Wonderlandscape Lib/E: Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon

by John Clayton, Arthur Morey (Reader)

Audio CD

Published June 18, 2019

About the author

John Clayton's book Wonderlandscape: Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon is being reissued as a Pegasus paperback in June 2026. It arose because John has lived for decades years on the outskirts of Yellowstone, watching how his houseguests and others react to the world's first national park. What makes Yellowstone famous? And how has that changed over the years? John is also the author of Natural Rivals: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the Creation of America’s Public Lands (Pegasus, 2019). The Wall Street Journal said of Natural Rivals, "Mr. Clayton writes with clarity, passion and insight." John’s previous books include Stories from Montana's Enduring Frontier, a collection of essays on Montana history, and The Cowboy Girl, a biography of the Montana/Wyoming novelist, journalist, and homesteader Caroline Lockhart. John writes regularly for Mountain Journal, The Montana Quarterly, Trails, Big Sky Journal, and his email newsletter Natural Stories. He graduated from Williams College and has lived in Montana for the past 36 years.