Our National Parks
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"Our National Parks" is a 1901 book by naturalist John Muir that passionately describes and advocates for the preservation of America's national parks.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
→
nature writing → non-fiction book → |
| advocatesFor |
environmental conservation
→
preservation of national parks → |
| author | John Muir → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| describes |
General Grant National Park
→
Sequoia National Park → Yellowstone National Park → Yosemite National Park → forests of the Sierra Nevada → |
| genre |
environmental literature
→
nature writing → |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
conservationist
→
naturalist → writer → |
| hasPart |
chapter on Yellowstone National Park
→
chapter on Yosemite National Park → chapter on forests of the Sierra Nevada → chapter on sequoia groves → |
| hasPerspective | preservationist → |
| hasReception | considered a classic of American nature writing → |
| hasTheme |
human impact on wilderness
→
need for legal protection of landscapes → spiritual value of nature → |
| illustratedBy | photographic plates → |
| influenced | American conservation movement → |
| influencedBy | John Muir's experiences in Yosemite → |
| language | English → |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | QH → |
| literaryPeriod | Progressive Era → |
| mainSubject |
conservation
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national parks of the United States → natural history → wilderness → |
| notableFor |
early advocacy of U.S. national parks
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lyrical descriptions of wilderness → |
| placeOfPublication |
Boston, Massachusetts
→
surface form: "Boston"
New York → |
| publicationDate | 1901 → |
| publisher |
Houghton Mifflin
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surface form: "Houghton Mifflin Company"
|
| relatedWork |
My First Summer in the Sierra
→
The Mountains of California → |
| timePeriodDescribed | late 19th century American West → |
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