sterling Yard – Proposed Roosevelt-Sequoia National Park / C.A. Higgins – The Story of the Missions / Robert Sterling Yard – Lassen Volcanic National Park / Robert Sterling Yard – Mount Rainier National Park / Robert Sterling Yard – Crater Lake National Park / Dan Totheroh – The end of the Red Trees (Extract) / Alexander Blair Thaw – In the Giant Forest of the Sierras / Zane Grey – An Appreciation of the Grand Canyon / Robert Sterling Yard – Rocky Mountain and Mesa Verde National Park / Emerson Hough – An Appreciation of Yellowstone / Arthur G. Staples – A Tribute to the Maine Woods / Robert Sterling Yard – Yellowstone National Park / Douglas Malloch – The Diversity of Nature / Ethel C. McDonald – The Alpine Club of Canada / Robert J.C. Stead – The Canadian Rockies (Poem) / etc. etc.