Lassoing the Sun
A Year in America's National Parks
[Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Media Inc, 2016.
Format: Audiobook on CD
Edition: Unabridged.
Description: 8 audio discs (9.5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
"'In this remarkable journey, Mark Woods captures the essence of our National Parks: their serenity and majesty, complexity and vitality--and their power to heal'--Ken Burns; Many childhood summers, Mark Woods piled into a station wagon with his parents and two sisters and headed to America's national parks. Mark's most vivid childhood memories are set against a backdrop of mountains, woods, and fireflies in places like Redwood, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon national parks. On the eve of turning fifty and a little burned-out, Mark decided to reconnect with the great outdoors. He'd spend a year visiting the national parks. He planned to take his mother to a park she'd not yet visited and to re-create his childhood trips with his wife and their iPad-generation daughter. But then the unthinkable happened: his mother was diagnosed with cancer, given just months to live. Mark had initially intended to write a book about the future of the national parks, but Lassoing the Sun grew into something more: a book about family, the parks, the legacies we inherit and the ones we leave behind"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Woods, Mark (Journalist) -- Travel -- United States.
Woods, Mark (Journalist) -- Family.
National parks and reserves -- United States.
Natural areas -- United States.
Outdoor life -- United States.
Cultural property -- United States.
Landscapes -- United States.
Mothers and sons -- United States -- Biography.
Mothers -- United States -- Death.
Families -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
United States -- Description and travel.
Woods, Mark (Journalist) -- Travel -- United States.
Woods, Mark (Journalist) -- Family.
National parks and reserves -- United States.
Natural areas -- United States.
Outdoor life -- United States.
Cultural property -- United States.
Landscapes -- United States.
Mothers and sons -- United States -- Biography.
Mothers -- United States -- Death.
Families -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
United States -- Description and travel.
ISBN:
9781515910183
UPC: 9781515910183
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
CD TRAVEL Woo | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Adult | In |
More Formats
Title from container.
Compact discs.
Sound recording.
Read by Corey M. Snow.
Compact discs.
Sound recording.
Read by Corey M. Snow.