The big burn : Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America

The big burn : Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America / Timothy Egan.

Narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire of August, 1910, and Teddy Roosevelt's pioneering conservation efforts that helped turn public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, though it changed the mission of the forest service with consequences felt in...

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Main Author: Egan, Timothy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919.
Pinchot, Gifford, > 1865-1946.
United States. > National Park Service > History.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Conservationists > United States > Biography.
Forest conservation > United States > History.
Nature conservation > United States > History.
National parks and reserves > United States > History.
Forest fires > Montana > History.
Forest fires > Idaho > History.
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Call Number: E757 .E325 2009
Status: Available

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