{"product_id":"lassoing-the-sun-a-year-in-americas-national-parks-9781250105899","title":"Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks\u003c\/strong\u003e by Woods, Mark. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781250105899.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In this remarkable journey, Mark Woods captures the essence of our National Parks: their serenity and majesty, complexity and vitality--and their power to heal.\" --Ken Burns\n\nFor many childhood summers, Mark Woods piled into a station wagon with his parents and two sisters and headed to Americas national parks. Mark’s most vivid childhood memories are set against a backdrop of mountains, woods, and fireflies in places like Redwood, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon national parks.\n\nOn the eve of turning fifty and a little burned-out, Mark decided to reconnect with the great outdoors. Hed spend a year visiting the national parks. He planned to take his mother to a park shed not yet visited and to re-create his childhood trips with his wife and their iPad-generation daughter.\n\nBut then the unthinkable happened: his mother was diagnosed with cancer and given just months to live. Mark had initially intended to write a book about the future of the national parks, but Lassoing the Sun grew into something more: a book about family, the parks, and the legacies we inherit and the ones we leave behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thomas Dunne Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256013185077,"sku":"ByrdShop_1250105897","price":27.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781250105899_8d141831-ac0a-4271-9080-9685baca05ce.jpg?v=1781276113","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/lassoing-the-sun-a-year-in-americas-national-parks-9781250105899","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}