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| The National Parks: America's Best Idea | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Written by | Dayton Duncan |
| Directed by | Ken Burns |
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| Narrated by | Peter Coyote |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Ken Burns Dayton Duncan[2] |
| Running time | 12 hours[2] |
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| Release | September 27 – October 2, 2009[3] |
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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.[2] 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". A companion book (ISBN 978-0307268969) was released alongside.
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- ^ Official website from Public Broadcasting Service