Book about the National Parks by HORACE M. ALBRIGHT AND FRANK J.
TAYLOR. Originally published in 1928. PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION
1946: THE satisfaction and pleasure we have had in the continuing
acceptance of this book by visitors to the national parks and
related preserves, both scenic and historic, have prompted us to
attempt a thorough revision for those who will travel about our
country in the post war era. Since the revision in the early
thirties, the growth of interest in the conservation of natural
resources, including national park features, has been phenomenal.
There have been important extensions of park reservations, and many
new ones have been added to the system. Thus the editing we have
undertaken has had to be extensive. The new book, therefore,
contains much information not included in earlier editions, and the
arrangement of factual data has been changed to make it more easily
available to those who would use the volume for reference purposes
in planning trips. This has been done we hope without sacrificing
in any respect the prime objective of Oh, Ranger I to preserve for
the traveler some of the atmosphere of the wild places, the old
places, the frontiers which have long beckoned so many folks to the
parks for their summer va cations. We appreciate the many
understanding friends the book has made for the National Park
Service and for us. We hope this new work which our publishers have
produced will bring equally gratifying results. H. M. A. FJ. T. A
WORD OF INTRODUCTION: From the first edition of Oh, Ranger To me no
picture of the national parks is complete upless it includes the
rangers, the Dudes, the Sage brushers, and the Savages. I like to
picture the thousands of people gathered about the park campfires,
asking questions of the rangers. In fact, I like to be at the camp
fire myself, and listen to the thousands of questions asked about
the parks and their wild life. Especially am I in terested in the
replies of the rangers. These men have be come keen students of
human nature. In their brief, in formal talks, they have learned to
anticipate many of the questions of the visitors. I like the idea
of this book, Oh, Ranger It tells the story of the parks in the
simple, informal style of the rangers. It gives the rangers the
credit due them for their fine work in guarding the national parks
and preserving them in their primeval beauty. It breathes the
spirit of the people who belong to the parks, who make possible the
parks as they are today. They are a fine, earnest, intelligent, and
public-spirited body of men, the rangers. Though small in number,
their influence is large. Many and long are the duties heaped upon
their shoulders. If a trail is to be blazed, it is send a ranger.
If an animal is floundering in the snow, a ranger is sent to pull
him out if a bear is in the hotel, if a fire threatens a forest, if
someone is to be saved, it is send a ranger. If a Dude wants to
know the why of Natures ways, If a Sagebrusher is puzzled about a
road, his first thought is, ask a ranger. Everything the ranger
knows, he will tell you, except about himself. Now Oh, Ranger tells
you about him. The national parks are more than the storehouses of
Natures rarest treasures. They are the playlands of the people,
wonderlands easily accessible to the rich and the humble alike...
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