The National Parks: America's Best Idea

The National Parks: America's Best Idea - Season 1 Episode 4

The National Parks: America's Best Idea 2009 -

Title: The National Parks: America's Best Idea - Season 1 Episode 4
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
Cast: Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco, Peter Coyote, Amy Madigan, Tom Hanks, Murphy Guyer
Crew: Ken Burns (Director), Ken Burns (Producer), Julie A. Dunfey (Producer), Dayton Duncan (Writer)
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Keyword: national park, nature, america

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.

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First Air Date: Sep 27, 2009 Last Air date: Oct 02, 2009 Season: 1 Season Episode: 6 Episode Runtime: 120:14 minutes Quality: HD IMDb: 2.8 / 10 by 19 users Popularity: 7.3615 Language: en

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1. The Scripture of Nature (1851-1890)2009-09-27
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2. The Last Refuge (1890-1915)2009-09-28
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3. The Empire of Grandeur (1915-1919)2009-09-29
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4. Going Home (1920-1933)2009-09-30
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5. Great Nature (1933-1945)2009-10-01
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6. The Morning of Creation (1946-1980)2009-10-02
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The National Parks: America's Best Idea - Season 1 Episode 4

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