THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Grand Teton | PBS
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National Parks: America's Best Idea
As explored in Ken Burns's newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, many American families have a national park that is special to them. For writer Terry Tempest Williams and her family, Grand Teton is the park that has a special place in their hearts; she shares the stories of her family's connection to the landscape from generation to generation.
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Robert...
Writer, journalist and wilderness activist Robert Sterling Yard once described the national parks as a place where... 01:31
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Ken Burns's newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2,... 02:03
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Truman...
The harrowing story of Vermonter Truman C. Everts, who gets separated from an expedition in Yellowstone. He is found... 05:46
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Ranger...
At the entrance to Yellowstone National Park is a stone arch inscribed with the words "For the benefit and enjoyment... 00:52
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Author Bill Cronon discusses the impact that cars had on family vacations taken in the parks in the 1950s. 01:01
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | The...
Over nearly 30 years, park enthusiasts Margaret and Edward Gehrke from Lincoln, Nebraska, made pilgrimages to national... 04:45
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In July 1929, 90-year-old Maria Lebrado returned to the Yosemite Valley in California for the first time since she... 02:27
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Chiura...
Ken Burns's newest film tells the story of Chiura Obata, a promising young painter whose original intention was to... 05:07
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Park's...
When Congress failed to appropriate money for the park's protection in 1886, General Philip Sheridan sent the US... 03:42
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | George...
George Melendez Wright was the first person in history to propose and conduct a survey of wildlife and plantlife... 03:55
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Over a montage of images of the country's most spectacular landscapes — from the Grand Canyon to Yosemite — writer... 02:26
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Full Program: Filmmaker Ken Burns and his longtime colleague Dayton Duncan take us on a behind the scenes tour of their new PBS... 26:49
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Ranger Gerard Baker talks about Parks being real America 00:35
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Pres. Teddy Roosevelt travels to Yosemite and camps with John Muir. 11:41
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Actor and narrator Adam Arkin talks about his collaborations with filmmaker Ken Burns, and a recent trip to a... 01:55
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Park Ranger Shelton Johnson talks about his love for Yellowstone National Park in an interview before a concert in New... 01:59
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Counting Crows singer Adam Duritz talks about Ken Burns and his favorite documentaries. 01:15
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Gerard Baker, superintendent of Mount Rushmore, talks about his life in the parks, and his heritage. 01:22
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Singer Alison Krauss describes an important and scarring memory of a bird and a national park. 01:48
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Post Date: September 21, 2009





















