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

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

Egan, Timothy. (Author).

Summary: Offers an account of the largest-ever forest fire in America, which cemented Teddy Roosevelt's legacy because the heroism shown by the forest rangers turned public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, which Roosevelt wanted to conserve.

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  • ISBN: 9780618968411
  • Physical Description: print
    x, 324 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-305) and index.

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Subject: Roosevelt, Theodore -- 1858-1919
Pinchot, Gifford -- 1865-1946
Forest conservation -- United States -- History
Nature conservation -- United States -- History
National parks and reserves -- United States -- History
United States. -- National Park Service -- History
Forest fires -- Montana -- History
Forest fires -- Idaho -- History
Presidents -- United States -- Biography
Conservationists -- United States -- Biography

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.

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