Yellowstone Nights

A group of seven eclectic travelers tours Yellowstone under a seasoned local guide, producing an episodic travelogue of humorous character sketches, scenic description, and light romance. Chapters alternate vivid portrayals of geysers and mountain vistas with satiric observations of tourists and their foibles—the pedantic naturalist, an aspiring poet and an artist, a newlywed pair, and the jocular driver among them—whose misunderstandings and banter drive much of the comedy. The work mixes affectionate local color, tall-tale storytelling, and practical detail about the landscape into a series of anecdotal scenes and reflections.