The big burn [cd sound recording] : Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America

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Title:

The big burn [cd sound recording] : Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America

Author:

Egan, Timothy.

ISBN:

9781441806956

Personal Author:

Egan, Timothy.

Edition:

Unabridged ed.

Publication Information:

Grand Haven, MI. : Brilliance Audio, p2009.

Physical Description:

9 sound discs (10 hr., 5 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Series:

BrillianceAudio on compact disc

Brilliance Audio on compact disc.

Abstract:

"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.

Personal Subject:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.

Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946.

Corporate Subject:

United States. National Park Service -- History -- Compact discs.

Subject Term:

Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Compact discs.

Conservationists -- United States -- Biography -- Compact discs.

Forest conservation -- United States -- History -- Compact discs.

Nature conservation -- United States -- History -- Compact discs.

National parks and reserves -- United States -- History -- Compact discs.

Forest fires -- Montana -- History -- Compact discs.