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The national parks : America's best idea : an illustrated history / by Dayton Duncan ; with a preface by Ken Burns ; picture research by Susanna Steisel and Aileen Silverstone.

Duncan, Dayton. (Author). Burns, Ken, 1953- National parks. (Added Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780307268969
ISBN: 9780307268969 :
ISBN: 0307268969
Physical Description: xix, 403 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm + 1 color map/poster (39 x 54 cm, folded to 27 x 20 cm)
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. Maps on endpapers. "Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, written by Dayton Duncan."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-390) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Our best selves : 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 -- The best day.