This High, Wild Country
This High, Wild Country
A Celebration of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
For centuries, the spectacular landscapes now protected in Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park have amazed and inspired us. Historian-naturalist Paul Schullery and artist-illustrator Marsha Karle bring us a new and richly textured portrait of this magnificent region and reveal why Waterton-Glacier is a world treasure.
Through Schullery’s text and Karle’s watercolors and drawings, we crisscross the roads and trails of this magnificent wilderness. We learn its deep geological history and encounter its wild residents. And we discover its ever-increasing value as a barometer of planetary health in today’s rapidly changing world.
Schullery, who has been described as the foremost citizen of the American national parks, and Karle, whose art is informed by a National Park Service career in some of North America’s most beautiful landscapes, combine their talents to create a memorable tale of the beauty, power, and peril of this high, wild country.
Paul Schullery is the author, coauthor, or editor of more than forty books on nature, national parks, history, and outdoor sport. He is the recipient of the Wallace Stegner Award and the Roderick Haig-Brown Award, and he wrote and narrated the award-winning PBS film "Yellowstone: America’s Sacred Wilderness." He is currently a scholar-in-residence at Montana State University Library, Bozeman. Marsha Karle’s National Park Service career included assignments in Yellowstone, Denali, Mount Rushmore, Hawaii, Washington D.C., and the Everglades. She became a full-time artist in 2003. She and Schullery have collaborated as artist and author on five books.
