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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 HistoryEgan, Timothy.
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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROOSEVELT, THEODORE EGAEgan, Timothy.
Summary: The unfogettable story of America's worst inferno and Teddy Roosevelt's triumphant struggle to save the American forest.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2009
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 973.911 EGABrinkley, Douglas.
Summary: An extraordinary and timeless biography that looks at the influence the natural world played on Theodore Roosevelt. Evaluates Theodore Roosevelt's role in launching modern conservationsim, identifying the contributions of such influences as James Audubon and John Muir while describing how Roosevelt's exposure to natural wonders in his early life shaped his environmental values.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2009