A Place Called Yellowstone: An Evening of Conversation between Randall Wilson and Peter Stark

In the Cooper Room:
A reading of and discussion about Yellowstone National Park as a national icon, and its history of conflict and exclusion, tensions between commercialism and environmental conservation, and what its history must tell about the future of the crown jewel of the National Park System. Randall K. Wilson, the author of “A Place Called Yellowstone: The Epic History of the World’s First National Park,” has been named the winner of the New York Historical’s 2025 Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize, which is given annually for the best work of American history or biography. Peter Stark is an adventure and exploration writer and historian. A long-time correspondent for Outside magazine, Stark’s articles and essays have also appeared in Smithsonian, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Men’s Journal, and many others. His most recent book is Gallop Toward the Sun: Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison’s Struggle for the Destiny of a Nation.