The big burn : Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Physical Desc
x, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Status
Camp Verde Community Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
973.911 EGA
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973.911 EGA
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Chino Valley Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
973.911 EGA
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Cottonwood Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
92 ROOSEVELT
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92 ROOSEVELT
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-305) and index.
Description
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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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies.
Conservationists -- United States -- Biography.
Forest conservation -- United States -- History.
Forest fires -- Idaho -- History.
Forest fires -- Montana -- History.
National parks and reserves -- United States -- History.
Nature conservation -- United States -- History.
Pinchot, Gifford, -- 1865-1946.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Roosevelt, Theodore, -- 1858-1919.
United States. -- National Park Service -- History.
Conservationists -- United States -- Biography.
Forest conservation -- United States -- History.
Forest fires -- Idaho -- History.
Forest fires -- Montana -- History.
National parks and reserves -- United States -- History.
Nature conservation -- United States -- History.
Pinchot, Gifford, -- 1865-1946.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Roosevelt, Theodore, -- 1858-1919.
United States. -- National Park Service -- History.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Egan, T. (2009). The big burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Egan, Timothy. 2009. The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Egan, Timothy. The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Egan, Timothy. The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
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