David Petersen

Describes the formation of the remarkable canyons in this national park in Arizona and discusses other things to see and do there.

Describes the history, sights, and facilities of Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Describes the geological history, sights, and facilities of Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park.

Describes the formation and features of the canyons created by the force of the Colorado and Green Rivers in Utah.

Describes the landscape and wildlife of Rocky Mountain National Park, created in 1915 and featuring mountains, rivers, lakes, and tundra.

Depicts the wildlife, mountains, glaciers, wildfowers, and other sights protected by the Waterton-Glacier Park, an international park created in 1932 by the Canadian and American governments.

Twenty-five years ago David Petersen and his wife, Caroline, pulled up stakes, trading Laguna Beach, California, for a snug hand-built cabin in the wilderness. Today he knows that mountain land as intimately as anyone can know his home. Petersen conflates a quarter century into the adventures of four high-country seasons, tracking the rigors of survival from the snowmelt that announces the arrival of spring to the decline and death of autumn and...

Depicts the scenery and wildlife at Death Valley National park and recounts the efforts to save the area from destruction by mining.