A Bison Runs Through It: Grizzlies, Geysers, and Gridlock in Jackson Hole, Yellowstone, and Cody - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

A witty, scenic, and deeply informed journey through the paradoxes of the American West—where untamed wilderness meets air-conditioned tourism, billionaires, and the occasional bison jam.

When author Roland Rambler set out from Tennessee with his wife and thirteen-year-old son for the thin mountain air of the northern Rockies, he carried the classic western dream: towering granite spires, wide-open sagebrush basins, and frontier grit. What he found was a spectacular land caught between ancient primordial power and modern civilization: where multi-million-year-old volcanic calderas simmer beneath crowded boardwalks, five-star luxury nestles against national park runways, and wild rivers are managed by dedicated volunteers with bottles of clove oil.

In A Bison Runs Through It: Grizzlies, Geysers, and Gridlock in Jackson Hole, Yellowstone, and Cody, Rambler chronicles a family road trip through the legendary landscapes of northwestern Wyoming with sharp humor, keen historical insight, and an eye for the absurd:

• Jackson Hole & Grand Teton: Marvel at peaks that thrust 7,000 feet straight out of the valley floor without the courtesy of foothills, explore the all-woman government that tamed frontier municipal chaos in 1920, and discover how central bankers and billionaires share vinyl diner stools inside historic park lodges.

• Dubois & the Wind River Country: Track Butch Cassidy’s double life through red sandstone badlands, trace the immigrant tie hacks who carved out America’s railroad empire with broad axes, and tour a staggering $100-million private arsenal of armored tanks parked in the sagebrush.

• Thermopolis & Bighorn Basin: Dive into the bare-knuckle paleontology of the 19th-century Bone Wars, soak in ancient geothermal waters built around historic treaties, and discover how forgotten World War II balloon bombs once drifted out of the Pacific sky into remote mining settlements.

• Yellowstone Caldera: Walk the razor’s edge of North America’s largest active volcanic system, dodging scalding mudpots, unpredictable hydrothermal explosions, and miles of crawling crossover gridlock—all while testing the limits of non-air-conditioned park lodgings and roadside convenience-store cuisine.

• Cody & the Frontier Myth: Trace the footsteps of mountain men, John Colter, and Chief Joseph, while unraveling how Buffalo Bill Cody, Theodore Roosevelt, and Albert Bierstadt forged the West into world-famous stagecraft and conservation lore.

Richly layered with frontier history, geological deep time, and the hilarious realities of modern family travel—from forgotten park passes and bone-dry bison burgers to forty-nine-degree river plunges—A Bison Runs Through It is a funny, observant, and indispensable portrait of America's most iconic wild country.

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