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The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Our National Parks
32 pp.
| Dial |
January, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8037-3710-5$16.99
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Mordicai Gerstein.
In 1903, Roosevelt asked Muir to take him camping in the Yosemite wilderness. By the time the two reached Yosemite, Roosevelt had been persuaded to create "national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, and national forests." Rosenstock (as she explains in an author's note) has invented the dialogue here, but the ideas expressed are authentic. Gerstein brings his usual verve to the expedition. Bib.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2012