Author

Contributions

  • Burns, Ken, 1953- - Contributor

Publication

2009 - Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

100,750 words, Guess

Page Count

403 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivenationalparksame00dayt
  • ISBN-100307268969
  • ISBN-139780307268969
  • LibraryThing8677315
  • Goodreads6519311
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Classifications

  • DDC333.78/30973
  • LCCSB482.A4 D85 2009
  • LCCSB482.A4D85 2009

Description

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.

Subjects

Genres

  • Pictorial works

Other Editions

  • The national parks: America's best idea : an illustrated historyAlfred A. Knopf2009-01-01

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