Exploring Missouri's Legacy - State Parks and Historic Sites

Flader, Susan (editor) (essays by R. Roger Pryor and John Karel)

ISBN 10: 0826208347 / ISBN 13: 9780826208347

Published by First edition, published by University of Missouri Press, Columbia, 1992., 1992

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Very good with very good dust jacket. Dust jacket is bumped along top edges with two small scars at top of spine. 352 pages with index and over 200 color illustrations. Tall 4to size. Seller Inventory # 23864

Bibliographic Details

Title: Exploring Missouri's Legacy - State Parks ...

Publisher: First edition, published by University of Missouri Press, Columbia, 1992.

Publication Date: 1992

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Within Missouri's borders exists an incomparable variety of natural and historical adventures. From the surreal grandeur of the nearly two- billion-year old elephant rocks to the haunting presence of controversial artist Thomas Hart Benton in the cluttered studio where he died at his easel, Missouri's diverse heritage is illustrated through its more than 75 state parks and historic sites. In this book, four writers and committed conservationists team up with photographers to capture the compelling history, beauty and recreational value of Missouri's unique state park system. Illustrated with over 200 full-colour, large-format photographs and written in a lively style, ""Exploring Missouri's Legacy"" offers an invitation to discover Missouri's spectacular variety of geology, ecology and culture. Housing more caves, springs and clear natural streams than any other state in the nation, Missouri also boasts some of the oldest rocks on the continent and some of the youngest land-forms. The first archaeologically undisputed contact of man and mastodon in the new world was found in Missouri. The state's small towns have remained peculiarly vibrant, producing some of the nation's leaders in war and politics, literature and the arts. That remarkable diversity is preserved and commemorated here. The book opens with an account of the evolution of the park system. Essays on each of the state parks and historic sites are arranged chronologically within each of the states six natural divisions.

Review:

"This elegant edition is more than a picturesque guide to the state's publicly owned tourist attractions. It is a flawless and comprehensive review of Missouri history--both natural and cultural--as reflected by its 75-year-old network of parks and historic sites.--Columbia Daily Tribune

"The occasion for this luxurious book is the 75th anniversary of the establishment of a state park fund in 1917. . . . The photos, mostly by Oliver Schuchard, mostly in lavish color and flawlessly reproduced on heavy slick paper are gorgeous."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch