From Ken Burn’s latest film and book project, The National Parks book is a treasure trove celebrating America’s public national parks and monuments. Of course, the photos pull you right in and are as majestic and amazing as you would hope for, from the earliest sepia toned prints to the full color double page spreads that grace this wonderful book.

This book is certainly more than that – it is a journey and collective journal documenting the vision, creation and birth of national public lands for all Americans to enjoy as their birthright.

Throughout the book are extensive interviews, anecdotes and histories of many dedicated people so enthralled by this grandeur of American beauty that it became their life’s work.

Historic figures Theodore Roosevelt, John D. Rockefeller and John Muir to quiet students or adrenaline fueled adventure seekers, all responded in profound ways that changed the course of their lives to build our park system with guidance and stewardship as its cornerstone. These ideals and values are sustained by new generations of nature lovers.

For all who go adventuring in our national parks and monuments or from the comfort of a chair, this book will enrich and delight anyone who loves beauty and that is everyone.

Marilyn S

The National Parks: America's Best Idea (Hardcover)

By Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan

$50.00

ISBN-13: 9780307268969
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Published: Knopf, 9/2009

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