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.
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 mos...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
[2009], ©2009.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 403 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm + 1 color map/poster (39 x 54 cm, folded to 27 x 20 cm) |
| Format: | Book |
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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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| Note: | Maps on endpapers. "Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, written by Dayton Duncan." |
| Call Number: | SB482.A4 D85 2009 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-391) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780307268969 0307268969 |