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"Just as many of the lands that make up today's national parks were the spiritual homes for the indigenous tribes who lived there, they had a profound and often spiritual impact on the settlers who first saw them and on the visionaries who fought tirelessly to preserve them as the common property of the American people," said [Ken Burns]. "They saw in them a visual, tangible representation of God's majesty, Our film celebrates the beauty of these parks and the vision and foresight of the men and women who made sure that this land would be preserved."
"Each park is unique and has its own fascinating historical story,' said [Dayton Duncan], who has visited all but one of America's 58 national parks and who is the author of the companion book, to be published by Alfred Knopf. "But they are all connected by the transformative idea that they belong to each of us, providing a shared place thatViewers are treated to an array of intriguing locations from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska - the documentary is nonetheless a story of people from every conceivable background: rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs, people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved and in doing so, reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.See the full content of this document
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'The National Parks: America's Best Idea'
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has received almost universal praise for his latest work, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," which recently ai...
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