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The Wonders of America's State Parks

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

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American History Courses

Course Description

Overview

<p>Embark on unforgettable experiences through America’s state parks with best-selling travel writer and globe-trotting journalist Joe Yogerst.</p>

Syllabus

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  • 01: Niagara Falls: America’s Oldest State Park
  • 02: The Pennsylvania Wilds: Wilderness Reborn
  • 03: New York’s Adirondacks: “Forever Wild”
  • 04: Exploring New Hampshire’s White Mountains
  • 05: The Yankee Coast: Plymouth to Montauk
  • 06: New Jersey Pineland Legends and Landscapes
  • 07: The Tidewater South: America’s Birthplace
  • 08: Georgia and Carolina Islands: Lost in Time
  • 09: Southern Appalachian Peaks and Valleys
  • 10: The Florida Keys: Tropical Paradise Parks
  • 11: West Texas: Where the West Is Still Wild
  • 12: Adventures in the Ozarks and Ouachitas
  • 13: State Parks along the Mighty Mississippi
  • 14: Presidential Parks in the Land of Lincoln
  • 15: The Great Lakes: Back from the Brink
  • 16: The Black Hills: Nature and Native Heritage
  • 17: Parks of the Colorado Front Range
  • 18: Southwest Red Rock and Desert Canyon Parks
  • 19: California’s Badlands: Anza-Borrego
  • 20: Big Blue: The Beauty of Lake Tahoe
  • 21: California’s Coastal Redwood Parks
  • 22: Washington’s Orca Islands: The San Juans
  • 23: Alaska’s State Parks: The Last Frontier
  • 24: Hawaii’s Primeval Napali Coast

Taught by

Joe-Yogerst

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