The big burn Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America

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 the...

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Main Author:	Egan, Timothy
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Subjects:	Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919. Presidents > United States > Biography. Conservationists > Biography. Pinchot, Gifford, > 1865-1946. Nature conservation > History. National parks and reserves > United States > History. United States. > National Park Service > History. Forest fires > Montana > History. Forest fires > Idaho > History.
Online Access:	Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
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