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Benchmarks: August 25, 1916: The National Park Service is established


Benchmarks: August 25, 1916: The National Park Service is established
by Lucas Joel
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Yosemite Valley with Half Dome in the background. Although Yellowstone was the first national park, the idea of national parks can be traced to the federal government s 1864 decision to grant care of Yosemi­te to the state of California. Credit: AngMoKio, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The U.S. national parks are sanctuaries where one can find refuge in nature and marvel at its grandeur from the glacially sculpted granitic monoliths of California’s Yosemite to the watery wilderness of Florida’s Everglades. This August, the agency that works to ensure the parks preservation for future generations, the National Park Service (NPS), celebrates its 100th anniversary. ....

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10 Fascinating Facts About 'The Call of the Wild'


(Updated: April 1, 2021)
The Call of the Wild catapulted author Jack London to literary fame. The book follows a dog named Buck who’s forced from his cushy life in California to the Klondike Gold Rush, where he adapts and begins to thrive despite cruel conditions. The novel was one of the most popular books of the 20th century and made London the highest-paid writer of his time. Here are a few more facts about this 1903 bestseller.
1. Before writing
The Call of the Wild, Jack London was rejected 664 times.
As a young man in the slums of Oakland, California, London threw himself into writing. He later said, “On occasion I composed steadily, day after day, for 15 hours a day. At times I forgot to eat, or refused to tear myself away from my passionate outpouring in order to eat.” At first, this deluge yielded nothing but rejection. London would impale every rejection slip on a spindle in his writing room and soon had a column of paper four feet high. In fact, h ....

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