Lee H. Whittlesey

About The Author

Lee H. Whittlesey is the former historian for Yellowstone National Park and the author or editor of numerous books including Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park; Myth and History in the Creation of Yellowstone National Park; and A Yellowstone Album: a Photographic Celebration of the First National Park.

Books by Lee H. Whittlesey

Ho! For Wonderland

Travelers' Accounts of Yellowstone, 1872-1914

Edited by Lee H. Whittlesey and Elizabeth A. Watry / Foreword by Schullery Paul
Since it became the world's first national park in 1872, Yellowstone has welcomed tourists from all corners of the globe who returned to their hometowns and countries with reports of this American wonderland. Stories from the park's earliest visitors began to spread so rapidly that by 1897 Yellow...
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