Even apart from their natural beauty, America's National Parks also contain deeply meaningful manmade structures, and in this illustrated guide, Harvey Kaiser takes an architectural tour of such destinations as the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, the Lincoln Memorial, Fort Sumter, and the USS Arizona. Blending facts, anecdotes, and personal observations based on many thousands of miles of travel, Kaiser evokes the spirit of these places while offering a solid understanding of why national park architecture occupies a significant and unique place in American history.