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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. by Duncan, Dayton   Publisher:  New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2009. Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xix, 403 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm. Contents:  Preface: 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 -- Afterword: The best day. Notes:  Maps on endpapers. "Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, written by Dayton Duncan." 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. Added Authors:  Burns, Ken, 1953- National parks. ISBN:  9780307268969 0307268969 LCCN:  2009020880 No. of Requests:  1 Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Main Library - Dayton New Books 333.783 D911N 2009 Checked out 02/18/2010 Request This Item Only Add Copy to MyList Belmont Library Nonfiction 333.783 D911N 2009 Available   Request This Item Only Add Copy to MyList Brookville Library Nonfiction 333.783 D911N 2009 Available   Request This Item Only Add Copy to MyList Burkhardt Library Nonfiction 333.783 D911N 2009 Checked out 02/22/2010 Request This Item Only Add Copy to MyList Dayton View Library Nonfiction 333.783 D911N 2009 Available   Request This Item Only Add Copy to MyList E.C. Doren Library Nonfiction 333.783 D911N 2009 Available   Request This Item Only Add Copy to MyList East Library Nonfiction 333.783 D911N 2009 Checked out 02/23/2010 Request This Item Only Add Copy to MyList Ft. McKinley Library Nonfiction 333.783 D911N 2009 Available   Request This Item Only Add Copy to MyList Huber Heights Library Nonfiction 333.783 D911N 2009 Checked out 02/23/2010 Request This Item Only Add Copy to MyList Kettering Moraine Library Nonfiction 333.783 D911N 2009 Checked out 02/13/2010 Request This Item Only Add Copy to MyList More Results: 1 2 3 Next Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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