TY  - BOOK
AU  - Duncan,Dayton
AU  - Burns,Ken
TI  - The national parks: America's best idea : an illustrated history 
SN  - 0307268969
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - United States
KW  - National Park Service
KW  - History
KW  - Interviews
KW  - National parks and reserves
KW  - Pictorial works
KW  - Nature conservation
KW  - History, Local
N1  - "Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, written by Dayton Duncan."; Maps on endpapers; Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-390) and index; 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
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
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