The Big Burn

The Big Burn Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America

Timothy Egan2009
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 theforest service with consequences felt in the fires of today.
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