The National Parks ... richness of the national parks. Accompanying the series is a companion book, written by Dayton Duncan, and introduced by Ken Burns, which has been published by Alfred ...
Meet some of the remarkable individuals whose vision, dedication, sacrifice – and sometimes even obsession – have helped to create America's national parks ... from Ken Burns and Florentine ...
Writer and producer Dayton Duncan has collaborated with Ken Burns ... the parks were a perfect topic for us to deal with as filmmakers. I told Ken: "Well, like baseball, like jazz, national ...
as she has a passion for this country's national parks and for the continuing preservation of its undeveloped land. It is this passion combined with the opportunity to work with Ken Burns again ...
National parks do more than preserve our nation's natural and cultural heritage; they enrich lives, enhance learning and provide inspiration in an increasingly challenging and complex world.
Mather accepted the challenge. As assistant to Lane in charge of the parks, he began a crusade to mold a haphazard collection of national parks into a cohesive system and to create a federal ...
Albright, as much as his boss and mentor Stephen Mather, was responsible for molding the national parks into a unified system after the creation of the National Park Service in 1916. Stephen ...
Ken Burns has been making documentary films for ... The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson; The War; The National Parks: America’s Best Idea; The Roosevelts: An Intimate History; Jackie Robinson ...
They were sent to Sequoia and General Grant National Parks as part of the army's role at the time of protecting national parks, and Young was named acting superintendent, making him the first ...