The national parks : America's best idea : an illustrated history by Dayton Duncan ; with a preface by Ken Burns.

By: Duncan, DaytonContributor(s): Burns, Ken, 1953-. National parksMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009Edition: 1st edDescription: xix, 403 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cmISBN: 9780307268969; 0307268969Subject(s): United States. National Park Service -- History | National parks and reserves -- United States -- History | National parks and reserves -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works | Nature conservation -- United States -- History | Interviews -- United States | United States -- History, Local | United States -- History, Local -- Pictorial worksDDC classification: 333.78/30973 LOC classification: SB482.A4 | D85 2009
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.
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333.78 DUNC (Browse shelf) Available 29870

"Based on a Ken Burns film produced by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, written by Dayton Duncan."

Map on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-391) 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.

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