A Place Called Yellowstone: The Epic History of the World’s First National Park

WINNER OF THE BARBARA AND DAVID ZALAZNICK BOOK PRIZE · Finalist for the High Plains International Book Award. A Place Called Yellowstone explores the epic history of America’s first national park—an essential read for fans of American history, the Wild West, and Yellowstone. Discover how this remote Western landscape became a national symbol and a cornerstone of our understanding of the natural world. Once called Wonderland, America’s Serengeti, and the crown jewel of the National Park System, Yellowstone shaped wildlife protection, species restoration, and the rise of nature tourism. Yet its history also includes conflict, Native American land dispossession, land rights battles, and ongoing tensions between commercialism and conservation. This sweeping narrative reveals Yellowstone as both an icon and a mirror of America itself.