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.
2009
SB482.A4 D85 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
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.
Author
Duncan, Dayton.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780307268969
0307268969
0307268969
Publication Details
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xix, 403 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm. + 1 col. map/poster (39 x 54 cm., folded to 27 x 20 cm.)
Call Number
SB482.A4 D85 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
333.78/30973
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.
Note
Maps on endpapers.
"Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, written by Dayton Duncan."
"Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, written by Dayton Duncan."
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-391) and index.
Added Author
Burns, Ken, 1953- National parks.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.