The National Parks
[America's Best Idea]
New York : Random House, [2009]
Format: Audiobook on CD
Edition: Unabridged.
Description: 13 sound discs (15 hr., 28 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War. America's national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation's most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone.
Contents:
Preface: 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 -- Essay: The best day.
Subjects:
United States. National Park Service -- History.
National parks and reserves -- United States -- History.
National parks and reserves -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works.
Nature conservation -- United States -- History.
Interviews -- United States.
United States -- History, Local.
United States -- History, Local -- Pictorial works.
United States. National Park Service -- History.
National parks and reserves -- United States -- History.
National parks and reserves -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works.
Nature conservation -- United States -- History.
Interviews -- United States.
United States -- History, Local.
United States -- History, Local -- Pictorial works.
ISBN:
9781415965559
UPC: 9781415965559
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
CD HISTORY Dun [13 DISC] | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Book on CD Nonfiction | In |
Books on Tape: 8079-CD.
Title from container.
Compact disc.
"Based on a Ken Burns film produced by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, written by Dayton Duncan."
Sound recording.
Read by Danny Campbell.
Title from container.
Compact disc.
"Based on a Ken Burns film produced by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, written by Dayton Duncan."
Sound recording.
Read by Danny Campbell.