Traveling Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road is an experience like no other. Laborers toiled for nearly 20 years to complete the 50-mile road that winds an impossible route through the heart of Glacier. One of the most scenic highways in the world, this marvel of engineering set the standard for all national parks. C. W. Guthrie tells the intriguing tale of the history and the construction of the epic Going-to-the-Sun Road. Includes more than 60 black-and-white historic and color photographs, maps.
AWARDS: First Place, Association of Partners for Public Lands, 2006
Going-to-the-Sun Road: Glacier National Park's Highway to the Sky
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Author(s)C. W. Guthrie
PublisherFarcountry Press
ISBN / ASIN1560373350
ISBN-139781560373353
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank199,611
CategoryHistory
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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