The national parks : America's best idea : an illustrated history /
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 th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Maps on endpapers. "Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, written by Dayton Duncan." |
| 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.). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-390) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780307268969 : 0307268969 |