Glacier National Park

Images of America: Montana

by Bill Yenne

Glacier National Park is a majestic million acres of towering mountains, ancient glaciers, and amazing biodiversity. Located astride both the Continental Divide and Hudson Bay Divide, Glacier contains Triple Divide Peak, the only point in North America from which the waters drain into three oceans. The land that George Bird Grinnell called the "Crown of the Continent" and that John Muir described as "the best care-killing scenery on the continent" has been delighting visitors since well before it was set aside as a park in 1910. Through the years, countless people have come to Glacier to hike its nearly thousand miles of trails, marvel at its unrivalled scenery, and drive the Going-to-the-Sun Road, America's most spectacular alpine highway. Glacier is also home to remote mountain chalets and magnificent grand lodges. While most national parks have a singular signature lodge, Glacier has three.

Genres: History, Travel, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published May 17, 2006

About the author

Bill Yenne is the author of several novels and over three dozen books on historical topics. He has also been a contributor to encyclopedias of both world wars.

The New Yorker wrote of Sitting Bull, his biography of the great Lakota leader, that it "excels as a study in leadership." This book was named to the number 14 spot among Amazon's 100 Best Books of the Year.

Library Journal observed that "enthusiastic World War II readers will be drawn to" his dual biography, Aces High: The Heroic Story of the Two Top Scoring American Aces of World War II.

Recently, his book Convair Deltas was named as Book of the Month by Air Classics, while his book Tommy Gun was named Pick of the Month by Shooting Illustrated.

His book Guinness: The 250 Year Quest for the Perfect Pint was listed among the top business books of the year by Cond Nast Portfolio Magazine, which rated Yenne's tome as its TOP pick for "Cocktail Conversation."

Yenne's Rising Sons: The Japanese American GIs Who Fought for the United States in World War II, was praised by Walter Boyne, former Director of the National Air & Space Museum, who called it "a fast moving... page turner," and the "best book yet written on the saga."

The Wall Street Journal wrote, when reviewing his Indian Wars: The Campaign for the American West, that Yenne writes with "cinematic vividness," and says of his work that it "has the rare quality of being both an excellent reference work and a pleasure to read."

The author lives in San Francisco, California, and on the web at www.BillYenne.com

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Reviews

[booklady · Rating 4 out of 5]

In Glacier National Park Bill Yenne has compiled an excellent addition to the Images of America series. And he certainly seems the one to have been assigned with writing a photo-history of Glacier as he was born and raised in the shadow of the park. There are a number of pictures which show Bill, his father, and his children, as well as photos taken by him.

Mostly it showed me how little of the park we actually saw during our recent visit and that it would take three generations—or more—to even scratch the surface of the beauty of ‘this garden in the sky’ which can boast its own song, ‘Glacier Park Song’. As an adjective, breathtaking doesn’t do it justice. When can I go back?! ☺

[Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was fun! the photos and history are incredible. And the captions are so fun I love how snippy Yenne is about incorrect naming like bird woman falls (named for the meaning of sacajawea’s name) was never visited or seen by sacajawea and bear grass (common name) is neither a grass not eaten by bears v fun. Also loved the story and context for the taxidermied furry fish :D
could have included more history of the native peoples and how their treaty rights have been upheld or more often impinged upon but perhaps was beyond the scope to go in depth but could have been mentioned