Name: The National Parks: America's Best Idea
Genre: Documentary
Released: 02 Oct 2009
Rating: 7.90
Cast: Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco, Peter Coyote, Amy Madigan, Tom Hanks

Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Sep 27, 2009

1 - 1

The Scripture of Nature (1851-1890) Sep 27, 2009
1 - 2

The Last Refuge (1890-1915) Sep 28, 2009
1 - 3

The Empire of Grandeur (1915-1919) Sep 29, 2009
1 - 4

Going Home (1920-1933) Sep 30, 2009
1 - 5

Great Nature (1933-1945) Oct 01, 2009
1 - 6

The Morning of Creation (1946-1980) Oct 02, 2009

0 Season 0 Jan 01, 1970

0 - 1

The Scripture Of Nature: Extra Jan 01, 1970
0 - 2

The Last Refuge: Extra Jan 01, 1970
0 - 3

The Empire of Grandeur: National Parks Timeline Jan 01, 1970
0 - 4

The Empire of Grandeur: Peace At Last/Across The Ocean Jan 01, 1970
0 - 5

The Empire of Grandeur: Horizons Jan 01, 1970
0 - 6

The Empire of Grandeur: Green Groves Of Erin Jan 01, 1970
0 - 7

The Empire of Grandeur: The Shores Of Ogygia Jan 01, 1970
0 - 8

The Empire of Grandeur: Teddy Bear's Picnic Jan 01, 1970
0 - 9

Going Home: An Interview with Nevada Barr Jan 01, 1970
0 - 10

Going Home: "The Boss" Jan 01, 1970
0 - 11

Great Nature: Extra Jan 01, 1970
0 - 12

The Morning of Creation: Mount Rushmore Jan 01, 1970
0 - 13

The Morning of Creation: Yosemite's Buffalo Soldiers Jan 01, 1970
0 - 14

The Morning of Creation: San Antonio Missions, Keeping History Alive Jan 01, 1970
0 - 15

The Morning of Creation: Manzanar - Never Again Jan 01, 1970
0 - 16

The Morning of Creation: City Kids In National Parks Jan 01, 1970

Overview

While visiting the parks was once predominantly the domain of Americans wealthy enough to afford the high-priced train tours, the advent of the automobile allows more people than ever before to visit the parks. Mather embraces this opportunity and works to build more roads in the parks. Some park enthusiasts, such as Margaret and Edward Gehrke of Nebraska, begin "collecting" parks, making a point to visit as many as they can. In North Carolina, Horace Kephart, a reclusive writer, and George Masa, a Japanese immigrant, launch a campaign to protect the last strands of virgin forest in the Smoky Mountains by establishing it as a park. In Wyoming, John D. Rockefeller Jr. begins quietly buying up land in the Teton Mountain Range and valley in a secret plan to donate it to the government as a park.

Year 2009

Studio PBS

Director

Crew Ken Burns (Director), Ken Burns (Producer), Julie A. Dunfey (Producer), Dayton Duncan (Writer)

Popularity 1.7473

Language English