David Petersen

Depicts the wildlife, mountains, glaciers, wildfowers, and other sights protected by the Waterton-Glacier Park, an international park created in 1932 by the Canadian and American governments.

Describes the characteristics of the dinosaur with the long neck and tail, how its name was changed from Brontosaurus to Apatosaurus, and the discovery of dinosaur bones by paleontologists. (Easy section)

Depicts the scenery and wildlife on view at the Grand Teton National Park and recounts the exploits of the area's first explorers.

By 1952 it was thought the grizzly bear had been wiped out in Colorado, pushed to oblivion by predator-phobic sheep ranchers and government trappers. Even so, through the mid-1900s, ghostly stories of grizzly sightings continued to haunt remote corners of the dark-timbered San Juan Mountains in the southern-most part of the state. Then, one spooky September evening in 1979, a flesh-and-blood grizzly sow was surprised on its daybed in the South San...

Describes the Anasazi cliff dwellings and other sights that have made this Colorado national park so famous.

"Like all of the few 'outdoor' books that truly deserve to endure, A Man Made of Elk is, well... different. That's logical enough, for the same can be said of its author. A former Marine pilot and current backwoods intellectual, idealist, iconoclast, and, yes, hunter, Dave Petersen defies categorization as adroitly as his terrific prose.... I know deer hunters, bear hunters, and sheep hunters, but I don't know anyone else who identifies as completely...

Describes the geological history, sights, and facilities of Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park.

Discusses the history of the Dinosaur National Monument and describes the park with suggestions for activities and points of interest in the area. Also provides basic information about dinosaurs and the formation of dinosaur fossils. Introduces the concept of paleontology.