The National Parks and Other Wild Places of Canada

Rating:
Summary: Out of focus
Review: Despite there being a plethora of books on the National Parks of the US, there are very few books available which focus on Canada. This book has a good editorial review, so I was very much looking forward to receiving it. However, I was quite disappointed when I received it. Although it is advertised as having "breath-taking" photographs, most of the photos are rather poor. The larger ones are mostly out of focus and look like they've been taken on a cheap compact camera (this may be due to poor printing and not poor photography). In this age of great photographic and printing technology, I can't understand why such poor quality photos are still published. The text is informative and well written, but rather brief. The park-maps are too small and devoid of any detail: they basically only show the location, the rough shape of the boundary, the roads, and sometimes a couple of lakes. After reading this book, I still feel that I do not have a real idea about what most of the National Parks of Canada are like.