Architectural Guidebook to the National Parks - California, Oregon, Washington California, Oregon, Washington

Harvey Kaiser first caught my attention with "The Great Camps Of The Adirondacks" which were the precursors to the National Park System's own architecture. Kaiser thoroughly guides the reader through detailed architecture in most of the great parks in the western states (California, Washing and Oregon). Form, content, structure, function combined with natural beauty and history are explored in detail with photographs and architectural diagrams. Very few buildings are missed. History of each park is also included giving the reader more than just an architectural lesson, but a journey through the nation's greatest man-made treasures in the nation's greatest natural parks.