Yellowstone Treasures: The Traveler's Companion to the National Park by Janet Chapple

From the Publisher

The first and oldest national park in the world can be enjoyed mile by mile with this complete travel guide. Along with fascinating facts and anecdotes, readers will learn of Yellowstone's geyser basins and the frequency of the geysers, out-of-the-way hikes, and flora and fauna. Easy-to-understand scientific explanations and diagrams complement an array of short walks, the right season for camping, and the park’s campgrounds and facilities. Updated road logs highlight more than 100 historical points of interest, including the often misidentified locale from which artist Thomas Moran painted his “Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone” masterpiece and where five stagecoach robberies occurred along the Grand Loop Road. New text examines areas that have changed in recent years, including the reconstructed Canyon-to-Dunraven Pass and the newly completed North Rim Drive at the Grand Canyon. Additionally, numerous new photographs feature historical and contemporary images.

Chicago Tribune

"[H]eftier than many a travel guide to an entire country...her advice is balanced...[answers] science questions in layman's terms."

The Oregonian

For most readers, Janet Chapple's new 384-page guide to the park may be the only one they ever need . . . a knowledgeable treatise on one of America's most-loved natural travel destinations.

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Tackles the park with a broad brush and is ideal for those making the ritual family vacation out West . . . [D]esigned for those traveling by car, with the pages following the roadways in and near the park. The book covers geology, wildlife, and history while giving practical advice.

Billings Gazette

Nicely organized and flows well from tips to anecdotes to blurbs on accommodations . . . The book is rich with detail, from the tiny insects to the crashing waterfalls, all of which play a part in the pastiche that makes the park so attractive to Chapple-and millions of others

solowomanrv.blogspot.com

Love Yellowstone National Park? So does author Janet Chapple, whose parents worked at the Old Faithful Inn. Her new book . . . an updated third edition, [is] a must-have for women who want to see the most and best of this 3,468-square-mile national keepsake.

Yellowstone Institute student, professional cellist, and geyser geek presents the national park in all its seasons; includes geology, geography, animals such as wolves as well as coyotes, and history, for example, of the Lava Creek Trail, which Bannock Indians used for their annual trip to Buffalo land.

What People Are Saying

Judith L. Meyer
"Love for, knowledge of, and deep appreciation for this place... readable, informative, and user-friendly."
—author, The Spirit of Yellowstone

Marlene Merrill
"Chapple's lively narrative is as perfect for touring as it is for entertaining armchair reading."
—editor, Yellowstone and the Great West

Frank Markley
"This 'result of five years of research and preparation' has earned a permanent place on the Yellowstone bookshelf."
—webmaster, Yellowstone Notebook

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