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02576aam a2200385 i 4500 001 C7A00D00E45E11E6907227C6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170127010115 007 n 008 100604s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 0307268969 020 $a 9780307268969 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Duncan, Dayton. 245 14 $a The national parks : $b America's best idea : an illustrated history / $c by Dayton Duncan ; with a preface by Ken Burns. 250 $a 1st ed. 264 1 $a New York : $b Alfred A. Knopf, $c 2016. 300 $a xix, 403 p. : $b ill. (some col.) ; $c 29 cm. 500 $a "Based on a film by Ken Burns produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, written by Dayton Duncan.". 500 $a Presidented in Honor of Junior Boles 84th Birthday on Aug 26,2016 by Life time friend Jerry Kaiman. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-390) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a 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. 541 $d 20161102. 583 $a cat $c 20100604 $k dss $x ysnp. 610 10 $a United States $b National Park Service $x History. 650 $a Interviews $z United States. 650 0 $a Nature conservation $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a United States $x History, Local. 650 0 $a National parks and reserves $z United States $x History. 700 $a Burns, Ken. 856 $u http://bvbm2.bib-bvb.de:8993/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=018620475&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA $3 null 941 $a 1 952 $l XHPD657 $d 20170127014427.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C7A00D00E45E11E6907227C6DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search