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America s best idea is a six episode series produced by ken burns and dayton duncan and written by dayton duncan.
National parks america s best idea book. America s best idea remains hands down the best book about the history of the national parks. America s best idea is a six episode series on the history of the national parks directed by ken burns and written and co produced by dayton duncan. The series won two 2010 emmy awards.
America s best idea book by ken burns. Ten years after it first came out the national parks. Like in the tv series of the same title that it follows almost word for word the story is very well told.
Buy a cheap copy of the national parks. Culture books media are national parks really america s best idea. America s best idea is a 2009 television documentary miniseries by director producer ken burns and producer writer dayton duncan which features the united states national park system and traces the system s history.
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About this book. Ellis is a ford foundation. America s best idea remains hands down the best book about the history of the national parks.
America s national parks spring from an idea as radical as the declaration of independence. The collection of vintage pictures in black and white is remarkable. In the book as in the tv show duncan and burns track america s best idea from its first inklings to the 1871 creation of yellowstone the world s first national park to the truly wondrous proliferation of these natural sites to a total of 84 million acres.
In an excerpt from his forthcoming book leave it as it is nature writer david gessner examines the iconic conservation legacy. The collection of vintage pictures in black and white is remarkable. That the nation s most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved not for royalty or the rich but for everyone.
Free shipping over 10. Ellis reviews the national parks educated at the college of william and mary and yale university joseph j. I ve always wanted to see them for myself but lately i ve developed a desire to know their history.
Like in the tv series of the same title that it follows almost word for word the story is very well told.
