Camping with the President
- ISBN-10
- 1590784979
- ISBN-13
- 9781590784976
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Calkins Creek Books
- Author
- Ginger Wadsworth
Description
Describes how President Theodore Roosevelt, on a camping trip with naturalist John Muir in Yosemite National Park, decided to support conservation, setting aside new national parks to preserve wilderness lands for future generations.
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