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The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009-09-26T16:29:10-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvYjgyXC8yODkxMjUtMTUtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan talked about their book The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (Knopf; (September 8, 2009). The book is a companion to their documentary film which would premier on PBS the next day.
This was a 4:35 p.m. program in the History and Biography Pavilion of the 9th annual National Book Festival, held on the National Mall.
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Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan talked about their book The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (Knopf; (September 8, 2009). The book is a compa…
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Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan talked about their book The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (Knopf; (September 8, 2009). The book is a companion to their documentary film which would premier on PBS the next day.
This was a 4:35 p.m. program in the History and Biography Pavilion of the 9th annual National Book Festival, held on the National Mall.
Included in program ID 289125-1 close
This was a 4:35 p.m. program in the History and Biography Pavilion of the 9th annual National Book Festival, held on the National Mall.
Included in program ID 289125-1
Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan talked about their book The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (Knopf; (September 8, 2009). The book is a compa… read more
Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan talked about their book The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (Knopf; (September 8, 2009). The book is a companion to their documentary film which would premier on PBS the next day.
This was a 4:35 p.m. program in the History and Biography Pavilion of the 9th annual National Book Festival, held on the National Mall.
Included in program ID 289125-1 close
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