Pilgrimage to the national parks
Subtitle: religion and nature in the United States
By: by Lynn Ross-Bryant
Series: Routledge studies in religion, travel, and tourism -- 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780415893800; 9780203094464
Subjects: American National characteristics; Sacred space; Nature; National parks and reserves; Pilgrims and pilgrimages; Wilderness areas; History
Notes: "Simultaneously published in the UK"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Our national parks; title: Part I: The New World; title: Yosemite : New World sublimity; title: The dream of Yellowstone : progress in the pristine land; title: Part II: See America first; title: Seeing America in Grand Canyon and Glacier national parks; title: The national park idea; title: Part III: Wilderness and beyond; title: Mythic and scientific America; title: The wilderness idea; title: Unbounded possibilities; title: Epilogue: Pilgrimage and the future of the national parks.