“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

"The Best Idea We Ever Had" Marking the Sparrow's Fall: The Making of the American West, page 137

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American historian, writer, and environmentalist 1909–1993

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