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A Week in Yellowstone's Thorofare: A Journey Through the Remotest Place
Michael J. Yochim
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Paperback. The remotest place in the US, outside of Alaska, is a region in Yellowstone National Park ironically named the Thorofare, for its historic role as a route traversed by fur trappers. A Week in Yellowstone's Thorofare is a history and celebration of this wild place, set within a week-long expedition that the author took in 2014. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 black & white photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; WCN; WNH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
The remotest place in the country, outside of Alaska, is a region in Yellowstone National Park ironically named the Thorofare, for its historic role as a route traversed by fur trappers. A Week in Yellowstone’s Thorofare is a history and celebration of this wild place, set within a week-long expedition that the author took with three friends in 2014.
Drawing upon the first-person accounts of rangers who have patrolled the area, archival documents, and Michael Yochim’s personal experiences over almost three decades, A Week in Yellowstone’s Thorofare distinguishes between the notions of wildness and wilderness. Through historic vignettes, descriptions ... Read more
The remotest place in the country, outside of Alaska, is a region in Yellowstone National Park ironically named the Thorofare, for its historic role as a route traversed by fur trappers. A Week in Yellowstone’s Thorofare is a history and celebration of this wild place, set within a week-long expedition that the author took with three friends in 2014.
Drawing upon the first-person accounts of rangers who have patrolled the area, archival documents, and Michael Yochim’s personal experiences over almost three decades, A Week in Yellowstone’s Thorofare distinguishes between the notions of wildness and wilderness. Through historic vignettes, descriptions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Corvallis, OR, United States
ISBN
9780870718564
SKU
V9780870718564
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About Michael J. Yochim
Michael J. Yochim worked in Yellowstone National Park for over two decades, and for five years in Yosemite. A planner for the National Park Service, he researched the parks’ histories and drafted management plans to resolve ongoing controversies. Yochim is the atuhor of Protecting Yellowstone (2013) and Yellowstone and the Snowmobile (2009). An avid hiker, he walked all 1,200 miles ... Read more
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