BEARS in YELLOWSTONE by SKINNER/56 PHOTOGRAPHS/1925 1ST

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BEARS in YELLOWSTONE by SKINNER/56 PHOTOGRAPHS/1925 1ST BEARS IN THE YELLOWSTONE. BY M. P. SKINNER. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1925. First Edition. Scarce.A nice First Edition of this scarce and fascinating book, with many vintage photographs throughout. Published 86 years ago, it is now out of print and scarce. Such a nice copy is not likely to come up for sale again soon on ebay. From the Preface: "Many years ago, I went to the Yellowstone National Park. It was my first visit. I enjoyed it so well and found its delightful wilderness so clean, so healthful, and so enthralling that I returned again and again, and at one period lived there for fifty consecutive months. Since its natural wonders and its wild life were entirely responsible for the greatest interest of my life, I have always wanted others to enjoy its blessings as much as I have. If my writing has contributed even an infiinitesimal atom towards a similar pleasure in others, I am well repaid. "Because of the great interest manifested in the bears in the Yellowstone Park - and other National Parks...which are the only places where these animals can be seen at close range by the average men and women - and the fact that we have had no book describing their habits and customs, I have tried to use these animals as an example of the wealth of material there is in our National read more

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