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A member of The Wilderness Society’s Governing Council since 1995, Mr. Cronon is an environmental historian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A Rhodes Scholar and MacArthur Fellow, he was featured in the 2009 Ken Burns documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea. In his research and writing, Mr. Cronon has traced the idea of ...
Oct 6, 2009 · Audio Review. All six episodes of 'The National Parks: America's Best Idea' on Blu-ray are equipped with a lossless Dolby TrueHD 5.1 soundtrack, and to be honest, this is actually one of the better sounding documentaries to hit the format. As the series is virtually a historical textbook on the National Parks, it isn't surprising that dialogue ...
Jul 29, 2022 · National Parks, Ken Burns, PBS. 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 Dayton Duncan, traces the evolution of national parks beginning in the mid-1800s and follows it over the next 150 years.
THE NATIONAL PARKS, a film by Ken Burns, is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved for everyone. The series traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years, chronicling the addition of ...
Sep 27, 2009 · 10/1/09. $6.99. From PBS - In the midst of an economic catastrophe and then a world war, the national parks provide a source of much-needed jobs and then much-needed peace; the park idea changes to include new places and new ways of thinking; and in Wyoming, battle lines are drawn along the front of the Teton Range.
The National Parks: America’s Best idea, a six-part documentary series from acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, is a breathtaking journey through the nation’s most spectacular landscapes and a celebration of the people - famous and unknown - who fought to save them for future generations to treasure.
Apr 14, 2015 · 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 places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. As such, it follows in the tradition of Burns's exploration of other American inventions, such ...
