TheNationalParks:America'sBestIdea

作者 Dayton Duncan著
出版社 KnopfDoubledayPublishingGroup
出版时间 2009年9月
ISBN 9780307268969
定价 513.10

内容简介

Thecompanionvolumetothetwelve-hourPBSseriesfromtheacclaimedfilmmakerbehindTheCivilWar,Baseball,andTheWarAmerica’snationalparksspringfromanideaasradicalastheDeclarationofIndependence:thatthenation’smostmagnificentandsacredplacesshouldbepreserved,notforroyaltyortherich,butforeveryone.Inthisevocativeandlavishlyillustratednarrative,KenBurnsandDaytonDuncandelveintothehistoryoftheparkidea,fromthefirstsightingbywhitemenin1851ofthevalleythatwouldbecomeYosemiteandthecreationoftheworld’sfirstnationalparkatYellowstonein1872,throughthemostrecentadditionstoasystemthatnowencompassesnearlyfourhundredsitesand84millionacres.Theauthorsrecounttheadventures,mythmaking,andintensepoliticalbattlesbehindtheevolutionoftheparksystem,andtheenduringidealsthatfostereditsgrowth.Theycapturetheimportanceandsplendorsoftheindividualparks:fromHaleakalainHawaiitoAcadiainMaine,fromDenaliinAlaskatotheEvergladesinFlorida,fromGlacierinMontanatoBigBendinTexas.Andtheyintroduceustoadiversecastofcompellingcharacters—bothunsungheroesandfamousfiguressuchasJohnMuir,TheodoreRoosevelt,andAnselAdams—whohavebeentransformedbythesespecialplacesandcommittedthemselvestosavingthemfromdestructionsothattherestofuscouldbetransformedaswell.TheNationalParksisagloriouscelebrationofanessentialexpressionofAmericandemocracy.

作者简介

DaytonDuncan,writerandproducerofTheNationalParks,isanaward-winningauthoranddocumentaryfilmmaker.Hisnineotherbooksinclude,withKenBurns,Horatio’sDriveandLewis&Clark.HehascollaboratedonallofKenBurns’sfilmsfortwentyyearsasawriter,producer,andconsultant.HelivesinWalpole,NewHampshire.KenBurns,directorandproducerofTheNationalParks,foundedhisowndocumentarycompany,FlorentineFilms,in1976.HisfilmsincludeTheWar,Jazz,Baseball,andTheCivilWar,whichwasthehighest-ratedseriesinthehistoryofAmericanpublictelevision.Hisworkhaswonnumerousprizes,includingtheEmmyandPeabodyAwards,andtwoAcademyAwardnominations.HereceivedaLifetimeAchievementEmmyAwardin2008.HelivesinWalpole,NewHampshire.

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