The big burn : Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America / Timothy Egan.
The big burn : Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America / Timothy Egan.
The big burn : Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America / Timothy Egan.
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Date
2009.
Call Numbers
N973.911/16
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 324 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents
A fire at the end of the world -- In on the creation. "A peculiar intimacy" ; Roost of the robber barons ; The Great Crusade ; Deadwood days ; Showdown -- What they lost. Summer of smoke ; Men, men, men! ; Spaghetti Westerners ; Firestorm's eve ; Blowup ; The lost day ; The lost night ; Towns afire...
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2009.
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Summary
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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The big burn : Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America / Timothy Egan.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-305) and index.
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N973.911/16
Record Identifier
74VvyQbARp7O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvyQbARp7O
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ISBN
0618968415
9780618968411
DDC
973.911
MMS ID
991016216929702626
