Yellowstone: Land of Fire and Ice

by Gretel Ehrlich, Willard Clay, Kathy Clay

It is Yellowstone, the world's first national park. Forged by fire and ice, it is a land of contradictions, of exquisite beauty and stark geysers spew and hot springs boil - bearing witness to the molten lava a mere two miles below the surface - in a land of year-round frost; delicate flowers bloom perilously close to pools belching clouds of sulfur and steam; dense forests, lush meadows, vaulted canyons, and plentiful lakes, rivers, and creeks are alive with moose, elk, deer, buffalo, ravens, coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, river otters, and native trout.
Essayist and naturalist Gretel Ehrlich traverses Yellowstone on foot and on horseback. In vividly eloquent prose, she shares her experiences in Yellowstone's wildest country, explores its diverse, seemingly incongruous attractions, and chronicles its violent, volcanic birth and dramatic, continuing transformation.

Genres: Nature

132 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1995

About the author

Gretel Ehrlich is an American travel writer, novelist, essayist, and poet born on a horse ranch near Santa Barbara, California and educated at both Bennington College in Vermont and UCLA film school. After working in film for 10 years and following the death of a loved one, she began writing full-time in 1978 while living on a Wyoming ranch where she had been filming. Her first book, The Solace of Open Spaces, is a collection of essays describing her love of the region.

Reviews

[Laurie Byro · Rating 4 out of 5]

She writes like an angel, book is very dated with photos though, they should do a revisited.