The Beauty and Splendor of North America: Scenic Treasures of Canada and the USA

488 Pages·1995·296.121 MB·English

by  Reader's Digest Association (Canada)

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The Beauty and Splendor of
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CANADlAN STAFF CANADIAN CONTRIBUTORS US. STAFF
Project Editor Writers Project Editor Jill Goetz
Alice Philomena Rutherford Shawn Apel Inge N. Dobelis Alice Gordon
Aleli Balagtas Lea Gordon
Project Art Director Project Art Editor
Vincenza Micheletti Martha Hailey
John McGuffie Joel Musler
Mike McGarry Kenn Kaufman
Project Designer Ken Ramstead Editors B. Cory K1lvert, Jr,
Andree Payette Robert B. Ronald Fred DuBose Scott M. Kraft
Mary Lyn Maiscott
Picture Editor Map Artist David Palmer Howard Millard
Rachel Irwin Ronald Du Repos Associate Editor Frazier Moore
David Diefendorf Richard Nels on
Research Editor Animal Artist
Karla Powell
Wadad Bashour 0l ena Kassian Art Associate
Ronn Ronck
Designer (Maps) Indexer Susan Desser Rollene Saal
Cecile Germain Jane Broderick Project Research Editor Kathy Sagan
Mitchell J Shields
Eileen Einfrank
Copy Editor Susan Spano Wells
Joseph Marchetti Research Editors Henry Wiencek
Canadian Cataloguing in
Kathryn Bonomi Suzanne Winckler
Editorial Assistant Publication Data
Sandra Streepy Burgheim Mel White
Elizabeth Eastman
Main entry under title:
Associate Librarian Map Artist
Production Manager The Beauty and Splendor of
Nettie Seaberry Lazio Kubinyi
Holger Lorenzen North Amenca: Scenic 1rea­
sures of Canada and the USA Editorial Assistant Flower Artist
Production Coordinator
Vita Gardner Susan Desser
Susan Wong
1st Canadian ed.
With special assistance from Bird Artists
Includes index.
ISBN 0-88850-244-3 Senior Staff Editor john Dawson
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