"The Emmy-winning CBS Sunday Morning correspondent chronicles his year traveling to every one of our National Parks, discovering the most beautiful places and most interesting people that America has to offer. When Conor Knighton decided to spend a year wandering through America's "best idea," he was worried the whole thing might end up being his worst idea. But after a broken engagement and a broken heart, Conor desperately needed a change of scenery....

With wit, heartwarming stories and a keen insight into new and exciting ways to see both the past and the future of the country, the actor, writer and woodworker takes a literary journey to America's frontier to celebrate the people and landscape that have made it great.

Narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire of August, 1910, and Teddy Roosevelt's pioneering conservation efforts that helped turn public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, though it changed the mission of the forest service with consequences felt in the fires of today.

August has been sober since the death of his nineteen-year-old son. A burned-out teacher, he has spent his summers on the road, but getting to Yellowstone this year is more important than ever. Initially, he had planned on taking the trip with his son, but instead, he's taking the ashes. On the road, he unexpectedly ends up with passengers; two orphans with nowhere to go. Unforeseen to all of them is the bond that is formed between them, and how they...