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Product Detail

The National Parks: America's Best Idea Blu-ray, Book & CD Set
The National Parks: America's Best Idea Blu-ray, Book & CD Set
Series: Ken Burns
Grade level: All
Closed captioned: Yes
720 min on 6 DVDs 1 CD 432 pps in 1 Book
Expected Availability: 12/23/2009
List $179.99
Member $161.99
 
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Blu-ray
THE NATIONAL PARKS is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved for everyone. The series traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years, chronicling the addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them.

- Directed and produced by Ken Burns

Book
The companion volume to the new Ken Burns film: a sweeping, magnificently illustrated history of the American national park system from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valley that would become Yosemite, to the most recent additions to the 84 million acres that comprise this grand national treasure.

- Five extended interviews with people whose lives have been shaped by their connections to the American landscape (including Terry Tempest Williams).

- A vast array of breathtaking photographs, both archival and contemporary.

CD
THE NATIONAL PARKS is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved for everyone. The series traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years, chronicling the addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them.

- Includes four stunning music videos viewable on your computer (CD-ROM)

Tracks include:

Mallard Island Hymn Peter Ostroushko
The Blue River Waltz Jay Unger and Molly Mason
Sligo Creek Al Petteway
Land of Rest Bobby Horton
Shores of Orgygia - Remix Bobby Horton
Horse Stealing Song Joseph Fire Crow
Late Summer Aire Jacqueline Schwab and Matt Glaser
(Twilight On) The Sangre de Cristos Peter Ostroushko
This Is My Father's World Bobby Horton
Riding the River Al Petteway and Amy White
In Nature's Hands Bobby Horton
Pretty Polly Bobby Horton
Crossing the Platte Dana Robinson
Dunlap's Creek Bobby Horton
Psalm of the Prairie Peter Ostroushko
Beside Brown Waters Bobby Horton
Peace at Last Will Duncan and Bobby Horton
Across the Ocean Will Duncan and Bobby Horton
Land of the Sky Al Petteway and Amy White
The Shores of Orgygia Will Duncan and Bobby Horton.
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Item # WG4705K
2009

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