Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales – from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska - “The National Parks: America's Best Idea” is nonetheless a story of people: 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.
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- EN
- First aired
- September 27, 2009
- Last aired
- October 2, 2009
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 6
Season 1
Episodes
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Featuring
Cast & crew
Adam Arkin
Philip Bosco
Peter Coyote
Narrator
Amy Madigan
Tom Hanks
Murphy Guyer
- Written by
- Dayton Duncan
- Produced by
- Ken Burns
Julie A. Dunfey
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