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- 1. The Scripture of Nature (1851-1890) Sep 27, 2009
- California's Yosemite Valley; first national park is Yellowstone.
- 2. The Last Refuge (1890-1915) Sep 28, 2009
- President Theodore Roosevelt champions the national parks.
- 3. The Empire of Grandeur (1915-1919) Sep 29, 2009
- The National Park Service is established in 1916; Grand Canyon.
The National Parks: America's Best Idea is story of an idea as American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical. Full documentary by Ken Burns now...
The National Parks: America's Best Idea: With Peter Coyote, William Cronon, Dayton Duncan, Shelton Johnson. The history of the U.S. National Parks system, including the initial ideas which led to the world's first national parks and the expansion of the system over 150 years.
The National Parks: 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. [2]
The National Parks: America's Best Idea is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special...
Explore historical images of the national parks and the people who played a role in preserving them for the future.
Simultaneously a biography of both historical and contemporary characters and a uniquely American idea, this 12-hour, six-part documentary, directed by Ken Burns and co-produced with writer...
America's Best Idea. Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature’s most spectacular locales— from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska— THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable ...
