The big burn : Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America /
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...
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| Μορφή: | Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2009.
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| Περίληψη: | 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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| Φυσική περιγραφή: | x, 324 σ. : εικ., χάρτες ; 24 εκ. |
| Βιβλιογραφία: | Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφικές παραπομπές (σ. [287]-305) και ευρετήριο. |
| ISBN: | 9780618968411 |
