National Parks: The American Experience has never been more beautiful or profound

When Theodore receives a postcard from his dead mother he sets out to track her down

a late-night encounter with her creepy neighbor swiftly puts an end to Abby’s frustrations

and Princess Leia would have been executed by Darth Vader on the Death Star

Songs of the Doomed Mood Disorders National Parks: The American ExperienceWith Thompson's trademark insight and passion about the state of American politics and culture, Songs of the Doomed charts the long, strange trip from Kennedy to Quayle in Thompson's freewheeling, inimitable style. Spanning four decades 1950 to 1990 Thompson is at the top of his form while fleeing New York for Puerto Rico, riding with the Hell's Angels, investigating Las Vegas sleaze, grappling with the "Dukakis problem," and finally, detailing his