The national park idea, the best idea we ever had, was inevitable as soon as Americans learned to confront the wild continent not with fear and cupidity but with delight, wonder, and awe.

Wallace Stegner

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National parks Conservation Man and nature Nature

Author

Wallace Stegner

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English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Novelist Writer

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United States

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Citation

Stegner, Wallace. "The Best Idea We Ever Had." Marking the Sparrow's Fall: The Making of the American West. H. Holt, 1998, p. 137.

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