TY - BOOK AB - 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. AU - Duncan, Dayton. AU - Burns, Ken, CN - SB482.A4 CN - SB482.A4 CY - New York : DA - 2009. ET - 1st ed. ID - 334125 KW - National parks and reserves KW - National parks and reserves KW - Nature conservation KW - Interviews N1 - Maps on endpapers. N1 - "Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, written by Dayton Duncan." N2 - 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. PB - Alfred A. Knopf, PP - New York : PY - 2009. SN - 9780307268969 SN - 0307268969 T1 - The national parks :America's best idea : an illustrated history / TI - The national parks :America's best idea : an illustrated history / ER -