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Glacier Book Club
Featuring
The Father of Glacier National Park
By George Bird Grinnell
Compiled by Hugh Grinnell
 

Glacier Conservancy Executive Director, Doug Mitchell, invites you to join the next Glacier Book Club! The next book the group will be reading is The Father of Glacier National Park, a recently published (March 2020) compilation of George Bird Grinnell's previously unpublished writings, compiled by his cousin, Hugh Grinnell.

Use the link below to register for one of two discussion groups that will feature the author, Hugh Grinnell, who will join Doug and the club members for two nights in July!

The Zoom book group discussions will be on Tuesday, July 7 at 6:30PM MST and Wednesday, July 8 at 6:30PM MST. Registration for each group is limited to 50, so please click one of the links below to get started!

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About The Book
 

The Father of Glacier National Park is a compilation of previously unpublished writings of George Bird Grinnell, compiled by his cousin Hugh Grinnell. George Bird Grinnell was a prolific writer and record-keeper. After a long day’s hunt or exploration, he diligently made time in camp for meticulous journal entries. With his small group of explorers, he discovered and named forty geological features east of the Continental Divide and west of the Blackfeet Reservation. As a result, he wrote a series of articles about his trips from 1885 to 1898 for publication in Forest and Stream. In 1891, he began advocating to protect the area as a national park and led that charge for nearly two decades until successful. His discoveries, publications and leadership led to the creation of Glacier National Park. Cousin Hugh Grinnell compiles first-person narratives from unpublished journal entries, personal correspondence and dozens of articles to tell the early story of Glacier.

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