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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duncan, Dayton
Other Authors: Burns, Ken, 1953-
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2009], ©2009.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
National parks and reserves > United States > History.
National parks and reserves > United States > History > Pictorial works.
United States > History, Local.
United States > History, Local > Pictorial works.
Nature conservation > United States > History.
United States. > National Park Service > History.
Interviews > United States.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
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
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.