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The big burn by Timothy Egan · Booklabria

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First published: 2009
Language: English
Editions: 5

Synopsis

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.

Subjects: History
Biography
United States
Nature
Presidents
Disasters

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