{"product_id":"9781250105899","title":"Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks","description":"\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor many childhood summers, Mark Woods piled into a station wagon with his parents and two sisters and headed to America's 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of turning fifty and a little burned-out, Mark decided to reconnect with the great outdoors. He'd spend a year visiting the national parks. He planned to take his mother to a park she'd not yet visited and to re-create his childhood trips with his wife and their iPad-generation daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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 \u003ci\u003eLassoing the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e grew into something more: a book about family, the parks, and the legacies we inherit and the ones we leave behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034361446640,"sku":"9781250105899","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250105899_p0.jpg?v=1763702422","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250105899","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}