![]() ![]() Albright, and wealthy industrialists who Mather persuaded to help him champion the park system. This episode covers the creation of the National Park Service and the influence of its early leaders Stephen Mather and Horace M. Additionally, it offers a lengthy discussion of how Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks were created and shows how John Muir became their eloquent defender. The episode shows the beauty of Yosemite Valley and the geyser wonderland of Yellowstone. ![]() ![]() Shelton Johnson, a National Park ranger, was also featured. Peter Coyote is the narrator of all episodes, with first-person voices supplied by Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco, Kevin Conway, Andy GarcĂa, Tom Hanks, Derek Jacobi, Clay Jenkinson, John Lithgow, Josh Lucas, Carolyn McCormick, Campbell Scott, Gene Jones, George Takei, Eli Wallach and Sam Waterston. A companion book ( ISBN 978-0307268969) was released alongside. The series won two 2010 Emmy Awards one for Outstanding Nonfiction Series and one for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming in Episode 2 "The Last Refuge". The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a 2009 television documentary miniseries by director/producer Ken Burns and producer/writer Dayton Duncan which features the United States National Park system and traces the system's history. ![]()
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