Since the first edition of this book was published ten years ago, the U.S. national park system has more than doubled in size, and the National Park Service (NPS) has been subjected to more political manipulation than at any time since the agency was established in 1916. Before 1972, no NPS director had ever been removed for political reasons; sinc
Biography
William C. Everhart according to current NPS director Russell Dickenson, has credentials for commenting on the NPS that "are as good as a man can have." He began his career in the NPS in 1951 as park historian, and after his retirement in 1977 from the position of assistant to the director for policy, he has been a visiting professor at Clemson University and a consultant to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson.