{"product_id":"voyageur-country-the-story-of-minnesotas-national-park-9780816631551","title":"Voyageur Country: The Story of Minnesota's National Park","description":"Examines the beauty, history, and controversy of Voyageurs National Park.\u003cp\u003eOver 250,000 people visit Minnesota's only national park each year. This popularity raises crucial questions: Can timberwolves thrive amid snowmobiles and jet-skis? Can the thin layer of fragile soil atop the Precambrian shield, the oldest exposed rock on earth, survive the feet of campers? Voyageur Country explores these quandaries and presents the only complete history of this environmentally important region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVoyageur Country describes the environmental significance of the park, beginning with its geologic and glacial history and continuing through current flora and fauna. Treuer then examines human influences on the land, including those of the Ojibwe Indians, French voyageurs, lumber barons, and wilderness advocates. The birth of the modern incarnation of Voyageurs as a national park is detailed, with accounts of the contributions of Sigurd Olson and other conservationists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first paperback edition of this modern classic includes an updated preface and chronology. Voyageur Country is an important launching point for considering the policy that guides our relationship with the land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816631551\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.06w x 0.74d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Treuer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774091227317,"sku":"9780816631551","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/voyageur-country-the-story-of-minnesotas-national-park-9780816631551","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}