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The National Parks

America's Best Idea

The National Parks( )
Author: Duncan, Dayton
Burns, Ken
ISBN:978-0-375-71210-4
Publication Date:May 2011
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint:Knopf
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $37.50
Book Description:

Based on a masterful PBS series from one of our most treasured filmmakers--a glorious, lavishly illustrated account of the adventures, mythmaking, and intense political battles that led to an essential expression of American democracy. "Beautiful and erudite...[and] how Americans learned (or failed to learn) proper stewardship of nature." --The Washington Post America's national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of...
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Book Details
Pages:432
Detailed Subjects: Travel / Parks & Campgrounds
Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection
History / United States / State & Local / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):9.25 x 11 x 0.95 Inches
Book Weight:3.275 Pounds
Author Biography
Duncan, Dayton (Author)
Ken Burns, July 29, 1953 - Ken Burns was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 29, 1953. Burns attended the alternative campus of Hampshire College in Amherst Massachusetts, graduating with a degree in film making.

After graduating from college, Burns began Florentine Films with a few of his friends, and began creating his first documentary, entitled "The Brooklyn Bridge." This film won an Academy Award in 1982. His most famous work is his "Civil War" series, which has won many various awards. Burns was the first film maker to be inducted into the Society of American Historians, an unprecedented honor.

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