The big burn

Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America

324 Seiten

Sprache: English

Am 17. März 2009 von Houghton Mifflin Harcourt veröffentlicht.

ISBN:
978-0-618-96841-1
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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 fires of today.

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Themen

  • 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