Thecompanion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War
America’s national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation’s most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. 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 recentadditions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundred sites and 84 million acres.
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.
Crater Lake: Mirror of Heaven DVD: The Mirror of Heaven explores the mysteries surrounding this Oregon treasure. Journey to the volcano's fiery center and meet the angry god Llao, Chief of the down-below-world, whose rage led to the destruction of ancient Mt. Mazama.
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. Length : 720 minutes on 6 Discs
Paving The Way-The National Park-to-Park Highway A tour around to 11 States, 12 National Parks in 76 days 1 loop, in the 1920. The filmmaker Brandon Wade presents this perilous, yet humorous story as ordinary people can finally own automobiles but have few paved roads to drive on.
Price: $24.95
Postcard DVD Crater Lake Crater Lake DVD with dramatic footage of Crater Lake National Park along with beautiful music on DVD inside.
Price: $9.95
Screen Saver National Parks America's National Parks, Monuments, Memorials screen saver including perpetual calendar, and 65 full color images and five language interpretive text.
