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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.

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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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Main Author: Duncan, Dayton
Other Authors: Burns, Ken, 1953-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
National parks and reserves > United States > History.
National parks and reserves > United States > History > Pictorial works.
United States > History, Local.
United States > History, Local > Pictorial works.
Nature conservation > United States > History.
United States. > National Park Service > History.
Interviews > United States.

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