000334125 000__ 02603cam\a22004094a\4500 000334125 001__ 334125 000334125 005__ 20210513122202.0 000334125 006__ k---\\\\\\\\\\\\in 000334125 008__ 090519s2009\\\\nyuab\\\\b\\\\001\0deng\\ 000334125 010__ $$a 2009020880 000334125 020__ $$a9780307268969 000334125 020__ $$a0307268969 000334125 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn290466894 000334125 035__ $$a334125 000334125 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dUPZ$$dJST$$dABG$$dMEA$$dCDX 000334125 043__ $$an-us--- 000334125 049__ $$aISEA 000334125 05000 $$aSB482.A4$$bD85 2009 000334125 08200 $$a333.78/30973$$222 000334125 1001_ $$aDuncan, Dayton. 000334125 24514 $$aThe national parks :$$bAmerica's best idea : an illustrated history /$$cby Dayton Duncan ; with a preface by Ken Burns ; picture research by Susanna Steisel and Aileen Silverstone. 000334125 250__ $$a1st ed. 000334125 260__ $$aNew York :$$bAlfred A. Knopf,$$c2009. 000334125 300__ $$axix, 403 p. :$$bill. (some col.), col. maps ;$$c29 cm. +$$e1 col. map/poster (39 x 54 cm., folded to 27 x 20 cm.) 000334125 500__ $$aMaps on endpapers. 000334125 500__ $$a"Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, written by Dayton Duncan." 000334125 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 389-391) and index. 000334125 5050_ $$aOur best selves : a treasure house of nature's superlatives -- The scripture of nature. Homeland : an interview with Gerard Baker -- For the benefit of the people. Transcendence : an interview with Shelton Johnson -- Empire of grandeur. Stories of discovery : an interview with Nevada Barr -- Going home. Redefining beauty : an interview with Paul Schullery -- Great nature. Democracy at its best : an interview with Juanita Greene -- The morning of creation. This is what we loved : an interview with Terry Tempest Williams -- The best day. 000334125 520__ $$aIn 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. 000334125 61010 $$aUnited States.$$bNational Park Service$$xHistory. 000334125 650_0 $$aNational parks and reserves$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000334125 650_0 $$aNational parks and reserves$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$vPictorial works. 000334125 650_0 $$aNature conservation$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000334125 650_0 $$aInterviews$$zUnited States. 000334125 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xHistory, Local. 000334125 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xHistory, Local$$vPictorial works. 000334125 7001_ $$aBurns, Ken,$$d1953-$$tNational parks. 000334125 85200 $$bgen$$hSB482.A4$$iD85$$i2009 000334125 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:334125$$pGLOBAL_SET 000334125 980__ $$aBIB 000334125 980__ $$aBOOK