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The big burn : Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America / Timothy Egan.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0618968415
- ISBN: 9780618968411
- ISBN: 9780547394602
- ISBN: 0547394608
- Physical Description: x, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2009]
- Copyright: ©2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Editions may vary. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: 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 ; To save a town ; The missing ; The living and the dead -- What they saved. Fallout ; One for the boys ; Ashes. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood River County Library | 973.911 EGA 2009 (Text) | 33892005300828 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - | ||
| Hood River County Library | 973.911 EGA 2009 (Text) | 33892005580817 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
