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By Jessica Winter
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the October 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Documentarian Ken Burns ventures into the most astonishing terrain of his career in The National Parks: America's Best Idea, a 12-hour series covering more than 84 million acres of protected lands.

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