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WHAT'S COOKING IN OUR NATIONAL PARKS.
by National Park Service Western Regional Office Cookbook Committee.

This now "almost-classic" title of National Park-iana  is a choice collection of over 500 highly prized recipes from employees of our national parks--not just the rangers, but those in personnel and administration, and management and maintenance and planning and design, plus park spouses. Includes sections on outdoor cooking and recipes for large (hundreds of eaters) crowds. Indexes show what persons and what parks contributed which recipes, and the recipes are grouped by type. Dishes include Cruzan Potatoes from the Virgin Islands, Pete's Potato Salad, Hawaiian Style Spareribs, Abalone Cabrillo, Crazy Cake with NPS Frosting, Navajo Fry Bread, Backpack Jerky, Cowboy Beans, Wilderness Molasses Cake for 250, Mormon Gravy, Clamdigger Sandwiches, Dandelion Wine, and of course Ranger Cookies. Royalty proceeds go to the Employees & Alumni Association of the National Park Service, where the money has traditionally been used for scholarship loans to its members' children. A steady seller over the years, there are now 58,000 copies in print. Many park cooperating associations and concessioners carry the book, as do outlets around parks and wherever cookbooks are sold.

Over 30 photos from America's parks, full color cover. 256 pages. ISBN-10: 0-89646-081-9. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-081-2.  Order #VIST0081 paper$11.95

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OH, RANGER! A Book about the National Parks.
by Horace M. Albright and Frank J. Taylor.

This is the classic, 1928 edition, Here is a nostalgic look at America's early national parks and their ranger service by their director of that time. Author Albright was also a long-time superintendent of Yellowstone National Park. Originally published in 1928 by Stanford University Press, and available continuously ever since, this book relates humorous stories of bears and other wild animals, Indians, fishing, park "dudes and sagebrushers" (hotel guests and campers, respectively), the fledgling ranger service, and the antics of the American tourist early in the roaring '20s. This edition includes the late author's last foreword and a tribute from a former president and early Yellowstone ranger, Gerald Ford.

To the pen-and-ink drawings from the original have been added 50 early park photographs. 160 pages. ISBN-10: 0-89646-068-1. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-068-3. Order #VIST0068 paper$7.95

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Note that this classic edition of Oh, Ranger! A Book about the National Parks is reprinted from the original 1928 printing authored by National Park Service Director Horace Albright. A book with a similar title, Oh, Ranger! True Stories form Our National Parks, was issued in 2007 with a collection of more recent ranger stories. Another recent book of ranger stories is called Hey Ranger, with more than one volume.

NATIONAL PARK-RELATED TITLES ON OTHER PAGES

THE ASCENT OF MOUNT HAYDEN, GRAND TETON, 1872: a new chapter of Western Discovery.
THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.
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UP LONGS PEAK IN 1873--with Rocky Mountain Jim.
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THE DISCOVERY OF GLACIER BAY (1879).
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CUTTER'S OFFICIAL GUIDE TO HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.
THE HOT SPRINGS OF ARKANSAS, 1878.
JOHN BROWN'S RAID at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, 1859. Temporarily out of print.
ONE HUNDRED MILES IN MAMMOTH CAVE--IN 1880.
THREE DAYS AT GETTYSBURG--July 1, 2, & 3, 1863. Temporarily out-of-print.
SAINT LOUIS IN 1884.
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C.P.R.R.--The Central Pacific Railroad.
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS' AEROPLANE.
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THE HUMMINGBIRD OF THE CALIFORNIA WATERFALLS.
IN THE HEART OF THE CALIFORNIA ALPS:  a near view of the High Sierra in 1872.
THE WILD SHEEP
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DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE IN 1851.
THE YOSEMITE IN WINTER--an 1892 account.
PIONEER DAYS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
MOUNTAINEERING IN THE KINGS RIVER COUNTRY.
TEN TRAIL TRIPS IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. Temporarily out of print.
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RANCH LIFE IN THE FAR WEST.
THE PONY EXPRESS.
EVIDENCE & THE CUSTER ENIGMA: a Reconstruction of Indian-Military History.
CUSTER'S LAST BATTLE, 1876.
THE CAÑONS OF THE COLORADO.
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THE LIGHTHOUSES OF THE UNITED STATES in 1874.
SANDY HOOK--in 1879.
MOUNT DESERT, 1872.
THE UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE--1880.
19th CENTURY WHALING TALES.
SIGNALS of the Sea & HEROES of the SURF.
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ROCK ART OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN.
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CONTRIBUTIONS OF A VENERABLE NATIVE TO THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
HAWAII-NEI.
MARK TWAIN IN HAWAII.
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OUR YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.
THE PROPOSED YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.
A RIVAL OF THE YOSEMITE: The Canyons of the South Fork of King's River, California.
YOSEMITE: The Story Behind the Scenery
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