including national parks, monuments, historic sites, and other park areas

Browse below for books on National Park System areas in Virgin Islands,
or click for Buck Island Reef National Monument   Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument   Virgin Islands National Park.

THE CONCH BOOK. by Dee Carstarphen.
All you ever wanted to know about the Queen Conch from gestation to gastronomy: Identification of kinds, history, biology, collecting, cooking. What the conch eats, how it travels, how predators threaten it and how it resists; the conch shell horn; conch pearls; conch fishery and harvesting; cleaning and cooking, with recipes. Written in non-technical style. Drawings, 80 pages.
ISBN: 0-9607544-0-7. Order #: BANY2190 paper$6.95.

 

 

CORALS: the sea's great builders. by The Cousteau Society.
Life of corals and the coral reefs they build in the sea; for children. Part plant and part animal, coral polyps build great but complex stony structures, often ringing islands. They hide in the daylight, then come out at night to poison their enemies and catch food. Other animals take advantage of the reefs the corals create, occupying nooks and crannies to escape enemies or surprise prey. Color photos, 28 pages.
ISBN: 0-671-77068-3. Order #: SISC8071 cloth $12.00.

 

KNOW YOUR UNDERWATER EXPLORATION. by Neil Arley.
Aspects of the marine world, like space a last frontier for humans to explore; history of exploration and more recent methods with SCUBA and submersible exploration vehicles. Investigating shipwrecks on the sea floor, searching for treasure, legends of the sea, and a projection to the future of the oceans. Color photos and drawings, 48 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-528-87019-X. 1977. Order #: RAMC3691 paper $3.95.

 

 

REEF FISH: behaviour and ecology on the reef and in the aquarium. by Ronald E. Thresher.
Guide to many species found on or around western Atlantic reefs. Gives information on food habits, habitat preferences, general behavior, social organization, and reproductive biology. This information can allow the aquarist to make an intelligent and informed decisions about what fish to obtain and what if any problems might be encountered. Map, drawings, color photos, 171 pages, index. 
ISBN: 0-915096-09-9. 1980. Order #: ZZXS5184 cloth $17.95.

 

 

VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK: the story behind the scenery(VI). Robinson.
White sands, reefs, plantation history. Includes Buck Island Reef National Monument. 105 color photos, 48 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-916122-14-X. 1982.Third printing. Order #: KCPU0728 paper$8.95.

 

 

 

WORTHWHILE PLACES: correspondence of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Horace M. Albright. edited by Joseph W. Ernst.
Illustrates a remarkable public-private partnership that helped shape our national park system, documented through 211 letters covering a 36-year period. Rockefeller and Albright shared a common concern and love of America;s natural had historic heritage and combined the opportunities of both the private sector by Rockefeller and the public one of Albright, a National Park Service director who remained active in parks conservation his entire life. Parks involved include--in some cases as to their establishment: Acadia, Grand Teton, Great Smoky Mountains, Yosemite, Virgin Islands as well as other areas such as the California Big Trees, Florida's Bald Cypress Swamp, and Virginia's Colonial Williamsburg. Photographs, maps, 366 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-8032-1330-7. 1991. /Order #: MISC2732 paper $65.00.

 

 

List of National Park System areas in Virgin Islands:
Buck Island Reef National Monument
Christiansted National Historic Site
Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve
Virgin Islands National Park
Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument

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