In the early years of Yellowstone, the situation was so precarious that the Army was called in. Told chronologically, through the stories of key players in the fight for wilderness preservation, “The National Parks” takes us from the first discussions of the park system in the 1860s to the dilemmas of the present day. and yet it is also time shared with the people that we visit these places with.” That makes for an “intimate transmission from generation to generation to generation of the love of place, the love of nation, that the national parks are meant to stand for.” As historian William Cronon tells Duncan and Burns, “In the parks, we experience the immensity.

This is not what the parks’ founders had in mind: Theirs was a crusade for connection. A new law permits concealed and loaded guns in national parks - which many rangers fear will lead to increased wildlife poaching. Their 12-hour series debuts on PBS on Sunday night, and they have also put together a hefty and enlightening companion book.īoth projects come not a moment too soon, for our open spaces are once again under siege. Duncan lives in Walpole, NH, with his family.In “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea” - the subtitle comes from Wallace Stegner’s famous and accurate observation - Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns pay homage to these crown jewels and the people who fought for them. He is the author of twelve books and has collaborated on Ken Burns's films for more than twenty years as a writer, producer, and consultant. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, American Heritage magazine, the Old Farmer¼s Almanac, and many other publications. See moreĭayton Duncan, author and documentary filmmaker, wrote and co-produced, with Ken Burns, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, for which he won two Emmy Awards and was named honorary park ranger by the director of the National Park Service. He is the author of twelve books and has collaborated on Ken Burns's films for more than twenty years as a.

Dayton Duncan, author and documentary filmmaker, wrote and co-produced, with Ken Burns, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, for which he won two Emmy Awards and was named honorary park ranger by the director of the National Park Service.

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