The Yellowstone, Forever!

By David M. Delo

What was the formula for our first national park? Take five ambitious men of Mark Twain's "Gilded Age" (an artist, photographer, geologist, banker and politician), add western exploration and the plan for a $100M railroad, and stir continuously with politics. Before anything settles, add one new idea (a national park) and promote vigorously.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David M. Delo
• Release date: Aug 8, 2011
• ISBN: 9781452481876

David M. Delo

Bio of author David M. Delo I’ve never been great at anything, but I have been around and have had as many failures as I have successes. After college, I was a C.I. agent for NATO (US Army) in Europe. Back in the USA, I became an educational administrator for the American Geological Institute, in Washington, D.C.; a systems analyst and V. P. at Levi Strauss & Co. in San Francisco; owner of a guest ranch in Wyoming; a P. R. writer for a university library in Illinois and grants writer for a not-for-profit organization in Montana; owner of a publishing company (Kingfisher Creations) through which I authored 10 books; and a semi-professional photographer for half a century. I have also been an artist since 1993 and I have been bipolar II since the mid-1960s. I guess you could say I have had a colorful life. Since the turn of the century, I have resided within the world of creativity. My books (and paintings) are my children and my heritage. My action-mysteries are based on my years in Europe. My historical novels are all based on places to which I have ventured, and I still love my protagonists with whom I identify–a geologist, an artist, a photographer, and an intrepid explorer of the west.