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The national parks : = America's best idea : an illustrated history /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The national parks :/ by Dayton Duncan ; with a preface by Ken Burns.
Reminder of title:	America's best idea : an illustrated history /
Author:	Duncan, Dayton.
other author:	Burns, Ken,
Published:	New York :Alfred A. Knopf, : 2009.,
Description:	xix, 403 p. :ill. (some col.) ;29 cm.
Notes:	"Based on a film by Ken Burns produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, written by Dayton Duncan."
[NT 15003449]:	Preface: A treasure house of nature's superlatives -- The scripture of nature -- Homeland : an interview with Gerard Baker -- For the benefit of the people -- Transcendence : an interview with Shelton Johnson -- Empire of grandeur -- Stories of discovery : an interview with Nevada Barr -- Going home -- Redefining beauty : an interview with Paul Schullery -- Great nature -- Democracy at its best : an interview with Juanita Greene -- The morning of creation -- This is what we loved : an interview with Terry Tempest Williams -- Essay: The best day.
Subject:	National parks and reserves - History. - United States -
Subject:	United States - History, Local. -
ISBN:	9780307268969 :

The national parks : = America's best idea : an illustrated history /
Duncan, Dayton.

The national parks :America's best idea : an illustrated history /by Dayton Duncan ; with a preface by Ken Burns. - 1st ed. - New York :Alfred A. Knopf,2009. - xix, 403 p. :ill. (some col.) ;29 cm.

"Based on a film by Ken Burns produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, written by Dayton Duncan."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-391) and index.

Preface: A treasure house of nature's superlatives -- The scripture of nature -- Homeland : an interview with Gerard Baker -- For the benefit of the people -- Transcendence : an interview with Shelton Johnson -- Empire of grandeur -- Stories of discovery : an interview with Nevada Barr -- Going home -- Redefining beauty : an interview with Paul Schullery -- Great nature -- Democracy at its best : an interview with Juanita Greene -- The morning of creation -- This is what we loved : an interview with Terry Tempest Williams -- Essay: The best day.

In this evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valley that would become Yosemite and the creation of the world's first national park at Yellowstone in 1872, through the most recent additions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundred sites and 84 million acres.

ISBN: 9780307268969 :US50.00

LCCN: 2009020880Subjects--Corporate Names:

578592
United States.
National Park Service--History.Subjects--Topical Terms:

738204
National parks and reserves
--History.--United StatesSubjects--Geographical Terms:

619200
United States
--History, Local.

LC Class. No.: SB482.A4 / D85 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 333.78/30973

The national parks : = America's best idea : an illustrated history /
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